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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.

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  • bfraggins changed the title to Seeking troubleshooting walkthru for spinners and trackball for Launchbox and Mame with X-Arcade Tankstick Max (crossposted in Noobs)

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