Akasha

OMG. Ok.... so I FINALLY figured out the problem. As a long-time user of MAME (about 20 years), I've been using mostly older versions that were no-nag and dinput patched. I'd gotten so used to using those versions for so many years (which automatically have dpad configured), that I completely forgot I can simply ADD the dpad controls in the tab menu! D'OH! I'm a stupid. It's working fine now - yay! Hopefully this will help anyone who might get stuck on the same issue. On another note however, I keep getting an error popup when I launch the version given here that says "Error opening translation file English". Never ever seen this before in MAME. How do I resolve this?

The dpad isn't working - but the sticks do. I haven't been able to get the dpad working with any newer versions of mame for quite some time now. I also have an older version (0.161) which is dinput patched and the dpad works no problem with this patched one.

THANK-YOU!! Much appreciated. By chance, do you know how to patch this to enable dinput too? I use an xbox one controller, and for fighting games, the dpad is much better in terms of accuracy over the thumbsticks (for me).