Ms. Pacman with a digital controller

[+grips03]

Ms. Pacman for the most part works with the digital controller I just made, however I do see something strange things.

 

recreate 1:

turn on 5200

press start

press and hold left - at start of game

release left, watch ms. pacman go right

 

recreate 2:

turn on 5200

press start

press and hold right - at start of game

release right, make ms. pacman go up, release controller and watch ms. pacman go down

 

 

recreate 3:

turn on 5200

press start

press and hold up- at start of game

release up, make ms. pacman go up, release controller and watch ms. pacman go down

 

recreate 4:

turn on 5200

press start

press and hold up - at start of game

release up, watch ms. pacman go right

 

After a little while of play issue is no longer present.

 

It does not do this with the stock analog stick. I'm going to play with the resistor values to see if I can correct. Has anyone else noticed this with their digital controller?

 

 

 

[Gabriel]

During some problems with the pre-release version of Tempest it was mentioned that Ms. Pac-Man used a controller calibration routine. As you play the game, it records the maximum values for left/right, up/down. It then calculates the new center based on the range provided. When you start the game and hold left, you've made the center position the new extreme right edge. Therefore it thinks center is pressed right, until you press right and register a new maximum value for that direction.

[Charlie_]

Yeah, in Ms.Pac start a game and move the controller around in all directions. Then RESET and it should control properly when you start a new game.

[+grips03]

cool, I thought that was what was going on

[+grips03]

from what I can see Defender and Xevious do the same thing as Ms. Pacman (learning mode)

Edited October 27, 2013 by grips03