breite07 Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 Hello, I'm using MAMEUI .202. When I start Centipede from MAME, my X-Arcade trackball is recognized and works great. When I use Launchbox to start the same MAME program, I no longer have any control of my X-Arcade trackball. It doesn't respond at all. I've messed around with the input options within Launchbox/Bigbox, but can't seem to find any setting that will fix this issue. Thanks for any suggestions! Quote
breite07 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Hello, When I launch a game in MameUI .202, it starts up right away. When I launch the same MamaUI .202 through Launchbox/Bigbox, I get a screen that shows data about the rom and then I have to hit a button to get into the actual game. Are there command line options I should be using with Mame? This might solve my trackball problem in my previous post as well but I don't know what the command line should be (if any). Thanks! Edited October 13, 2018 by breite07 Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 I saw your other question but i'll ask you this here. Are you using RocketLauncher ? Quote
breite07 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Posted October 13, 2018 I am not using RocketLauncher - just Launchbox/Bigbox. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 Ok, that rules that out then. Is your mame.ini in the main install folder of Mame where the emulators executable is or is it in the /ini folder ? If it's in the /ini folder move it to the main folder where the executable is located. Quote
breite07 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Posted October 13, 2018 It was in the /ini folder. I moved it to the main install folder and now the game starts immediately and I have full use of my trackball. One fix takes care of two problems! Thank you very much! Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 No problem, glad it worked for you. For some reason or another MameUI doesn't like to load up properly with the mame.ini file in the /ini folder. Quote
Retro808 Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 I see you already have this fixed from another post and were advised to do the same. Leaving the steps below in case anyone else has the issue. If you are using MameUI as you said make sure your mame.ini file is located in the root folder of where you have the mame.exe. If it is located in the Ini folder copy and paste it into the main folder where the exe is located. Quote
breite07 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Posted October 13, 2018 YES - that was the issue. THANKS! Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 Merged the thread since it was related and solved with the same fix. Quote
joesbox Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Did not work for me. The file I moved from the ini folder has trackball_device keyboard. I changed keyboard to mouse and that did not work either. I have an xtension control panel for my cab. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Did you enable mouse in the # # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # section of the mame.ini Quote
joesbox Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 When I read that I thought that was it, but alas no. Here is what I have. CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr mouse 1 joystick 1 lightgun 0 multikeyboard 0 multimouse 0 steadykey 0 ui_active 0 offscreen_reload 0 joystick_map auto joystick_deadzone 0.3 joystick_saturation 0.85 natural 0 joystick_contradictory 0 coin_impulse 0 # CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS # paddle_device mouse adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device mouse lightgun_device keyboard positional_device keyboard mouse_device mouse Under Properties for controllers I have : enable mouse input, enable joystick input. under controller mapping I have Paddle, Trackball, mouse set to mouse everything else set to keyboard. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Here's mine though I don't have mouse control enabled on this PC I do have it on my HTPC with an X-Arcade Tankstick with trackball. # # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr mouse 0 joystick 1 lightgun 0 multikeyboard 0 multimouse 0 steadykey 0 ui_active 0 offscreen_reload 0 joystick_map auto joystick_deadzone 0.3 joystick_saturation 0.85 natural 0 joystick_contradictory 0 coin_impulse 0 # # CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS # paddle_device keyboard adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device keyboard lightgun_device keyboard positional_device keyboard mouse_device mouse Quote
Lordmonkus Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Actually, I Just enabled mouse on my setup here and did a quick test with Missile Command and it worked. # # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr mouse 1 joystick 1 lightgun 0 multikeyboard 0 multimouse 0 steadykey 0 ui_active 0 offscreen_reload 0 joystick_map auto joystick_deadzone 0.3 joystick_saturation 0.85 natural 0 joystick_contradictory 0 coin_impulse 0 # # CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS # paddle_device keyboard adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device keyboard lightgun_device keyboard positional_device keyboard mouse_device mouse Quote
joesbox Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 So it turns out the ONE game I was trying was the problem. I matched my ini settings with my older version of Mame in Hyperspin and changed the mapping in Mame instead of the individual game and it still did not work, but then I tried centipede and it worked. I went back to Golden Tee and tried other year versions and everyone worked. Go Figure. LOL! Thanks for help. Quote
mattblue Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 I have followed this thread and I am not getting success. I am hoping someone can help me. Here is my config from the mame.ini file I have tried changing the Mouse to a 1 but when I launch anything with the trackball in Launchbox the trackball does not work. Really wanting to get Golden Tee up and running. Works fine in Maximus Arcade. # # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr X-Arcade mouse 0 joystick 1 lightgun 0 multikeyboard 0 multimouse 0 steadykey 0 ui_active 0 offscreen_reload 0 joystick_map auto joystick_deadzone 0.3 joystick_saturation 0.85 natural 0 joystick_contradictory 0 coin_impulse 0 # # CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS # paddle_device keyboard adstick_device keyboard pedal_device keyboard dial_device keyboard trackball_device keyboard lightgun_device keyboard positional_device keyboard mouse_device mouse Quote
Lordmonkus Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 Try changing the trackball_device to mouse, see if that works. Quote
mattblue Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 Should i turn the mouse setting to a 1 as well Quote
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