mapping mouse axis as buttons...

[Nerd Of Nerds]

hello! i am wanting to build a mini music game arcade cab with rotating controls. i plan on having it in a triangleish shape and it will have controls for normal arcade games, pop n' music, and beatmania...this is the one i'm wondering about...

since i don't want to screw around with playstation-pc adapters...altho i've used them before i don't think it will like the beatmania controller (its a music game with 7 buttons and a turntable that you scratch with)

so here is the deal, i want to custom build the controller so it will use a real record...i want to map the one of the axis of the mouse to a button in stepmania, but i can't...

are there any programs that will let me use the mouse axis as a button?  from windows? i've suggested allowing mapping of the mouse axis to some of the stepmania developers...so far a bit of a no go...

any programs? any?

you guys would be my heroes if you were to come through on this

thanks so much, this is a wonderful community!

[Nerd Of Nerds]

*bumb*

COME ON PEOPLE! SONEONE KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS!

[Darkstalker]

Not sure what you mean...Why are you attempting to do the analog to digital converstion in the first place?  Does the program use a button press instead of mouse movement?  I think we need more clarification before we can give an answer...

[Jakobud]

I can't give you a for sure answer, but I would be looking around for some type of customizable Windows mouse gestures software.

[Nerd Of Nerds]

yeah, the program, stepmania, uses keystrokes...the mouse input isn't enabled...so i need it to act as a keystroke when i move an axis on the mouse...

any ideas? someone said there was a proggie like this for OS X but... i hate macs with a firerey passion...

[usea]

while I am not absolutely positive of what you're looking for, it sounds like this might help you out. aldos tools makes a lot of neat programs for stuff like that.

http://www.aldostools.com/vgsmousejoy.html

[neuromancer]

Use a rotating joystick (ikari style) with the custom hardware that sends rotations as keystrokes.

Bob