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Building a drive cab - Now a question about POTS
leapinlew:
I have a driver cabinet that has some pedals. I'm really confused on analog vs pushbuttons for the pedals. When I test out Mame on a keyboard, it seems to play ok, but many of the games definetly could use the benefit of analog pedals.
So my questions are:
Is there a tutorial that explains hacking a joystick?
Is there a specific joystick that works better than another joystick?
How do I have to configure mame to work with analog controls?
Thanks!
PoDunkMoFo:
You could simply buy an A-Pac or any other analog interface and wire up a potentiometer to each pedal. If you wanted you could also put a microswitch at the max travel of the pedal so that you would have whatever type of input you needed. Simply configure games that need an on off pedal to the switch and games that need analog to the potentiometer.
If you don't want to spend the money on an interface you could wire directly to a joystick port but there may be downfalls to this method. There are plans on the net just search homemade driving controls.
ArcadEd:
Just out of curiousity, why not just get a high quality PC Steering Wheel pedal combination? Don't they work with MAME?
http://www.act-labs.com/products/race1.htm
Bummer, I guess Act Labs doesn't make their system anymore. That was the one I was planning on using if I ever got around to making a MAME Racing cab :).
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: PoDunkMoFo on May 16, 2006, 12:34:01 am ---You could simply buy an A-Pac or any other analog interface and wire up a potentiometer to each pedal. If you wanted you could also put a microswitch at the max travel of the pedal so that you would have whatever type of input you needed. Simply configure games that need an on off pedal to the switch and games that need analog to the potentiometer.
If you don't want to spend the money on an interface you could wire directly to a joystick port but there may be downfalls to this method. There are plans on the net just search homemade driving controls.
--- End quote ---
Quite simply.... I didn't know what an a-pac was. It looks perfect! I took the pedals off my mame cab last night and I'm not certain what pot value they are, but this apac looks like it can handle it. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll order one.
Quick question - I was going to do a mouse hack for the steering wheel. Would the apac be able to handle both the steering wheel and the pedals?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: ArcadEd on May 16, 2006, 01:45:15 am ---Just out of curiousity, why not just get a high quality PC Steering Wheel pedal combination? Don't they work with MAME?
http://www.act-labs.com/products/race1.htm
Bummer, I guess Act Labs doesn't make their system anymore. That was the one I was planning on using if I ever got around to making a MAME Racing cab :).
--- End quote ---
I thought about it, and it is still an option. It already has a steering wheel, pedals and shifter mounted, and I wanted to see how these worked first. I figure I can always put in a steering wheel, shifter and pedals. Also, I like the 360 degree atari steering wheel.
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