Aimtrak Offscreen trouble

[gman314]

I know that there has been some discussion on this topic, but I am unable to get my AimTrak to reload by shooting offscreen.  I have tried different combinations in the Aimtrack config settings, but nothing seems to work (I have set trigger, both on and off, to the same button.  I have even set one, or both, to various mouse buttons).  By the way, the trigger activates button 2 in the windows control panel (I do believe that it is working properly). 

In mame, I do not believe that there is a way to assign a specific button that equates to shooting "offscreen" (and yes, I have "shoot offscreen" set to "1" in Mame's config settings).  However, I know that people have gotten games, such as Lethal Enforcers, to reload by shooting offscreen.  By the way, if I play Lethal Enforcers with the cursor toggled on, there is no way to completely remove the cursor from the screen (even when I am aiming way offscreen).  But I know that there is something that you can do in the Aimtrak utility to overcome this.  Please help...it's no fun for your game to be over after shooting just 6 rounds. 

[northerngames]

set your trigger to mouse left and off screen reload to the right mouse button.

in the mame options of the game you click the off screen reload under the controllers tab I think it is and just tick the box and you should be set.

also be sure to press tab in game and set the input for the game in question to match your X Y trigger and reload settings 

[gman314]

I'm playing around with Lethal Enforcers right now, and it still does not work.  When I shoot offscreen, nothing happens.  Here is the strange part: sometimes when I shoot onscreen nothing happens, and when I shoot offscreen I fire bullets.  However, I am still unable to reload.  In Lethal Enforcers, you cannot assign a specific input for reload (I'm assuming that this means that the only way to reload is to shoot offscreen) 

[gman314]

And by the way, I have tried lightgun=lightgun, as well as lightgun=mouse.  The Aimtrak unctions the same under both scenarios.  Please help.

[gman314]

Another update: Lethal Enforcers 2 reloads by shooting offscreen.  I still, however, cannot get LE 1 to reload by shooting offscreen    Is anybody else having this specific problem with Lethal Enforcers 1?
Of course my absolutely favorite lightgun game is the one that I cannot get to work properly 

[Hewskie]

I'm pretty sure I remember reading somewhere that lethal enforcers 1 is bugged and you can't reload at all in that game. Try area 51, works like a charm for me.

Hewskie

[Cananas]

Another update: Lethal Enforcers 2 reloads by shooting offscreen.  I still, however, cannot get LE 1 to reload by shooting offscreen    Is anybody else having this specific problem with Lethal Enforcers 1?
Of course my absolutely favorite lightgun game is the one that I cannot get to work properly 

There is only one clone (jap clone I think) in which shootoffscreen reload doesn't work in MAME. It's the only one.

Somethings you can do:

- You said that when you press the trigger out of screen in windows, is like if you were pressing the second mouse button. With this configuration you must be have shootofscreen_reload (or something like that) enabled in mame.ini.
- Try the parent game. I can reload shooting off screen with it.
- In mame.ini: lightgun=1 and lightgun=lightgun and shootoffscreen_reload (or something like that)=1 (You already did it, so keep it)
- Remap the trigger key in MAME such as it only shows GUN_x_Button0, and NEVER Mousex Button... This is the most important thing.

[Cananas]

By the way, if I play Lethal Enforcers with the cursor toggled on, there is no way to completely remove the cursor from the screen (even when I am aiming way offscreen).  But I know that there is something that you can do in the Aimtrak utility to overcome this.  

This is MAME normal behaviour, and Aimtrak nothing can do about that.

[gman314]

Unfortunately, the parent rom has been the one I've been trying.  In each case, I am having the same reloading issue.  In addition, when Ipress the trigger to assign P1Button1 in mame, it states GunB0MouseB0.  Keep in mind, that in Aimtrak's config I have the trigger (both onscreen and off) set to the left mouse button.

[gman314]

Any more ideas about what the problem could be?  Could it be the version of Mame that I'm using (127u8)?  LE1 is the one game that I looked foward to playing most once I got the Aimtrak working.   

[Cananas]

Don't have time to test it until the weekend, sorry.

Meanwhile, try to edit the LE1 config file. Do you have also "GunB0MouseB0" in le2 cfg file?