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3 mouse buttons with Optipac possible?
mccoy178:
--- Quote from: squirrellydw on March 26, 2006, 10:52:18 am ---So is there away to configure it to use 3 buttons?
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Can you reprogram the Opti to recognize the P2 B1 to be P1 B3 or something? I think you would have a better chance in remapping mame then the opti for that.
I bet this has been covered in the Ultimarc forum over at:
www.mameworld.info
Pyro:
Thanks for the tip on the Ulitmarc forum. I hadn't ran across that one before. I did a brief search in there but didn't come up with an answer yet. If I find something I'll be sure to post it here.
I can always play with the configuration after wiring everything up too if I don't get a definite answer.
I'm beginning to think maybe my CP design should have been based a little more on the inputs available on my encoding devices, and less on asthetics. This is a fun learning experience though.
Pyro
Kremmit:
If you already have a control panel with a middle mouse button, and you really want the button to appear to the computer as a mouse button instead of running it through your keyboard or gamepad encoder, then I guess you could do a mouse hack for just the one button. Since you don't care about using the mouse hack for spinners, trackballs, etc., any 3-button mouse will do- optical, ball, USB, PS2, Serial, whatever. You must have an old mouse laying around somewhere.
Pyro:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on March 27, 2006, 12:10:05 am ---You must have an old mouse laying around somewhere.
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I, like most everyone else here I am sure, have too much extra computer crud laying around ;D I may end up doing a mouse hack to get the three buttons working.
I have basically completed my cp top with 3 trackball/mouse buttons included. Unfortunately it was before I realized that my Optipac (apparently?) supports only two mouse buttons.
Thanks for the mouse hack idea.
Pyro
Tiger-Heli:
Why do you want it to work that way?
If you need it for browsing Windows or for some non-MAME emulator, then a mouse hack might be your best bet. If it's for single player games in MAME, just set MAME to use one of the other inputs. If it's for multi-player games in MAME, you might look at hacking a gamepad.