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Request for a plug-in / functionality for front ends
Kaytrim:
I appreciate all the work to automate the maping of the Ultimarc 360 joystick. Could someone take the same functionality and port it over to the GPWiz-49 from Groovy Game Gear? Randy has a nice piece of support software that maps the GPWiz-49 in a command line. I just want it to be automated like what is being done for the U360. I don't have a GPWiz-49 yet but I do have two 49-way joysticks that I will need interfaces for and ordering at least one soon.
I use GameEx but I am also looking at MaLa, MameWah and AtomicFE. I would be willing to do some testing for you once I get setup.
Thanks to all you developers, :cheers:
Kaytrim
fatfingers:
As the author of the U360 plugin for MaLa, I would be willing to take a shot at this since I assume much of the infrastructure would be the same. I may need some help getting up to speed on the 49-ways however.
Kaytrim:
Thanks FatFingers,
This shouldn't be hard at all. Randy has a text doc in the zip file that explains how to use the .exe. I quote the following command lines from that document;
(DRS stands for Digital Restrictor Selection)
Automatic Mode:
Automatic mode was intentionally made to be very simple for integration into other software or in a shortcut as required. The command line is just a number between 1 and 8 as follows:
GPWIZ49.exe 1
GPWIZ49.exe 2
...and so on.
The numbers indicate the DRS Modes as follows:
1= Raw49
2= Progressive49
3= 8-Way
4= 4-Way
5= Diagonals
6= 2-Way Horizontal
7= 2-Way Vertical
8= 16-Way
Looking at that it is just a matter of knowing the game requirements for the stick and pass the appropriate command to the exe.
fatfingers:
Hi Kaytrim,
Yes, it does look easy enough. Do you see a need for overriding the mame default for control type? Say like for Q*Bert that would show as 4-way, but really you might want diagonals? If so, please propose a method to do that mapping and I will try to implement it.
Kaytrim:
There is a diagonal mapping built in, see option 5 above. Or maybe I am not understanding you correctly. How is the q-bert mapping handled for the U360?
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