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Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 16, 2005, 08:21:38 am ---drop down to 15 buttons instead of 23.
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Of course, that's 15 buttons per GP-Wiz49, and it doesn't sound like you'll be needing more than 30 buttons on your coctail cab, so that's no problem.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: 80sChild on May 15, 2005, 02:54:45 pm ---I think the switching method from the front end is really neat, so I'll have to keep a close eye on that.
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I thought you said earlier you didn't like the software mode switching feature. If you use that you do get an on-screen confirmation of mode setting.
80sChild:
Tiger,
Guess I said that because I didn't know what I was talking about :).
I looked it up on the board and the info I found looked promising. It would be neat to be able to switch modes automatically without the use of a switch or button. It would make things much easier when random people decide to play your cab...
I don't have a cab yet, but I imagine it being a pain to always explain what to use and how to use it.
My cab won't have a trackball so a software method without the use of a trackball is really my only option.
-80schild
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: 80sChild on May 16, 2005, 11:27:13 pm ---Tiger,
Guess I said that because I didn't know what I was talking about :).
I looked it up on the board and the info I found looked promising. It would be neat to be able to switch modes automatically without the use of a switch or button. It would make things much easier when random people decide to play your cab...
I don't have a cab yet, but I imagine it being a pain to always explain what to use and how to use it.
My cab won't have a trackball so a software method without the use of a trackball is really my only option.
-80schild
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A trackball wouldn't help with mode switching anyway.
The software switching is new - and will take a while to get set-up and the bugs worked out, but I'm really excited about it.
Two points - there are a lot of times that I know what mode a game uses (Tiger-Heli is 8-way), but I was just playing PacMan and forget to change the Prodigy lever over until I notice the stick not playing well. That can't happen with software switching.
Also-sometimes I will just let the frontend pick a random game that I have rarely played. I could scroll over in my FE and see that is 4-way and set the Prodigy to the correct mode and play, but with software switching, I just start the game and a little icon pops up to tell me I am in 4-way mode and the stick is already set.
Sweet!!!
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 17, 2005, 07:16:42 am ---A trackball wouldn't help with mode switching anyway.
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Unless you want to switch manually through the software GUI. Then you need a either a mouse or a trackball. ;)
RandyT