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MameUI64 Zaxxon analog joystick
jcutler0902:
Hello,
I was playing Zaxxon on an 8 way joy. No problems, frame speed works fine, I have an 8 way analog joy with trigger buttons I would prefer to use for the real game experience. The Joystick is HD 8 way tigger joystick.
How do I configure this into MameUI64?. I of course looks at the default options, but not too sure what to do.
I noticed when I tried to use the analog Joy, it would not work , but it does affect the frame skip if I push up or down..
Thanks in advance.
JC
Paul Olson:
The Zaxxon Joystick is 8-way. An 8-way joystick is digital and uses 4 switches. An analog stick uses two potentiometers. To use an analog stick with MAME, you need to use an analog encoder, or hack a gamepad with analog inputs. I think MAME can convert analog signals to use as 8-way, but an 8-way stick would work best. There are a few different 8-way trigger sticks that are similar to the Zaxxon stick.
jcutler0902:
Thanks Paul,
This is the joystick I am trying to use:
I was told it was analog, but I think it is digital. The problem is how do I configure Zaxxon to read this joy. As I mentioned the only thing it does is change the frame skip. It does have 4 switches. I can't upload the pic from my IPad. I will try from my lap.
http://www.arcadeemulator.net/cgi-bin/shop/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F6097418&rnd=773415&rrc=N&affl=&cip=24.163.71.10&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=HeavyDuty8-WayTriggerJoyst&cat=Joysticks&catstr=HOME:Joysticks
Thanks for the support.
BobA:
It is an 8 way joystick and should connect as a regular 8 way plus switches. The default in zaxxon is an 8 way joy so it should work if this is your main player 1 joy connected to up down left and right.
jcutler0902:
For some reason it will not read it...any thoughts ?