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Title: joystick no up / down
Post by: spisi on February 06, 2021, 01:44:52 pm

I have a working joystick (tested with antimicro) but MAME doesn't recognize up / down, but recognizes left / right. Any ideas what would cause this? 
Just tested it on another PC, same issue.....Antimicro sees left / right as axis one, no problems there.  Antimicro sees up / down as axis 2, MAME is not seeing this...
Also, works in Windows settings...Hmmm.....

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: PL1 on February 06, 2021, 03:14:50 pm

Quote from: spisi on February 06, 2021, 01:44:52 pm

left / right as axis one

Wait, is this an analog (potentiometer) joystick with 1 input per axis in MAME or a microswitch joystick with 2 inputs per axis in MAME?


Scott

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: spisi on February 06, 2021, 03:49:57 pm

Microswitch

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: PL1 on February 06, 2021, 04:10:40 pm

In what MAME game and to which inputs are you trying to map Up and Down?
- For example, Donkey Kong: P1 Up and P1 Down


Scott

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: spisi on February 06, 2021, 04:16:15 pm

I've tried Ms. Pacman and Pacman with same results

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: PL1 on February 06, 2021, 04:47:30 pm

Quote from: spisi on February 06, 2021, 04:16:15 pm

I've tried Ms. Pacman and Pacman with same results

Are you saying that "Up" (the default setting) is not mapped to the "P1 Up" input and you're unable to remap the input or are you saying that pressing up --straight up, not an accidental diagonal-- on the joystick is not registering during gameplay?


Scott

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: javeryh on February 06, 2021, 06:23:26 pm

Pretty sure a multimeter will solve the problem.  >:D

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: spisi on February 06, 2021, 07:27:13 pm

A fresh install of MAME and it works... :dunno

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: PL1 on February 07, 2021, 07:30:42 am

Quote from: javeryh on February 06, 2021, 06:23:26 pm

Pretty sure a multimeter will solve the problem.  >:D

Yeah, just mentioning a multimeter in Spisi's thread scared the gremlins out of his system.   :lol


Scott

Title: Re: joystick no up / down
Post by: spisi on February 07, 2021, 11:05:22 am

When all else fail....grab the multimeter  ;D I think I had been messing with the mame.ini file when it comes to the joystick mapping, that was most likely the culprit