Mame4all Controller not working.

[andrewlee32]

Apologies if this is a bonehead question, i've searched the forum and cannot find a solution.

I'm running retropie 4.3 on a rpi3 model b and a usb controller through a zero delay usb encoder. The controls work perfectly on all emulators except mame4all, im getting no response from anything and have to power down the pi to get out. i dont have a keyboard connected atm but its a moments work.
i obviously have a config file issue, but im afraid that i've completely run out of skill.

[rbaker]

@andrewlee32 said in Mame4all Controller not working.:

mame4all

mame4all is not a retroarch emulator and therefore will need to be configured by pressing TAB to bring up the menu as described in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/MAME/#mame4all-pi

If you have done this and it still does not work, you will need to post this information as requested when you signed up.

[jonnykesh]

Yeah, you're gonna need that keyboard. Also can I just ask why you are using MAME4ALL? You are using a Pi3, you should be running lr-mame2003 / advancemame / lr-fbalpha. Better performance and compatibility.

[andrewlee32]

@jonnykesh simply put mate, i'm just starting out, and don't know any better! thats a very useful piece of information and ill go off and find out how to add fbalpha and advance mame. Hopefully that should help out a lot.

thanks for you help

[andrewlee32]

@rbaker thats very helpful, thanks so much for taking the time to help me with this. its been driving me mad. Sorry for the noob question

[jonnykesh]

@andrewlee32 Listen, MAME has made better men than you weep for their mothers! Your best bet for a good grounding is getting ROMs from the MAME 0.78 reference set, maybe you could google that... Put them in the Arcade folder and choose lr-mame2003 as the default. That is my VERY quick start guide to MAME.