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headkaze:

--- Quote from: AndyWarne on October 25, 2008, 09:02:36 am ---The restrictor setting changes the scale factor which is applied to the raw analog output before the maps are applied and data sent out. So leaving the no-restrictor setting and installing a restrictor means the range of analog data is limited so you will only get the center portion of the map not all of the cells.
It might well be that the default maps we supply can be improved on. Feedback on this is welcome and I will change them if necessary. Likewise the instructions.
There should not be any bugs in Ultramap. There were a few in old versions.
Andy

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I probably did things in UltraMap that a regular user wouldn't since I had to test every part of my library. My main point about the restrictor thing was to try programming it a few times incase it was applied incorrectly. I did notice some issues setting this, but it could just be doing what it was supposed to I didn't have a restrictor plate at the time. Or it could have been a problem applying the restrictor setting; to be honest I remember there being a few issues with the software but I can't remember exactly what they were. I remember one was I couldn't save a map for some reason and had to remake it couple of times (something to do with the filename or something). Nothing major, I still think it's a quality product and hopefully the bugs have been ironed out. Sorry I didn't report the bugs back to you at the time I know I should have but they were only minor and nothing I considered worth bothering you about.
Ummon:
I like the stick a lot. I did understand the statement about calibration on the Ultimarc page. However, I do remember forgetting this information and for some reason calibrating it via Windows, and forget whether that was before this issue occured. But I guess that was what caused it, because after resetting to default it's fine now. Although it only really affected Advancemame. (Also, I'm having trouble with it allowing the trackball to be used on trackball games, but this might be specific to how Advancemame handles various controls.)


Something else REALLY weird happened the other night, though. I was setting a map, and I think pressed 'download', and I got a run-time error box. Dumbly, I didn't 'snap' it. However, I noticed that when the box appeared, the whole mapper utility box underneath it had these black diagonal lines over it. (Similar to the red lines in image two, but over the whole mapper box.) Ultramap closed after I pressed 'okay', and the lines were gone when I restarted it, but when I clicked on the map menu, there was now no 4-way 45-degrees mode. (This one or the diagonals-only one work the same except that this one uses the default directions and turns them so you don't have to change the settings for each diagonal controls game after setting the map.)

So then I unplugged the stick and un-installed Ultramap. I re-plugged and re-installed and still the same deal. I restarted the computer and it's the same. The 4-way 45 degrees map is just, like, not there.

Also, there was a slight graphical error, as shown in image two. This was after the above actions, although restarting Ultramap seemed to make it go away.

I mean, I guess I could recreate the missing map. I'm just a very slight spooked that I have to.
Ummon:
Well, I got the 4-way, 45 degrees rotated map back apparently when I re-installed the MaLa Ultrastik mapper. Cool.
Martijn:
i just installed the sticks with hard spring and circular restrictor.
windows detects them fine, but sees them both as joystick player 1

so i see this 2 times

the test screen does look ok. al movenent and buttons are seperated

but in maximus arcade i cant move  :(
Martijn:
oh found it..

http://www.ultimarc.com/ultrastik_inst.html

 :-[
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