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Hey guys, not sure what's going on. I have a Happ Trackball that has worked fine for about 6 month. For some reason when playing World Class Bowling and Shuffleshot the game will play fine with the trackball and then at random times just stop working. The joystick will still throw the ball. I've also tried to see if the joystick would freeze up but it won't.

When I reset the game, the trackball will work again for a certain period of time and then stop working.

I have removed the rom and downloaded it again for WCB. When I reinstall it and run the Audit, then start the game it remembers the credits from the previous game. Is there a way to completely uninstall the game and then reinstall it? I'm thinking that this might be causing the problem to remain.

Do I need to remove the Shuffleshot game as well because they seem to be from the same company and possibly using the same files?

It doesn't seem to happen with other games.

I also notice that I have to click the exit button about 10 times to get the game to exit.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you!!!




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Edited by Spotlight Displays, 10 March 2017 - 04:40 PM.

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If this is something that has been answered before or is just too hard to really answer please let me know. I've searched for the answer and can't find anything.

I've noticed that sometimes after the trackball stops working I have to click the exit button multiple times to exit the game.

Also noticed that if I spin the trackball after it stops working it makes the background music stutter.

Thank you!


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Edited by Spotlight Displays, 10 March 2017 - 11:41 AM.

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Made a mistake, its World Class Bowling. Nothing like talking to myself lol!


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Is there an initiation or something to get help here?


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[gtxjoe]

No, it just looks like no one here is using a trackball with their virtual pinball cabinet.  Most of us are stuck playing 2 button MAME games only 

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No, it just looks like no one here is using a trackball with their virtual pinball cabinet.  Most of us are stuck playing 2 button MAME games only 

Thank you very much Joe!!! I appreciate it!!!


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[robwaade]

try to delete the cfg for each game then see if that helps i had issues with trackball games in mame that fixed it for me

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try to delete the cfg for each game then see if that helps i had issues with trackball games in mame that fixed it for me

Hey Rob Thanks a lot, just seeing this and will try now!


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Unfortunately that didn't fix it Rob but thanks again! I also deleted the WCB ini file and it still freezes.

It only seems to happen with the WCB and Shuffleshot game.

Driving me nuts!!!!!

Anymore ideas from anyone would be greatly appreciated!!!

Mame .168

Windows 7

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[Spotlight Displays]

Well it's happening to centipede too!!!


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Ok it's not the games. I was on the computer home screen and I started using the trackball to move the pointer. I moved it all over the screen and I heard the sound like when you plug a USB Device in. I kept moving the pointer and noticed it pause for a second and then heard the sound.

The cable is not disconnecting from the USB port.

The strange thing is if I swap the trackball out with the other one the same thing happens. Are bother trackballs bad? Or is it the drivers?

Thanks!


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[Spotlight Displays]

Fixed(I Think)!!!!

I went into device manager and found some unknown devices and deleted them. I also followed the below instructions I found. Not sure which fixed it unfortunately!

Something I don't like happening is one of the things I deleted that was showing up under unknown devices showed back up when I restarted the computer. It is named "Universal Serial Bus controllers" it says that there is no device driver for it. Everything seems to be working so not sure what that is.

Hopefully this can help others if they run into this problem!

Thank you very much everyone for your help!!!!!

If you're experiencing mouse lockups or failures, it may be because your computer is automatically turning off the power to a USB Root Hub.

Go to your Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > and click on the "Device Manager" button.
In the Device Manager window, find the item or items labeled "Universal Serial Bus controllers." Open it, and double-click the first item called "USB Root Hub."
In the USB Root Hub Properties dialog, click on the "Power Management" tab.
"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" is checked by default. Uncheck this box, and click "OK."


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[robwaade]

try activating multiple mice thats all i can think of

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try activating multiple mice thats all i can think of

I fixed it Rob, read above. Thanks for the help!


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[Spotlight Displays]

Well I thought that I had it fixed but I didn't!

I now have it fixed for sure!

The trackball doesn't have the ground wires hooked up. The control board for buttons was right next to the trackball and touching the copper plating that is on the screws which collects static electricity buildup from spinning the trackball. It was discharging into the board.

I moved the board and everything works perfect and has been for a while now.

Hope this helps somebody down the road and thank you!!!


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