Issue with MAME & Apple II controls

[alnyden]

I have a question about setting controls with MAME for Apple II (and possibly other platforms).  When I use MAME for Arcade, I hit TAB and set the controls, it always saves them.  However, when using MAME for Apple II, when I go TAB - THIS MACHINE and setup the joystick, at some point I've noticed the controls are reset (not saved) and have to re-enter the joystick controls.  Anyone else have this issue?  I assume it's some issue with using MAME for different platforms.

Thanks!

R

[Lordmonkus]

Press the "Scroll Lock" key first then you can press "Tab" to bring up the menu.

Because the system being emulated is a computer with a keyboard the Tab will function in the emulator like a regular keyboard for that system. Scroll Lock toggles between the 2 keyboard functionalities.

[alnyden]

Thanks for the reply Lordmunkus, I'm already aware of this though.  I'm hitting Scroll Lock, then TAB - THIS MACHINE and setting the joystick.  The issue is at some point (possibly after restarting the computer?) the joystick controls I set are no longer there.  (Not saving).  Thanks again.

[Lordmonkus]

Ahh, sorry I misread your original post, takes my brain a few hours to fully wake up

Weird that it is not saving your controls, it should.

[alnyden]

24 minutes ago, lordmonkus said:

Ahh, sorry I misread your original post, takes my brain a few hours to fully wake up

Weird that it is not saving your controls, it should.

No worries, I need extra coffee on Sundays... 

[Lordmonkus]

I suppose you could try setting the config file for it to read-only to see if that locks it. It should be the \cfg\ folder of  your Mame install folder.