MAME

Platypus[gEc] · Post by **Platypus[gEc]** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:09 pm

Hey,

Simple question, the answer might not be that simple.

Which buttons on a keyboard do what on mame... i mean, action buttons (not the F-keys, although one shutting down the sound of a game might come in handy or the "p" key pausing the game... i know about those).
For shmups one or two buttons suffice (one of them is ctrl, another one is alt and "space" has a function as well) but what about the rest?

Fighting games often have upt to five action buttons... but the docs that come with mame don't seem to list them...

Am i missing something? Does someone else know about this?

Thanks for helping out...

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:18 pm

"T" tilts the machine, though I don't know why they have that for some machines.

"F9-F11" [?] Deals with framerate, though I don't exactly know what EACH key does.

"F2" needs to be held down in a certain amount of time to go to the options menu for some games.

angrycoder · Post by **angrycoder** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:14 pm

press the tab key and you can look at and change the keybindings for the game controls and mame functions.

Platypus[gEc] · Post by **Platypus[gEc]** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:20 pm

That is what i'm talking about

I did not know that. Thanks, i'll check tonight

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:04 pm

With that menu you bring up with tab you can set controls specifically for that game as well as default controls that will apply to every game. Comes in handy.

I usually set buttons one through four to be ASDF for every game, and RGV for any extra buttons.

Make sure you download Survival Arts!

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:21 pm

F7 is for loading a save state that is assigned to a key and Shift F7 is for saving a save state to a specific key.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:13 pm

Well, I do have a Mame question too, as we are into this topic..

I never managed to make analog controls work properly. I use a Dualshcok controller in my PC, and I would like to use the analog sticks when the game uses an analog control device, but it never works - the controls always respond as if I was using a digital device.

Any suggestions ?

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:29 am

Shatterhand wrote:Well, I do have a Mame question too, as we are into this topic..

I never managed to make analog controls work properly. I use a Dualshcok controller in my PC, and I would like to use the analog sticks when the game uses an analog control device, but it never works - the controls always respond as if I was using a digital device.

Any suggestions ?

Individual games that require analog input have additional analog settings inside the Mame console. From there you can adjust sensitivity, dead zones, etc. Also, there is a modified version of Mame that further tweaks the analog feature...not sure but I believe it's called AnalogMame. Also supports dual mice...if I remember correctly.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:29 am

SFKhoa wrote:"F9-F11" [?] Deals with framerate, though I don't exactly know what EACH key does.

F8=increase frameskip
F9=decrease frameskip
F10=throttle on/off
F11=display FPS onscreen on/off

Setting throttle to On and frameskip to 11 helps quick the process of games that take forever to load - like the old Deco Cassette games, Gradius, Taito F3 games, beatmania, etc.