MAMEWorld Forums - MAMEUI & IV/Play - Default Input Layout Problems

Was able to recreate the Chinese character problem. This problem is exclusive to .211 for me, and .161 does not have this issue. If anybody can confirm that their .211 works fine and this is NOT the case for them, I'd appreciate it.

PREFACE: I'm editing the INI file only because the Default System Options menu does not let me keep the Controller change from the drop down menu when i click OK or Apply.

Open INI/mame.ini -
After "ctrlr" enter the exact name of the /ctrlr/XXX.CFG file to load, for my case "xarcade" (entering any other name that does appear in the ctrlr folder reverts back to blank). Using any other legitimate CFG name yields the same results as "xarcade".
Open MameUI64
Go to Options/Default System Options
Go to Controllers Tab (it still displays "xarcade")
Then click another tab (in my case, Display). Make an edit (in this case, toggling "run in a new window")
Click OK.
"ctrlr" in mame.ini is now in Chinese

NOTES:

This strangeness occurs ONLY if I click/view the Controllers Tab any time while visiting this Default System Options menu.
Clicking OK will change it to Chinese, but closing with X button will preserve xarcade in INI.
If one goes to Controllers Tab, sees "xarcade", leaves to another tab, then back again to Controllers Tab. At this point, it now says Default. Clicking X is only way to not change INI file.
Sometimes these steps will only create a blank field instead of Chinese characters.
depending on what I change the INI file to results in different Chinese characters. e.g. "xarcade" consistently changes to "慸捲摡e晣g慭敭" with a couple of randomly changing Roman characters after it, while "hotrod" would change to "潨牴摯挀杦瘀摩牥", also with a couple of Roman characters.

I hope this helps. Thanks for reading!