cabinet control panel questions

[jombee]

These 2 questions are not really GameEx related, but hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

1. Is there a way to configure a spinner to work with Model 2 games? I have a turbotwist 2 spinner (with steering wheel attachment), and can't seem to get the Model 2 emu to detect it. The spinner/wheel is connected by a USB cable, and works great in Mame without any change in the default controls. I run Model 2 games enabled through GameEx, and my control panel uses an IPAC with the default settings.

2. I can't seem to get NullDC to configure my player 1 buttons. Player 2 buttons work great, and Player 1 buttons configure fine in the emu. But they do not work inside or outside of GameEx when the game runs. I have tried using an advanced config in GameEx, but player 1 buttons still do not work. I really do not want to reprogram my IPAC, since everything works great in mame. Does anyone know a way I can get these buttons to work?

Thanks!

[Brian Hoffman]

These 2 questions are not really GameEx related, but hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

1. Is there a way to configure a spinner to work with Model 2 games? I have a turbotwist 2 spinner (with steering wheel attachment), and can't seem to get the Model 2 emu to detect it. The spinner/wheel is connected by a USB cable, and works great in Mame without any change in the default controls. I run Model 2 games enabled through GameEx, and my control panel uses an IPAC with the default settings.

2. I can't seem to get NullDC to configure my player 1 buttons. Player 2 buttons work great, and Player 1 buttons configure fine in the emu. But they do not work inside or outside of GameEx when the game runs. I have tried using an advanced config in GameEx, but player 1 buttons still do not work. I really do not want to reprogram my IPAC, since everything works great in mame. Does anyone know a way I can get these buttons to work?

Thanks!

2. Nulldc is VERY picky about what keys are used. It will LET you program CTRL,Shift Etc.... But they will not work. Go figure.

What I did was look at all my emus and figured out what hotkeys they use and I stayed away from those. I also stayed away from keys like CTRL,Shift,Space,Alt and some others. Then with the remaining keys I programmed my IPAC . It was very easy and it writes to the flash rom so you dont have to do it over and over again. Then I programed my emus including mame to use the defined inputs.

Its a labor of love and uses alot of trial and error. Dont be put off by having to reconfigure Mame.. Its really not that bad.

Anyways Good luck.

[shaunopp]

2. Nulldc is VERY picky about what keys are used. It will LET you program CTRL,Shift Etc.... But they will not work. Go figure.

I remapped around those keys in Mame also. Besides Nulldc, GameEx doesn't seem to like them for the Select, Back or Alpha Paging designation.