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Arkanoid Spinner
azs:
Lag in windows?
Meanwhile I reset the sensitivity to 48 (based on an earlier reply) and it definitely seems better.
azs:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on September 10, 2022, 08:20:02 am ---Totally agree on the turbo twist spinner - I use it and it's great. The slippery feeling is because the sensitivity is much too high. I had the same issue initially as well.
This post describes what spinner settings should be in mame:http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=164017.0
The setting for Arkanoid is 48.
As far as the resistance, that's not something that can be emulated. The arkanoid spinner had some gear resistance that you're not going to get with these free wheel'n spinners, but I think once you get the sensitivity right, you'll be happy with it.
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Where did you come up with 48?
PL1:
--- Quote from: azs on September 10, 2022, 02:53:35 pm ---Lag in windows?
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A delay between physically rotating the spinner and the mouse cursor moving while you're in Windows -- not in MAME or your FE.
If you see the same lag in Windows that you noticed in MAME, the issue is probably with Windows. ;)
Scott
azs:
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 10, 2022, 04:00:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: azs on September 10, 2022, 02:53:35 pm ---Lag in windows?
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A delay between physically rotating the spinner and the mouse cursor moving while you're in Windows -- not in MAME or your FE.
If you see the same lag in Windows that you noticed in MAME, the issue is probably with Windows. ;)
Scott
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I think that might be above my pay grade 🙄
KenToad:
--- Quote from: azs on September 10, 2022, 03:18:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on September 10, 2022, 08:20:02 am ---Totally agree on the turbo twist spinner - I use it and it's great. The slippery feeling is because the sensitivity is much too high. I had the same issue initially as well.
This post describes what spinner settings should be in mame:http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=164017.0
The setting for Arkanoid is 48.
As far as the resistance, that's not something that can be emulated. The arkanoid spinner had some gear resistance that you're not going to get with these free wheel'n spinners, but I think once you get the sensitivity right, you'll be happy with it.
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Where did you come up with 48?
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Yeah, that's a bit more sensitive than the original cab, but 48 might feel better than setting sensitivity to 41 because the spinner knob is probably smaller in diameter than the original spinner. I usually dial up the sensitivity 2-3 percent because the knobs I have are usually 1/4 to 1/2 inch smaller in diameter than the original arcade knobs.
The reason I recommend the Turbo Twist 2 for Arkanoid is because you can get them with the adjustable resistance knobs, so you can easily stop the spinner from spinning freely and adjust the resistance to your liking. Most arcade games actually didn't use free spinning spinners and are harder to play with a free spinning spinner.
It feels like there is this competition to have the most freely spinning spinner. I've seen video reviewers put them head to head, as if spinning freely longer is a mark of quality. Once you start actually playing the majority of games, however, this makes no sense, as most games require fine precision control and spinning freely isn't helpful.