n00b post

[rrob]

Just downloaded Launchbox 13.1 beta 4, paid for BigBox, imported mame romset .251 merged, and most games start. This is a cabinet with 4 joysticks.
 

Questions 

1) Should all mame games use mame .251 emulator (default) or RetroArch? If they should RetroArch how do you get all Mame games to default using this emulator?

2) How do you configure the 4 joysticks and buttons on cabinet for all the mame games? None of the buttons are mapped or working. 

[Lordmonkus]

1) We recommend using stand alone Mame and the version number should match the rom set version to ensure the best compatibility with the games.

2)  After you load a game if you press the Tab key on your keyboard you will see a menu and the two top entries will be Input (General) and Input (Machine). General will be where you will want to set up your basic controls, your universal controls that will work for the vast majority of games. Machine will be where you setup controls specific for the game you just loaded, these will over ride the General ones, use this for games with unique or different control schemes from most other games.

[rrob]

Thank you! Can you explain when you say use stand alone mame? And how do you know which mame game should use which mame emulator? 

[Lordmonkus]

21 minutes ago, rrob said:

Can you explain when you say use stand alone mame?

Stand alone just means Mame itself from the official Mame site, not a core from a multi emulator like Retroarch.

22 minutes ago, rrob said:

And how do you know which mame game should use which mame emulator?

Just download the latest version of Mame from the official site and the Google search for "pleasuredome git io".