Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: j123vt_99 on March 24, 2005, 04:11:11 pm
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in time, i will be building a cab and probably go with a 4 & a 8 way joystick... what do i need to do so that when i load a game with mamewah, the appropiate joystick is "activated"
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MAME doesn't know if a joystick is in 8 way or 4 way mode. But you can break up the gamelist in two parts, games that require 4 way or 8 way joysticks.
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so you do 2 different ini's? one for 4 way, one for 8?
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so you do 2 different ini's? one for 4 way, one for 8?
No, You wire both the joysticks to the same inputs on your keyboard encoder and they will both technically be able to control MAME/MAMEWAH at the same time.. You just use the 4 way when you know you're going to be playing a 4-way game, and the same thing with the 8-way.
What GGKoul was talking about is making a separate list in your front end so that you and your guests KNOW when to use the 4-way and when to use the 8-way.
Know what I mean?
-sab
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From a wiring standpoint, there is no difference between a 4-way and an 8-way joystick. They both have four microswitches or leafswitches. What makes a joystick "8-way" is the ability to activate two switches at the same time.
As mentioned above, the software doesn't "activate" a joystick. It simply accepts data from the joysticks wired to the appropriate encoder inputs.
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so you do 2 different ini's? one for 4 way, one for 8?
No, You wire both the joysticks to the same inputs on your keyboard encoder and they will both technically be able to control MAME/MAMEWAH at the same time.. You just use the 4 way when you know you're going to be playing a 4-way game, and the same thing with the 8-way.
What GGKoul was talking about is making a separate list in your front end so that you and your guests KNOW when to use the 4-way and when to use the 8-way.
Know what I mean?
-sab
ok that makes sense.. so technically you could use the 4 way to go up and left and use the 8 way to go right (not that you EVER would)
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ok that makes sense.. so technically you could use the 4 way to go up and left and use the 8 way to go right (not that you EVER would)
Technically, yes.
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ok that makes sense.. so technically you could use the 4 way to go up and left and use the 8 way to go right (not that you EVER would)
Technically, yes.
Actually no, a 4 way will only go Up, Down, Left, Right and will not allow you to hit the corners/
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ok that makes sense.. so technically you could use the 4 way to go up and left and use the 8 way to go right (not that you EVER would)