@dankcushions Hi. Yes, it is a very strange problem - the cocktail issue. It really only seems to happen with Tempest and Tempest Tubes. Not sure why but will probably have a closer look at my settings. It may have something to do with the individual per-rom config files I've got.

@Cakedaddy is there any fix for this? Having the identical issue...

@nsantalu Good read. Thanks for posting all of the steps and links, as it helps others see first hand exactly what you are building.

The evolution you describe seems to be common among DIY arcade builders over the past decade or so (pre-raspberry pi). While plenty of users buy the X-Arcade solutions and stop there, it can be a gateway to other considerations leading to more controls, more customization, and generally, a much deeper understanding of the hardware and software. I too am curious about your answer to @chigundo's question: knowing what you do now, if you were going to do it over again, would you follow the same path or go completely scratch built?

The one fly in the ointment of an X-Arcade story is the image which they provide for download as the suggested start. By downloading their image and continuing your build from there, customers are in an unsupportable situation--we have no idea what configuration changes X-Arcade may have made to the image they are providing. Moreover, they are in violation of several license agreements which is a legal problem. Finally, the recommendation against full updates is sure to eventually cause support issues. This is unfortunate because it is not difficult to start with the official RetroPie image and install the relevant drivers after that.

The silver lining is that, if necessary, X-Arcade owners can switch to an official RetroPie image at any time and they have a decent bundle of arcade controls that are likely going to last a long time.

I am anxious to find out what you think of the TurboTwist 2 spinner. I have two of them in my cabinet.

@Texacate link updated in my post above.

@bollwerk analog sharing is how the lr-mame2003 core work works out of the box. I have a trackball working just fine in millipede and others. It shares control with spinners. The only core options I added was mame2003-dialsharexy = "enabled" which doesn’t apply to trackball games I used to use AdvMAME for analog games but now only vector and titles that don’t launch in 2003. I never had to set an option for mouse. Maybe I left it default? I certainly didn’t add an option for it.

@1500points this looks like a good place to start more investigation...

Specifically... "Correcting the inner and outer deadzones of analog sticks for finer control and to prevent drifting problems in overly-sensitive or well-worn controllers."

@retropiepghguy which game? not all support spinners. are you using the latest version of retropie and mame2003?

well I guess running 2010 core on the pi with an old game like that might not be too bad..I'll try it thanks. :)

@capeman, thanks for the encouragement. It's currently hooked up via VGA to an flat panel monitor. Given the age, I'd say maybe it has DVI, but unlikely to have HDMI. My plan was to use the existing cable with VGA to HDMI adapter.

Any thoughts regarding the remote access part?

@RaoulAngel s

I should mention my screen is Vertical...

That's probably the issue. I've never run Stella on a vertical setup, but the screen settings should be configurable.

@illando said in Multiple mice support in RetroArch cores (lightguns, spinners, trackballs):

Not a real fix but I solved pressing "f" and "g" keyboard keys, placing the player2 crosshair in the bottom right corner. :)

Not a real fix, but an incredible simulation. ;)

I can confirm 'Point Blank' refused to launch on AdvanceMAME 3.6 but it works using AdvanceMAME 1.4 core.

Ah, good to know.

@mikikiki

any advice about a usb pedal?

If you're looking for a product recommendation, there really aren't that many to choose from. The Thrustmaster pedals seem to walk that line between quality and affordability though. Always read the reviews and weigh them out on average to weed out the extreme viewpoints.

@caver01

Thanks so much. Will give it a try!

I know this is quite old but maybe someone can point me in the right direction. I am trying to set this up again using a new pi 3 and RetroPie 4.5.1. I get the same thing, emulationstation doesn't see the controller but it looks fine running the jstest program. What can I do to allow the controller to be used in RetroPie.