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kayoteq:

I'm having a similar problem with Mame OS X, except in my case it won't recognize the mouse, only the laptop's trackpad.  which is no way to play any game. Every trick I can think of and it just sits there and fails to recognize any inputs; joysticks, external mouse, anything but an external standard USB  keyboard. This does not bode well for my custom controllers, which work fine in the older MacMame, which apparently was coded before the multiple mouse inputs feature was integrated into MAME. I'm trying to get the devs to puzzle this one out, I'll share what I find.





u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: kayoteq on August 06, 2008, 11:48:54 am ---I'm having a similar problem with Mame OS X, except in my case it won't recognize the mouse, only the laptop's trackpad.  which is no way to play any game. Every trick I can think of and it just sits there and fails to recognize any inputs; joysticks, external mouse, anything but an external standard USB  keyboard. This does not bode well for my custom controllers, which work fine in the older MacMame, which apparently was coded before the multiple mouse inputs feature was integrated into MAME. I'm trying to get the devs to puzzle this one out, I'll share what I find.

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I'd don't have Mame OS X, but if this was plain mame, I'd say disable the -multimouse option.  However, this is a OS specific feature (as how it's done, and if it can be, differs from OS to OS), so ... :dunno

Let us know how things turn out.

Edit: According to the FAQ, Mame OS X sould handle multiple mice, but I don't have a mac to test.

TPB:


Guys, let me pass on a "Thank You" to urebel.

It's not the thread topic, so I'll just say a quick Thanks, and leave it at that.  I don't think urebel would want a dedicated thread to be created, just for the purposes of conveying thanks, so a solitary post within this thread will suffice.

Why are thanks in order ? ... for his work as a Mame Dev., and contributing to the evolution of our favourite piece of software.

No doubt many of the forum veterans already know (that urebel's a Mame Dev), but I wasn't aware until I saw this :


--- Quote from: whatsnew_0126u3.txt ---
Updated to build with the latest DirectX SDK, which doesn't support
Direct 3D 8 & Direct Input 7. By default, the makefile is set up to
compile the old way, but you can set DIRECT3D=9 and DIRECTINPUT=8 in
windows.mak or on the command-line to build with a more modern SDK.

[smf, RansAckeR, uRebelScum]


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http://mamedev.org/updates/whatsnew_0126u3.txt



u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: TPB on August 06, 2008, 08:44:21 pm ---
Guys, let me pass on a "Thank You" to urebel....
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You're welcome, but I'm just a contributor to Mame.  Take for example the contribution you quoted; I just suggested changing two words RansAckeR posted for review/use for slightly broader support of different input controllers.   A MameDev that does not make. ;)

There's many more contributors than MameDevs, as we contributors only mess with the code a little.  The real thanks belongs to the real devs, but I'm glad to help in the ways I can. :)

web.geek:

Was this ever resolved? I am gearing up for a dual trackball system, and I want to stay abreast of all troubleshooting in that area. Thanks!

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