controls.ini help

[virtvic]

I am using controls.ini to switch my servo stick (8 way & 4 way) with MALA.

It seems to switch the stick really well, but a lot of games are set wrong (just running in 4 way mode when they should be 8 way)

I have noticed these games are missing from CONTROLS.INI - which is where the servo stik looks for info on the joystick setting for the game.

Is there a version of controls.ini that has all the games, or is there a better way for the servo stik to check what games need?

 

[Hurray Banana]

You could put the servo stick into hardware mode Vic and control it using button presses, but once you set it up like this you cannot go back and control it with software anymore.

From the ultimarc site:

Hardware Mode

This special mode is used when there is no PC and you need to switch the stick using a toggle switch or two buttons.

The control board can be placed into hardware mode using the test application (see above). Note this change is PERMANENT.

Switching between 4 and 8 way is done using either two buttons or a toggle switch.

To connect the buttons, cut the A plug from the USB cable and strip the wires.

Connect the RED wire to a 5 volt source. (JAMMA power supply for example)

Connect the BLACK wire to Ground on the power supply

Connect the Green wire to the NO contact of a pushbutton for 4 way

Connect the White wire to the NO contact of a pushbutton for 8 way

Connect the COM connections of both buttons to the black daisy-chain wire which runs to all other controls, or to the power supply ground.

Alternatively you can use a toggle switch with the center connection to ground and the end connections to the green and white wires.

 

[virtvic]

I'd rather not permanently put it into hardware mode, but maybe it's a good choice, as the motor isn't being put back into 4 way mode EVERY time I go back into the mala menu?

Hmmm...

 

[Hurray Banana]

Are there any front end that read the up to date data from the mame xml file as that does contain all the input shizz?

 

[virtvic]

I may sound like a whiney get, but I really need to stick with Mala, as I have spent so much of my time getting it right. I like the simplicity of Mala and it's ability to also work with other emulators and pc programs - my mame machine also plays megadrive, snes,nes as well as Fix it Felix Jr and Geometry Wars.

I really don't think much of most of the other front ends.

I'll probably just take a deep breath and write out all the entries into controls.ini (with an easily edittable template)