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    Anyway to set Mame 'TAB' key to a hotkey?

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    • showstopper
      showstopper last edited by

      Hi all,

      I am running MAME 2003 and i would like to assign the mame options key (TAB) to Select+Y. Does anyone know how to do this? I am using a XinMo controller board and i guess the hotkey buttons aren't actual keys? So if i try to map the button in mame i press select and y but it just picks select.

      I looked around but couldnt seem to find the question answered.

      Cheers.

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      • mitu
        mitu Global Moderator last edited by

        I think you can use L+R triggers to open the MAME 2003 menu - works for me using a gamepad.

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        • showstopper
          showstopper @mitu last edited by

          @mitu I'm using arcade buttons (6) with a XinMo control board, so I don't have triggers set. It's not a big issue, it would just be nice to have. Is there no way to edit one of the config files?

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          • showstopper
            showstopper last edited by

            Anyone have any ideas?

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            • showstopper
              showstopper last edited by

              OK i got this working. The trick is to press both buttons at the same time in mame control options. So now i can press select & y (at the same time) to get the mame options open.

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              • sirhenrythe5th
                sirhenrythe5th last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                That was my idea from the beginning, it is the same way i mapped "select" + "start" to exit advancemane the same way i do with all the lr-emulators.
                But because you wrote:

                "@showstopper said in Anyway to set Mame 'TAB' key to a hotkey?:
                So if i try to map the button in mame i press select and y but it just picks select."

                i thought you allready did that and did not work.
                There was no hint in your question that you dont press them at the same time ;)

                However: it works now, great! ;)

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                • showstopper
                  showstopper @sirhenrythe5th last edited by

                  @sirhenrythe5th I think its because select & x does the retroarch menu so i was expecting it to be the same for the mame menu, but its not. No matter it works now!

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