Spinner wackiness

[ChaosJohn]

I'm running the latest MAME32 on a Windows 2000 machine.  I have both
a trackball and a spinner working with it, but they're both pretty flaky.
Examples:

If I play Marble Madness, usually when I start it up, before I roll the
trackball at all, the marble rolls off the back of the maze.  If I roll as
fast as I can in the other direction, I can just keep it on the maze, but
not move it around.  Sometimes if I fiddle with setup stuff for awhile
it will work for a game or two, but it always comes back, even if I
don't change the settings

If I play Arkanoid, it forces the paddle all the way over to the right
and I can just barely drag it away from the edge.

Also, what's the difference between "digital speed" and "sensitivity"?

John

[brophog]

Digital has to do with digital controls......i.e a joystick or keyboard. Sensitivity controls analog controls such as a trackball, mouse, or spinner.

[u_rebelscum]

I'm running the latest MAME32 on a Windows 2000 machine.  I have both
a trackball and a spinner working with it, but they're both pretty flaky.

Sounds like you have an analog joystick plugged in and joysticks enabled.  Disable joysticks for these games.  Also, you should calibrate your joysticks (or throw them out if they're gameport; gameports can uncalibrate quickly).