Mamewah Controls

This section describes in detail how to modify your controller settings to work correctly in Mamewah. Many users of Mamewah needs to modify these controls to work properly with their arcade controls or custom setups.

If you are just looking for the default controls for navigating the Mamewah frontend, they are located here.

Ctrlr Files

Mamewah uses a controller (ctrlr) system as follows:

MAMEWAH will check for the following .ini files in the order below. If a given file does not exist, then MAMEWAH will move onto the next file in the hierarchy.

All files are searched for within '\mamewah\ctrlr\Ctrlr Name\' unless otherwise specified, where 'Ctrlr Name' refers to the name specified in MAMEWAH. Note that 'emuname' should be replaced with the emulator name, as used by MAMEWAH's ini config system. The '?' refers to the game list number, again, as used the \ini config system.

Ctrlr Files:

emuname-?.ini						emulator & game list specific ctrlr file
emuname.ini						emulator specific ctrlr file
ctrlr.ini						general ctrlr file
\mamewah\ctrlr\default.ini				MAMEWAH's default ctrlr file

(if none of the above exist, MAMEWAH will exit)

Input Mappings

The following actions can be "mapped" to one or more keys:

# main form
UP_1_GAME			"DIK_UP ¦ JOY1_UP ¦ MOUSE_UP"
DOWN_1_GAME			"DIK_DOWN ¦ JOY1_DOWN ¦ MOUSE_DOWN"
UP_1_PAGE			"DIK_R"
DOWN_1_PAGE			"DIK_F"
UP_1_LETTER			"DIK_LEFT ¦ JOY1_LEFT"
DOWN_1_LETTER			"DIK_RIGHT ¦ JOY1_RIGHT"

FIND_GAME			"DIK_TAB"
RANDOM_GAME			"DIK_LSHIFT"
SELECT_EMULATOR			"DIK_Z"
NEXT_EMULATOR			"DIK_4"
PREVIOUS_EMULATOR		"DIK_6"
SELECT_GAMELIST			"DIK_X"
NEXT_GAMELIST			"DIK_3"
PREVIOUS_GAMELIST		"DIK_5"
ADD_GAME_TO_LIST		"DIK_A"
REMOVE_GAME_FROM_LIST		"DIK_S"
MENU_SHOW			"DIK_2"
MENU_LOCK			"DIK_LALT & DIK_2"
LAUNCH_GAME			"DIK_1"
LAUNCH_GAME_WITH_OPTIONS1	"DIK_LCONTROL & DIK_1"
LAUNCH_GAME_WITH_OPTIONS2	"DIK_LALT & DIK_1"
LAUNCH_APP_1			"DIK_C"
LAUNCH_APP_2			
LAUNCH_APP_3			
EXIT_WITH_CHOICE		
EXIT_TO_WINDOWS			"DIK_ESCAPE"
EXIT_AND_RUN_APP		
EXIT_AND_REBOOT			
EXIT_AND_SHUTDOWN		

# options form
OP_UP_1_OPTION			"DIK_UP ¦ JOY1_UP ¦ MOUSE_UP"
OP_DOWN_1_OPTION		"DIK_DOWN ¦ JOY1_DOWN ¦ MOUSE_DOWN"
OP_UP_1_OPTION_PAGE		"DIK_LEFT ¦ JOY1_LEFT"
OP_DOWN_1_OPTION_PAGE		"DIK_RIGHT ¦ JOY1_RIGHT"
OP_MENU_SELECT			"DIK_1"
OP_MENU_BACK			"DIK_2"
OP_MENU_HIDE			

# screensaver form
SS_SHOW_TRACK_NAME		"DIK_2"
SS_FIND_N_SELECT_GAME		"DIK_1"

# any form
PREVIOUS_TRACK			"DIK_LALT"
NEXT_TRACK			"DIK_SPACE"
REWIND_TRACK			"DIK_Q"
FF_TRACK			"DIK_W"

Other Settings

Various other settings are available for use using the ctrlr ini files (see the bottom of default.ini). Here is a brief explanation:

keyboard			- enable / disable keyboard
mouse				- enable / disable mouse
joystick			- enable / disable joysticks

digital_scroll_rate 		- scroll rate for games / options lists (also minimum scroll rate for similated analog, see below)

simulated_analog_max_rate	- maximum scroll rate for 'simulated analog' (accelerated) scrolling (games list only)

mouse_x_sensitivity		- mouse x-axis sensitivity
mouse_y_sensitivity		- mouse y-axis sensitivity

(The below are joystick device no. [?] and [axis] specific)

joy?_axis_deadzone		- % of travel before joystick is engaged
joy?_axis_saturation		- % of travel before maximum joystick value is reached
joy?_axis_sensitivity		- joystick sensitivity
joy?_axis_analog		- specifies whether joystick is analog or digital (analog devices can be treated as digital)

Available Keys

This is a list of key, mouse and joystick input codes which can be used in MAMEWAH's ctrlr ini config system. Note that keycodes are DirectInput standard codes, please consult the MSDN DirectX Key Constants list for a more thorough explanation (some keycodes are not obvious which keys they are for!). SEE BELOW these codes for further settings...

Keyboard Keys

DIK_0-DIK_9
DIK_A-DIK_Z

DIK_UP or DIK_UPARROW
DIK_DOWN or DIK_DOWNARROW
DIK_LEFT or DIK_LEFTARROW"
DIK_RIGHT or DIK_RIGHTARROW

DIK_NUMPAD0-DIK_NUMPAD9

DIK_NUMLOCK
DIK_NUMPADSLASH or DIK_DIVIDE
DIK_NUMPADSTAR or DIK_MULTIPLY
DIK_NUMPADMINUS or DIK_SUBTRACT
DIK_NUMPADPLUS or DIK_ADD
DIK_NUMPADENTER
DIK_NUMPADPERIOD or DIK_DECIMAL
DIK_NUMPADCOMMA
DIK_NUMPADEQUALS

DIK_ESCAPE
DIK_F1-DIK_F15
DIK_GRAVE
DIK_TAB
DIK_CAPSLOCK or DIK_CAPITOL
DIK_LSHIFT
DIK_BACKSLASH
DIK_MINUS
DIK_EQUALS
DIK_BACKSPACE or DIK_BACK
DIK_LBRACKET
DIK_RBRACKET
DIK_RETURN
DIK_SEMICOLON
DIK_APOSTROPHE
DIK_COMMA
DIK_PERIOD
DIK_SLASH
DIK_RSHIFT
DIK_LCONTROL
DIK_LWIN
DIK_LALT or DIK_LMENU
DIK_SPACE
DIK_RALT or DIK_RMENU
DIK_RWIN
DIK_APPS
DIK_RCONTROL
DIK_SYSRQ
DIK_SCROLL
DIK_PAUSE
DIK_INSERT
DIK_HOME
DIK_PGUP or DIK_PRIOR
DIK_DELETE
DIK_END
DIK_PGDN or DIK_NEXT

'Brazilian Keyboards:
DIK_ABNT_C1
DIK_ABNT_C2

'British/German Keyboards:
DIK_OEM_102

'Japanese Keyboards:
DIK_AT
DIK_AX
DIK_CIRCUMFLEX
DIK_COLON
DIK_CONVERT
DIK_KANA
DIK_KANJI
DIK_NOCONVERT
DIK_STOP
DIK_UNDERLINE
DIK_UNLABELED
DIK_YEN

'Multimedia/Web Keyboards:
DIK_CALCULATOR
DIK_MAIL
DIK_MEDIASELECT
DIK_MEDIASTOP
DIK_MUTE
DIK_MYCOMPUTER
DIK_NEXTTRACK
DIK_PLAYPAUSE
DIK_POWER
DIK_PREVTRACK
DIK_VOLUMEDOWN
DIK_VOLUMEUP
DIK_WAKE
DIK_WEBBACK
DIK_WEBFAVORITES
DIK_WEBFORWARD
DIK_WEBHOME
DIK_WEBREFRESH
DIK_WEBSEARCH
DIK_WEBSTOP

Mouse Input Keys

MOUSE_LEFT
MOUSE_RIGHT
MOUSE_UP
MOUSE_DOWN
MOUSE_SCROLLUP
MOUSE_SCROLLDOWN
MOUSE_BUTTON0-MOUSE_BUTTON3

Joystick Input Keys

You can use multiple joysticks connected at one time. When configuring these keys, replace (?) with the joystick number that is connected to the system.

JOY?_LEFT
JOY?_RIGHT
JOY?_UP
JOY?_DOWN
JOY?_IN
JOY?_OUT
JOY?_ROTATELEFT
JOY?_ROTATERIGHT
JOY?_ROTATEUP
JOY?_ROTATEDOWN
JOY?_ROTATEIN
JOY?_ROTATEOUT
JOY?_SLIDER0INC
JOY?_SLIDER0DEC
JOY?_SLIDER1INC
JOY?_SLIDER1DEC
JOY?_POV0-3_LEFT
JOY?_POV0-3_RIGHT
JOY?_POV0-3_UP
JOY?_POV0-3_DOWN
JOY?_BUTTON0-31

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