ZekeZookeeper Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I have an arcade cabinet set up in a rental house. I need it to be as "dummy proof" as possible. AE is good for that purpose. I am having a problem getting AE to display the control panel for certain MAME games, however. Robotron, specifically, refuses to display the controls for both joysticks. It only shows the left hand joystick. I'm using the most recent control.ini file I could find (;;Controls.dat INI file Version=0.141.1, Time=2011-01-05 18:17:26, Generated by=SirPoonga), which shows Robotron's controls as: [robotron] gamename=Robotron (Solid Blue label) numPlayers=2 alternating=1 mirrored=1 tilt=1 cocktail=0 usesService=0 miscDetails=The drivers in mame don't have a cocktail mode, but klov shows a cocktail cab, and the robotron drawing set shows two (cocktail) sets of dual joysticks. P1NumButtons=0 P1Controls=Dual 8-way Joysticks+doublejoy8way P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_UP=Move Up P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_DOWN=Move Down P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_LEFT=Move Left P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_RIGHT=Move Right P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_UP=Fire Up P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_DOWN=Fire Down P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_LEFT=Fire Left P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_RIGHT=Fire Right It appears GameEx is not recognizing the designation "P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT" as the other controller. This is especially confusing because it displays both controllers for Alien vs. Predator: [avsp] gamename=Alien vs. Predator (Euro 940520) numPlayers=3 alternating=0 mirrored=1 tilt=0 cocktail=0 usesService=0 miscDetails=The default dipswitch is two player mode; you need to F2 into the game's service mode and change it to three player mode to play with 3 players. Each character has special moves. P1NumButtons=3 P1Controls=8-way Joystick+joy8way P1_BUTTON1=Shoot P1_BUTTON2=Attack P1_BUTTON3=Jump (Dash) P1_JOYSTICK_UP=Up P1_JOYSTICK_DOWN=Down P1_JOYSTICK_LEFT=Move Left P1_JOYSTICK_RIGHT=Move Right I've changed Robotron's "alternating" and "mirrored" parameters to those of AVSP's, and I've even copied all of AVSP's entry to the [robotron] entry in controls.ini just to see if I can get the second joystick to display labels, but GameEx's "View Controls" option still will not display the second joystick when I run Robotron. GameEx is clearly pulling information from the controls.ini file, as the labels change when I change them in the file. Anyone have an idea how I can get the control panel to show both of Robotron's joystick labels? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDog Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I tested this on GameEx Arcade 15.52 and GamEx 15.52 and got the same results. The same occurs for Karate Champ as well. My guess would be that the following parameters are not recognized when the control panel is generated: P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_UP P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_DOWN P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_LEFT P1_JOYSTICKLEFT_RIGHT P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_UP P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_DOWN P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_LEFT P1_JOYSTICKRIGHT_RIGHT There aren't many games that use this sort of control scheme, so I can see why it may have been overlooked. I've sent a message to Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeZookeeper Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Thanks for confirming, RedDog. We'll see what Tom says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 This is fixed in 15.53. Now available. Thanks. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDog Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Lovely. Thanks Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Good deal I haven't run into this issue but since I'm running AE it was bound to happen eventually. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeZookeeper Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 Great! Thanks for looking into it and addressing the issue. I ditched HyperSpin (and the dozens of hours I sunk into it) because, when I installed GameEx, it was immediately clear that the latter is far more user friendly. It's a bonus that Tom is willing to update so frequently. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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