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Is A TrackBall Neccessary?
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: efjayel on January 25, 2007, 11:31:54 pm ---And can those buttons be configured into mame
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yes
--- Quote ---are they like a normal Mouse
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yes
--- Quote ---where they cannot be mapped as arcade buttons?
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This is wrong. Don't pause the game while remapping (& enable mice).
QuixoteQuest:
--- Quote from: efjayel on January 25, 2007, 11:31:54 pm ---And can those buttons be configured into mame or are they like a normal Mouse where they cannot be mapped as arcade buttons?
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I haven't figured out how to use the mouse buttons as MAME/emulator/arcade buttons, because they are not connected to the IPac. But you can ascribe any function or macro you can normally do to three button mouse. From reading u_rebelscum's reply I can't tell whether he's saying there is a workaround so that you can use the trackball/mouse buttons as arcade buttons.
ahofle:
--- Quote from: QuixoteQuest on January 26, 2007, 12:28:01 pm ---I haven't figured out how to use the mouse buttons as MAME/emulator/arcade buttons, because they are not connected to the IPac. But you can ascribe any function or macro you can normally do to three button mouse. From reading u_rebelscum's reply I can't tell whether he's saying there is a workaround so that you can use the trackball/mouse buttons as arcade buttons.
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It's not a workaround, you just select the input you want to change, press enter, and then press the mouse button you want to map. What u_rebel was saying is that if you forgot to enable the mouse for that game, then pressing the mouse button will not register.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: QuixoteQuest on January 26, 2007, 12:28:01 pm ---From reading u_rebelscum's reply I can't tell whether he's saying there is a workaround so that you can use the trackball/mouse buttons as arcade buttons.
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Sorry, let me rephrase:
--- Quote ---[Can] a normal Mouse [button] ... be mapped as arcade buttons [in mame]?
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Yes.
Step 1: Enable mice in mame.
Step 2: If the it controls a different player or game button then you want, remap. Do not pause the game while remapping.
For more info on remapping, look at the mameFAQ [urlhttp://www.mame.net/mamefaq.html#h03]#h03[/url] for a step by step howto with pictures.