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Bluedeath:

If you want simply play on mame rotary games you must use optical rotarys (you will have to calibrate them correctlly for mechanical games) . If you want perfect gameplay you must use mechanical (LS-30) for mechanical games a and optical in mouse mode for others.

Minwah:


--- Quote from: isucamper on April 10, 2008, 08:56:45 pm ---  Caliber 50 

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This one used an optical rotary stick, not sure about the others.

isucamper:

really?  looks mechanical to me... but I wouldnt' know for sure, I haven't played it since I was 8

http://www.westcontrols.com/files/pictures.php?snap=../pictures/cpanel/calibr50.jpg

u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: isucamper on April 11, 2008, 12:35:22 pm ---really?  looks mechanical to me... but I wouldnt' know for sure, I haven't played it since I was 8

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Short answer: They looked the same.


Long answer: both the mechanical and the optical had different models, and many of them looked the same (the handles), and some didn't.  However, it is known that Cal50 used optical.

jasonbar:

Howdy-

I'm moving over from my other thread into this one, since this thread has a great collection of some technical & practical info.


Let me attempt to summarize the issue to make sure I have this all straight:


1 - My mechanical rotary sticks with the Ultimarc Rotary Joystick Interface (http://ultimarc.com/rotary.html) will work only on SNK games & no other company's games.  (I'm running MAME 115, 115u2, 108, & 82).

2 - The the Happ Rotary Optical sticks (2nd item on this page: http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/rotary_optical_joy.htm, or also discussed here: http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_controls.shtml#joystick_optical), is essentially a joystick with a spinner or 1-axis trackball (LED emitter & collector w/ windowed wheel between them) stuck to the bottom, right?

3 - The Happ Rotary Optical sticks will run *all* rotary stick games.  I could confirm this by setting all the rotary stick games to look at one of my current spinners & testing that way.  If it works with a spinner, it will work w/ the Happ Rotary Optical sticks too, right?

4 - The Happy Rotary Optical Sticks can be set up to be either USB or serial, correct?  Any preference?  Any extra hardware needed beyond what's ordered from Happ?  (like an Opti-Pac: http://ultimarc.com/optipac1.html or looks as if I need a Happ's Trackball Interface Kit: http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/56011300k.htm)

5 - The Happ Rotary Optical Sticks don't have a detent to quantize the rotation into discrete angles of rotation, right?  Has anybody hacked in a detent?  Doesn't sound toooooo hard...but I guess the trick is "tuning in" the detent so that the angle of rotation between clicks corresponds translated to 1 index of rotation on your on-screen dude.  Is it awful trying to play these rotary stick games without the klik-klik-klik rotational detent?

6 - If 3 is true, what's the best/preferred vendor for a pair of the Happ Rotary Optical Sticks?  I used Tornado Terry to order Happ items at a discount before & was pleased with his business.


Thanks for your patience!!!
-Jason

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