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Keyboard press lag, have the gods forsaken me?
releasedtruth:
The only problem now is that when I'm playing a game there's some sort of lag sometimes where I'll perform a move or shoot action after I'm not even pressing a button. Really makes most games unplayable. I have SlikStik stainless 13oz sticks, but I would hope it's not that. Heavy springs are installed. It even happens when I use the straight keyboard, usb or ps/2. I don't have an especially slow machine and all but poly games run full speed.
I've confirmed I'm locked to vsync, that all the buttons/keys work perfectly in notepad and Passmark leyboard test, and even installed a PCI usb 2 card just to be sure.
PC: P4 2.0, 512MB ram, Radeon 9600 Pro, PCI USB hub, IPAC-2
If someone could help diagnose this I'd be eternally greatful. It's the only thing between me and endless gaming.
The fervor of GT
spacies:
I would restore the IPAC to default again.
Open notepad and press ctrl, alt and p on your keyboard.
This will bring up the IPAC test util.
Reset the IPAC to default then exit.
Then go into MAME and delete the ini (config) file (depends on version, frontend etc)
Now you should be back to default.
Try everything again. And if you want to program the IPAC use the notepad thing again.
Why do you want to run a dedicated shift key when IPACs dont need it?
Just use the shortcuts.
spacies:
Maybe a link to a high res photo of the wiring as well.
I know you have triple checked everything but its sometimes a simple thing that not right, as we all know!
Worth a shot?
releasedtruth:
Here are a few pics I just snapped. The combined ground in pic 2 doesn't come in contact with any other leads. I was using a dedicated shift cause I have 2 extra buttons, you can see the backside ones in wiring2, there are 2 on each side, hidden. I wanted to use one as shift, then have a bunch of others as tab, esc, p, f keys, -, 0, things like that.
GT
spacies:
Crikey,
Looks like a birds nest. :laugh2: Sorry.
Looks like you really need to tidy that up for find your way around a bit easier.
Do you have a multimeter?
If you do, I would test each wire from the microswitch to the IPAC to make sure there is a circuit.
You could get really picky and while you have one end on the microswitch, test the other end on every socket on the IPAC to see if you have your wires crossed, LOL. Won't take that long.
Also make sure you have the wire on the correct microswitch tab, easy enough to do. I have done it loads of times.
I still wouldn't worry about the dedicated shift key.
Using the IPACs inbuilt 'shift' function is by holding the P1 button etc is good enough IMO.
Then again, its your machine.
Good luck, things like this can be frustrating but take your time and you will find the problem.