lr-MAME2010 "SERVICE" and "UI_CONFIGURE" overrides not applying to NeoGeo?

bollwerk

Hello folks....

Raspberry Pi4b Rev 1.2, 2 GB, running RetroPi 4.6.5

I'm just setting up a new device and testing arcade games using lr-mame2010.
One curiosity I've found is, after overriding the defaults for "SERVICE" and "UI_CONFIGURE" for MAME, these changes don't seem to apply to NeoGeo games running under the same MAME core. Obviously, I could just use FBN for NeoGeo, but that wouldn't solve the mystery. =)
Is this a bug, or do I have something misconfigured somewhere?

Overrides I'm referring to are in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/mame2010/cfg/default.cfg :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<mameconfig version="10">
    <system name="default">
        <input>
            <port type="SERVICE">
                <newseq type="standard">
                    KEYCODE_5 KEYCODE_F2
                </newseq>
            </port>
            <port type="UI_CONFIGURE">
                <newseq type="standard">
                    KEYCODE_Z KEYCODE_5
                </newseq>
            </port>
        </input>
    </system>
</mameconfig>

My goal here is to NOT have L3 and R3 be the default buttons to open the service menu and MAME menu. Instead, I changed these to a combination of 2 other buttons, because I like to use the left analog stick for movement, rather than the d-pad, in most games. But I end up opening the service menu accidentally during intense movement.

From the documentation - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/MAME/#lr-mame2010-mame-2010

RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_L3           Test/Service Mode
RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_R3           Enter MAME UI
RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_A            MAME: IPT_UI_SELECT (Make selections in the MAME GUI)

If there is an easier to way to change these defaults, I'm definitely open to suggestions.

bollwerk

Have I stumped everyone? =)

G30FF

lr-mame2010 is a very messy, feature incomplete core. It does not respect much in the way of retroarch configs, so try plugging in a keyboard and using the MAME tab menu in-game to change the inputs.

That being said, when I upgraded to a Pi 4, I uninstalled lr-mame2010, installed lr-mame2016, and never looked back. It's better in every way.

bollwerk

@g30ff Fair point. I wasn't sure how high I could go with MAME before it would hit the CPU limits. I'll switch to 2016 and see how it goes. Thanks!