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nickf21:

got my panel built, got my cab ready, MAME32 installed, ROMs ready...
everything works and im trying to sort out a couple of quick things BUT i cant seem to find answers anywhere.

1) i want to hide my keyboard away - i am using MAME32 (no front end) and an ipac2 interface. (via USB)
everything works ok - but i cant seem to configure a left mouse button.
i have 6 buttons set up for each player, a 1player start, a 2 player start and a third button set up for this very purpose. HOWEVER, this third button is defaulting to a right mouse button and i cant seem to change it.
ive tried the default game option in MAME, downloaded software for the ipac but still cant crack it.
any ideas??

2) i have a trackball set up that works fine when im in MAME - ie it works like my mouse does.
however, when i play any game the trackball doesnt work.
i think (?) this must be a set up in MAME question - but cant find the right place for it.

apologies for asking two such stupid questions - but ive been working on my cab for the last six hours and my head is fried.

thanks so much in advance

NoOne=NBA=:

1) The Ipac emulates a keyboard, not a mouse.
Assuming you are using a mouse hack for the trackball, you will need physical connections to the left/middle/right mouse buttons on your CP.

2) You need to make sure that your mouse is enabled in your preferences on MAME 32.
I don't actually use MAME 32, so I don't know where it is located.

In command line MAME, you would run mame from a command prompt, with a -cc switch at the end.
That will generate a config file in your MAME folder.
In that file is the setting for enabling the mouse.

nickf21:

thanks for the note - but still havent cracked it.

if the ipac is just a keyboard emulator - how come one of the defaults is a right mouse click (and when i press this button on my cp it acts like a right mouse button...)
is this just a coincidence or can i change this to a left mouse button without going thru the hassle of setting a mouse hack?

and for the trackball - again im using my ipac and not a mouse hack.
therefore i shouldnt have the mouse enabled checked in the MAME32 option folder.... correct?

still cant get the trackball working in the games - although it works in the MAME32 general menu.

ten hours on this and still not sorted.

one thing that isnt mentioned too often on these boards is the amount of patience we need when setting up an arcade!!


jasonbar:


--- Quote from: nickf21 on June 02, 2008, 05:18:09 pm ---thanks for the note - but still havent cracked it.

if the ipac is just a keyboard emulator - how come one of the defaults is a right mouse click (and when i press this button on my cp it acts like a right mouse button...)
is this just a coincidence or can i change this to a left mouse button without going thru the hassle of setting a mouse hack?

--- End quote ---

My keyboard on my work PC has a key that looks like a context-sensitive menu.  It pulls up "right-click" menus, just as if I were clicking on my right mouse button, but it's a keyboard key.  I bet you've got a key on your "keyboard" mapped to that key.

-Jason

u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: nickf21 on June 02, 2008, 05:18:09 pm ---and for the trackball - again im using my ipac and not a mouse hack.
therefore i shouldnt have the mouse enabled checked in the MAME32 option folder.... correct?

--- End quote ---

Err, The Ipac does not do mice or TBs.  Do you have a miniPac perhaps?  (It does both keyboard & mouse.)  I don't have a miniPac, but I wonder if you could map it to a mouse button?

Either way, if it looks like a mouse (ie moves the cursor pointer or sends mouse clicks), mame will ignore it if -mouse is disabled.

So enable -mouse.  (And disable -multiplemice, which is for if you want to use multiple mice for different players at the same time, like 2 player marble madness).

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