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| Texasmame:
Well, I had a Spy Hunter project almost working, then I stuck something where I shouldn't have (who hasn't? :laugh2: ) and f'ed up the boardset. So. . . rather than sink more money in to a damn finicky MCR game, I'm again considering putting MAME guts in the SH cab. I have the complete cab, the PC, the TV, the video card. My questions/thoughts: 1. I believe I can interface the steering wheel AND pedal with just one of 1upArcade's Sidewinder hack, by assigning the wheel to one axis and the pedal to the other axis. There are enough buttons to cover the 4 weapons, high, low and weapons van. If not, a mouse hack could ad a couple more buttons easily. I already have the Sidewinder and mouse hacks here, so that's good. I may have to change the factory pots on the wheel and pedal to 5k tho - not sure yet. 2. LEDBlinky looks like it would work well for the weapons van and bezel lights. However, will the "pinball" lights that are already there work or do they need to be changed out for LEDs? 3. On the LED question, what is the cheapest interface available for them? And is there one interface that would allow not only LED control but button inputs, too? The MiniPac does not seem to do all of that. Think that's it for questions for now! |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Texasmame on September 13, 2011, 10:11:40 pm --- 3. On the LED question, what is the cheapest interface available for them? And is there one interface that would allow not only LED control but button inputs, too? Think that's it for now! --- End quote --- I got the LED-WIZ+GP and have been very happy with it so far. Does lights and joystick encoding. |
| Texasmame:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 13, 2011, 10:18:55 pm --- --- Quote from: Texasmame on September 13, 2011, 10:11:40 pm --- 3. On the LED question, what is the cheapest interface available for them? And is there one interface that would allow not only LED control but button inputs, too? Think that's it for now! --- End quote --- I got the LED-WIZ+GP and have been very happy with it so far. Does lights and joystick encoding. --- End quote --- $40 plus shipping. Hmm. . . would also take care of all button problems. Wonder if two mouse hacks could do the wheel and pedal then, saving my Sidewinder hack for something else. (EDIT: After further research, nope, needs to be pot based). Also, wonder if their software would work with Spy Hunter. Will write and ask. Thx! |
| yotsuya:
It's a great little all-in-one device for the 4-way only single player cab I'm building. I get lights, buttons, and directions off one card. |
| BadMouth:
Sidewinder hack is probably the cheapest way to go for the controls. To get the lights to work as they should, MAMEhooker is your only option: http://dragonking.arcadecontrols.com/static.php?page=aboutmamehooker If you're knowledgeable about such stuff, you might be able to use a parallel or serial port instead of buying an interface. If not, an LED-Wiz would work. None of this is exactly plug and play, but it can be done. |
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