Trackball sensitivity

[Nation]

So I Finally got my trackball mounted (utrak) and am really enjoying the trackball games but I feel like the sensitivity may not be calibrated perfectly. What do you guys do for thus if anything. What got me thinking was watching "High Score" on hulu and the guy playing missile command is able to move the reticule quickly by moving the trackball seemingly a very short distance. On my machine it cannot be moved so quickly. Other games seem ok. I'm guessing sensitivity can be cranked up by upping the mouse tracking speed in windows but is there a way to get accurate calibration for all games? Seems it could be different for each one. Thoughts?

[northerngames]

in game

tab

analog controls

there is also sensitivity settings under the regular control options.

[meany]

Press the TAB key while in MAME and you can change the sensitivity for all games or individualy.

[Nation]

Thanks. So it's more of a tweaking until you get it how you like rather than some way to get it to the "official" settings you would have on a dedicated cab? Assuming such a standard setting exists on dedicated cabs; I guess maybe they all are configurable as well?

[northerngames]

yep the stock service is f2

[RandyT]

So I Finally got my trackball mounted (utrak) and am really enjoying the trackball games but I feel like the sensitivity may not be calibrated perfectly. What do you guys do for thus if anything. What got me thinking was watching "High Score" on hulu and the guy playing missile command is able to move the reticule quickly by moving the trackball seemingly a very short distance. On my machine it cannot be moved so quickly. Other games seem ok. I'm guessing sensitivity can be cranked up by upping the mouse tracking speed in windows but is there a way to get accurate calibration for all games? Seems it could be different for each one. Thoughts?

This is one reason why we use high resolution encoder wheels in our Electric ICE trackballs.  The other is for better navigation at the Windows desktop.

You can increase the sensitivity, but then you lose a certain amount of accuracy.  In a game like Missile Command, it may be fine...until you start shooting the mines.  You will probably need to tweak each game to get the feel you want, but it's always better to have too much resolution and tweak it down than too little and tweak it up.  The first maintains granularity of the in-game movement (desirable) while the latter decreases it (undesirable....makes movement coarser).

RandyT