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u360 and 4 way
jordanshadow:
I performed some testing on 4 way games. I bought a u360 and a j-stick. I played Ms. Pacman turbo mostly but also Mr. Do and Donkey Kong. I had really subpar performance with the U360 and I wonder if I did something wrong? I have it connected via usb and changed the map to 4 way and directly input joystick commands into mame gui. Maybe Mame's mapping emulation was conflicting with the u360 but it felt really imprecise and I was clearing scoring better with the J-stick in 4 way mode.
Do i need to connect the u360 through its wiring harness to get the benefits or run it through padmapper? I actually found the j-stick with an octagon restrictor to be perfect for playing pac turbo and got my highest score ever. My wife however prefered significantly the j-stick with 4 way restrictor. Hats of the J-stick but I am hoping I can get the u360 working as advertised.
EMDB:
I use the U360 with the harness connected to an iPac2. I indeed think the mapping of MAME along the mapping of the stick itself conflicts preventing an optimal result.
Also selecting a specific 4-way mapping table made a huge difference for me. I use the "4-Way, No Sticky (UD Bias)" one. I did not tune on a specific game but tried to make my setup as broad as possible. Beside 4-way I really like the auto switching when selecting a game from HyperSpin. I made a small application called HyperMap to achieve this:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134128.0.html
kixfan:
Reading your post it sounded like you only used a restrictor on the J-stick and not on the u360? I believe I used an octagon restrictor on mine along with the no sticky corner map as well.
EMDB:
--- Quote from: kixfan on March 18, 2014, 07:33:58 am ---Reading your post it sounded like you only used a restrictor on the J-stick and not on the u360? I believe I used an octagon restrictor on mine along with the no sticky corner map as well.
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I tried the restrictors (both circular and 4/8 way) on my U360 but did not like the feeling.
Ginsu Victim:
Wouldn't MAME only possibly interfere if you had the U360 in analog mode? Setting a map should keep it from being seen as analog (to my knowledge).