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Possible To Remove Diagonals From 4-Way Roms via Software?
shorthair:
Seems lilwolf and myself are some of the very few who either know about this, remember it, or just don't care about it. How bout this way (I've just recently explained this, here) :
Say, you start with UP. Press <enter>. Press <up>. Very shortly after, press <left> twice, then <right> twice. (It's the commas in lilwolf's post that confuse.) In the menu, it'll say UP not LEFT not RIGHT.
Or, you can do each one, individually. <up> <left><left>; <up> <right><right> . In the menu it'll say UP not LEFT or UP not RIGHT. Either way it works the same.
Yes, you'll notice physical deadspots, as there is no physical restriction being used. I have P360s, so it's not much different than 8-way, though still noticable. Depends on your preference combined with overall effort an all.
Kaytrim:
--- Quote from: shorthair on May 25, 2007, 03:33:51 pm ---Say, you start with UP. Press <enter>. Press <up>. Very shortly after, press <left> twice, then <right> twice. (It's the commas in lilwolf's post that confuse.) In the menu, it'll say UP not LEFT not RIGHT.
Or, you can do each one, individually. <up> <left><left>; <up> <right><right> . In the menu it'll say UP not LEFT or UP not RIGHT. Either way it works the same.
--- End quote ---
shorthair, this is the missing link that I have been looking for since I started using MAME. With this setup using the menus I should be able to use a Happ Competition for both 4-way and 8-way easily. That is if I understand what you are saying correctly. I am going to try this out later and if it works it opens the doors on a few ideas I have floating around.
(bookmarks post for future reference)
TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
ahofle:
It does work, but not nearly as well as you might think (ie as well as a physically restricted stick). With this trick, you will basically have fairly large deadzones (if you hit a diagonal, nothing at all happens). A good physical restricted stick (IMO) has very little deadzone. I remember trying this trick out on Assault hoping it would allow me to play it with two 8 way sticks. It didn't work very well though and my tank was constantly getting 'stuck' when I'd accidentally hit a diagonal.
Kaytrim:
ahofle, you are saying that this is not an ideal solution then. If that is the case then the only sticks that are ideal for multiple formats are the 49-way with the GPWiz49 or the U360.
Kaytrim
ahofle:
Well don't take my word for it...you should definitely give it a try. I wasn't too happy with it though.
IMO the ideal stick would be a physically restricted U360/GPWiz49 that allowed you to change the restrictor plate above the CP from 4 to 8 way. Oh and with a rotary function and swappable flight stick handles. I'm not asking for too much am I? :P
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