Joysticks/buttons not responding in games (maybe xin-mo troubles)

jorntx

I'm new to the homebuilt arcade world.

I managed to get everything wired up. I bought this joystick/button set;

http://www.ebay.de/itm/271542232552?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I think the USB interface is what is referred to as Xin-mo and google shows people have being having some trouble with the Xin-mo sets.

I use the latest beta version of PiPLAY and everything installed perfectly. In the main menu I setup the controls by pressing Tab and bringing up the controls-config menu selecting 'all' and completing the setup rutine.

On the player one side 8 buttons + exit_program button and of cause the joystick directions were successfully recognized and setup. On the player two side 8 buttons and joystick were successfully recognized and setup. I can use player one joystick and buttons to navigate PiPLAY menu. All good.

But when I start Mame4all or advMame games (have not tried other emulators) the joystick or buttons do not respond at all. Only the keyboard keys work.

Have I missed a switch somewhere?

I thought the buttons and joystick would just work if the general setup made in the PiPLAY menu was successful.

mholgatem

mame4all has to be configured separately by pressing 'tab' while running a game. I was told that there was a whitespace issue with the advMame setup that should be resolved with the next update

jorntx

Thank you for the reply. I will try that asap.

jorntx

It worked just fine both in advMame and Mame4all but I will be sticking to Mame4all as games run very slow in advMame.

wernernagel2005

When I configure the joystick buttons in the main menu I select a button to exit_program but it does not work in any of the games? Has anybody had the same issue?

kannutti

Excuse me for my English.
I have a xin-mo and for mame4all only recognizes the first 16 buttons, all buttons of player 1 and first 6 buttons of player 2.
My mame4all settings:
player 1 - 6 buttons, 1 coin button, 1 player button, 1 exit button (9 buttons)
player 2 - 6 buttons and 2 player button (this button is button 10 of xin-mo player 1)

ian57

That's normal... try my release of mame4all, I've patched it to support all the button of the xin-mo module ;) https://github.com/ian57/Raspicade-mame4all-xinmo

you can try my arcade distro too https://sourceforge.net/projects/raspicade/

NeoID

@ian57:

I have the same issue with advmame, do you also have a fix for that or an overview what had to be changed in mame4all? Maybe it also applies to advmame... :)

ian57

No advance mame is working good with the 2 player xinmo. Check my config file here https://github.com/ian57/Raspicade-configuration-files/blob/master/.advance/advmame.rc-xinmo

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