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Javy3:
Hello,

I have myself a 4 player street fighter arcade pedistal with a trackball.  I can use the trackball to move the mouse around but I can't really select anything.  Is there anyway to use the trackball as a functioning mouse that can select things?
ABACABB:
You are leaving a lot out here.  In what program do you see your mouse moving?? MAME?? Windows Desktop??  Anyways yes a trackball is just a mouse after all.  To select things with it you need to have buttons assigned to the left and right mouse clicks.  You have an arcade fighter stick it sounds like??  Are those buttons mapped as joystick buttons and not mouse buttons??  Need...more....data....
shponglefan:
AFAIK, most trackballs should include the option to wire up buttons as mouse buttons.  What trackball is it?
Javy3:

--- Quote from: ABACABB on February 22, 2013, 12:54:21 pm ---You are leaving a lot out here.  In what program do you see your mouse moving?? MAME?? Windows Desktop??  Anyways yes a trackball is just a mouse after all.  To select things with it you need to have buttons assigned to the left and right mouse clicks.  You have an arcade fighter stick it sounds like??  Are those buttons mapped as joystick buttons and not mouse buttons??  Need...more....data....

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Sorry, the mouse moves in windows desktop.  The controller is a 4 player controller I bought at, themameroom.com.  The buttons on the arcade control panel are assigned as keyboard buttons.
michelevit:
are you talking about using the mouse in an emulated game?
no, unless the game was designed for it.

if a game was designed for a joystick (ie pacman) you have to use the joystick.
Some games are exceptions like lightgun shooting games (cheyene). A mouse or trackball can emulate a light gun.





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