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Yoke controller games
rchadd:
can yoke based games be played in mame using a trackball?
is there anything i need to setup to make it do this?
i just loved Star Wars as a kid.
ChadTower:
I don't see how, it wouldn't give you the right type of control. I mean, it could be done electrically I assume... but you'd not be able to do the multiaxis control the proper way with a ball.
rchadd:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 10, 2004, 11:32:50 am ---I don't see how, it wouldn't give you the right type of control. I mean, it could be done electrically I assume... but you'd not be able to do the multiaxis control the proper way with a ball.
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yoke is just an X-Y controller at the end of the day. unless it also has ability for Z axis push pull (dont think starwars one did)
i used to play starwars on amiga with a mouse - whats the difference?
does mame support playing starwars with mouse/trackball?
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: rchadd on August 10, 2004, 11:53:21 am ---yoke is just an X-Y controller at the end of the day. unless it also has ability for Z axis push pull (dont think starwars one did)
i used to play starwars on amiga with a mouse - whats the difference?
does mame support playing starwars with mouse/trackball?
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Yeah, it does, and it CAN be done... but at least for me, the control was so unintuitive with a ball that I gave up on it. It could be because I used to spend hours and hours and hours in the arcades playing that one game and just wouldn't let my yoke instincts go. I just wouldn't accept anything other than a yoke, I guess.
JustMichael:
--- Quote from: rchadd on August 10, 2004, 11:00:49 am ---can yoke based games be played in mame using a trackball?
is there anything i need to setup to make it do this?
i just loved Star Wars as a kid.
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Yes. For command line Mame make sure "mouse" is set to 1 under "Input device options" in the Mame.ini file. You will probably want to reverse the Y axis also once you are running Mame...