OK, I reset the default.cfg in mame2003 -folder, now the TAB is working and I can change the I change the sensitivity in the menu, seems for Centipede it's not going "faster", because in Marble Madness or Missile Command the control is running faster after the changes ! Thx!

All the trackballs are pretty much the same. The hardest part is make sure you use multimouse in MAME settings if you have more than 1 mouse device, as you want to be able to set device specific sensistivity values. You can figure out per games sensivity values with some info from here: https://web.archive.org/web/20160421175734/http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Spinner_Turn_Count

@mgrabow if you choose the option of creating a game-specific file "rom_full_name.cfg" (e.g. centipede.zip.cfg) input_player1_mouse_index = "n" don't forget to add this second line: config_save_on_exit = false just to prevent an override of the main config...

@Romstar An update on this the game is working / Marbles are rolling as it should!!! FIXED that with physically swapping the GreenX1 & Yellow X2 respectively for both players on the Ultimarc Opti-Pac. However the Opti-Pac Designed from ultimarc doesn't work with their software so I can't reflash the inputs that aren't being utilized. On the bottom of the Opti-Pac is "Left" & "Right" buttons / or rather left click right click on a mouse... which is fine, but NO INPUTS for Coin ! This is how I have it wired in case any one else is using the same setup: 5v - RED Ground - BLACK Blue trackball even though considered player one on the left (*Intentionally goes to the P2 side of the Opti-PAC) P2 X1 - Yellow P2 X2 - Green P2 Y1 - Blue P2 Y2 - Purple Red trackball (*Intentionally goes to the P1 side of the Opti-PAC) P1 X1 - Yellow P1 X2 - Green P1 Y1 - Blue P1 Y2 - Purple Left P1 - Player 1 Start Right P2 - Player 2 Start (*also to note the original Marble Madness control panel the notches in the trackball face the bend / curve towards the front of the player, where as the flat end underneath on the trackballs face going away / the monitor.) Still no way to hook up 5 "coin" as of now ... In theory I can daisy chain it to a start button but that would be on FREE-Play which I don't want. So CLOSE to getting this the way I need it to be!

If the USB encoder makes all 7 buttons available, then you can navigate the UI and start games so it should be possible to make EmulationStation use it. As for the 2nd Player, you can use advmame for arcade emulation and it would be possible to split the encoder inputs to both, not sure about how practical it is though.

I'm using two SpinTrak spinners from Ultimarc (product page). They are very well made and spin quite long even with small flyweights.

@dizunuvezu You're welcome, I'm happy it as helpful for you!

Have you read the https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Spinners,-Trackballs,-Lightguns,-and-other-Mouse-Devices/ page ?

I'm also building a Tron/DOT, but I'm reproducing a Mad Planets cab which also has those controls. You gotta bite the bullet and get Groovy Game Gear's Turbo Twist https://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=311 It comes with an interface board. Its the only push/pull solution out there. I have a spinner, and I was going to mod it to push-pull, but tick-tock. Then you have to bite an even bigger bullet and get this: https://na.suzohapp.com/products/accessories/50-9975-02 you can use any ol encoder for that. I have all the parts, I just need to assemble it. Haven't had time. I should put the control panel together first then I could share it with you. cheers ws

@IanDaemon its possible that it is not, but i somehow managed to start centipede in a 1:1 window and i saw the cursor move off the screen and the movement stop in game, when it hit the edge of the screen. thats how i know this is the problem. tbh i would really prefer to just lock the mouse to the current game. but if thats not possible, how can i force fullscreen?

There doesn't seem to be anything special about the devices - I see you only have 1 gamepad (which is considered by mame2000), but there are also a few keyboard and mice attached. Barring any permission problems (unlikely), I don't see why RetroArch excludes them - might be something to do with the core ? Can you try running with Mame2003 or other RetroArch core (FBAlpha) to see if this changes anything ?

@ESMITH1120 You're right, this isn't saved with the Core input remapping. I've tested a few other options and I didn't find the right RA override to save this per-game. However, you can use the mechanism implemented by RetroPie (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#custom-retroarch-override-examples) and create a ROM_full_name.cfg file alongside the ROM containing the configuration you need, i.e. input_player1_mouse_index = 1 where 1 is the mouse index that's suited for the game. If you have the same index for all games in a system(arcade, fba, etc), then you can add this configuration in the system's configuration file (/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg, etc.) as detailed in the link above.

You can reorient the controls 45 degrees in MAME 2003 and 2003-Plus by enabling the "4-way Joystick" core option. When that is enabled it also automatically rotates the 45 degrees games. You'll need to build from source to get this core option as it has only been in place a few weeks.

@GoG https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/

@tuntav This may be information you already know, but both mine are detect as mice and the spinner overrides the mouse. The only way I get around is to find out what device number each mouse is (spinner is detected as mouse) and then start game, go into retroarch and set the mouse input to the number assigned to what mouse I want to use and then save the game settings (not the core settings). For example, my spinner is device 0 and mouse is device 2. For a game like Centipede, I just go into Retroarch, set Mouse Input from 0 to 2 and save the game config so only affects that game. Have done the same for AdvanceMame, but that does not use Retroarch but a config file. Again, you may already know this, so I am sorry if I am repeating information you already know.

I wanna know if the gifts was a success? :)

@Speerdo said in Mouse Not Detected By Games: Post links to Download Sites and/or BIOS/ROMS/Game Images (including mentioning places to download from) Feels to me like the image you linked probably included some, or i have no fucking idea why you would download it instead of the official image.