| Main > Main Forum |
| Dial on mouse supported or not? |
| (1/2) > >> |
| goofy:
I thought I had read somewhere that MAME does not currently supported the little vertical roller/dial that is on many mice these days. Is that correct? It seems like that would just be another input (like a Z-axis for the mouse). Could you use that input (in a mouse hack) instead of the X or Y-axis inputs if wanted? Or does MAME just not recognize that controller at all? |
| Minwah:
I believe the scroll wheel button part can be used, but not the 'axis' itself. IIRC Aaron Giles hinted that he would be adding this in future. I would be inclined to avoid that input until it is supported for sure... |
| u_rebelscum:
To be more specific, the mame source code variables are ready to hold and use the mouse Z-axis/scroll wheel data, but ATM mame doesn't look if the mouse Z-axis is active (ie: assumes two axes). |
| Tahnok:
So, could you the wheel for a spinner? It seems like that would be a good way of inputting multiple optic devices into a single port. With a dual wheel mouse you could even have two trackballs on one cable. |
| jerryjanis:
I was toying around with using the mouse wheel as a spinner when adding rawmouse to mameanalog+. I didn't explore all the possiblilities, but my impression was that it's not sensitive at ALL. You can see how insensitive it is just by using it in Windows. I removed the "clicker" from my mouse wheel so that it spins smoothly, and I have to move it a good 2 millimeters for it to register anything. That may not sound like much, but the mouse itself is a lot more sensitive then that. Maybe there are some tricks you can play, like adding a giant encoder wheel to it to make it more sensitive, but I would be suprised if the device and/or windows could handle really quick spins simply because it doesn't need to (unless you take it apart and use it for something completely different like an arcade spinner). It would be worth testing to find out if it's as sensitive as the x and y mouse axes or not. If it's as slow as it appears, then I think it has potential as an interface for a mechanical rotating joystick. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |