#Mame os x keyboard mapping update
#Mame os x keyboard mapping driver

Input General/Other Controls/1 Player Start - start game with one player Input General/Other Controls/Coin 1 - assign a joystick button so that you can insert coins with it These were the really important things to do: You must get accustomed to the interface in MAME and can reconfigure Control settings. Also you can manually switch joystick profiles in your mame.ini, which is the way I prefer when trying out a different joystick - I just leave the other configuration intact.īack to MAME Joystick Settings: In MAME, the configuration of the settings are a bit tricky. Two big advantages of this tweak: Your joystick settings get away from default.cfg, which from time to time gets reset (at least I think so).

ctrlr controller-ps4 (this is empty by default, and here comes your filename generated in the previous step.

ctrlrpath ctrlr (it should be like this).

Finally, in the mame.ini, you check the following two parameters:.

Then I renamed this default.cfg file to controller-ps4.cfg and moved it into the ctrlr directory.

First, I configured my PS4 joypad as described below under 'MAME Joystick settings'.

The following hack seems to work for me, and it seems the real way to go:

#Mame os x keyboard mapping update

Important Update December 2018: MAME quite frequently updates default.cfg, which makes this a dangerous place for keeping your favourite configuration. The main task here is to have these settings stored in /cfg/default.cfg Once done, you can transfer it as your specific configuration to a new version of MAME. Read further for MAME Joystick settings.Ģ. Build quality is superb, this is a clear recommendation. It is fully compatible with MacOS Sierra.Īs a second joypad, I went for a PS4 controller, and this thing rocks, both on USB and Bluetooth. Further insights will follow, but that's a good thing.

#Mame os x keyboard mapping driver

Update November 2016: Since the X Input mode emulates XBox controllers, I gave this XBox driver from Github a try - and it works! The immediate advantage is that all things are configurable in the MacOS System Settings, and RetroArch automatically assigns the joypad to XBox configuration, which is nice. Switched on the backside to Direct Input, it runs out of the box in QMC2. Leave it as is: My first joypad, for example was a Logitech F310 Gamepad, a good choice. Second, if it works, you have two choices:ġ. In the case of the PS4 controller, for example, everything shows up under Safari (Google Chrome misses out on the PS Button as B12), which gives you a good first feeling that this joypad should work in MacOS software.

This gives you a basic understanding of whether your gamepad works in your OS or not. The easiest way to do is to use an online Gamepad Tester like this one: Update December 2018: First thing to do is to test whether your joystick is fully functional under MacOS.