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trackball help
« on: May 20, 2006, 05:30:32 pm »
I have the happs 3" trackball installed via ps/2 optiwiz, I have a ps/2 to usb adapter, the frontend recognizes the TB but not the actual games,  I have read and searched and tried some of the advice given but nothing worked.  I have the mouse set to 1 and for trackball_device I tried these options:
-trackball
mouse 1
mouse2
any help would be great, thanks  I should mention that I have a usb mouse plugged in that is used in windows.

here is my current mame.ini for input devices

### Input device options ###
mouse                   1
joystick                1
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
steadykey               0
keyboard_leds           1
led_mode                ps/2
a2d_deadzone            0.30
# ctrlr                 <NULL> (not set)
paddle_device           keyboard
adstick_device          keyboard
pedal_device            keyboard
dial_device             keyboard
trackball_device        keyboard
lightgun_device         keyboard
digital                 none
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Re: trackball help
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2006, 11:19:27 pm »
Did you plug the PS/2 Optiwiz into the PS/2 port (no usb adapter) to confirm that works?  If so, why not plug it into the port it was made for?

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Re: trackball help
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2006, 11:05:04 am »
yeah it works, I just thought using usb may give me more options in the future and wanted to see if it would work.  I actually got it to work in golden tee by going into the input settings for the game and setting the analog x and y to the trackball, i just hope I dont have to do this for every game.  thanks
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Re: trackball help
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2006, 11:47:08 am »
yeah it works, I just thought using usb may give me more options in the future and wanted to see if it would work.  I actually got it to work in golden tee by going into the input settings for the game and setting the analog x and y to the trackball, i just hope I dont have to do this for every game.  thanks

After you hit TAB, select Input all games.  Set it once and it will be fine.

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Re: trackball help
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2006, 04:31:28 pm »
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Re: trackball help
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2006, 09:28:21 am »

What kind of adapter are you using?  The Opti-Wiz requires only a passive (i.e. cheap, no electronics type) adapter and it will autoswitch.

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