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FrizzleFried:

What would happen if I were to connect my trackball to 2 buttons...mouse buttons...but then wired them as button A and B for Player 1.   None of the MAME games use the mouse button for anything right?   Would it cause conflict of some sort?


AlanS17:


--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on November 13, 2006, 09:42:42 am ---What would happen if I were to connect my trackball to 2 buttons...mouse buttons...but then wired them as button A and B for Player 1.   None of the MAME games use the mouse button for anything right?   Would it cause conflict of some sort?


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What we're saying is you can achieve the same effect with less effort. Don't wire player 1 A and B to their regular buttons. Wire the mouse buttons into those positions. Then re-map those buttons as permanent Player 1 A and B through MAME configuration. Know what I mean?

ahofle:


--- Quote from: AlanS17 on November 13, 2006, 12:05:57 am ---The only trackball games I play with my right hand are bowling games and Golden Tee (basically the games that don't require hitting a button).

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How do you play Centipede/MissileCommand?
I don't think I've ever seen a trackball game that was designed to be used with your left hand (other than trackball games with no buttons which are obviously usable by left or right hands).

ahofle:


--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on November 13, 2006, 09:42:42 am ---What would happen if I were to connect my trackball to 2 buttons...mouse buttons...but then wired them as button A and B for Player 1.   None of the MAME games use the mouse button for anything right?   Would it cause conflict of some sort?

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If you physically map player one inputs and mouse inputs to the same microswitch, you will encounter windows issues.  For example, Pressing Ctrl (default player one button 1) at the same time as pressing mouse button 1, you enter a 'persistent selection' mode (for example, selecting multiple icons on the desktop, it will keep selecting things if you hold down Ctrl).  This is probably only an issue if you need to navigate around in Windows at all though.  I would do as the others said and remap things in your emulator.

AlanS17:


--- Quote from: ahofle on November 13, 2006, 11:26:20 am ---
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on November 13, 2006, 12:05:57 am ---The only trackball games I play with my right hand are bowling games and Golden Tee (basically the games that don't require hitting a button).

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How do you play Centipede/MissileCommand?
I don't think I've ever seen a trackball game that was designed to be used with your left hand (other than trackball games with no buttons which are obviously usable by left or right hands).

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Yeah, I usually criss-crossed my arms to play. There just doesn't seem to be anything natural to me about having the TB in the right hand. I die so much quicker.

When most people add seperate TB buttons to a CP, notice how they almost always go on the right side.

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