PS2 wheel on MAME

[crtrrss]

Is this possible? I have been messing around with my racing wheel recently and I cant seem to find a way to get it to work with mame

[BadMouth]

Is this possible? I have been messing around with my racing wheel recently and I cant seem to find a way to get it to work with mame

What model of PS2 wheel?  The logitech ones work great.
You have to enable joystick in mame.ini

[crtrrss]

It is a Pelican Cobra TT. Ill try to enable it

[crtrrss]

Where is the mame.ini file located

[Drnick]

It should be in the same folder as mame.exe,

Do the following if you dont have the ini file.

As for the ini file you need to run a cmd prompt,
Click start, Run, type in CMD and then click ok.
type X: and press return (Where X=whichever drive letter mame is installed on)
then go to the folder mame is in. this is done by using CD\XXXX  then press return. (Where xxxx = folder location, ie Hyperspin\emulators\mame
You then type mame -cc hit return and this should create the ini file.
Type exit and press return to close the open cmd prompt window.

You should now have a mame.ini file which you can edit using notepad.

[crtrrss]

Every time I try that cmd says that the system cannot find the path specified

[BadMouth]

Open windows notepad.
Copy and paste this into it.

Code: [Select]

mame -cc
Save it as "createconfig.bat"
(change file type to "all types" so it saves as a .bat file and not a .txt file)

Put it in the same folder as MAME.

Double click on it.

Does your pelican wheel show up in windows?  If not, all of this is pointless.

[crtrrss]

It doesn't specifically recognize the wheel. It recognized the ps2 to USB converter though and my regular controllers work well on it

[Howard_Casto]

Ok stop right there. 

Go into the windows control panel and check the operation of the wheel to make sure it actually moves the axis ect...

I can almost guarantee you that they don't move.  These usb 2 whatever adaptors are generally cheap Chinese junk that barely works with the console's default controller.   

[crtrrss]

Crap. It doesn't recognize it as a wheel. It only sees the buttons that are on the wheel. I might buy a decent racing wheel later

[figital]

i know this topic is old, but i thought i'd chime in anyway...

i just got back from value village with the exact same wheel for 12 bucks!

i also have a cheap chinese ps to usb converter and it worked fine for me.
i followed the path mentioned by howard_casto and i checked in windows that
it worked.  it does. 

however...

you need to know the wheel has 2 modes.  analog and digital.  so when it's in the default
on mode, the light is green and the mode is digital and yellow is analog. 

so when in the green light mode, you need to crank the wheel all the way to make it set
your joystick too the left or right.  in yellow mode, a little turn makes it go a little bit.
this is what i used for MAME. 

as well, that wheel has settings you can do to change the sensitivity.  all is revealed here:

http://support.pdp.com/ics/support/DLRedirect.asp?fileID=64253

my game of choice was POLE POSITION and with a bit of work, it worked ok with the gas
pedal, wheel and one flipper to shift gears.  it worked well, but the only issue was once
i made a big turn, i had to hold the wheel in that position until i needed to turn the other
way.  that was a bit awkward, but not too bad and way better than keys, mouse, stick or
whatever.  and i am sure there is a fix for it somewhere in either the wheel settings or
the analog settings in the game.

next up to try is SPY HUNTER.

does anyone have any other recommendations for cool steering wheel games to try?

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[MrThunderwing]

...does anyone have any other recommendations for cool steering wheel games to try?

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Check out BadMouth's guide here:

What to play with your new driving setup. WIP

The Model 2 games are always good fun and easy to get setup, likewise the Model 3 racers with Supermodel (you have to configure you're controls from the CMD prompt, but it's straightforward if you follow the FAQ).

Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast for the PC is great as well.