I have Ultimarc Ultrastiks. They work well. However, with all MAME games that require/use the AD Stick, my joysticks do not work and are not even recognized by MAME. Very strange thing is that all other MAME games - ones that do not use AD Sticks - recognize my Ultrasticks.
So, for example, I could start 1941, go to general input settings and set the AD Stick axes (even though 1941 does not use them...I am in the general settings). But when I open Empire Strikes back, while it reveals that I have mapped the AD stick axes 9while 1941 was open), the sticks do not function. If I go to the general input settings while playing Empire, the AD exes no longer recognize input from my Ultrastiks.
I do not have specific Ultramap config files for any of these games