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Gitweazle edited this page Mar 2, 2014 · 9 revisions

Here is a listing of the various commands that can be used during the game itself:

MAMEHub related commands

  • N (remove netstats)

To remove the blue boxes on the top left & right, hit "n"

  • Left-Shift + F12 (start/stop video recording)

Press LSHIFT + F12 to begin recording a webm video, and then press it again when you are finished recording. The video will be in your nvram/(system)/ folder, and can be played by opening it in any modern browser (chrome, firefox, etc.)

  • T (open chat)

Hit "t" inside the game to bring up the chat bar, then type your message and hit enter.

  • Chat Commands (type in the chat bar)

/lock - Locks the game and prevents any new players from joining

/# - ( where # = the number associated with a controller slot, so if you want to control player 2, type /2) changes your controls to the selected controller slot, multiple peers can be assigned to the same controller slot. This can be useful for turn-based games, where player 2 can type /1 to share controls with player 1.

Useful MAME/MESS commands

  • TAB (open main menu)

Opens the internal menu of MAME/MESS. From here you can change various settings such as rebinding the control keys of a player. You can hit Enter followed by Escape (twice) to revert the keys back to the default input.

  • Scroll Lock (partial/full emulation)

On some systems, such as the MSX, C64 or Amiga, the entire keyboard is emulated. As a result you can not call up the menu with TAB. You can use Scroll Lock to switch to Partial Emulation to enable the emulator keys.

  • F2 (factory settings)

Brings you into the factory setting menu for Arcade games. Here you can change the difficulty and test various (emulated) functions. May cause desynchronization.

  • F3 (reset game)

Resets the emulator. May cause desynchronization. If you really want to reset the game, use F2 to emulate a reboot.

  • F11 (show frames & speed)

Pressing F11 is similar to showing your frames per second in other games as the percentage will show how close your speed is to that of the actual machine. Normally you can also turn on frame skipping if it runs too slow, but in MAMEHub this function is disabled.

  • Print Screen + Insert

By pressing and holding the Print Screen and Insert buttons you can force the emulation to run faster than a real system would be able to. This is useful for games with lengthy loading screens and such. It is best to use this before other players start connected as it may increase the chance of desynchronization (players start seeing different results).