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Author Topic: Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????  (Read 2825 times)

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Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« on: September 08, 2002, 11:18:56 am »
I can't seem to figure out how to configure the trackball!

I read on KLOV that some boards don't have trackball support. Does this mean I need a different ROM?

Anyone know how to make it recognise my trackball?
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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2002, 02:15:12 pm »
Have you been into the controller properties and enabled mouse support for that game? I don't have a trackball, but it seems a fairly safe bet that will help :)

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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2002, 05:28:56 pm »
Controller Properties? Tab?

I haven't messing with Mame settings much.. As you can tell from my LAST problem. hehe

The TAB menu didn't have anything about mouse support. I've tried a bunch of F keys and i couldn't find it there either. You're probably right, but I can't find the menu for it.   :P
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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2002, 07:12:39 pm »
I think he assumed you were using mame32.  If you are using the commandline mame look in the ini file.

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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2002, 05:40:56 pm »
Darn, I'm afraid I still can't figure it out. I looked in a few ini files and no mention of a mouse..

How can Marble Madness of all things not use the trackball as default!?
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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2002, 08:33:14 pm »
what version of mame are you using?  commandline mame or mame32.

If commandline mame look in the mame.ini file in your mame folder.

If in mame32, goto Options/Default options...
Click on the Controllers tab and enable mouse input.

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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2002, 07:22:27 pm »
I'm using both mame 36 for dos and mame 60 for dos. Neither have a mame.ini file. There is a mame.cfg file in mame 36 and it has mouse=yes.

I can't believe its so hard to enable the mouse for a game that is SUPPOSED to use a trackball! Wierd.
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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2002, 08:03:51 pm »
did you ever do a mame -cc with version 60?

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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2002, 11:36:32 pm »
ahhhhh

its -createconfig btw.

it works now. Like i've said before I haven't messed around much with the software settings. I'm more of a hardware guy. I don't have a dedicated computer yet either so its not in its final setup yet either.

After i did the createconfig I got my ini file and i set it to mouse=1. it works now.
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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2002, 12:47:58 am »
-cc is short for -createconfig, both should work.

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Re:Can't use trackball in Marble Madness????
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2002, 10:11:40 pm »
nope, -cc didn't work for my version. -createconfig worked fine though.
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