MAME Commands, Triggers and Actions -- Full Force Feedback¶
You will need to use a version of MAME with the functionality added to talk to DOFLinx. Install a version of MAME that matches the MAME64.exe included with DOFLinx then replace MAME64.exe. In addition, you will need to make sure the following is setup in your MAME.INI.
MAME files contain commands, triggers and actions that are run when MAME games start and stop. In the same way as FX3 there are four XX.MAME files;
All_Pre.MAME-- this is executed first for every MAME game when it startsDefault.MAME-- this runs for any game that does not have a game specific fileXXXX.MAME-- where XXXX is the specific MAME game that is runningAll_Post.MAME-- this is executed last for every MAME game when it starts
Only three will ever be run. Only default or the game specific file (2 or 3) can run, not both.
The first three of these has the sections;
The last has;
The actual game MAME file also has a [SCORE] section.
The [STARTUP] and [SHUTDOWN] sections contain pretty much any
parameters that can be contained in either the DOFLinx.INI or
supplementary INI files. For example, BUTTONS_ON= or FF_ROM= .
Both the [COMMANDS] and [CLEAR COMMANDS] sections contain the triggers and actions associated with the trigger from the game. For example, a trigger of "led0" can have both on and off actions such as;
The above will turn on the Player 1 button when led0 is "1" and turn it off when led0 is "0". In many MAME games this effectively flashes the Player 1 button when credits are inserted.
The [CLEAR COMMANDS] section exists to remove any commands that you do not want processed. It is most often used in the All_Post.MAME file to remove commands that are not relevant to your setup and may appear in a number of other MAME files. It saves editing all of those game files individually.
The [SCORE] section allows details for the polling of the score in the MAME game. Monitoring of score changes and reaching particular scores can be setup as triggers for any sort of actions.
One of the machines included with MAME is the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Running a NES game in MAME is achieved using a command line like
When MAME starts it reports "nes" as the game not the individual cartridge. As such, to get frce feedback via the correct MAME file for DOFLinx you will need to have your front end (or some other method) copy in the correct nes.XXXXXXXXX.MAME file to the nes.MAME file. Below is my setup from PinUp Popper.
