Introduction and small questions

[angelomcm]

Good day.

This is my first ever post on this board, I am Angelo, I greet you all
I have been involved with arcade playing since the 80s and
finally got the chance to discover the world of DIY arcade
when I got my hands on an old, damaged Cruisin' Usa
cabinet (monitorless) and half a dozen of old control panels.



My attempts to revive it has been successfull this far, however, two things
bother me slightly. 



1) I have the full steering wheel system + force feedback device
attached,  is it possible to have it used in mame with a certain
(commercial) adaptor ?


2) I have dozens of button switches like in the picture added, are there
still compatible buttons to be found for it ?
stats of the switch:  inner hole diameter: 1cm / 0.39 inch
overall length 7.5cm / 3 inch
Are they even still sold ?



That'll do for now, I will soon add my project to the forum announcements.
Thank you all.

 

[lanman31337]

Hi there.  For starters, I'm not 100% sure on the force feedback, maybe someone else can chime in.  The unit you have there at the bottom is called a leaf switch.  You can get stuff for those, but it's usually tougher to find since everything is a microswitch now.

[CheffoJeffo]

Welcome!

There are a bunch of vendors who sell leaf switch buttons, check the Vendors section of the wiki.

ArcadeShop, Mike's Arcade, Bob Roberts, LizardLick and Centsible all come to mind.

[shardian]

That is a sit-down model. Do you have the seat part?

And no, you can't interface your cruisin usa force feedback with MAME. Maybe some day though (I like optimism  )!

[angelomcm]

Thanks for your replies.  I guess the steering wheel panel is useless then, maybe
i can salvage the speakers inside it though.  Too bad, the gearstick and
wheel seemed cool 

In all case, it does indeed resemble a leafswitch like on the picture on the wiki
(which i thought i read through, tsk tsk me... sorry..).  Now to order the needed
buttons !
Thanks for the help !

[angelomcm]

That is a sit-down model. Do you have the seat part?

And no, you can't interface your cruisin usa force feedback with MAME. Maybe some day though (I like optimism  )!

Unfortunately not, it will be a sweet bench-model once i visit the IKEA store in Belgium
somewhere

[lanman31337]

You could use the shifter and steering wheel in mame though

[shardian]

Thanks for your replies.  I guess the steering wheel panel is useless then, maybe
i can salvage the speakers inside it though.  Too bad, the gearstick and
wheel seemed cool 

In all case, it does indeed resemble a leafswitch like on the picture on the wiki
(which i thought i read through, tsk tsk me... sorry..).  Now to order the needed
buttons !
Thanks for the help !

You can use the controls in MAME, you just can't interface the force-feedback system.

Do a search on "dual strike steering hack" to find a way to use the wheel...or get an A-Pac from Ultimarc.

[brock.sampson]

I wonder if this usb interface from happ would provide forcefeed back with the optional daughter card?

http://www.happcontrols.com/images/pdf/ins-0037.pdf

I'm just throwing this out there I don't know if it will work or not.  On page 2 it makes mention of output for lights and solenoids.  Hopefully someone who knows a lot more about this than me can chime in an say if this will work for force feedback.

[angelomcm]

Thanks again for the helpfull replies.

Hmm, the force feedback has a low priority now that I hear that
the wheel and gears CAN be hooked up somehow.

After work, I will take a look at the cables going from both devices
and compare it with the A-pac.  Too bad the pedals dont work no more,
but I guess that is a challenge on its own... 

[shardian]

I wonder if this usb interface from happ would provide forcefeed back with the optional daughter card?

http://www.happcontrols.com/images/pdf/ins-0037.pdf

I'm just throwing this out there I don't know if it will work or not.  On page 2 it makes mention of output for lights and solenoids.  Hopefully someone who knows a lot more about this than me can chime in an say if this will work for force feedback.

If you are a wiz programmer that can find a way to interface with the thoroughly buried code for force feedback in MAME, knock yourself out. I am waiting to see what cool things people can do with that driver board, it could be really neat!