bfraggins

Thank you so much for this! The detail is excellent and I appreciate the specifics on calculating the spinner resolution. To follow up, where does one find resources such as this (for example, the default resolution of the spinner for the original tempest, whether or not a joystick game is using a 4-way or 8-way joystick, and such things). Much appreciated and cheers! B.

Hi! Love the X-Arcade Tankstick max. Purchased late December 2024 - also purchased and have installed the spinner upgrade (appears that the board replaced might already have been the upgraded board - If I remember correctly, both boards indicate v 3.0 on the bottom so I think it may already have been upgraded - oh well.) Have crossposted this (originally in 'noobs' because, well - noob) as think it might be a better fit in the troubleshooting forum. Regarding getting spinners and trackball working in-game in MAME, there are a LOT of discussions online about folks having difficulty getting these recognized within Mame games running in LaunchBox / BigBox. I just can't seem to find a clear walk through on troubleshooting steps. Have downloaded and run the java xarcade test program - inputs work passing keyboard presses to Windows as expected. Spinners work independently (x and y axis mouse movement being passed to OS) and trackball works to move mouse pointer (in all directions also in the OS - outside of Launchbox / mame) but neither the trackball nor the spinners seem to be passing thru to MAME or Launchbox once a game is started (e.g. missile command, tempest, golden tee, etc.) Have manipulated mame config file and LaunchBox / BigBox config, but apparently I haven't yet found the right combination of troubleshooting steps or stumbled on the right combination of settings to get either (trackball or spinners) working in-game. Does anyone have access to a clear walkthrough of steps I should be taking to troubleshoot the issues with these? If you could share something like that it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading and I look forward to continuing the discussion! Bfraggins.

Hi! Love the X-Arcade Tankstick max. Purchased late December 2024 - also purchased and have installed the spinner upgrade (appears that the board replaced might already have been the upgraded board - If I remember correctly, both boards indicate v 3.0 on the bottom so I think it may already have been upgraded - oh well.) Regarding the spinners and trackball, there are a LOT of discussions online about folks having difficulty getting these recognized within Mame games running in LaunchBox / BigBox. I just can't seem to find a clear walk through on troubleshooting steps. Have downloaded and run the java xarcade test program - inputs work passing keyboard presses to Windows as expected. Spinners work independently (x and y axis mouse movement being passed to OS) and trackball works to move mouse pointer (in all directions also in the OS - outside of Launchbox / mame) but neither the trackball nor the spinners seem to be passing thru to MAME or Launchbox once a game is started (e.g. missile command, tempest, golden tee, etc.) Have manipulated mame config file and LaunchBox / BigBox config, but apparently I haven't yet found the right combination of troubleshooting steps to get things working. Does anyone have access to a clear walkthrough of steps I should be taking to troubleshoot the issues with these? If you could share something like that it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading and I look forward to continuing the discussion! Bfraggins.