Headrush69

Sure looks like Dirt Devils that ran under Sega Naomi hardware. The first level is indeed a redish dirt track. It's playable using flycast core in Retroarch and/or Demul.

You need the qsound_hle.zip file as well. It's a shared file between many games using Qsound.

None of these steps affect actual key used, so I'm sure it's not LEDBlinky. I can't really test as I don't have fs-uae on my LB installation anymore, but my guess is that it is possible that somehow the fs-uae window has lost focus and isn't receiving the input. You could try adding a timeout and a window activate command in the AHK script to bring it to focus again. Hope that helps. Never ran into that problem but if I think of anything else, I'll post. I'm assuming controls are set up in FS-UAE correctly as you said it works from LB.

If you can’t find one, you could also use an external bigger ball trackball. Although not the same, still works better than other options. Before I got a spinner I used the trackball for games like Arkanoid, Tempest, and it was Very usable once sensitivity adjusted in MAME. FYI, really easy to put a traditional spinner in any box. One hole for spinner, route plug to USB. You don’t have to make a cabinet or custom box.

Looks like the Sinden guns are getting close to release, fingers cross. There are lots of good spinners from several companies and they all seem to perform well. I have one from Ultimarc , no issues.

Glad it works for you. I moved to using RocketLauncher for a cleaner look, and have since the move to use RetroArch with the puae core. I use fs-uae for running workbench, but Retroarch core working great without any work with my Retroplay WHDLoad games.

No performance difference. It’s just the simplicity that I can use an external drive, but still use the default LB locations. No need to change things like platform locations for things like scan for added roms to work

One of the things I've done on my system is I have Launchbox on my C drive SSD, but all my game roms are on external HDs. The change is I also mount the external drives onto the Launchbox Games folder. I have the convenience of a stock setup and file paths, but using external HDs no matter where they are mounted. For Example: Drive E: is also mounted to LaunchBox/Games and F: SSD is mounted to Launchbox/Games/MAME. Works flawlessly.

The game is laggy or the trackball movement is laggy? Unless you are using MAME2003plus in Retroarch, there shouldn't be dramatic difference in performance with MAME standalone vs Retroarch. If you are talking about the trackball being laggy, you'll need to adjust analog controls within MAME. Values can vary greatly between games depending on the hardware on the original cabinet. If you can list the trackball you have and the specific games, I might be able to provide you with some more detailed help.

Agree. You can read here on how to deal with that: MAME Static IDs FYI, if you have any devices that aren't always connected, MAME removes configuration info if it is started and a device is no longer attached. Easiest solution is to set a static ID using link above, than after configuration, set the cfg file for that game to read-only so changes can't be made. Should work OK now whether device is attached or not.

1) Your rom files are all in RAR archives? I didn't think Retroarch supported RAR decompression. 2) Pick a game and right click and select EDIT. Does the filename and path listed there still match the actual location of the rom? If you edit that line and re-pick the rom, does it work now?

No waste, it's all good. Glad you got it working. Having a mix of arcade controls, flight stick, spinner, trackball, Xbox controllers, light gun, steering wheel and wii remotes, I know first hand the issues of dealing with multiple devices and emulators that all handle them differently.

We need more detailed explanations as it’s hard to follow otherwise. Those cfgs in Mame and LB should not matter. Good to delete. i need to know if you tried the steps I listed above with key commands only, to find out if the remapping is working correctly first, or whether the issue is you static mappings.

The cfg files should always be in the MAME -> cfg folder. Not sure how you got one just in the MAME folder and the LB folder

Let’s narrow down the issue. Forget your controller for now. Delete the default.cfg and any game specific cfg. Start a game and set custom keyboard commands. 1) Quit Mame. Was a Mame specific cfg for the game created? 2) Start the same game from LB. is the changed mapping still there? Are you 100% sure you are point to the same Mame executable in LB. Edit: Sounds from your added info that your static device ids are setup correct. Can you post you ctlr file and the output from running Mame with the -v option from a command line.

Make sure you don’t have a game specific file in the MAME -> cfg directory as it will override the default config. Also, did you use the LB full MAME set importer? If so, make sure you are launching the exact same game from LB. it could be you are running a different variant of the same game. if you right click a game and pick edit, under the additional application a tab you can see all the variants.

If you used the MAME importerm right click on game and select edit. Go to additional Apps tab and all the versions are there. Pick the one you want and hit make default button.

True, but I think for noobs seeing that can likely be more confusing, especially when it comes to USB devices, as a lot have generic names and it’s not alway so easy to see which is which.

Google for USB Device Tree Viewer, it's a free, good program for finding device IDs.

Try it, you won't hurt anything. I can't speak for every game, but a lot depends on individual games/emulators and the support for different resolutions and whether they will allow window mode sizes to be changed. It will work whether starting from LB or BigBox if it works. It will be looking for the game exe, (Infinos Gaiden), not where it started from.

You need to give us more information, like exactly what you mean by light gun. WHat device do you have? It's unlikely you need a ctrl file, as most light guns are just seen as mouse devices in MAME. (Unless you have a old light gun with a CRT)

Universal Controller Remapper. yes, that is what they do.

You probably my need to use something like Xpadder or UCR if Steam doesn’t have this built in yet. This may help, but I cant’t verify, I don’t use my iPac controls in Stream (yet): Xpadder and Steam

That’s what I am doing now also. I’ll check out Monkey Hero on this new BIOS and let you know if it helps.

On what system are you talking, steam?