Hyperspin with X-arcade question

[mikolaitis]

I have hyperspin installed and everything is working fine. I would like to use my x-arcade joystick with it but I'm not really sure what to do in the settings.ini file to make it work. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[BadBoyBill]

I dont have an x-arcade stick but does it work like most other controllers where it maps the buttons to keys? Or is it seen as a normal game controller in windows?

[brian_hoffman]

They use a keyboard encoder.

[BadBoyBill]

If someone knows the default key settings for x-arcade we can make a wiki entry with the ini file settings for various control setups.

[Dazz]

I re-programmed my X-arcade long long ago and don't know what the defaults are anymore. I think I have my X-Arcade book in my garage... let me see if I can find it. I think it has the default keys.

[Dazz]

Ok, found it... This is for the dual player X-Arcade

Mode 1 (non-programmable):

Player 1:
Up - NumPad Up
Down - NumPad Down
Right - NumPad Right
Left - NumPad Left

P1SW1 - L Ctrl
P1SW2 - L Alt
P1SW3 - Space
P1SW4 - L Shift
P1SW5 - Z
P1SW6 - X
P1SW7 - C
P1SW8 - 5

Player 2:
Up - R
Down - F
Right - G
Left - D

P2SW1 - A
P2SW2 - S
P2SW3 - Q
P2SW4 - W
P2SW5 - E
P2SW6 - [
P2SW7 - ]
P2SW8 - 6

Left Flipper - 3
Right Flipper - 4

[mikolaitis]

sorry to sound like an idiot, but what would i type in the settings.ini file. I notice there are numbers listed rather than the actual keyboard keys used.

thanks everyone. I was expecting to be flamed

[Dazz]

I completely forgot how my X-Arcade worked... How do you exit out of games with it? I don't think the encoder that X-Arcade uses has shifted keys. There is a button on the back, but I think that is the programming button. Do you just normally exit via the keyboard?

[brian_hoffman]

I open MAME... Press TAB on my keyboard... Go to input settings>other controls> UI CANCEL.
Press enter (then press a key sequence) then use that key sequence to exit games.

[mikolaitis]

exiting is usually done with the 2 player start button and the second player credit button

[Dazz]

exiting is usually done with the 2 player start button and the second player credit buttonHmm, I don't see anything regarding exit in my manual... Do you happen to know what key is being shipped when player 2 start and player 2 credit button is pressed?

With an X-Arcade the way that I would set it up the Settings.ini like this:

[Main Controls]
Start = 49
Exit = 50

[P1 Controls]
Up = 104
Down = 98
SkipUp = 17
SkipDown = 16
HyperSpin = 32
Genre = 67

I have not tested this, but it should work like this:

Use this as the X-Arcade button layout for player 1
... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ...
... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ...
7 ... 8

Up - player 1 joy up
Down - player 1 joy down

Player 1 Start - next screen
Player 2 Start - previous menu

Player 1 button 1 - SkipUp
Player 1 button 4 - SkipDown
Player 1 button 3 - HyperSpin
Player 1 button 7 - Genre

The key codes that HyperSpin uses are located at the bottom of this page (http://flash-creations.com/notes/asclass_key.php).

Hope this helps!

[mikolaitis]

Ok, I've got it now. I never would have figured it out for myself.