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Any idea why CAVE games do not respond to direct input?
#342995 - 07/27/15 10:20 AM
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I'm using an AutoHotkey script for sending the "5" keystroke to MAME with one of the buttons on my arcade control panel. This script plays a coin drop sound and adds a delay to the key press. It works great with all the games I've tried. I had to modify input.c with "#define FORCE_DIRECTINPUT 1" before compiling. However, CAVE shoot'em ups don't get the keystroke. I also happened with older MAME builds, not only with 0.162, which is the one I have now. Any idea?
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Re: Any idea why CAVE games do not respond to direct input?
[Re: Elaphe]
#343003 - 07/27/15 04:37 PM
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> I'm using an AutoHotkey script for sending the "5" keystroke to MAME with one of the
> buttons on my arcade control panel. This script plays a coin drop sound and adds a
> delay to the key press. It works great with all the games I've tried. I had to modify
> input.c with "#define FORCE_DIRECTINPUT 1" before compiling. However, CAVE shoot'em
> ups don't get the keystroke. I also happened with older MAME builds, not only with
> 0.162, which is the one I have now. Any idea?
It sounds like you're trying to implement external coinage in order to illegally use MAME in a for-profit situation. We do not assist people with such things.
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Re: Any idea why CAVE games do not respond to direct input?
[Re: R. Belmont]
#343005 - 07/27/15 04:42 PM
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And in any case I believe that FORCE_DIRECTINPUT flag doesn't work anymore now that MAME is DIRECTINPUT 8 for Windows by default....
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Re: Any idea why CAVE games do not respond to direct input?
[Re: R. Belmont]
#343006 - 07/27/15 04:52 PM
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I think you are pressuming too much. The coindrop script has been used for years by many users just as an addon that is realistic and funny (press the "insert coin" button on your control panel, a sound of coin dropping is played and then the credit is registered in MAME). It has nothing to do with profit, external mechanisms nor anything illegal.
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Re: Any idea why CAVE games do not respond to direct input?
[Re: Mamesick]
#343039 - 07/28/15 03:31 AM
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> And in any case I believe that FORCE_DIRECTINPUT flag doesn't work anymore now that
> MAME is DIRECTINPUT 8 for Windows by default....
FORCE_DIRECTINPUT prevents MAME from using RawInput i.e. forcing it to use DirectInput even for RawInput-capable devices.
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