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MAME32 w/ PC steering wheels
bfeur666:
thanks for all of the responses everyone! I found and tried that Analog+ version of MAME (http://www.urebelscum.speedhost.com/download.html) and that seemed to do the trick for me. I don't know the answer to the split pedal axis question from u_rebelscum but all I can tell you is that with the regular version of MAME32, the key configuration window won't register my pedals when I press them (like where you would normally hit a key to reassign the game controls). The Analog+ version works fine. However, as others have noted, I don't get 100% satisfaction out of the PC wheel since it doesn't do 360 degrees. It works decently for Pole Position but for games such as Sprint or similar where you would just sping the wheel in one direction, a PC wheel is just too awkward. I wonder if it's possible to make a PC wheel work without the tension (ie, take parts out to be able to spin it all the way around). It might just be easier to buy a real arcade wheel and interface it.
Lilwolf:
thats why you buy a polepostion wheel on ebay. I got a few (3 I think) for 15 bucks each. I also have a few others I got (I bid on many... didn't think I would get them all.... doh!)
I haven't hacked them yet since I didn't have a good way to hack them. The encoder wheel is broken on them and I need to make one. Plus I didn't have the board. And I fried my optipac... IE, not having much luck
now I'm going with a USB mouse hack and hopefully I will have them working soon
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote ---[snip]... all I can tell you is that with the regular version of MAME32, the key configuration window won't register my pedals when I press them (like where you would normally hit a key to reassign the game controls). The Analog+ version works fine.
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Maybe the driver for your wheel is not directX5 compatible, since the official mame is compiled in dX5 and Analog+ is compiled in dX8. ??? I don't think I made other changes that would let your pedals work while the official mame doesn't. Just a guess, though, so I might be wrong.