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robertvb83

@grant2258 nah, 6 button games are considered to be manual configured as we all like to comfortably rest our palms and use bottom row primarily.
456
123
is also not feasible for 6 button games, you will need
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456
so there is a clear advantage for
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123

I feel a little tired, too much has been said about this more-complex-than-I-ever-thought topic

grant2258

@robertvb83

for you in gamepad world this works
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123
i would never use that on a 6 panel set up i would rebin straight away
to
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456
or
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123

i do understand you want a gamepad shape. i want aracde shapes we can support both if people want panel shaped like a snes pad they can vote for it is just not for me is all im saying your views are as valid as mine it personal choice

Riverstorm

@grant2258 - I don't think the ASCII is displaying correctly.

sure but what I am saying you don't loose any functionality with

345

123

so I am counting on your vote for this as basis in the upcoming poll :-D

Ask not what MAME can do for you but what you can do for MAME! I need your vote! When I see that layout it reminds me of a hybrid panel/controller. When the goal is a panel layout.

Just to understand better though what games do you play with 34 above 12?

When I map NES, SNES, Atari, etc. I do use that layout with a core change in that emulator. I am thinking strictly of MAME here. I am not sure what to think of using 3 twice and dumping button 6 altogether.

I think over 90%? possibly 95%? don't use 6 buttons so 456 123 seems a better fit to me mostly and remap that little percentage as 123 456 for 6 button games. :)

grant2258

I would really like you guys to submit a panel 8 layout as well that you would use. For more choice on the poll

grant2258

@grant2258 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

I would really like you guys to submit a panel 8 layout as well that you would use. For more choice on the poll

im guessing robert will be or something similar it nice to have alternative ideas
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Riverstorm

@grant2258 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

I would really like you guys to submit a panel 8 layout as well that you would use. For more choice on the poll

Shoot! I have 2 panels and 1 mini arcade cabinet all are 6 buttons. I haven't even gave thought to 8. I wish I wold have though so I could cover Neo-Geo games as 1234. :)

I am honestly ok with any setup but for some reason dumping a button altogether and dual binding another seems a bit "different". I can't think of a single arcade game that stacks 34 above 12 in an arcade panel layout but then again there's 1,000's.

robertvb83

@riverstorm said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

@grant2258 - I don't think the ASCII is displaying correctly.

Just to understand better though what games do you play with 34 above 12?

ONLY 4 Button games! if I had 8 buttons I would use
5678
1234

because top row is irrelevant there are no games with 5 buttons (maybe a handful not in my interest)

I would still need to do 6 button custom to fit to sf2
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4568

grant2258

@robertvb83

how would you play you 4 player games on that you dont have

34
1234

neogeo and mame are doable easily

1234
456

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1234

both work

robertvb83

@riverstorm said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

@grant2258 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:
I can't think of a single arcade game that stacks 34 above 12 in an arcade panel layout but then again there's 1,000's.

so can you name me ONE game that stacks 4 above 1 like in
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sorry but this is just not the point! I would play them 1234 if I could! but I cant in my 6 Button layout! so there are only two possibilities for 4-Button games
456
123
or
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123

and I prefer the latter

grant2258

@robertvb83 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

@riverstorm said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

@grant2258 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:
I can't think of a single arcade game that stacks 34 above 12 in an arcade panel layout but then again there's 1,000's.

sorry but this is just not the point! I would play them 1234 if I could! but I cant in my 6 Button layout! so there are only two possibilities for 4-Button games
456
123
or
345
123

and I prefer the latter

Well that clears thing up for me your ok with the 8 panel 4 in a row i was just curious. I can fully undestand you have this preference for a 6 button layout.

Riverstorm

@robertvb83 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

sorry but this is just not the point!

I have to admit this seems to be the exact point. That layout that is. I can't name a single game that stacks 4 above 123 but 123 in a row seems to cover more arcade games then 34 above 12. Isn't the point to be closer to how an arcade panel would be laid out?

markwkidd

word to the wise: if you press enter in your post, then type three tildes ``` then press enter again, you go into fixed-width code mode.

ASCII will line up correctly.

At the end of the section you want in fixed-width code mode, you press enter, then enter three more tildes ``` and then press enter one more time.

Riverstorm

@markwkidd said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

At the end of the section you want in fixed-width code mode, you press enter, then enter three more tildes ``` and then press enter one more time.

Good tip!

robertvb83

@riverstorm said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

@robertvb83 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

sorry but this is just not the point!

I have to admit this seems to be the exact point. That layout that is. I can't name a single game that stacks 4 above 123 but 123 in a row seems to cover more arcade games then 34 above 12. Isn't the point to be closer to how an arcade panel would be laid out?

but this is exactly what I am proposing... why is nobody listening :-D

with

345
123

you always have 123 in a row that's the maximum you will ever get in a 6 button layout, you cannot get any closer to a real arcade layout

I swear to god I go back in time and bore that f***** 4th hole into my panel

grant2258

yes but you sacrificed a button you duplicated 3 at the top and mess up 6 players when below caters for all. To duplicate your snes pad I understand what you done and have no issue with it people will vote its all about choice.

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Riverstorm

@robertvb83 said in mame2003-plus: 250 new games, new input system, new features, new bugs:

but this is exactly what I am proposing... why is nobody listening :-D

I am listening to you and I hear you. I do like 123 in the bottom row. :)

Where I get lost is 345 on the top row. Can you explain what the thought is around that idea?

You'll have two button 3's and completely dump button 6. Why dump button 6 in favor of stacking 34 above 12, as well as, having 123 in a row in the same layout?

I can name several games that use 123 in a row but I can't think of a single game that uses 3 stacked above 12. Also any 6 button game is completely unplayable.

I get this part of the layout:

XXX
123

but I don't quite get this layout for arcade games favoring two 3 buttons and dumping button 6. Now any 6 button games are completely unplayable and you made ROM level overrides mandatory for them to work if you map like this at the global or core level.

3XX
123

Your arcade cabinet is excellent by the way, nice work!

grant2258

@riverstorm

none of this will effect core or global mapping it will be a 6_panel_retropie retropad selection. Mame works very different now

mame works on a

XYL
BAR

physical binding model so its core friendly

Riverstorm

@grant2258 - Oh, so if you map 2 button 3's then there's no way to override at the global or system level with retroarch.cfg or core or ROM level. It's a permanent binding while that layout is used? Button 6 would never be mappable/usable when a layout is loaded?

grant2258

@riverstorm nope it changable @markwkidd can explain that a lot better than me ich selectable in the ra menus

basically you press select +x goto contols change there or remap whichever you prefer

robertvb83

@riverstorm I don't know how to explain this any better...

I play all games up to 3 buttons with
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123

I play all games with 4 buttons because I just cannot have them in a row!
34x
12x

why would I care for button 6 in a 4 button game?

and it would not help at all for 6 button games if I define globaly
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because these games are played
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and I just go into these games and make the 6button scheme right and save a game remap file

so this is most effective. think about it I globally define
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so I can play ALL games up to 4 buttons. I don't care about 6 button games for this global scheme because I want to globaly define 99% and only adjust 1% and not the other way round

if I would chose globaly
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that would require game specific adaption for all 4button games plus game specific adaption for all 6 Button games

maybe someone understands my point and can put it in better words, I seem not to be able to reach anybody... but honestly I am totally fine with everything. either way, I just save my core remapping to fix everything and have a handful game remapping files. that's easy and no big deal.