I cant change controls in MAME emulator

Ginixx

Pi Model or other hardware: 4
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.6

I build an arcade cabinet wtih retropie.
I have 2 build in controllers (joystick with 6 buttons).

When i have a game opened in arcade (mame2003)

i am able to press tab on a keyboard to open the options menu.
Here i can navigate using my joystick (that is hooked to player 1).
Im also able to use the a button to enter the chosen option.
But when i go to input (this game).
Navigate to the keybind i want to edit and press a.
Im not able to change the input.
I can press all the buttons aswell as every key on the keyboard but its not updating the keybind.

Any help with this or suggestions on how i might be able to fix this are welcome.

Thanks in advance!

mahoneyt944

@Ginixx the button it's expecting you to use, is listed under input general, the UI binds are what's used in the menu.

YFZdude

@Ginixx
Are you only using quick presses?
I would try holding the button you want to assign for a few seconds.

-OR-

In one game I was reassigning an analog movement to a mouse and I had to move it back and forth a bit before it registered. Perhaps repeatedly pressing the desired button might work?

mahoneyt944

@Ginixx I suspect the menu UI is expecting a retropad input "a" but your input is being viewed as a keyboard input. You might need to change your input interface in retroarch..... Open retroarch go to: quick menu -> options -> input interface -> keyboard

Or you can set it up as simultaneous for both retropad and keyboard.

Ginixx

Thanks for the replies,

@YFZdude i tried both quick presses as holding the button down both without succes.

@mahoneyt944 Im not sure this is my issue since i can navigate with my controller and also use either a or press enter on the keyboard to select what input i wish to change.
The input field then turns blank as if its waiting for me to assign a new button but at that moment it stops registering any input.
After about 4 -5 seconds it automatically backs out of changing the input.

mahoneyt944

@Ginixx what do you have it set to now? It should be core option, input interface - simultaneous. For most setups. Controls get tricky in mame because you can map controls then toggle options which can do odd things.

mahoneyt944

@Ginixx also I would open command from emulation station by pressing f4 on the keyboard. Make sure you don't have a key sticking. If you do, you'll see the text being entered. I've seen people improperly wire arcade buttons on the daisy chain tabs and get all kinds of issues.

mahoneyt944

Any luck with this,?