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| rchadd:
I see many people have both 8way and 4way joysticks installed in thier cabs? i realize that it probably adds to the authenticity when playing games that did have 4 way joysticks originally. but is it really required? Doesn't Mame handle use of 8ways internally (ignoring diagonals) for 4way games anyway? I know you can get switchable 8/4way joysticks - but is this really necessary to play games that orignally had 4 way sticks? what will happen if i play 4way games using an 8way stick? |
| mattv:
--- Quote ---what will happen if i play 4way games using an 8way stick? --- End quote --- Your monitor will explode, showering you with glass shards. Your dog will poop on the carpet your son will get hooked on drugs your daughter will start dating a used car salesman your wife may even start checking out the milkman Now you see why so many people make room for that 4-way stick on their panels. |
| Apollo:
Seriously though, the reason is really because although you can technically play a 4 way game with an 8 way joy, the 8 way is not restricted to 4 directions so at a point in the game where you need to go from say left to up quickly ( Donkey Kong is the classic example ) you may get "hung up on the diagonal" therefore spoiling your game play. |
| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: rchadd on June 20, 2004, 06:38:20 pm ---what will happen if i play 4way games using an 8way stick? --- End quote --- Mame does exactly ignore diagonals. (The default is) If you're pushing left, and move to diagonal up/left, mame will translate that as up. This is okay if you're moving the stick from left to up and pass through up/left, bad if you're not. The bigger a joystick's diagonals, the harder it is to stay in one direction, since diagonal always is treated as a change to the new direction. Here's a illustration of this going on. Left pic is 8-way joystick pressed left and what mame would translate if it moved to any of the 7 other directions (grey being random). Middle pic is when the stick is moved to up/left diagonal and what mame would see if moved to any of the 7 other. Right pic is stick pressed up. Notice the changes in the directions the diagonals go through. Diagonal from center picks one of the two directions at random. Of course, you can use cfg or ctrlr ini files' "NOT" to get around mame's 8-way to 4-way translation. Of course, it's not exactly like a real 4 way. Three possibilities: That's why people have 8 & 4-way joysticks. |
| rchadd:
reminds me of that old 80's toy Simon |
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