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VERY stupid question: How do I select my Trackball in MAME ?

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Level42:
OK, this will probably be the most stupid question of today, but what the heck:

I've wired up my Suzo 5.72cm (sorry, metric sizes used here ;) )  trackball through an old Optipac and it works beautifully in Windows.

Now, how do I get it to be selected in games like Marble Madness, Centipede and Missile Command ? It is still using my joysticks now.

I'm using plain command line MAME with Mamewah as front-end. I've looked for the settings but can't figure out how to actualy select the mouse (which this is for the system I guess ?).

This has to be a no-brainer but I'm just overlooking it I guess.....and I want to play Marble Madness the way it's supposed to be for the very first time in my life :):):)

rwhip41:
Try looking at your MAME.ini file in your MAME directory. In this .ini file, look for a setting that looks like...

mouse=0

Try changing it to...

mouse=1

Not sure, but maybe Mamewah also has this option under the Mamewah.ini file. Look for it in the Mamewah directory. I really can't remember the Mamewah .ini file on this. I don't think it has this (I think it relies on your MAME.ini file), but it's worth a look-see.

I hope this helps you.

mccoy178:
It's in the mame.ini in your main mame folder.  Come on rookie ;D:

### Input device options ###
mouse                   1
joystick                1
lightgun                0
dual_lightgun           0
offscreen_reload        0
steadykey               0

Level42:
OK, thanks guys... I'll try it, play a few games and then go hang myself in shame  ;D ;D ;D

Lon:
Also, if you dont have a mame.ini ( i didnt) you have to type mame cc at a command prompt. I believe that is the right syntax, if not I am certain someone will correct me :)

LOn

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