> What are you saying? I simply compiled a plain version of MAME with current GIT. I > enabled DirectInput 7 for testing purpose because I have an old joypad that doesn't > work with DirectInput version 8. > The error happens with the joystick de-attached. If you are still able to read, it's > a global error because it's saying I have no keyboard.... > With DirectInput 8 all is fine as usual. I'm not assuming anything, the error speaks > for itself.
I'm saying, why do you need DirectInput 7? We're trying to figure out if it's worth supporting going forward, so we'd like a list of hardware in active use today that doesn't work with the default DirectInput 8.