theHotHead

No I didn't do any firmware upgrades. This is a brand new build Windows PC, I just checked my download folder, literally the only things I have downloaded and installed on it is MAME, LaunchBox, WINIPAC (but no firmware upgrade), ServoStik app (which doesn't seem to work) and JoyTray app (which does work). Initially in MAME direct I had an issue with the audio in Atari-based games (Marble Madness, Gauntlet, Super Sprint etc) having really slow audio, but that was a processor setting that I changed to fix it. I have also had to enable a few options to allow for multiple devices, like multiple trackballs and spinners and for rotary controls. But I have not touched any settings within LaunchBox/Big Box. I tried to pause in-game and it seemed to work in the same way, so fingers crossed I'm all good now. Now that BB/LB is working I have a few questions about customising them, shall I stick them in the Noob page or non Noob ? I'm definitely a Noob !!

You absolute diamond, removing -keyboardprovider dinput solved the issue, working properly in both LB and BB. Grinning broadly now ?. Thank you so much !! Out of interest, will removing that parameter cause an issue elsewhere ?

I really appreciate your help with this, please see the following screenshots: The games do load through LB/BB, its just the controls and buttons that don't work at all. When you say remapped through WINIPAC, I don't believe I did anything within that program apart from setting Function to "key" perhaps. Screenshot for Puckman (Pacman) Hope that helps. Config-wise for LB/BB I did the installation following the instructions from ETA PRIME on YouTube. I'm running Windows 10 on a Dell micro PC with i5 processor and 8GB RAM.

Yeah sorry about that, I meant mame.ini - d'oh !! I am using MAME directly. The mame.ini file is in MAME's root folder, there is no version in the MAME/ini subfolder. MAME's root folder is in the LaunchBox folder. So there is no file I need to move at this point, according to your post. Yes, when I start MAME directly after trying through LB/BB all of the controllers work fine, no re-programming required. That's literally how I have been using it for months now, through MAME directly, every now and then I will try see if I can get it working in LB/BB but I always fail.

Hi all, first post on the forum, was hoping I can figure this out myself. I have Mame 0.213, Launchbox/Bigbox 11.4 lifetime membership. I have an Ultimarc Minipac and built myself a double joystick enclosure with buttons and trackball. Set the config in Mame and everything works absolutely fine. However, when I launch games from Launchbox or Bigbox the joystick and button mappings are blank/default, its like neither app is reading the Mame default.cfg file which references a 4Player.cfg file via the "ctrlr" field under "core input options". I did some Googling but have not found an answer, I can't believe this hasn't happened to others, assuming the issue is basic. any help greatly appreciated.