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| NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on March 01, 2005, 05:38:33 pm ---It's a bit silly of you to say the 7*7 grids you have used are proprietary and thus secret. --- End quote --- For those who didn't "get it" yet, Randy didn't release them because it would CREATE more controversy than it STOPPED. HE tested everything, and found that the grids he is using were the best FUNCTIONING, but don't work the way you THINK they would without TESTING them. Releasing the ACTUAL grids would have lead to alot MORE "that won't work that way" posts, and he was trying to avoid that. He validated that MY grids, though not EXACT to his grids, are FUNCTIONALLY correct, and has answered all the questions I originally asked to my satisfaction. |
| PoDunkMoFo:
Randy, Just had an idea for mode selection and thought I'd ask if it would be feasable. It seems alot of people are worried about 8 buttons for selecting the mode. Could you make the mode selectable by the joystick. In other works hold down the Mode button and move the joystick up to select 49 way - Up Right to select progressive....etc. I am no technician so I thought I would throw the idea out and see how it lands. Thank you for attempting to provide another solution to this community. |
| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on March 01, 2005, 06:01:53 pm ---HE tested everything, and found that the grids he is using were the best FUNCTIONING, but don't work the way you THINK they would without TESTING them. --- End quote --- Actually, were there beta testers? Was there more than one person giving input on what "feels" right since that's subjective. |
| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on March 01, 2005, 05:51:38 pm ---Which means that YES, command line MAME does support the 49-ways directly--in the context of the original question. --- End quote --- --- Quote --- --- Quote --- And would I need to change the version of MAME I'm running in order to read the analog directions? --- End quote --- I THINK that 49-way support is built into command line MAME, but will be corrected by someone shortly if it isn't. --- End quote --- Yes, in regards to the original question, to get this interface to work with something other than sinistar you just need a version of mame newer than somewhere in the .60s. |
| Jakobud:
Wow this really is a great innovation... very cool indeed! :) Now one question about this. This uses the software/hardware to "restrict" the directions that the joystick will register. That's cool and all, but don't people usually prefer a 4-way (instead of 8-way) to play 4-way games because the joystick is PHYSICALLY restricted to only 4-way movement? It's all about the 'feel' of the joystick. How does the 49-way joystick feel when you are 'virtually' restricting it to 4-way motion? Does it feel odd? Or do you feel like you are hitting a lot of blank spots? Or feel like the joystick is unresponsive if you don't move it in just the right position? I'm just curious about this. I'll probably end up buying a couple of these interfaces when I get around to building my next cabinet anyways :) |
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