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eyal8r:

Hey guys-
Got 2 Model 3 spinners hooked up to the OptiPac.  The Player 1 spinner doesn't work- it just 'vibrates' the cursor when I spin it. Player 2 works great. So, do I have this hooked up wrong? On the optipac- there's spots on it for X1/X2 AND Y1/Y2 for EACH spinner. I hooked BOTH up to X1/X2 for each player. Am I supposed to hook ONE player to X1/X2 and the other player to Y1/Y2? Thanks for any help- it's almost done!!!
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Oddfeld:


--- Quote from: eyal8r on December 12, 2004, 09:49:48 pm ---Hey guys-
Got 2 Model 3 spinners hooked up to the OptiPac.  The Player 1 spinner doesn't work- it just 'vibrates' the cursor when I spin it. Player 2 works great. So, do I have this hooked up wrong? On the optipac- there's spots on it for X1/X2 AND Y1/Y2 for EACH spinner. I hooked BOTH up to X1/X2 for each player. Am I supposed to hook ONE player to X1/X2 and the other player to Y1/Y2? Thanks for any help- it's almost done!!!
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Well it's simulating a mouse, so you can only have 2 analog inputs, 1 x-axis and 1-y-axis. If you want to use more than this (e.g. 2 trackballs at once for Marble Madness or something) you have to use something that will recognise 2 mice connected at once, like MAME Analog+, or some strange mouse driver voodoo. If you just have 2 spinners though, they only use one axis each, so you can hook 1 up to be the mouse x-axis and one to be the mouse y-axis. In other words, I guess you should stick one spinner on the player 1 x1/x2 terminals and the second one on the player 1 y1/y2 terminals (both on player 1, since player 2 would be the second 'mouse').



eyal8r:

I should've clarified a little more here-

I am running Analog+, XP Home. I have 2 spinners and 2 TBs as well.

That being said- what do you suggest now? I assume the Y1/Y2 refers to the up/down of the spinner- so if I hook it up there, it won't go left/right like it should.  Right?  Or am I mistaken?
Thanks
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Oddfeld:

If you've already got 2 mice working, then it shouldn't matter what axis you've got hooked up. It sounds like you just need to configure MAME to use the right one. If the cursor is wobbling, it's probably set to the other axis at the moment, so just change MAME's default controller settings to be mouse2 x-axis instead of mouse2 y-axis for the p2 spinner (in the input settings in the TAB menu...), or just swap the wires over to the y-axis.

eyal8r:

hmmm- I'll give that a shot. An additional thing has come up as well- while using the Player2 spinner- occasionally when I spin the thing, the entire screen will slide across in the same direction- as if I'm moving the tv or something. How do I correct this, and is it linked to the original problem?
Thanks
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