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How do you set arcade accurate analog settings ??
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NoOne=NBA=:
I just adjust them until they feel right to me.
It's all about playability to me.
If a game had too long of a throw in the arcade, or the trackball was not as sensitive as I think it SHOULD have been, I don't see any reason not to "improve" them.

On that note, I also rearrange controls the way I think they should have been in the arcade.
If the controls were bad in the arcade, I don't see any reason not to improve upon them, as well.
A good example of this is Tempest--which SHOULD have had the spinner on the left, like all the other spinner games at the time.
reebboy:
I figured it would be next to impossible to get accurate speeds without performing some serious mathamatical calculations. If anyone has access to the actual arcade games maybe they can post  what the speeds or sensitivity should be around. I.E. Does the the shooter zip accross the screen with barley any touch of the ball or do you have to spin it several times just to get it to move 1/2 way accross the screen. If I can get the settings close, that will be good enough.

I can't remember but did Millipede and Missile Command require alot of spinning to get the cursor/shooter to move or am I thinking of something else.
NoOne=NBA=:
That is really a subjective question, and depends on the condition of the trackball in question, and your playing style.

In general, no they didn't require alot of spinning--if you could move the trackball quickly.
If you get on a machine with a poorly maintained trackball, then it will require more spinning to get the cursor where you want it.
On Missle Command in particular, you could "spin" the trackball, and have it continue after your hand left the ball--getting you to the other side.

I set both so that a quick spin in a given direction, with very little "hands off" time, will get you all the way from corner to corner.
That way I don't "run out of hand" on them.
pocketbikez:
i did a side by side comparison of my mame driving cab and my original spyhunter standup machine. i got the controls to mimic the standup exactly but this info would only be useful to someone that is using a spyhunter wheel, a happcontrols flat pedal, and interfaced with a dual strike joystick hack (with the dual strike software range of motion adjusted the same). ill post it just in case.

P1 pedal 1 key/joyspeed 1%
P1 pedal 1 sensitivity 35%

Paddle key/joyspeed 46%
Paddle sensitivity 36%

i also did it with my original APB standup. the gaspedal setting would be accurate for someone using a happ flatpedal/ dual strike hack, and a happcontrols 360 degree steering wheel interfaced with a mouse hack.

P1 pedal key/joyspeed 1%
P1 pedal sensitivity 130%

Dial key/joyspeed 1%
Dial sensitivity 21%

* i should add that this is with mame version .83
telengard:

--- Quote from: pocketbikez on August 31, 2004, 09:31:09 pm ---i did a side by side comparison of my mame driving cab and my original spyhunter standup machine. i got the controls to mimic the standup exactly but this info would only be useful to someone that is using a spyhunter wheel, a happcontrols flat pedal, and interfaced with a dual strike joystick hack (with the dual strike software range of motion adjusted the same). ill post it just in case.

P1 pedal 1 key/joyspeed 1%
P1 pedal 1 sensitivity 35%

Paddle key/joyspeed 46%
Paddle sensitivity 36%

i also did it with my original APB standup. the gaspedal setting would be accurate for someone using a happ flatpedal/ dual strike hack, and a happcontrols 360 degree steering wheel interfaced with a mouse hack.

P1 pedal key/joyspeed 1%
P1 pedal sensitivity 130%

Dial key/joyspeed 1%
Dial sensitivity 21%

* i should add that this is with mame version .83

--- End quote ---

I like the idea of a web page to store all of these hardware configs w/ associated analog settings.  I would find them useful if for nothing else than getting me hopefully close and then tweaking a little.  I have a friend who is a Marble Madness maniac and we spent quite a while tweaking the settings ( which I think I may have since lost ) so it'd be nice to store them somewhere.
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