[Mame controller config 4 player cabinet question.]

8 hours ago, Headrush69 said:

That makes much more sense now, thanks.

Are you arcade joysticks seen as joysticks or do they use a encoder like an iPac and are mapped to  keyboard inputs?

They are joysticks with individual encoders. 

[Mame controller config 4 player cabinet question.]

7 hours ago, Headrush69 said:

You can set up specific stable ID controller files and pass this file to mame on startup to change the order.  MAME stable ID documentation

A couple of things you still have to worry about:

• Making sure button order between your different controllers  matches up. If one controller has a A B C D arrangement, but the other has B A D C, you'll have to still individually change games.
• Since you'll have to set a custom launch command, you'll have to do that for all the games needed. You might be able to use playlist and bulk edit to make it easier.

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you mean here.

What and/or how are your controllers different for player 1 and player 2 in 4 player games? Need to know more information as using your 6 button controllers as player 1 and player 2 and than the other controllers as player 3 and player 4 is obviously a lot easier and pretty much little work. Just not getting the reasoning. ☺️

Thank you for your reply. Sorry my explanation was pretty bad. 

My 6 button setups are at the center of my control panel. To the left and right of those joysticks are two 4 button setups. Naturally I'll configure my mame general input with the two 6 button setups as player 1 and 2 for fighting games and etc. With that general setup a lot of 4 player games have an assigned character/life bar to a specific player. For example, player one in tmnt is Leonardo, all the way to the left on the control panel. With my setup, Leo's life bar is all the way to the left but is controlled by the middle left joystick.  

I'm probably being to crazy about this. Normally I just go into a game I'm about to play and edit the config but I'm putting something together for a friend that probably won't be able to do that. 

Thanks again for the info. I'll look into further. 

[Mame controller config 4 player cabinet question.]

Hey guys. Wondering if there's a way to set up a separate controller config for 2 and 4 player games. I want my two 6  button setups to be set as p1 and p2 for all 2 player games but also have them set as p2 and p3 in all four player games. This is to make sure four player games have the correct player position per controller. 

I know that I can edit the config per game but that would take forever. Is there a way to set a config file thar would apply to all 4 player games? 

 

Thank you. 

[Thrustmaster wheel unresponsive in bigbox interface.]

I got it working. Found an old thread here regarding setup with a logitech g29 wheel. Had to enable beta versions of launchbox and hook up an xbox one controller to do the setup. It was a bit of a hassle but I got it going without any 3rd party software. 

[Thrustmaster wheel unresponsive in bigbox interface.]

14 hours ago, SrfrBoyBobby said:

Unfortunately, I don’t have a thrustmaster wheel to test this but maybe you can use a program like ReWASD https://www.rewasd.com to make the controller be seen as a different device. Per their website “reWASD permits to emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 for any gamepad we support”
 

Check to see if they support the Thrustmaster and you might be able to make the system see it as an Xbox controller when you are on the main menu screens then default back to no applied changes when you launch a game.

It’s not the best answer but hopefully it can point you in a direction. 
 

Thanks. I'll give that a shot. I'll post back with results. Much appreciated. 

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