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DaveMMR:
Well if you're just playing emulators, that shouldn't be a problem. If you're playing PC games, well I have to say it depends on the game. A lot of them have remappable controls.
You could always map your main buttons to mouse buttons too.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Nefesis on June 08, 2004, 06:33:50 pm ---are the happ super joysticks 4-way/8-way changable? or do you need restrictor plates? if restrictor plates, anyone know where i can get them?
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Not easily, and don't work well in 4-way mode when switched.
www.oscarcontrols.com is the only source for restrictor plates, if he still sells them.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: tahnok100 on June 09, 2004, 01:47:12 am ---Couldn't that cause problems though? If I am playing a game that works with both keyboard and mouse buttons couldn't the two interfere and cause two different signals to be sent?
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You won't send different signals - you will just be missing three inputs.
Here are your options-
1) Configure MAME so Missile command uses the top row of buttons (wired to the keyboard encoder). No problems in MAME, but you don't have mouse click buttons if you need them for windows, front-ends, PC games that use the mouse only, etc.
2) Configure MAME so Missile command uses the top row of buttons (wired to the mouse L, C, and R butttons), No problems in MAME (but you do have to configure ALL games so Buttons 4-6 use the mouse buttons). No problems in your front end, but PC games that use more than the 3 mouse buttons and more than 11 regular buttons might have problems.
3) As earlier, have 3 additional dedicated mouse buttons. No problems, but CP starts looking cluttered.
Tahnok:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 09, 2004, 09:16:31 am ---3) As earlier, have 3 additional dedicated mouse buttons. No problems, but CP starts looking cluttered.
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Does the second picture look cluttered?
I think I will make a combination of the above two layouts. I will keep the joystick/buttons configuration of the second with the mouse button layout of the first.
I just brought up Missile Command and realized that the first three buttons act as the same thing as the mouse buttons, even with the trackball mode turned on. So you can just use the normal buttons instead of trying to wire mouse buttons to them.
Nefesis:
do you need a trackball if you're going to use a DOS os and not planning on playing golden tee golf? or any other type of mouse?