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Title: My First Post. Please help with my spinner
Post by: shawcomputers on May 11, 2006, 11:36:54 pm
Hi everyone, been reading the forums for a long time but this is my first post.

Hope someone can help me with my question. Hope this is the right spot to list this in

I have a Slikstik tornado spinner that interfaces to the USB port.
I also have a happ 3" trackball that interfaces to the USB port as well.

both work great in windows and in Mame.
My problem is with 2 games. When i spin the spinner it moves around left and right perfect but after a second or to the whole image on the screen moves right or left.

Its like looking at a zoomed in window and the spinner pans the image left and right .
How would i tell mame to stop using the spinner to move the image ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Hope you understand what im trying to say

-Chris
Title: Re: My First Post. Please help with my spinner
Post by: Kremmit on May 11, 2006, 11:44:42 pm
What games?

Is the game image larger than the screen?  So that the screen has to pan back and forth to see it all?
Title: Re: My First Post. Please help with my spinner
Post by: GoPodular.com on May 12, 2006, 12:00:59 am
That's my guess.  I had that problem with windows itself back when the first TV-out cards were available.  It was a resolution issue.  Too big=scrolling window, too small=black side bars.
Title: Re: My First Post. Please help with my spinner
Post by: Havok on May 12, 2006, 07:35:20 am
Definitely a windows size issue. Make sure that you have set in windows a large enough resolution to handle the games you are having a problem with (Control Panel, Display, Settings). You might also want to experiment with enabling hardware stretching in Mame.
Title: Re: My First Post. Please help with my spinner
Post by: shawcomputers on May 16, 2006, 01:13:55 pm
windows is running at 800 x 600 and the game is tempest.
i dont know why it would be panning on something old like that. should fit in 800 x 600 i would think
Title: Re: My First Post. Please help with my spinner
Post by: shawcomputers on May 20, 2006, 03:58:42 am
OK.
Thanks everyone, i went in and switched the config file from auto resolution to force it to 800x600 and now it works great !!!

Thanks a million for the quick responses. You guys / gals are the best !