U360 Wiring Harness Question

[Charles4400]

If you use both the wiring harness attached to ipac and USB for the U360 would you get the best of both worlds by 1)allowing mapping to still be used MAME as well as 2) allowing keyboard movement controls on some PC games that don't support joysticks (joypads)?

OR as soon as the U360 is attached to the ipac, does it lose its mapping ability?

Anyone have experience with this?

Thanks!
-Charles

[Nephasth]

You would still be able to map the U360, but you will lose analog (if that matters to you). The U360 is basically a mappable switch type joystick when wired like that.

[Charles4400]

Hmmm then I assume it would not work without custom maps for games like Qbert with 45 degree rotated layout?

[Nephasth]

Yes, it will still work. As long as it is hooked up to USB, it is mappable. You can map the U360 to read only diagonal directions.

[rcub3]

Hmmm. So what is the benefit of connecting it to the ipac too?  Wouldn't the USB connection do all of it(mapping, analog, etc)?

[Charles4400]

Hmmm. So what is the benefit of connecting it to the ipac too?  Wouldn't the USB connection do all of it (mapping, analog, etc)?

I was thinking to play some PC games with keyboard control movement only...

[Blanka]

Do you mean you can attach a U360 to a minipac for standard up/left/right/down keyboard buttons, and have it seen as USB game controller at the same time? That would be awesome. It is the main reason I don't use U360s for main controllers now, as sometimes I need them to act as keyboard.

[Blanka]

Wel it seems so:

I/O Port is used as Output.
USB is connected    I-PAC, J-PAC etc    Fully Mappable Analog/Digital joystick
Cell matrix mappable to any 8-way direction, sticky
or center, or analog.    4 Direction wires to emulate switches.
Responds according to the defined map (downloaded via USB).
Any analog cells are treated as center.

http://ultimarc.com/ultrastik_inst.html

[AndyWarne]

Do you mean you can attach a U360 to a minipac for standard up/left/right/down keyboard buttons, and have it seen as USB game controller at the same time? That would be awesome. It is the main reason I don't use U360s for main controllers now, as sometimes I need them to act as keyboard.

That's correct, the U360 has always had this capability.

Andy

[Charles4400]

So is it correct that it will lose analog functionality if the directional wires are used ?

[Nephasth]

So is it correct that it will lose analog functionality if the directional wires are used ?

That's how I read this:

Any analog cells are treated as center.