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Trackball in Mame4All Retropie? IPac 2 detects as gamepad instead of kb + mouse
space invader:
Anyone knows whether lr-mame 2003 accepts USB Mouses?
robboman123:
--- Quote from: space invader on March 15, 2016, 04:31:07 pm ---Anyone knows whether lr-mame 2003 accepts USB Mouses?
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Not sure, I can test it later and reply again.
But again to be clear, all the PI Mame emulators accept USB mouse input.. it's just that Mame4All won't accept mouse at the same time a gamepad is also connected. If you don't have a gamepad (or an Ipac that thinks it's a gamepad), then it's no problem.
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: robboman123 on March 15, 2016, 01:46:12 pm ---I emailed Andy at Ultimarc to ask if it's possible for the iPac to present itself to the OS as a Keyboard + mouse only.. and NOT a 'gamepad'. If that can happen (via firmware update or otherwise), then my problem is solved.
I think the only other workaround is to use a different MAME on the PI, such as AdvMame. I think this problem is specific to Mame4All.
Can anyone else confirm or deny? Or have additional info?
Cheers...
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My solution was to use a KADE device set to mimic a keyboard or the GPIO Pins.
robboman123:
I got an email answer from Andy:
--- Quote ---Yes I will send firmware for this when I get back from a short break and of this week.
Andy
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Thanks Andy! Props for Ultimarc! :applaud:
In the meantime, I set it up to run AdvMame where my trackball works fine. It didn't work in lr-Mame4all or lr-Mame2003 either, I assume same issue.
Its great there are so many options these days. It was last century (late 90's) when I built my very first arcade control panel for Mame. I had to hack a keyboard, follow all the circuit traces from the keys to the PS/2 output pcb to figure out which was which, and then solder control wires direct to the pcb. Don't get me started on what it took to output PC video to a 15 khz arcade monitor back then!
space invader:
So, what need to do to use my USB mouse in lr-mame-2003? I have my player 1 buttons conected to gpio pins acting as a keyboard, and for player 2 a USB dragonrise ps3 type gamepad...
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