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USB vs. IPac for control wiring
Fursphere:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on November 27, 2013, 08:55:20 am ---Sometimes it would be nice to have a pause button, but I always end up leaving it off because it doesn't work for all emulators.
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So.. HyperLaunch 3 has a module (AHK script) that'll pause *ANYTHING* I haven't gotten it working yet (haven't tried), but its supposed to work great.
spratkobasa:
--- Quote from: Fursphere on November 25, 2013, 05:59:39 pm ---Ultimately I'd like some way to flip back and forth between gamepad and keyboard intputs - but I haven't come up with a good way yet.
I knwo the UltraStik 360s + I-Pac is basically just this, but I'm not sure I want Ultrastiks (yet). I need to get off my arse and just order one to play with... but damn I'm lazy. :P
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This is the exact problem I have now. I have 4 u360 sticks hooked up to usbs. All buttons are hooked up to IPAC4. I go into anything but mame and it looks for the gamepad buttons rather than my IPAC 4 buttons. Am I just going to have to rewire all my player buttons to a button harness?
Fursphere:
--- Quote from: spratkobasa on November 28, 2013, 10:33:55 am ---
--- Quote from: Fursphere on November 25, 2013, 05:59:39 pm ---Ultimately I'd like some way to flip back and forth between gamepad and keyboard intputs - but I haven't come up with a good way yet.
I knwo the UltraStik 360s + I-Pac is basically just this, but I'm not sure I want Ultrastiks (yet). I need to get off my arse and just order one to play with... but damn I'm lazy. :P
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This is the exact problem I have now. I have 4 u360 sticks hooked up to usbs. All buttons are hooked up to IPAC4. I go into anything but mame and it looks for the gamepad buttons rather than my IPAC 4 buttons. Am I just going to have to rewire all my player buttons to a button harness?
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I don't know if this would work. but...
Get a 4 port USB hub (or bigger, probably powered as well). Plug the U360s into that. Setup the iPAC4 for USB (get the adapter cable). Then get a USB switch box. Plug the hub into one side, and the iPAC4 into the the other side.
So then with the switch box you could basically swap back and forth? In theory?