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Mag-Stik & Happ 49 way versus UltraStik 360
Ginsu Victim:
Yes, he is correct. (Though I don't know why DaveMMR uses Joy2Key for Daphne. It works fine with my U360s)
BrianP:
I think I have it all figured out now. Thanks everyone for your help.
(now to figure out trackball/mouse buttons/spinners :) )
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on September 04, 2008, 02:28:02 pm ---Yes, he is correct. (Though I don't know why DaveMMR uses Joy2Key for Daphne. It works fine with my U360s)
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IIRC, I had to use it to exit the game the same as I do in MAME (using P2's controls, shifting one of the main buttons to ESC). The version of Daphne I used only supports the 1st player game pad and all that admin stuff is mapped to the 2nd player.
--- Quote ---Right, which is why I said "the wire harness that IT uses"
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I was overstating the obvious just to prevent any purchasing errors. ;) Just a little prevention...
fivslt:
Sorry if I'm deviating from the topic here, but you guys seem knowledgeable, and this is something that I have been wondering for a long time:
How is should the U360 work in output mode? I have mine attached both to ipac and USB. I'd like to get full analog output (no mapping) from USB (since mame does wonderful job of handling the maps internally these days) and, at the same time, my custom 8-way mapping to ipac (for pc games and some other emulators). This way there would be almost no need to reprogram the U360s. But unfortunately I get mapped, "digital" output from the USB too. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong here?
LLUncoolJ:
--- Quote from: BrianP on September 04, 2008, 12:10:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on September 04, 2008, 12:00:00 pm ---I have too many buttons for the harness to be my main source of buttons (7 buttons, plus start, pause, coin (wired to coin mech), coin (hidden under panel), tab (hidden above marquee), reset (under panel), and F2 (under panel), including several shifted functions).
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I forgot about things like coin, start, etc. Looks like the harness for an iPac is a good idea....
Combine with a spinner (Ultimarc SpinStik?) which can be wired into the iPac. Then just figure out the mouse and mouse buttons and I think I an set.
Anyone know if the Ulitmarc Utrack USB interface supports buttons? I don't see anything on their web page).
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Utrak doesn't support buttons, you will need to go another route. If you don't want to mess around with optipac, you can just get the usb adapter. Same goes for the spinner. I have the SpinTrak and the UTrak, both with usb adapters. I have an ipac that controls my buttons and sticks. I am using a Mag Stick Plus for left and a regulat Mag Stick on the right. The jury is still out on those sticks. They are stiff and I have some issues with the right one playing Robotron (can't always fire non-diagonal shots when I want to). But I don't have a dedicated 4 way, so until someone builds a better mouse trap, I'll stick with them. My panel is 100% Ultimarc components right now...pretty happy for the most part...and the LED's look killer!