UPDATE on Trackball

rbaker

@kmetz7547 https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAME you have to be using the correct mame emulator with that set. Then you edit the relevant configs accordingly.

robthedude81

I am using the official image and i cant seem to get my trakball to work.
I am using a kensington trackball mouse. It is recognised as a device. I can see that it is working when i use cat /dev/input/mice, but when i go into AdvMAME and go into the config i try to change Track X Dec and it wont recognise any movement from the trackball.

edmaul69

@robthedude81 i dont know why people keep saying use advmame only. Trackball works fine in lr-mame2003 and lr-mame2010. If you get the correct romsets you can try lr-mame2003 and lr-mame2010

robthedude81

@edmaul69 I will take another look at 2003, i couldnt get it to work myself earlier. I have got adv mame working again now though

caver01

@robthedude81 I second @edmaul69, trackball should work fine in 2003 for most stuff. I used to use AdvMAME for any trackball and spinner games, but thanks to updates by @dankcushions lr-mame2003 has great support. Now, you won’t be able to setup a three trackball cabinet for Rampart using 2003 (but you could in AdvMAME) but for many games, 2003 should work fine.

Hearing your issues started after an update makes me a little nervous.

Majin Wamu

Hello everyone. I made an account because of this issue, after I updated to Retropie 4.3, the trackball will not respond on any of my games in mame 2003. It worked fine before the update. If there isn't a solution, is there at least a way to downgrade back to 4.2?

jonnykesh

@majin-wamu Please start a new thread and provide the requested info.

caver01

@majin-wamu You might check the core-options described here:

Majin Wamu

@caver01 I have already checked all of that. For trackballs it tells you to go through the menu. All those settings have been adjusted long ago, and I rechecked them to be sure, but now the trackball magically doesn't work. I am quite sad because the main game I play is centipede, and now the character doesn't move at all unless I move the joysticks.

@jonnykesh is a new thread necessary? I thought my problem was the same as the topic suggests. What is the requested information?

jonnykesh

@majin-wamu The information you agreed to provide when you signed up.

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Totally up to you, but resurrecting month old threads is usually not the way to get help.

Majin Wamu

@jonnykesh okay, thank you for the suggestion, I made a new topic.

jonnykesh

@majin-wamu I wasn't being rude. Because things change so much even week to week in RetroPie, unless you are specifically involved a new thread is usually best

Majin Wamu

@jonnykesh I don't think you were being rude. I appreciate your help. Don't worry, I am not that sensitive. All advise is helpful.