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rhuel:

Well, after many hours of Windows, Linux, back to Windows, then Linux again...I finally decided to go back to Windows. I was having issues with getting audio and video drivers/modules to load properly in Linux. Games were choppy and unplayable. I got tired of changing/compiling/adding stuff trying to get it to work smoothly.

I got XP installed again and stripped down pretty well and the games seem to run super on it now.

I hooked up the ipac2 finally and all is working pretty well for mostly default stuff.

I had a couple issues with 2SW5 and 2SW6 not responding in games. After some discussion with Malenko and Gary (divemaster127) I realized it was a configuration issue. Mame had no default keys assigned to these buttons. The ipac was working fine. I assigned keys to the 2 buttons in mame and then used the interactive programming to set the same keys for the ipac.

The gui programming tool kept saying my ipac wasn't connected.
I have a CP with 2 sticks and 6 buttons per player and 2 additional buttons with the pics of little people on them. Any tips on how to set up my buttons so I can have coin, p1 start, p2 start, & ESC along with each player's controls?

Not sure how to set that up in the text interactive programming utility.

Kids are digging it so far, wife found flaws with the 8 way stick while playing pac-man and I am happy to have it together and running with the CP wired up.

Can I get the desired keystrokes with the current amount of buttons I have or should I buy a couple more buttons and add them to the CP?

Thanks

TOK:


--- Quote from: rhuel on January 06, 2008, 08:39:00 pm ---Well, after many hours of Windows, Linux, back to Windows, then Linux again...I finally decided to go back to Windows. I was having issues with getting audio and video drivers/modules to load properly in Linux. Games were choppy and unplayable. I got tired of changing/compiling/adding stuff trying to get it to work smoothly.

I got XP installed again and stripped down pretty well and the games seem to run super on it now.


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I had the same experience when I tried Linux. The Nvidia drivers were all beta with no support, and seemed to install but never worked right. If I had more time, I might have stuck with it longer but the whole cab was basically done and I wanted it up and running. I used XP w/all the unnecessary Services disabled. That whittled the boot time to right about 30 seconds and has been rock solid for 2 years now.


rhuel:

I found a shift interlock microswitch from a Volvo 850 in my toolbox and used that for the coin button. I tucked it inside the opening where the coin door should be for now. Works great as a temp fix till I decide if I want to go with an actual coin door or if I want to fabricate something else in its place.

Here's the switch I used:



rhuel:

Slowly coming together. It's now playable and doesn't look as hateful.

Thanks Peale, Malenko, and Knievel for the tips and advice so far!!





rhuel:

I got the cabinet moved upstairs and hopefully, it will get played a bit more. Here is a short clip of my 4 yr old playing Marvel vs Capcom (I think)

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7YHHLXnDA[/youtube]

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