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equlizer:
Windows does not see it at all at the Z axis.  I got it to work but its now jumping all over the place and in reverse..hah.  more tinkering
PL1:

--- Quote from: equlizer on November 25, 2012, 08:24:53 pm ---Windows does not see it at all at the Z axis.  I got it to work but its now jumping all over the place and in reverse..hah.  more tinkering

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There are jumpers on the spinner board for reversing the axis. (Just above axis select)

You'll probably want to start by dialing the sensitivity way down in MAME's Analog controls menu (for Tempest, try a sensitivity of ~6) until you can figure out how to recompile MAME.


Scott
equlizer:
K i got it fairly smooth (no jittering) but the movement is slow. Will recompiling change that?  If you could do it for me ill paypal you $5 :)
PL1:

--- Quote from: equlizer on November 25, 2012, 10:27:35 pm ---K i got it fairly smooth (no jittering) but the movement is slow. Will recompiling change that?  If you could do it for me ill paypal you $5 :)

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Thanks for the offer, but two things keep me from taking you up on that.
1. No experience recompiling MAME for this or anything else.   :dunno
2. No PayPal account.   :lol

Try dialing up the sensitivity to increase the speed -- I assume you are referring to the rotation speed of your "blaster" ship in Tempest rather than lag.

When you recompile MAME per that earlier link, IIRC it works like this:
Optical encoder reports 1 Z-Axis transition to Windows.
Windows translates that as 4 Z-Axis steps. (like a typical scroll wheel)
MAME divides the 4-step input by 4 to give you 1 Z-Axis step.
End result: 1 optical transition = 1 step, just like the X- and Y-Axis inputs are handled.

If the sensitivity works good now, when you recompile, increase the sensitivity by 4x. (Should be the same value you originally used when the spinner was on the X-Axis.)


Scott
equlizer:
I guess some games just weren't meant to be  :badmood:  eg: kick, no matter what settings i use, its all over the place.  Your setting of 6 for tempest was perfect though!
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