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BritInVA's Project Arcade II attempt :)
britinva:
Ran into a problem.
Started to install Visual Pinball and I have connected the flipper buttons to input 7 on each UltraStik. However, when I try to program these in Visual Pinball --> Preferences --> Keys but they are not being recognized.
Only regular Keyboard and my IPAC encoder (used for bezel buttons) are recognized.
According to Ultimarc I cannot map a button to a keyboard function like Left Shift.
Anyone know how I resolve this?
Worse case I rewire these buttons to the IPAC.
mgb:
I believe the Ultrastick is seen as a joypad so it won't allow the mapping to those inputs.
here is a link to the VP forum about the same issue. It looks like you have to use another program to make it happen.
in your case it seems easier to just wire em to your ipac
http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=11163&hl=mapping
britinva:
Thank mgb
For now I've wired the flipper buttons to the IPAC, I'm thinking I might actually wire all buttons to the IPAC as cannot use the Joy buttons for other pinball functions without another program..... its not a powerful PC so don't want stuff running if can avoid.
I have bigger issues thou, I got a pinball running within VP but when I integrated into GameEx and try to play the pinball it just hangs at a VP logo screen. I think my PC is likely not up to the job (1.3GHz Celeron, 512Mb RAM, XP SP3 32b, Radeon 9200/128Mb video card). Going to spend some time in VP forum to see if I can find solution.
britinva:
Well looking more like I need a beefier PC & Graphics card - recommended min 2GHz processor, 1GB RAM and Video card with at least 512MB.
What I'm hoping is that I can use some existing parts like PSU, Hardrive, CD-ROM etc.
I recollect seeing somewhere where folks have done this and not used a PC Case so might follow that path.
Anyone got recommendations for a mobo, CPU & graphic card? Graphic card needs to have a s-video or component out. But thinking further down the road I may change to a PC monitor...... but not initially as was not expecting to pay for PC upgrade.
britinva:
Anyone think it worth trying this in my existing system (1.3GHz Celeron, 512Mb RAM, XP SP3 32bit)? Looks like there is a driver for XP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130477
If I still have issues, will this still be OK with a new mobo?