how do i assign left click or right click on the ipac? and a few other questions

[shateredsoul]

So I have most of it figured out

I know how to change the key assignments and all, but when I try to assign left click or right click nothing happens.

Also, do the profiles I create load automatically, or how is it done so that the ipac uses my layout instead of the default one? never-mind, I saw the program ipac option under edit, I still would like help in figured out how to assign left click and right click  

[wweumina]

Basically you don't. The ipac is a keyboard encoder and doesn't know how to be a mouse.

In practice, there are programs you can use to replace a keystroke with a mouse click. You assign a button to a key  and then replace that key with a mouse click. There are some common scripts that only kick in only when certain programs are launched (eg pinball) or you can have it operate all the time.

I can link you to the programs later or I'm sure someone else will jump in.

[wweumina]

Auto Hot Key is the program. If you want the pinball script, let me know.

[shateredsoul]

thanks for the info, so is this what people use for their trackball buttons? Seems like a lot of people have their trackball buttons setup as left and right click. I'd like to have access to left and right click all the time, not just in specific games.

[wweumina]

You can have AHK run at startup. How is your trackball connected? Some optical encoders include mouse button support.

[shateredsoul]

ahh did not know that... I think the one I plan on purchasing does have that feature. I got bored of waiting for the control panel I ordered.. but that's a different story so I started programming the ipac to have everything ready. It's a happ 3" trackball

http://cgi.ebay.com/HAPP-CONTROLS-3-USB-PS2-TRACKBALL-ARCADE-WKS-W-MAME-/380227389860?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58875189a4

and it comes with connections for up to 3 buttons... now I have 2 extra  buttons on the ipac

[Encryptor]

As mentioned above the ipac is a keyboard encoder. You can't hook a trackball to it. You need an optical encoder for that.

Encryptor

[TOK]

thanks for the info, so is this what people use for their trackball buttons? Seems like a lot of people have their trackball buttons setup as left and right click. I'd like to have access to left and right click all the time, not just in specific games.

Some might be using the Happ USB ball with the 3 button harness. Thats what I have, and the computer see's it as a 3 button mouse.

[DashRendar]

thanks for the info, so is this what people use for their trackball buttons? Seems like a lot of people have their trackball buttons setup as left and right click. I'd like to have access to left and right click all the time, not just in specific games.

Some might be using the Happ USB ball with the 3 button harness. Thats what I have, and the computer see's it as a 3 button mouse.

Similar for me, I'm using the X-Arcade trackball (Betson clone), which comes with 4 buttons for the mouse buttons.

[mh12]

hey ss, i guess this is for DS games?
i use AHK.. my frontend looks for .exe files to run, not .nds
so the first line is Run (emu exe) (nds file)

and then i assign my player 2 controls to the mouse (just for games that need it) and for clicking ('i' is my 2P first button):
i::lclick
return

then return things to normal when you quit the game

esc::
SendInput !{F4}
ExitApp

do you need mouse movement too? i took part of an AHK example for moving the mouse with the numpad and made it work with my 2P stick.. i didn't do it so well since it won't do diagonals. only ever use it for menus anyhow.

[silverdolla]

Hi shateredsoul- I bought the same trackball from the same vendor and was also thinking the same thing as you are while I was waiting (configing ipac). As the listing says, it is a true plug and play USB. Once you plug it in your PC will recognize it as a mouse. You will then have access to the 3 buttons as left click/right click/ middle,(It doesn't come with them though ;-)) I got excited that Windows recognized it, but then I needed to configure MAME to reconize it. As of right now I am using MAMEUI and I went into config controllers section ( sorry I can't remember exactly what it says at the moment), and put a check mark where trackball is configurable. It worked......
 I then wondered,what about the middle button??? what can I use it for??? since left and right buttons were working, so I recently tried out Missle Command and it worked no problems. So now I totally eliminated the mouse and just use the trackball to get around windows. Now if I could only figure out how to configure HYPERSPIN, it would be golden!  Good luck

[surface tension]

It sounds like you're sorted now, but this would be where the minipac fits in, as it has trackball/spinner support, plus L/R mouse button inputs. All at a very good price.

[shateredsoul]

Thanks for the info Silver! good to know!

and yes st, I think i'm all sorted out now.. but that's good to know (especially for anyone that has a similar question and finds this thread)