Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie
-
@Riverstorm depends on the rom, certain roms need certain emulators to work, depending on the romset for the game
-
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@Riverstorm depends on the rom, certain roms need certain emulators to work, depending on the romset for the game
Yes I know that I was just asking which folder you're using that the Tab key is working. As far as I know only lr-mame2003 works I was curious which is working for you.
-
@dankcushions said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
the mame2003 binaries have 4 player support fine?
Dank 4 players worked perfect on 4.0-beta 2 but I had to do this as suggested by Buzz to get the controllers working.
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1277#issuecomment-233139295
-
Just a quick update. I managed to resolve my immediate issue with the TAB key. I reinstall of retropie onto a fresh SD card. I spent 8+ hours trying to repair the TAB key and a reinstall was around 3 hours.
The only issue I had with the reinstall was getting the controllers to work from the GPIO but in the end found a forum article explaining how to fix it.I will keep checking this entry as from what I googled, this has happened to multiple people. It would be nice to know how to manually update a file to fix it.
I don't know anything about unix, but as a thought is there a way to monitor all the files, and then reconfig the call up key within the menu and see what changes? Change it from TAB to something else? At least we could then work out what to fix/where to look next time.
-
@Riverstorm said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@Riverstorm depends on the rom, certain roms need certain emulators to work, depending on the romset for the game
Yes I know that I was just asking which folder you're using that the Tab key is working. As far as I know only lr-mame2003 works I was curious which is working for you.
lr-imame4all and advancemame 94 both had working tab keys for me when i placed corresponding roms in their folders. in the arcade folder, tab wont work for me
-
@skrapps914 when the games launch out of the arcade folder, which mame is launching? You can specify using runcommand.
-
i'm not too advanced with it, but in the arcade folder, the default emulator used for games is lr-imame4all
-
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
i'm not too advanced with it, but in the arcade folder, the default emulator used for games is lr-imame4all
You can indeed get in to the TAB screen when using the Arcade folder? Would you be able to verify what MAME version you're running. When you launch the game there will be a blue rectangular splashscreen for a few seconds where you are able to see the emulator name that is running.
Just to verify what version of RetroPie are you using 3.8.1 or the new 4.0 beta build? It seems like it should not work as the same emulator is running regardless of the folder (Arcade or mame-mame4all) but you never know.
-
@Riverstorm said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
i'm not too advanced with it, but in the arcade folder, the default emulator used for games is lr-imame4all
You can indeed get in to the TAB screen when using the Arcade folder? Would you be able to verify what MAME version you're running. When you launch the game there will be a blue rectangular splashscreen for a few seconds where you are able to see the emulator name that is running.
Just to verify what version of RetroPie are you using 3.8.1 or the new 4.0 beta build? It seems like it should not work as the same emulator is running regardless of the folder (Arcade or mame-mame4all) but you never know.
oh no, i mean when i have the roms in the lr-imame4all or advancemame folders, the tab key works, when i put the roms in the arcade folder, the tab key doesnt work.
only mame2003 tab will work out of the arcade folder for me.
-
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
oh no, i mean when i have the roms in the lr-imame4all or advancemame folders
Thanks, well that would be interesting too. :) The lr-imame4all folder is actually /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all (mame4all-pi and lr-imame4all share the same folder) so when you have ROMs in that folder and launch a game is the emulator that flashes on the blue splashscreen say mame4all or lr-imame4all?
-
I was testing 4.0-beta 2 and it prompts for a default emulator on the first game boot from the Arcade folder. I tried lr-imame4all and TAB did not work. It works fine in mame4all-pi, lr-mame2003 & of course AdvMAME.
-
@Riverstorm said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
tab didnt work when the roms were in the lr-mameforall folder? strange
-
only reason i kind of figured it was the arcade folder that was disabling tab, is because i was desperately trying to get the spider-man videogame arcade game to work, and it wouldnt load, from any mame emulator
-
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
tab didnt work when the roms were in the lr-mameforall folder?
I was using 4.0-beta 2 and it didn't work in either mame-mame4all or the Arcade folder. I haven't tried 3.8.1 though if that's what you're using. It does work for you though?
-
@Riverstorm i had updated my retropie setup script from the es menu, i think im on the beta one now. let me see if it works now.
-
@Riverstorm said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
tab didnt work when the roms were in the lr-mameforall folder?
I was using 4.0-beta 2 and it didn't work in either mame-mame4all or the Arcade folder. I haven't tried 3.8.1 though if that's what you're using. It does work for you though?
Ok, here's what i did, i put in my backup sd card, before i updated the retropie script.. and i recorded a video its version 3.8.1 on the backup card. games in the mame folders will allow tab to be pressed, but it seems since, arcade folder roms, use retroarch, tab is disabled in favor of the retroarch system
here is the video
[undefined]
-
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@Riverstorm said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
@skrapps914 said in Keyboard TAB key not working in MAME/Retroepie:
tab didnt work when the roms were in the lr-mameforall folder?
I was using 4.0-beta 2 and it didn't work in either mame-mame4all or the Arcade folder. I haven't tried 3.8.1 though if that's what you're using. It does work for you though?
Ok, here's what i did, i put in my backup sd card, before i updated the retropie script.. and i recorded a video its version 3.8.1 on the backup card. games in the mame folders will allow tab to be pressed, but it seems since, arcade folder roms, use retroarch, tab is disabled in favor of the retroarch system
here is the video
[undefined]
Ok, it looks like it doesn't work as we had originally thought. Thanks for the video though. Actually you can pick any MAME emulator when they are in the Arcade folder. Start a game and press a key like the space bar immediately. It will bring up a menu. Select option 1 and you can use any of those emulators. The caveat being it has to be a ROM for the emulator you choose. If the lion's share of the ROMs are of one type you can choose a default emulator and then do a per ROM basis for the rest which is option 2 I believe. That way you can consolidate all your MAME ROMs in to one folder, one location in Emulationstation for all MAME based games.
-
@Riverstorm i've tried that, with the roms in the arcade folder, setting them to different emulators, via the option menu. but the tab wont work for me that way either. for some reason, they need to be in the specific mame rom folder for tab to work. im not sure if its a directory issue, or a script issue. but for me, tab only works when the roms are in the mame rom folders.. never in the arcade folder
edit: it seems to be, because the arcade folder is using retroarch, and retroarch is overiding all settings from all the mame emulators.
edit 2: tested again, after transferring configs from retropie 3.8.1 to the updated sd card, tab now works from the arcade folder, except when choosing lr-mame4all as the emulator
-
no problem getting tab to work in lr-Mame2003 and mame4all-pi via arcade folder here. there's no difference in the folders unless in arcade you've unbound tab via the... tab menu :)
-
LOL, i put myself into a new issue.. argh. Now, the d-pad, which i have working as hatswitches, wont work in mame inputs. all the other buttons work, is there something i have to do, to enable hatswitches?
Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.
Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.