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New here...looking for advice and guidance
PL1:
Looking much better.
Several other possible considerations:
1. Spacing between buttons -- Slagcoin + test panel FTW
2. Do you want dedicated exit and/or pause admin buttons?
3. Consider increasing the distance between the P1 + P2 Start buttons to reduce the odds of accidently hitting both at the same time. (commonly used for exit)
Scott
spiderpig:
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1. Spacing between buttons -- Slagcoin + test panel FTW
Scott
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Scott - not sure what that means.
I'll add the pause and exit button. Possibly just double up the buttons were the credits are.
PL1:
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--- Quote from: PL1 on August 02, 2013, 02:52:54 pm ---1. Spacing between buttons -- Slagcoin + test panel FTW
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Scott - not sure what that means.
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I linked to Slagcoin's layouts in my earlier post.
The spacing between the player buttons in your diagram might be uncomfortable.
Making a test panel can help you decide what layout you prefer.
FTW = "for the win"
Scott
keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: spiderpig on August 02, 2013, 09:45:16 am ---Thanks for all the suggestion guys.
I had a spare GP-Wiz40 and a HAPP joystick and two buttons I had used on a simulator build before that I put together to test things out. So on the mac side using Mame OS X the app would crash as soon as I made any joystick movement. Did a search online and it's consistent with that combination - so I'll test out the software you guys mentioned.
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Oh, no. Mame OS X is a front end and port of mame for mac os x. Not the same as mame. Last development on it was in 2009.
You should actually use mame. Here is a link to a compiled version others have made for mac and ubuntu. Don't get thrown off by the word SDL. Mame uses the sdl library. (http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/faq/#q9)
http://sdlmame.lngn.net
http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org
keilmillerjr:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on August 02, 2013, 12:55:40 am ---WahCade looks like a pretty viable front end for OSX: http://www.anti-particle.com/wahcade.shtml
Hadn't seen it before, glad there are more options for OSX out there than when I originally got into the hobby!
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Mahcade is the replacement for wahcade. It's actually for linux. However, I do not doubt that you could get it running on os x with a little bit of effort. They are both unix. A lot of times, it is just knowing how to install dependancies and tinkering. X11 is a good to run linux apps too. I used to use that for open office before apple came out with the more lightweight and pleasant iWork suite.
http://www.mameau.com/mahcade/