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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on January 06, 2006, 10:24:05 am ---
The Opti-Wiz elegantly avoids this problem, but the Z-axis setup is fairly MAME-limited.  (In other words, if you wanted to use your spinner with a PC driving game, or most other non-MAME emulators, I don't think most of them would allow you to control the action using (for all intents and purposes) the mouse scroll wheel).


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Is this the case even though Randy has explained that his chip far exceeds the performance of regular mice?  I obviously know none of the technical details behind the Opti-Wiz, but Randy's explanation leads me to believe his board my be able to use all 3 axes at a much higher refresh rate/speed.

If this is the case, and the Z-axis is actually fairly robust in terms of speed (say, in line with the X and Y axes of a regular mouse), it may be possible to use the spinner in non-MAME games.

Just a thought.  Hopefully Randy can let us know which is the case. (Or some of the beta testers)

EDIT:  I had a bit of a brain fart there and totally missed the main point of your post Tiger.  :laugh:  I guess it wouldn't be very common for newer PC games to allow you to map controls to the scroll wheel.  I'm still curious about the speed of the Z-axis on the Opti-Wiz compared to a run-of-the-mill mouse though.

SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on January 06, 2006, 11:27:01 am ---If this is the case, and the Z-axis is actually fairly robust in terms of speed (say, in line with the X and Y axes of a regular mouse), it may be possible to use the spinner in non-MAME games.

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Well yeah, if the game can see the mouse wheel.  You could use it to change weapons in quake1.

pointdablame:

--- Quote from: SirPoonga on January 06, 2006, 12:25:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: pointdablame on January 06, 2006, 11:27:01 am ---If this is the case, and the Z-axis is actually fairly robust in terms of speed (say, in line with the X and Y axes of a regular mouse), it may be possible to use the spinner in non-MAME games.

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Well yeah, if the game can see the mouse wheel.  You could use it to change weapons in quake1.

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Yeah.. I missed that at first.  I was just thinking of it as a "better Z axis" but didn't think of how few games (if any) allow you to map controls to the mouse wheel.

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on January 06, 2006, 11:27:01 am ---EDIT:
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RandyT:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on January 06, 2006, 11:27:01 am ---I'm still curious about the speed of the Z-axis on the Opti-Wiz compared to a run-of-the-mill mouse though.

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Tiger-Heli is correct.

The Z-axis is every bit as fast as the X and Y.  They are all processed equally.

Just for reference purposes, with this chip, the routine that scans and processes the activity on all 3 axis takes only .000033 seconds to complete.  Of course it needs to transmit data once in a while as well, but it even scans in the middle of that process so as not to miss a beat.

Oh, and no light guns.  Different kind of optical. :)

RandyT

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