New Build and require best I-Pac2 button assignment

[FRK]

Hi,

Right, controller almost finished, just button to fit and wire up.. It will be a thing of beauty.

But now comes the tricky part (thought it would be easy) to assign the right keyboard keys to the console buttons.

I have this (yes Via Chat GPT) which looks great until I see button 3 for Coin input is also used for Hold/Nudge.

Can anyone look over this and change as necessary.

It would be a great help.

Thanks

MFME I-PAC2 Button Assignment (25 Buttons)

auto nudge        = A
cancel            = C
change game       = G
club              = /
coin              = 3
collect           = X
down              = DOWN ARROW
exchange          = E
gamble            = B
hi                = H
lo                = L
£ notes           = 4
nudge/hold 1      = 1
nudge/hold 2      = 2
nudge/hold 3      = 5
nudge/hold 4      = 6
save it           = V
service           = S
shuffle           = F
start             = SPACE
stop              = Z
take feature      = T
up                = UP ARROW
escape key        = ESC

[davep180]

In nearly all layouts £1 is configured to 0, then 50p 9, etc. I’d keep holds as 1 to 4. Collect is normally set as ‘. You can double up keys too, so often hi and lo can be set to the corresponding hold buttons. A lot of mine have cancel and collect in the same button too ie c and ‘ on one button. You’ll see mfme has this option. Once you are set on what you want, save the configuration. You can then load it in for each machine, saving time. 

[FRK]

Hi,

Thanks for that, I was hoping that I could almost globally use the same configuration to cover most games.

I have 25 buttons so hope it covers most keys...

If I can get 90% working that would be fantastic,  don't mind the odd mouse click if I have to..

 

[FRK]

Sorry, idiot mode... how's the best way to change keys and save?

 

[smithers18]

I'm not sure if this is the best way but I find it easy enough to do it this way and it also gives me an opportunity to check the lamps for a specific button too at the same time: 

Open a layout
Click 'Design>Edit' from top menu
Right-Click on the button you want to change and select 'Properties'
Look for the 'Shortcuts' field (you can assign 2 keyboard shortcuts per button)
Either change the existing shortcut or add a second shortcut as desired
Save the button changes
Once you have made all the changes you need then click 'Design>Edit' again to exit edit mode
Save the layout

(This is all from memory because I'm not in front of my cabinet right now! I will edit if I got any of it wrong)

[woodsy]

8 hours ago, smithers18 said:

I'm not sure if this is the best way but I find it easy enough to do it this way and it also gives me an opportunity to check the lamps for a specific button too at the same time: 

Open a layout
Click 'Design>Edit' from top menu
Right-Click on the button you want to change and select 'Properties'
Look for the 'Shortcuts' field (you can assign 2 keyboard shortcuts per button)
Either change the existing shortcut or add a second shortcut as desired
Save the button changes
Once you have made all the changes you need then click 'Design>Edit' again to exit edit mode
Save the layout

(This is all from memory because I'm not in front of my cabinet right now! I will edit if I got any of it wrong)

this is correct. i'm curious though @davep180 me old china, are you suggesting there is a way to mass assign keys to multiple layouts in one swoop?

hope you're well pal

[davep180]

12 hours ago, woodsy said:

this is correct. i'm curious though @davep180 me old china, are you suggesting there is a way to mass assign keys to multiple layouts in one swoop?

hope you're well pal

No mate. But you can save a template that you can load into a machine to save time doing each and every button every time.