Author Topic: joy numbering by device ID in windows 10  (Read 2384 times)

slydog43

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joy numbering by device ID in windows 10
« on: September 16, 2019, 08:49:36 PM »
A while back I asked if attractmode could use device ID's in windows instead of Joystick numbering.  Windows 10 reissues joystick numbers and is not consistant from boot to boot.  Really sucks.  MAME works with a ctrl.cfg file that makes mame assign a specific joystick # to a specific Device ID, works great.  I need this with attractmode.

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Re: joy numbering by device ID in windows 10
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2019, 10:11:59 PM »
Have you tried...

Configure-->Controls-->Joystick Mappings

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Re: joy numbering by device ID in windows 10
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2019, 10:00:42 AM »
OMG, THANK YOU, I never saw this config page.  This will work fine for my setup (I have 8 control panels that can be attached to my cabinets for various games, so they play like they were designed to be played.  Not sure but I think this will work great, Thanks again!

I will have to test if AM will still work if it doesn't detect a joystick ID, will it skip it or change it to default, etc, as I remove a panel when not using it and ID change on the fly in windows with my setup.

Failed, fu*k.  I was so excited, but sometimes AM will assign a controller to joy2 when I have told it to use JOY0 (which should show up as Joy1 in controls I think).  Wondering if I can help out debugging this for devs.  Please tell me what I can do to help out, as this would help me and possible others out.

Do you think the nightlies would help out at all?
« Last Edit: September 17, 2019, 10:34:00 AM by slydog43 »