Posted by u_rebelscum on February 19, 2002 at 20:30:23:
In Reply to: A possible solution? posted by Barry on February 19, 2002 at 07:18:53:
Hmm... Player1 Button 1 is the CTRL key, button 2 the ALT key, and button 4 the SHIFT key. Player2 buttons (1-6) are: 'a' 's' 'q' 'w' 'e' and '[', direction (UDLR) keys: 'r' 'f' 'd' 'g'. My guess is an ALT or CTRL-ALT keypress combo with a player 2 button. Just a guess, though.
I thought the keypresses could not pass through mame to the other programs, though, since mame uses directX directInput and has exclusive use of the keyboard. Geuss I am wrong here?
You could program IPAC encoder to use different keys for the default Player 1 buttons 1, 2 & 4, and change mame to match the changes if you want.
Or could be a IPAC shift button combo?
: In 'control panel', 'power options' there is a 'System standby' field. I will try setting this to 'Never' when I get home.
: Hopefully this will disable the shortcut key also.
: Any further ideas welcome!
: : I am using A Dell Inspiron with my i-pac controlled MAME cab., with all the default MAME controls.
: : The problem I am experiencing is some sort of 'Standby Mode' shortcut key combination which happens in 2 player games. I can't work out what combination of keys it is as i can't reproduce the problem by sequentially trying the buttons/joysticks.
: : It doesn't happen at all when I play 1 player games.
: : Does anyone know what this button combination is? Or better still, how I can completely remove this unnessecary function!
: : Thanks very much for any aid,
: : Barry.
: : PS. I've just bought a Hantarex POLO SVGA 19" arcade monitor to replace an old broken 19" Kortek monitor, and I have to say - it's the best purchase I've ever made.
: : It came with a PC video lead on it, and allows me to run Windows apps. perfectly with any graphics card. Games look great on it - it has a nice curved screen and colours are fantastic.
: : Highly recommended, it cost £230.