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MAME trackball issue
Deadly:
I have a HAPP USB trackball that used to work wonderfully. At some point and time it has become unusable with MAMEUI64. Unusable meaning playing Golden Tee sometimes the trackball works fine, sometimes the balls spins but then there's a delayed reaction on screen and sometimes the golf ball will act like it was barely hit. I tried swapping bearings and shafts with another HAPP trackball. Made zero difference.
Anything outside of MAMEUI64 appears to work fine. But I'm also not spinning the hell out of the ball either ;)
In windows thumping around on the menus and so forth it works fine. I've tried uninstalling it, using different ports - still works like crap in MAMEUI64.
I am using X64 XP SPK 3 and I think build 0.128 of MAMEUI. Has anything in MAME been changed within the last ~3 releases that could've caused this behaviour to start?? It's been jsut about a year ago IIRC that this started and I'm wondering if the build of MAME has changed some how? I've attempted to alter the settings within the game to increase or decrease sensitivity and made no difference.
Making a mad dash to get it playing correctly for a Halloween party.
Thanks for any help.
surface tension:
It certainly sounds like the issue is confined to MAME, so messing with the drivers and ports probably won't help.
I don't generally update MAME unless there's an essential update allowing new features. I may be incorrectly reading between the lines though. Do you have a backup of your existing MAME setup that you could access to check for the difference? I mean, to prove it worked ok on an older version.
You could also try it with the corresponding command-line version of MAME. It may not provide the clean interface for your guests, but (if it works fine) at least you'll have a way of playing it as time isn't on your side... though if you'd posted a year ago you'd have had more chance of finding a solution ;)
Flake:
I have the same problem and I dont think its a Mame issue. Its actually an issue with the USB interface on the happs trackball itself. I have read some threads about this in the past but I dont think there is a "solution" per se. Do a search and you should find some discussions about it. I think URebelScum posted a reply in one of them detailing the issue. I havent looked at fixing my issue because I dont play that much Golden Tee and thats the only game I smack the trackball that hard so I've let a sleeping dog lie for now.
However, if you do by chance find a fix please post it ;D.
Good luck
LLUncoolJ:
Flake and I have the same software setup and similar hardware. I have the Ultimarc trackball and it is very responsive to GT. May just be an issue with Happ and MAME.
Flake:
Yea I think its clearly an issue with the Happs USB trackball. Specifically with the USB inteface.