Re: use Input (general)

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Posted by u_rebelscum on February 19, 2002 at 20:10:01:

In Reply to: Re: use Input (general) posted by ampapa on February 18, 2002 at 21:05:43:

: Right on the money! Thanks for the tips.

: How can I remap player1 Bt7 to be the ESC key? or palyer1 Bt8 to be the TAB key? Whenever I try change them it either escapes or closes the window???

Think it the other way around: map what usually is the ESC key to be the IPAC player1 Bt7, and TAB to be the IPAC player1 Bt8. In the Input menu, the item on the left side is the "action" and the right side is the key that actives the action. What you want to do is map the actions that are usually actived by the ESC and TAB keys to be actived by a different key. ESC usually actives the "UI Cancel" action, and TAB usually the "Config Menu" action. So...

Mapping player1 Bt7 to replace ESC: go to: Input (general). Goto UI Cancel. Press enter, press player1 Bt7. Now when you press player1 Bt7, it does what ESC used to do (and ESC shouldn't work any more)

Mapping player1 Bt8 to replace TAB: go to: Input (general). Goto Config Menu. Press enter, press player1 Bt8.

: Thanks,

:
: : Just like changing normal buttons:

: : (after wiring the extra buttons)
: : With a keyboard hooked in so you press the default keys, Start a game in mame, press tab, sellect Input (general). (So this will effect all games.)

: : Find the inputs you want to change ("Config menu" is usually tab, "UI Cancel" is esc, etc). Sellect that input and press the new button you want to use.

: : After changing all the inputs to what you want, exit the game and the settings will be saved for all games. You can now unplug the keyboard, since you have the new keys mapped. (you can also have both the normal keys and the new keys at the same time if you want)

: : : I am using the I-Pac and Mame .58 in pure DOS mode with ArcadeOS. I've set my control panel up with 2 8-way joys, trackball, 6 player 1 and player 2 buttons, start1, start2, ESC, Pause, Tab and volume.

: : : The I-pac has extra buttons for player 1 and player 2 that I would like to use for the Tab, ESC, volume, Pause (1b7=volume, 1b8= tab, 2b7=pause, 2b8=esc)Can I make this change without reprogramming the I-Pac? If so how? Can I make the changes in the Mame.cfg or the ArcadeOs.cfg?

: : : Thanks for any help,

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: : Right on the money! Thanks for the tips. : : How can I remap player1 Bt7 to be the ESC key? or palyer1 Bt8 to be the TAB key? Whenever I try change them it either escapes or closes the window??? : Think it the other way around: map what usually is the ESC key to be the IPAC player1 Bt7, and TAB to be the IPAC player1 Bt8. In the Input menu, the item on the left side is the "action" and the right side is the key that actives the action. What you want to do is map the actions that are usually actived by the ESC and TAB keys to be actived by a different key. ESC usually actives the "UI Cancel" action, and TAB usually the "Config Menu" action. So... : Mapping player1 Bt7 to replace ESC: go to: Input (general). Goto UI Cancel. Press enter, press player1 Bt7. Now when you press player1 Bt7, it does what ESC used to do (and ESC shouldn't work any more) : Mapping player1 Bt8 to replace TAB: go to: Input (general). Goto Config Menu. Press enter, press player1 Bt8. : : Thanks, : : : : : Just like changing normal buttons: : : : (after wiring the extra buttons) : : : With a keyboard hooked in so you press the default keys, Start a game in mame, press tab, sellect Input (general). (So this will effect all games.) : : : Find the inputs you want to change ("Config menu" is usually tab, "UI Cancel" is esc, etc). Sellect that input and press the new button you want to use. : : : After changing all the inputs to what you want, exit the game and the settings will be saved for all games. You can now unplug the keyboard, since you have the new keys mapped. (you can also have both the normal keys and the new keys at the same time if you want) : : : : I am using the I-Pac and Mame .58 in pure DOS mode with ArcadeOS. I've set my control panel up with 2 8-way joys, trackball, 6 player 1 and player 2 buttons, start1, start2, ESC, Pause, Tab and volume. : : : : The I-pac has extra buttons for player 1 and player 2 that I would like to use for the Tab, ESC, volume, Pause (1b7=volume, 1b8= tab, 2b7=pause, 2b8=esc)Can I make this change without reprogramming the I-Pac? If so how? Can I make the changes in the Mame.cfg or the ArcadeOs.cfg? : : : : Thanks for any help,

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