"smart" pause menu?

[d8thstar]

hi all,

curious if there are "smart" pause screens to show controller buttons?  i've seen a few that show an xbox controller but the images are static.

if i have the buttons configured differently, then the static images don't make sense.  is there anything out there that will go read a config file in order to show the controls as they are actually set up?

thanks all!

[JoeViking245]

In short, no.

A little longer, no. There is not.

 

That's pretty much near impossible (without  A LOT OF legwork creating "config files").  I don't think any emulator, outside of MAME (and maybe a few other Arcade emulators), stores controller/cab button assignments that are in an accessible/readable format. 

And even with MAME, to get assigned controls for a game, you'd need to cross check several files for possible overrides against the default settings file.  From there, read another external file (not innate to MAME) to convert the assignments to "names" (up/down/shoot/punch/kick/etc.). Then take that info and somehow get that onto a dynamic image.  Note: the said external file containing "names" is largely incomplete.

[d8thstar]

after i clicked post, my brain said what you just said, but not as detailed

thanks for the answer joe.