Scott thanks. I'll start heading that way. The offer for some beverages stands eternal.
March 28, 2024, 02:22:58 pm
When I assign it as gamepad key in the U-hid nano, I can't get it to detect at all. There are choices for "down action" and "up action"- pic attached- I'm not sure what to choose in those fields.There's a description of the various action choices at https://www.u-hid.com/home/u_config_utils.php, but I'd recommend trying "Normal Primary" for down and "Clear" for up with a gamepad button and shifter toggling disabled in MAME.
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<input>
<port tag=":IN0L" type="P1_BUTTON1" mask="2" defvalue="2" value="0" toggle="no" />
<port tag=":BRAKE" type="P1_PEDAL2" mask="255" defvalue="0">
<newseq type="standard">
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I'm running MAME32Plus! 0.105. Should I be using a different emulator for Pole Position?That's a REALLY ancient version of MAME.
I have the opti-pac working (I think, because I can move the mouse pointer left and right on the windows desktop with the steering wheel) but it doesn't seem to steer the car in-game.Windows recognizes the steering wheel as mouse X-axis. That is good.
I also followed your instructions on wiring the pedal with the U-hid nano, and it seems to work, but for whatever reason, when I press the pedal, the car rotates left/right (what the wheel should be doing).Mame accepts analog input from the pedal. That is good, but you might want to consider changing the U-HID configuration for that input from X-axis (left/right) to Y-axis. (up/down)
So, I'm guessing there is just some sort of setup in MAME that I am missing. I'm running MAME32Plus! 0.105.1.) Do you already have mame.ini in your installation?
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# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
coin_lockout 1
ctrlr
mouse 1
joystick 1
lightgun 0