Aimtrak showing as Gun 2 in MAME?

[helpmebuild]

I have my Aimtrak gun just about figured out, with one small issue. It only shows up and Gun 2 in MAME even though it is set as Input 1 through the Aimtrak Utility.

Has anyone had this issue or have any suggestions?

[bkenobi]

What difference does it make what number the gun is?  As long as it works, it should be fine.

[romshark]

If I remember correctly, MAME assigns the numbers for mice and guns as one, even though they're listed differently. So your mouse is most likely mouse 1.
My Aimtrak is actually gun 3, since the system mouse and my trackball are listed first.

[helpmebuild]

What difference does it make what number the gun is?  As long as it works, it should be fine.

Well for a game like Point Blank 2 for example the cursor or cross-hair on screen shows up as red (which is player ones color) even while playing as second player (blue player). Not a huge deal but just not perfect is all. I was just hoping there was a fix..but I suppose unless I were to unplug the mouse its not going to happen.

[Cananas]

What difference does it make what number the gun is?  As long as it works, it should be fine.

Well for a game like Point Blank 2 for example the cursor or cross-hair on screen shows up as red (which is player ones color) even while playing as second player (blue player). Not a huge deal but just not perfect is all. I was just hoping there was a fix..but I suppose unless I were to unplug the mouse its not going to happen.

You are mixing some things...

You had the mouse connected when you plug the Aimtrak. So For Windows, there is two "pointer" devices. First, the last new device plugged: The Aimtrak; second: the mouse. MAME inverts this list, so in MAME, the mouse is the pointer device 1 and the Aimtrak is the second one. It not depends on which device you assigned to the gun in the Aimtrak Utility.

And remember that you can remap all the keys and axes in MAME, so a Gun 2 can be used to play with player 1.

About the color...This is another (completely different) question:

You can change the cursor (shape and color) in MAME for each lightgun game.

Press Tab and you will see a Crosshair menu. You can download some crosshairs to match the color of the games (remember those games not used crosshair in the real thing) and more info here:
http://mrdo.mameworld.info/mame_artwork_supp.html

All those things are explained in the guide Andy Will release soon.