A few questions about integration of MAXIMUS,MAME Arcade VGA and Trackball

[Jm1010]

Hi folks, I know I'm pushing my luck here but I've just flicked the switch on our arcade project for the first time this weekend and ... for the most part it was a success but I still have a few issues to iron out. Instead of posting different help requests I thought I'd put them all here in case someone knowsthe answer to all / most of them:

First Maximus and Mame: Is it better to use mame (what I'm using) vs mame32 as Maximus is a front end?

2) How can I integrate the ArcadeVGA setting for arcade monitor in Mame version 119 ( I don't have an ini file to edit and I don't know how to use the "switch"to create one.. do you start from the run prompt and add the swith after the mame.exe ??

3) My trackball (happs control 3") is connected by USB via an optipac board and my slickstik spinner connects directly to a usb pot on the computer. Both kind of work outside of Maximus but they don't work in any Mame game. I read in another post to delete some Trackball settings in Mame config but that didn't work for me.

Any help on any of the above three is greatly appreciated!


Jean

[DeLuSioNal29]

1)  Maximus works best with the command line version of MAME32.  (Not MameUI, etc).
2)  You need to edit your mame.ini file to setup the arcade VGA.  To get the mame.ini to appear:  At the command line (go to run in windows and type cmd to get the c: prompt) In your MAME directory, type:  mame -cc  This will create the .ini file that you need.  Then you can follow the instructions here to install it:  http://www.ultimarc.com/avgainst.html
3)  You have to also edit your mame.ini file to enable mouse support.  There should be a section similar to the following:

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### Input device options ###
mouse                   1
joystick                1
lightgun                0
Just make sure the mouse is set to 1 to enable it.

~ DeLuSioNaL

[Jm1010]

thanks A lot. I'll give it a try this week.end

Jean