darrenmarchand

I just started having this issue. My computer was in sleep mode, I didn’t close LaunchBox, my power went out. When I rebooted and tried to open LaunchBox, it went all wonky. The Home Screen kept changing, the mouse starting drifting and a volume bar appeared at the bottom of the screen. I then found that multiple instances of Launhbox kept opening. The only way to get out was to reboot. I’m running 13.21 with windows 11. I checked to make sure no controllers or keyboard buttons were stuck. I launched 2 other instances of LaunchBox without issue. I tried launching a backup. I tried back dating to 13.20. It’s still doing the same thing. I’m stuck.

I started getting this right after I upgraded to 13.21. I installed a theme for the first time and I thought it was that for reason, so I went back to the default theme, but the low ram error came up again.

Figured it out: run (type emulator location) "savestates\BLUS30528\used_BLUS30528_1_0.SAVESTAT"

Hi everyone. I'm trying to launch a savestate in LB from RPCS3. I know I need an ahk script, but I can't seem to figure out how to create one that'll launch the savestate file. Any help?

Oh. I didn't rename default.cfg the first time around. I have default.cfg AND zerodelay_x2 in the ctrl folder. With mame.ini pointing to zerodelay_x2. So I'll rename default.cfg and have mame.ini point to that now.

Oh sorry. I may not have typed that correctly. I meant after changing those 2 lines in zerodelay_x2 , do I copy and paste those changes into default.cfg? For the second part, I don't follow. Yes, I have "core input options ctrlr zerodelay_cfg. Isn't that what I'm supposed to have? Then after setting the controllers in Mame I copy default.cfg to the ctrlr folder. After that, I shouldn't need to make anymore changes to the general controls, right?

Thanks. Do i need to re-copy those 2 lines after making the changes to default.cfg?

just fyi. I did redo the default.cfg and copied it again to the ctrlr folder. i also changed the contoller numbers to 1,2,3,4 as you mentioned earlier. i haven't rebooted the PC or unplugged any contollers again. dmList.txt

So. its messed up again! i shut the PC down and unplugged the usb hub where all the joysticks are connected, and when i booted up and started Mame, it rearranged the sticks and buttons. I had shut the PC down a few days ago and nothing changed then. Is it because i unplugged this time?

i had been doing that too. it won't work. Windows still eventually changes it.

I've tested it with all 4 contollers and it al seems to be working with the settings i have. I may be able to leave it as is. It could mess up when i introduce the wheel, but i guess for now, its functioning properly. I'm going to turn the pc off a couple times to be sure Mame isnt losing the setup. thx for all the help

ok. So it should look like this? I only focused on the joysticks for now. I'll have a look at the steering wheel and see how that works. I'm not sure Windows changes its ID. My gun is a Sinden which acts as a mouse, so i don't think it gets affected. default.cfg

let me know if anything looks wrong. not sure if I missed brackets or quotation marks,etc.

zerodelay_x2.cfg

Sorry. Should all 3 joysticks say "joycode 1"? Or is it ok for them to say joycode 1, 2, 3 etc? Or does that matter?

Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't even think to set all the joysticks in Mame all together like that. I'll give that a try and see how that all works out. Thanks again

So if I understand you correctly, I can't have 1 cfg file with all 3 joysticks? I have to create 3 different ones? That's fine, but under Core Input Options, I can only put 1 in there (8wayconfig in your example)? Do I do this first before setting the default and game specific controls within Mame? So, as long as I have 3 config files (1 for each joystick), then I go into Mame and load Tron up and under "this machine" set the controller to use my Tron style stick, Mame creates that Tron.cgfg (or .ini, I can't remember) and then each time I load Tron up, that specific controller loads up? I won't run into Windows changing it anymore? Would I put my wheel, gun and gamepad still in the default cfg still? Along with the 8way. Sorry for so many questions. I just want to get it right.

Thanks for the reply. I did know about the seperate cfg files for games, what I meant was I would only need 1 file with all the controller ID's in the ctrl folder, correct? I don't need to create seperate ones? My setup is a bit different. I'm not setting the controllers up as player 1, player 2. I'm setting it up based on joystick 1 is a 4 way, joystick 2 is an 8 way and joystick 3 is a Tron style stick - all for specific games. So once I have the ID'S set in the ctrl folder, I just set the default joystick and then if I want a game specific controller for say Tron, I set that up under "this machine", then Mame creates those cfg's. Then I'm good to go. Do I have that right? Thanks again for clarifying.

Actually, after some reading, I did have a quick question. If I follow this, then I set up joystick 1 in Mame as my default controls for most games, can I still set joystick 2 or joystick 3 in Mame for specific games and it'll save that? So, I'd have all 3 joysticks set in the ame configuration file with the 3 seperate ID's. In Mame, joystick 1 is set to default. And say, joystick 3 is set to control Defender. In general, is this correct?

Thanks so much! I started playing around with it earlier and I think I'm making progress. So far so good but I have a ways to go. I'll post if I run into problems!

Hi, I'll probably tackle this in a few days, but I just have a couple questions. I had read that after setting up the controller in mame, you can go into the config file for the game (that Mame creates) and set it to Read Only and that would keep the controller from changing. That obviously isn't working. My question is, if I follow the device mapping instructions, do I need to do anything else after setting up my controllers in Mame? Normally, I'd go in and set up general (default) controls for most games, then set game specific controls for certain games. Then Mame creates those config files for each. I don't want to keep setting up specific controls for games in mame, only to have it change (like what's been happening). Basically, I've been setting up the joysticks (#1, 2, or 3) for a Meme game, then at random, Windows changes the order or designation of that joystick. My other question is, I don't need to worry about the trackball, spinner or racing wheel, correct? Just the 3 joysticks? thanks in advance!

Ok. Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Hi guys, I thought I had this problem solved. I took the suggestion of someone to setup the general controls in MAME then set the default.cfg to READ ONLY. Also, setting special controls per game when needed and setting those to READ ONLY. That seemed to work, but Windows will still randomly change my arcade stick designations. I don't unplug any of the USB controllers btw. I have a custom built arcade controller with 3 sticks, multiple buttons, a tracball and spinner. I also have a gun, racing wheel and gamepad. everything is connected to a usb hub with power buttons for each (the arcade controller with all the sticks and buttons is all in one. Inside the box, all devices are connected to a usb hub, then that hub is connected to the powered hub). I only power on the controller that I need. So, if I'm in mame, the whole arcade controller with all sticks and buttons is powered on. I don't think Windows changes things after every reboot, but it does eventually change the designations. Is there anything that I might have missed? I read that there's a MAME function using the command prompt, but this seems very complicated and I have a LOT of controllers. Is there a better way? thanks

Thanks. I'll have a look when I get the chance.

I'll have a look and update. How do you update the games.xml though? Doesn't that update when you update Supermodel?