I don't get how to setup the input for a Trak Ball in Mame. I have the trak ball setup as a mouse in my cab and it works fine in that capacity.
When I hit "tab" in a game, what's with all the inputs for a trak ball. Can someone help a newbie?
The important ones from that menu are:
- "Track X Analog" = P1 X-axis (horizontal)
- "Track Y Analog" = P1 Y-axis (vertical)
- "Track X 2 Analog" = P2 X-axis (if you have a second trackball)
- "Track Y 2 Analog" = P2 Y-axis (if you have a second trackball)
The inputs that you can set to "none" (Press Enter then ESC) are the "Inc" (increase) and "Dec" (decrease) inputs since those are used by MAME to generate fake trackball-style control inputs using a joystick or buttons if you don't have a trackball.
"Analog Controls" menu:
- Sensitivity setting controls the sensitivity of that axis.
- Reverse setting changes the direction of that axis. (i.e. change this if moving the trackball left moves the cursor right)
- Digital Speed settings are used by MAME for the fake trackball-style inputs.
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Another consideration is that you appear to have "multi-mouse" enabled because "Track X Analog" = "Mouse 1 X" instead of "Mouse X".
I'm not sure if MAME sees your trackball as Mouse 1 or 2.
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To configure the trackball defaults for all trackball games:
(You'll also need to re-configure any games that you already configured)
- Go to the "Input (general)" menu
- Go to the "Player 1 controls" sub-menu and scroll
way down to the "Track" settings (PgDn ~4 times)
- Highlight "Track X Analog"
- Press Enter
- Move the trackball horizontally (should come up as "Mouse X" or "Mouse 1 X" or "Mouse 2 X")
- Highlight "Track Y Analog"
- Press Enter
- Move the trackball vertically
- Change the four Track "Inc" and "Dec" settings to "none" (Enter, ESC)
- If you have a second trackball, repeat this process in the "Player 2 controls" sub-menu.
- Play games to see if an axis needs to be reversed in that particular game.
Scott