MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: [help] New entries in mame.ini

> Can anyone tell me what are the valid parameters for these new setting ? Where in the
> source code can I find the possible values for them ?
> # OSD INPUT OPTIONS
> #
> keyboardprovider auto
> mouseprovider auto
> lightgunprovider auto
> joystickprovider auto
>
> Using official MAME 0.172 build here.
> Do we really need to change these settings ?
>
> Thank in advance for the help.
>
> ... update ...
> I'm almost sure that the answer is in this folder:
> mame\source\mame\src\osd\modules\input\
>
> perhaps:
> auto
> win32
> dinput
> raw_input
> x11
> sdl
> xinput
> none
>
> Please tell me if this list is correct and complete.

'auto' is different for different platforms but each option is detailed in their -showusage:

Windows:

-keyboardprovider provider for keyboard input: rawinput, dinput, win32 or none
-mouseprovider provider for mouse input: rawinput, dinput, win32 or none
-lightgunprovider provider for lightgun input: win32 or none
-joystickprovider provider for joystick input: winhybrid, dinput, xinput or none

SDL
All choices except -lightgunprovider is "sdl or none". In Linux SDL only, -lightgunprovider can only be X11 - otherwise for Windows SDL it is NONE only.