TECH QUESTION – Making the POV hat work like a Digital Gamepad Controller

Okay.. Matt and various techies.. I need help.

I just put together my “Quasicade” machine, and it works great.. MAME is fired up to play my (legally liscensed of course) games.. EXCEPT..

My computer detects the Digital joystick (that would correspond to the D-Pad on an analog PS2 controller) and calls it a POV(Hat).

The long and short of it is.. it looks like Mame wants to use my analog sticks to play the games.. which is not good for classic gaming.. the reason I got the thing was to get the old 4-8 way Joystick feel.

Okay.. Matt and various techies.. I need help.

I just put together my “Quasicade” machine, and it works great.. MAME is fired up to play my (legally liscensed of course) games.. EXCEPT..

My computer detects the Digital joystick (that would correspond to the D-Pad on an analog PS2 controller) and calls it a POV(Hat).

The long and short of it is.. it looks like Mame wants to use my analog sticks to play the games.. which is not good for classic gaming.. the reason I got the thing was to get the old 4-8 way Joystick feel.

now.. Mame WILL accept keyboard inputs, but I don’t know how to mp keyboard buttons (I know it can be done in the ctrtl folder, but I’m not really a techie guy)…

SO.. my question is – How do I make this thing work in Mame? Either.. how do I switch this thing to be the controller of the x and y axes, or how do I make the digital stick input keyboard strokes.

and for uber techies who will want to yell at me, please don’t – I’m just a silly dumb guy who needs a break.

JT

2 thoughts on “TECH QUESTION – Making the POV hat work like a Digital Gamepad Controller”

  1. What brand of joystick?

    What brand of joystick are you using? Every one that I have used in the last few years has a control panel applet included with the drivers which allows you to define “profiles” for the Joystick, where moving in a particular direction or pressing a particular button generates a keystroke. That’s how I’ve used my USB Sidewinder Force Feedback in MAME.

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    Matthew P. Barnson

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