I use MAME 0.78 command prompt flavor, but now I have started a dedicated arcade cabinet build. Attract mode rules for this purpose, hands down nevato theme is slick. I have done everything and even added all my art for marquees and snaps etc. Everything works great, my buttons are setup (mapped to keys by encoder and joy to key), lots of fun has been had already. But the only way I know how to make my MAME talk to a mouse is to adjust the MAME.ini file to reflect "Mouse 1" instead of "0" then you can use it as an input and map it to lightgun crosshair, steer with it and so on. Here's the kicker, it won't recognize my mouse through attract mode and my mame.ini file is set to "mouse 1". BUT when I run a cmd prompt window and tell mame to -cc or -showconfig it spits out this:
### mame running parameters ###
### Frontend Related ###
clones 1
### Windows path and directory options ###
rompath roms
samplepath samples
# inipath <NULL> (not set)
cfg_directory cfg
nvram_directory nvram
memcard_directory memcard
input_directory inp
hiscore_directory hi
state_directory sta
artwork_directory artwork
snapshot_directory snap
diff_directory diff
ctrlr_directory ctrlr
cheat_file cheat.dat
history_file history.dat
mameinfo_file mameinfo.dat
### Windows video options ###
autoframeskip 1
frameskip 0
waitvsync 0
triplebuffer 0
window 0
ddraw 1
direct3d 0
hwstretch 1
cleanstretch auto
resolution auto
zoom 2
refresh 0
scanlines 0
switchres 1
switchbpp 1
maximize 1
keepaspect 1
matchrefresh 0
syncrefresh 0
throttle 1
full_screen_brightness 0.000000
frames_to_run 0
effect none
screen_aspect 4:3
sleep 1
rdtsc 0
high_priority 0
### Windows Direct3D 2D video options ###
d3dtexmanage 1
d3dfilter 1
d3dfeedback 0
d3dscan 100
d3deffectrotate 1
d3dprescale auto
d3deffect none
# d3dcustom <NULL> (not set)
# d3dexpert <NULL> (not set)
### Windows sound options ###
audio_latency 1
### Input device options ###
mouse 0
joystick 0
lightgun 0
dual_lightgun 0
offscreen_reload 0
steadykey 0
keyboard_leds 1
a2d_deadzone 0.300000
# ctrlr <NULL> (not set)
### Mame CORE video options ###
norotate 0
ror 0
rol 0
autoror 0
autorol 0
flipx 0
flipy 0
debug_resolution auto
gamma 1.000000
brightness 1.000000
pause_brightness 0.650000
### Mame CORE vector game options ###
antialias 1
translucency 1
beam 1.000000
flicker 0.000000
intensity 1.500000
### Mame CORE sound options ###
samplerate 44100
samples 1
resamplefilter 1
sound 1
volume 0
### Mame CORE misc options ###
artwork 1
use_backdrops 1
use_overlays 1
use_bezels 1
artwork_crop 0
artwork_resolution 0
cheat 0
debug 0
# playback <NULL> (not set)
# record <NULL> (not set)
log 0
maxlogsize 10000
oslog 0
skip_disclaimer 0
skip_gameinfo 0
crconly 0
bios default
### Configuration options ###
readconfig 1
verbose 0
So... this means that attract mode is sending a cmd prompt to mame that tells it settings from a NEW ini file or something. What do?
Where in attract mode is the config for mame cmds? I can even delete my old mame.ini and it runs with this new mouse 0 ini setting. Attract mode is awesome, but it's making me feel like a noob because I can't adjust the mame.ini to make it work and it won't read the mame.ini I have.
