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How calibrate controls in Alpine Racer 1\2
#255898 - 05/29/11 12:43 AM
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i never ever managed to do that in any mame version.when you start the game,the racer always go to the left side.i went to the dip swith menu,and there looks like the controls are working ok,but obiously they aren't.any help?
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Re: How calibrate controls in Alpine Racer 1\2
[Re: Solstar]
#256036 - 05/30/11 11:19 AM
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> i never ever managed to do that in any mame version.when you start the game,the racer
> always go to the left side.i went to the dip switch menu,and there looks like the
> controls are working ok, but obviously they aren't.any help?
boot the game. press test (F2), then hold service credit (9) and then tap reset (F3). The control config menu will appear and the controls will be centered. Press test again and the game will come up.
This is the common method to initialize almost all of the Namco games that have analog controls.
On the real machine the controls should be centered when not touched and this will re-center the pot values. In MAME it doesn't work as expected.
First you need to set the analog controls to the mouse X axis and the swing left to [CURSOR LEFT] and swing right to [CURSOR RIGHT]. Then center the mouse pointer on screen (running MAME in a window) and then do the above initialize procedure. Move the mouse sideways and the numbers on the initialize screen will change. It kind of works but the values get messed up after a while and moving left or right ends up moving in the opposite direction. You'll also need to be ambidextrous the play it on the keyboard + mouse.
IMO none of the Namco Super System 22 games work that well anyway to even bother playing them in MAME with the exception of Prop Cycle and maybe Time Crisis. In any case you'd better have a F-A-S-T pc (a C2D 3.33GHz allows 30FPS) otherwise you'll be playing at <10FPS
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Re: How calibrate controls in Alpine Racer 1\2
[Re: TheGuru]
#256038 - 05/30/11 12:39 PM
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wow it works,thanks  just tried alpine racer 1.i have a core duo at 3ghz and 4b ram,the game runs at about 38\40 fps sometimes.which is not that bad...for me at least.seems quite playable in game.only the graphic at the beginning is messed up but in-game is ok.as for the reversed controls,i think its actually right to be that way.when i played it back in the arcades,i remember that the pads that you used to slide to steer,moved in the opposite way,so if i moved my feet to the right, the player would steer to the left and vice versa,so i felt it more natural to play it this way,without that mouse calibration
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just tried alpine racer 1.i have a core duo at 3ghz and 4b ram,the game runs at about 38\40 fps sometimes.which is not that bad...for me at least.seems quite playable in game.only the graphic at the beginning is messed up but in-game is ok.as for the reversed controls,i think its actually right to be that way.when i played it back in the arcades,i remember that the pads that you used to slide to steer,moved in the opposite way,so if i moved my feet to the right, the player would steer to the left and vice versa,so i felt it more natural to play it this way,without that mouse calibration
