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Star wars yoke Anyone
Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---Last time I tested, it traded one weapon for the other.
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Thats mere coincidence. You just ran out of the other weapon, and picked up another at the same time.
When you get really good... you dont have to use the weapons as much. You can bump the cars off the road, and or use positioning tactics as well. Use of weapons sparingly, only when things get really hairy.
Maybe your think the NES version or something. The Ports are Not the same as the original game. Not even close.
--- Quote ---I don't think it's that tough a game.
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But you havnt seen the boat house often? Did you even Pass the boat stage, and get back onto the road?
This basically says that the game IS tough. The boat stage isnt very far into the game at all... so if you dont even make it to the 1st boat stage, let alone the icy roads, and 2nd+ boat stages... then you really are not even scratching the surface of the game.
Thats like saying Robotron is easy, and only making it to stage 9. It makes no sense.
The gameplay may seem simple in many of these games, but staying alive for a long duration of time in these games... is not easy.
And with Spy Hunter, the shear number of ways to die.. .and the ways in which you end up dieing, are way beyond the typical arcade game scope. Its the ultimate example of 'Murphys Law' in effect.
The game is so brutal with the ease of lifes passings... that they actually programmed it so you could crash all you want for like over 1min of time. Thats pretty much unheard of in the typical money grubbing 80s arcade machines. It says a Lot about the games difficulty.
Start keeping track of how long you survive After the timer has ran out. And average times to wreck.
--- Quote ---I don't play very often because my yoke has a dead spot in the middle.
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Change the steering pot. They are cheap, and its a pretty easy fix. You can also adjust mames settings for the dead zone, though, the fix is a much better solution.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on June 09, 2012, 04:37:24 am ---I don't play very often because my yoke has a dead spot in the middle.
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Not sure if this is the issue or not, but the default .3 dead zone setting in MAME is ridiculous for steering.
Drop it to around .05 or .03
Gray_Area:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on June 09, 2012, 07:28:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on June 09, 2012, 04:37:24 am ---I don't play very often because my yoke has a dead spot in the middle.
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Not sure if this is the issue or not, but the default .3 dead zone setting in MAME is ridiculous for steering.
Drop it to around .05 or .03
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I'm pretty sure it's the yoke, but I'll check....
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 09, 2012, 02:05:39 pm ---
Thats mere coincidence. You just ran out of the other weapon, and picked up another at the same time.
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Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---I'm pretty sure it's the yoke, but I'll check....
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You can test the Pot by a number of ways:
1) Windows Joystick Calibration. Turn the yoke, and see live update of the values shift in the form of a sliding bar.
2) Hook up a multimeter to the two leads of the pot. Turning it should produce a sliding value. If no value comes back, then theres a wear spot... or the pot is dirty on that spot. Component cleaner might fix this.
3) Go into the service menu of most games in mame, and choose the calibration option. It shows hex values that change as you move the controllers. (turn off mames deadzone beforehand, So you get accurate results of the pot values changing)
Make sure to always calibrate the joystick in windows before running it in mame.
Also, make sure to delete any old ini & nvram..etc.. files in mame.
Finally, certain games in mame may need in-game calibration before they work 100% properly.
Spy Hunter Does in fact have a Calibration system. Press tab, choose dip switches, turn on the dip for service mode... then use the appropriate keys to move and enter the mode. Once done, toggle the service mode dipswitch back. Mame should retain the setting.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 12, 2012, 09:42:55 am --- Spy Hunter Does in fact have a Calibration system. Press tab, choose dip switches, turn on the dip for service mode... then use the appropriate keys to move and enter the mode. Once done, toggle the service mode dipswitch back. Mame should retain the setting.
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Good thing to bring up!
It's easy to miss that with the older games when you're in the habit of seeing a service button to map.
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