Posted by XTC on 1, 2001 at 10:25 AM:
In Reply to: Can you turn an eight-way j-stick to a four-way using settings in MAME? posted by King Of My Castle on 1, 2001 at 4:30 AM:
: Hi! I remember someone posting about this but I cant find it!! I did try :)
: Anyway, the guy was annoyed that in games like Pacman his eight-way joystick was sometimes moving him in the wrong directions. A four-way wouldn't do this.
: Someone suggested that they did a hardware modification. But then a guy said that you could change the settings in MAME to be, for example, LEFT = LEFT (NOT UP) (NOT DOWN) etc...
: Any idea if this works?
: And do you just press the UP button twice to get the NOT effect?
: Thanks for your time.
Yes - using "not" will render the diagonals useless, however, there will sometimes be a delay in processing the null signal and response is not as accurate.
Two solutions:
1. make interchangable panels and add a dedicated 4-way (maybe even a 2-way).
2. most generic microswitch joysticks can be cahnged from an 8 way to a 4 way by switching out the plastic actuator on the bottom of the stick (happs # 95-0267-00 = 8, 95-1307-00 = 4)
- XTC