Noob needs help with spinner

[DJ Tidalwave]

All I want to do is play TRON. I have an IPAC-2 encoder and a spinmarc both from ultimarc    I only have one rom. TRON.   Whit the spinner plugged in the mouse moves side to side.  I can get it to configure in MAME64 .  Even with mame running it still just moves the mouse.

Win 10. 64.  Latest mame, downloaded it again tonight.   I just want to play tron the way it should be played .  Any help, thank you!

[PL1]

All I want to do is play TRON. I have an IPAC-2 encoder and a spinmarc both from ultimarc    I only have one rom. TRON.   Whit the spinner plugged in the mouse moves side to side.  I can get it to configure in MAME64 .  Even with mame running it still just moves the mouse.

Spinner moves mouse cursor L/R (X Axis) = spinner is working correctly.   

Launch TRON game then hit TAB. (Menu)

Go to the "Inputs (this Game)" menu.

P1 joystick Up/Down/Left/Right should already be mapped.

"P1 Button 1" should already be mapped.

"Dial Analog" should already be mapped to "Mouse X".
- If not, arrow down until "Dial Analog" is highlighted, press ENTER (change this input), then turn the spinner. (map the spinner to this input)
- If "Mouse X" does not map to"Dial Analog", you'll need to create/edit the mame.ini file to enable mouse inputs.

Map "Dial Analog Inc" and "Dial Analog Dec" to "none".
- Highlight it, press ENTER (change this input), then press ESC. (map this input to "none")
- Inc and Dec are only used to create fake mouse or analog commands using pushbuttons.

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Two ways to generate mame.ini:
(close MAME first)

1. Open a "Command Line" window, navigate to the MAME folder, and type "mame.exe -cc" (create config) to generate a mame.ini file.
- If needed, change "mame.exe" to match your MAME executable program.

2. Make a shortcut to your MAME executable program.
- Edit the properties of the shortcut so it launches "mame.exe -cc" instead of "mame.exe".
- Launch the shortcut to generate a mame.ini file.
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Edit the mame.ini file:

- Open it in Notepad.

- Go to the core input options section and change mouse from 0 (disabled) to 1 (enabled).

# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
coin_lockout              1
ctrlr                     
mouse                     1
joystick                  1
lightgun                  0
multikeyboard             0

- Save file and exit.
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Launch mame again, map the spinner to "Dial Analog" and you're good to go.   


Scott

[DJ Tidalwave]

Thank you SOOOOO much!  I got it to work.  Is there any to slow the spinner down so it is not so sensitive?

[DarthMarino]

Tab -> Analog Controls -> Dial Sensitivity

11 is the correct setting on the Turbo Twist 2.

[leapinlew]

Tab -> Analog Controls -> Dial Sensitivity

11 is the correct setting on the Turbo Twist 2.

Nice job PL1 and DarthMarino!

Especially like the correct setting suggestion.

[DarthMarino]

Tab -> Analog Controls -> Dial Sensitivity

11 is the correct setting on the Turbo Twist 2.

Nice job PL1 and DarthMarino!

Especially like the correct setting suggestion.

I made a video a while back on getting the correct number. The Original turn counts are in the description if the original page doesn't work.

[PL1]

Thank you SOOOOO much!  I got it to work.

Glad to assist.   

I made a video a while back on getting the correct number. The Original turn counts are in the description if the original page doesn't work.

Currently working wiki page link: http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Spinner_Turn_Count
(During the server change last year, Saint accidently restored the wiki to the "wiki" domain instead of the "newwiki" domain.)




Scott

[DarthMarino]

^Thank you. I updated the link.

[DJ Tidalwave]

You guys ROCK!