Reoder not Working in MAME

[4thkindenter]

MAME will only keep the order on player 3, 4, 5 generic controllers and my other devices are ordered fine. Player 1 and 2 sometimes are 1 and 2 but they change almost every time I launch. Sometimes they are 12, and 13 and other 14 and 15.

[briankendall]

What kind of controller do you have assigned to players 1 and 2?

Does it work better if you order the controllers using their GUID instead of their name? (Assuming you're not already using their GUIDs.)

[4thkindenter]

They are all zero delay encoders which windows labels "generic". I am using the name and the GUID below. Player 3,4,5 are the same controller types with zero delay encoders and they remain in the same order and have been since I installed it. I just can't figure out why it won' work with player 1 and 2.

[briankendall]

You should only use the name or the GUID, not both. What happens if you just use the GUID?

[4thkindenter]

I just tried that and the results were the same. Player 1 is joy13 (I don't even have that many devices connected) and player 2 is joy14

[briankendall]

Would you copy / paste your devorder.ini file into a comment here so I can look at it?

[4thkindenter]

; devreorder settings
; Any line starting with ; is a comment and will be ignored

[order]

{ef997f40-6422-11e8-8001-444553540000}
{6bb67630-643e-11e8-8004-444553540000}
{fa90f630-6422-11e8-8002-444553540000}
{175a31a0-6423-11e8-8003-444553540000}
{3d35e4b0-6391-11e8-8002-444553540000}
T.Flight Stick X
VirtuaPin Controller
ATRAK Device #1
ATRAK Device #2

; In this section write the names or GUIDs of your controllers
; in the order you want them to be detected, one per line.
; Make sure any names exactly match the name printed in the
; Game Controllers control panel or in DeviceLister.exe,
; including any capital letters and punctuation. If you use
; a device's GUID instead of its name, make sure the GUID is
; enclosed in curly braces, just like in DeviceLister.exe.
; Example:
; vJoy Device
; Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)
; {01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef}

[hidden]
Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)
{dc696f30-1b7d-11e9-8007-444553540000}
Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)
{e75b49c0-4347-11ea-8001-444553540000}

; In this section, write the names or GUIDs of controllers
; that you want to be hidden. Again their name must exactly
; match the name printed in the Game Controllers control
; panel or in DeviceLister.exe, and GUIDs must be in the
; same format as above.
; Example:
; Wireless Controller
; {01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef}

[visible]
; In this section, write the names or GUIDs of the controllers
; that you want to be the only controllers which are visible.
; If this section is not empty, then all controllers not listed
; in it will be hidden. If this section is left blank, then it
; will have no effect and only the controllers in the [hidden]
; section will be invisible. (This does not affect keyboards,
; mice, and other pointing devices.)
; Example:

[ignored processes]
; In this section, write the names of processes you want
; devreorder to ignore so that the order and visibility of
; their controllers are not changed, as though devreorder is
; not installed. Matches are not case sensitive. Be sure to
; include the file extension as well.
; Example:
; steam.exe

[4thkindenter]

I had to do a restart and they are now joy1 and 2, but that happens sometimes and after a few launches they change again. Its like the reorder for those 2 won't stick

[4thkindenter]

Just as I suspected player 1 and 2 have reordered for no reason. The computer has been on, without any restarts and randomly they are now joy 13 and 14.