How are trackballs/mice numbered in MAME Analog plus, and what are the limitations?
Okay, I’ll give you the short information first and then come back with the details. MAME Analog+ supports up to eight USB mice and up to four (USB or gameport) total gamepads/joysticks. I will deal with the mice only, but the joystick/gamepads work the same way. There are basically two ways to hook the mice up in MAME Analog +. For an arcade cabinet, you would probably want to hook all your devices up and leave them plugged in at all times. For a desktop controller like mine, you probably want to plug the panels in as needed and unplug them when not in use. Which method you use affects how you set up MAME, among other things. The arcade cab setup is easiest, so I will start with that. Basically, all you have to do is make sure all your MAME-compatible mouse devices are plugged in ahead of your non-MAME devices. Then you just set MAME up to recognize the devices in the order you installed them. For example, if the steering wheel was the 5th item installed, you would set your driving ga
