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Can I use two ipac’s to make a 6 player cabinet?
BadMouth:
They'll work in MAME since it can differentiate input from multiple keyboards.
If you want to run other emulators that can't do so, you'd have to reprogram one of the ipacs to post different keys than the first.
It isn't that big of a deal to do, but some people seem to have an unexplained aversion to it.
Personally, I'd use the Llono2 from paradisearcadeshop http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/mame-arcade-parts/359-lonotm-arcade-to-usb-20-controller-board-0855742003594.html
It has 72 inputs and comes with wiring harnesses.
Locke141:
Wow,
Thanks for all the replays guy.
Can the Llono 2 be re-maped to my setup. with out me having to redo it at each start up?
yotsuya:
If I were you, I would look for a dedicated, working X-Men six player cabinet first before I worried about control schemes. That's a BIG cabinet that needs two screens for that game.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Locke141 on May 13, 2013, 10:55:23 am ---Can the Llono 2 be re-maped to my setup. with out me having to redo it at each start up?
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I'm not sure what you mean. It shows up as four gamepads.
You'll map the controls globally in MAME to suit it and you should only have to do it once.
If you have to remap your controls at every start, something is wrong with your setup.
sandheaver:
You can have two ipacs, you'll just have to program the second (and third?) one to send different keystrokes to the computer so that there are no overlaps between them. There's a utility that makes this somewhat possible, though it is not the greatest UI ever known.
More worthy of attention is your desire to create a six-player cabinet in the first place; you will probably need to fit it through standard 32" doorways. Think about it carefully.