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clok:
I was thinking that too. but there was a post here about making  button top sticks.. I myslef would like it for Battlezone and the few games where 2 sticks (my CP is 4 player so I can play 2 player SMASH TV) work for that. But again, since its a once click 1 rotation click, could it be mapped to one?  it would seem any click would just rotate it one spot?  I like the idea, but can it be done?  Ikari Warriors, Front Line.. heck some good way to play Forgotten Worlds would be cool.. I have mine mapped to 2 joysticks.. but the precision that spinner gave.. hard to give that up.
PL1:

--- Quote from: clok on February 12, 2014, 10:15:51 am ---since its a once click 1 rotation click, could it be mapped to one?  it would seem any click would just rotate it one spot?

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Try Ikari Warriors with this map for two sticks.

The first (left) stick controls up/down/left/right motion.

The second (right) stick controls:
*Left - turn left
*Right - turn right
*Up - fire
*Down - grenade

Usng the MAME default settings for Positional Digital Speed and Positional Sensitivity appears to work well for a setup without a rotary joystick. (I wondered why they used those settings. :P) If you press and hold, you'll continue to turn.

If you use the Positional Digital Speed =0 and Positional Sensitivity =100 settings mentioned earlier, one press right will turn you clockwise one position. Another press will turn you clockwise another position. You'll have to press/release for each position you want to turn.


--- Quote from: clok on February 12, 2014, 10:15:51 am ---Ikari Warriors, Front Line.. heck some good way to play Forgotten Worlds would be cool.. I have mine mapped to 2 joysticks.. but the precision that spinner gave.. hard to give that up.

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For Fogotten Worlds, you can use either an 8-way joystick and a TurboTwist High-Low or a top-fire joystick and a spinner.

The thought of playing it with 2 joysticks . . .   :dizzy:


Scott
ckovanda:
I have a joystick/spinner setup and what I do for Forgotten worlds and other spinner games where you only have one fire button is go into the mame controls for the game and set the fire button to "up, down, left, right, right/up, right/down, left/up, left/down, mouse_x"  so essentially every movement action via the joystick or the spinner fires.  then it's only a matter of dialing in the spinner sensitivity to where I like it.

I also use a similar technique with Assault, a game with double firing joysticks.  I just set the fire button to all possible joystick positions. 
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