MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: xinput support in MAME?

> "I've spent days getting some roms to work and now it does not recognise xinput.
> Really? It's not like it's used by, hundreds of millions of people worldwide for a
> wide veriety of software. So, I take it that I can't use steam control setup for it
> also, as I've tried, and the steam forums are not helpful.
> The other software I used to used (to map key to a ps controller) got discontinued
> and is nonfunctional due to its creator having died about a decade ago.
>
> What's the best option? I have a Logitech control, but it has hard coded enormous
> deadzones, completely unusable for me.
> "
> I would like to use control pads, ds4 ds5 etc etc to play games with my children. .

Mame does support x-input though and has for some time, but no matter which protocol your input device uses, if you can see it in the Windows game controller control panel, it will also work in Mame.
You shouldn't have to use Steam to map and configure your controls, you can do that in mame. You won't need any other kind of external software to "map a key to a control", all buttons and axis on your controller are visible to MAME and can be configured and mapped in almost any way you can imagine.

Those are the reasons why your questions/problems don't make any sense to me.

S