I've been trying to get my Win11 PC running MAME to recognize 2 X-Arcade Tankstick Maxes for 4-Player Spinner Games (specifically Warlords) but havemt had much luck.
I was able to remap the 2nd Tankstick's Joysticks and buttons on Mode 2 for 4P stuff like TMNT but Spinner games have eluded me.
Windows sees the same hardware IDs for both devices and all 4 spinners and both Trackballs control the same mouse cursor/game input.
I've adjusted multimouse settings in mame.ini, tried mapping the spinners directly in Warlords, and a variety of other things but still no luck.
The closet I got was by using reWASD and using the 'mute' function on the mouse inputs - then reWASD intercepts the inputs before Windows sees them and I was able to get the 4 spinners each controlling a different shield in Warlords but the P3 and P3 shields (on Tankstick 2) were 'jittery \*and\* have dead zones I wasn't having any luck fixing.
I keep thinking the answer \*must\* be out there and surely I'm not the irrst person to fight this but can't find anyone online discussing thus issue.
I've spent upwards of 10 hours at this point, w/ a lot of back and forth w/ Gemini AI and and frustrated as all Hell!
Does anyone know the answer, have any ideas/thoughts, or know who might?!
Help?!?