How to "remap" trackball via software

[bob800]

So I just finished installing my trackball, mounting plate and all, only to discover that I mounted it sideways!!  (i.e. rotated 90 degrees). I really don't want to re-install it, as it would involve taking everything apart and building a new mounting-plate.

Initially, I thought I could just reconfigure MAME so that "Mouse Y" would be mapped to "Track X Analog", and vise-versa. While that swapped the axes as I had hoped, the X axis was still "flipped" in a sense (i.e. scrolling left would end up scrolling right, vise versa).

I don't think there's any more hope in the MAME settings, but perhaps an external program and/or modified mouse driver could be used? The only thing I've found so far on Google is a program called "Mafmouse", but it is not freeware and the trial version expires. Has anyone come across anything else that would provide a (free) software solution?.. I would really appreciate any suggestions!

Thanks,

bob800

[Howard_Casto]

Unless you've got a really wierd trackball or a really wierd mounting plate all you have to to is unbolt the trackball and rotate it.  The bolts are equally spaced, so I don't have a clue what you are talking about. 

A software solution would be a waste of time.  If something is worth doing then it's worth doing right.

[UncleArgyle]

What model of trackball is it? The one I bought had a separate USB encoder board. it had the X and Y axis wired so that I could swap easily.