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Donkbaca:
Okay, so the version of MAME isn't the issue. go to your command prompt, go to your mame directory and type mame-cc. That instructs mame to "create config" a mame.ini file should appear in your root directory.
Let me know if that works. I had a few issues setting up my guns, but I think its worth it. I love the point blank series. I just wish i could get model 2 up and running with 2 guns so I could play house of the dead.
DirtyDachshunds:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on January 27, 2011, 11:20:46 am --- I just wish i could get model 2 up and running with 2 guns so I could play house of the dead.
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Me too! HOTD2 with Demul doesn't work with 2 players either :(
jipp:
hey guys. well operation wolf sees the gun now.. not very accurate. i need to calibrate it. and the problem i have by mounting the IR pcb board to the top.. and having such a large vertical monitor. its not seeing the very bottom. so i think i have to mount the IR board to the side in the middle of the TV. i think this will allow the camera in the gun to see the whole monitor. also i did use the colored glass that came with the gun. so hope, we are suppose to use it. i choose to use it to keep dust out. but im on the right track. and things make much more sense now i understand tab is to bring up the mame configure. its starting to make sense, and it makes Mala much more logical. so, tomorrow im gonna move the IR sensor to the side of the TV.. and try to calibrate. but, at least operation wolf sees the gun and i can blow things up but its not accurate so i think by moving that IR board to the middle side.. things will be much better. and with Velcro it will be easy enough to try. I think im gonna have a blast once i get it configured. crosses finger that putting the board in the middle of the TV on the left side helps for the gun to see the whole surface area. its a learning process tho.. no doubt.
i hope i do not have to calibrate every single game in mame.. or that be annoying.
just thought of something.. maybe im not standing back far enough? i do not have much space in the current location. i plan on moving this to the corner.. but i wanted to wait till i had it mostly finish.. so maybe ill have to hold off on the gun till i finish up the other stuff and distance is the problem for not seeing the whole screen. so, i guess ill make some kind of gun holder for this tomorrow. and then move on to getting the trackball to work in games that use it.. and now i know Tab key is to get into mame config should be easy to get the track ball working in marble madness.
also.. i did not know what the function keys did so i have the tab key on player 2 side.. when it should of been on player 1 along with enter.
so yeah.. thanks for letting me think out loud. :)
Donkbaca:
Do NOT move the led bar! It supposed to be on the top of the screen, the little camera on the PCM in the gun is angled to look up to find themled bar. If you move the bar to the side, it will seriously confuse the gun. I it's not working near the bottom of the screen, use the aimtrak config tool to see I the camera can see the led bar while being pointed at the bottom of the screen. If it does , then calibrate the gun in windows and you should be fine. If it does not, then either move the pcb closer to the end of the gun barrel, or point the LEDs on the led bar downward, stepping a little farther back also helps. As for setting it up in MAME, set it up in the global controls and you should be fine, there are a handful of games that you have to calibrate within the game itself, but you only have to do this once as long as you keep the guns plugged in.
It's a little bit of a pain, but a couple of games of
jipp:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on January 28, 2011, 12:19:54 am ---Do NOT move the led bar! It supposed to be on the top of the screen, the little camera on the PCM in the gun is angled to look up to find themled bar. If you move the bar to the side, it will seriously confuse the gun. I it's not working near the bottom of the screen, use the aimtrak config tool to see I the camera can see the led bar while being pointed at the bottom of the screen. If it does , then calibrate the gun in windows and you should be fine. If it does not, then either move the pcb closer to the end of the gun barrel, or point the LEDs on the led bar downward, stepping a little farther back also helps. As for setting it up in MAME, set it up in the global controls and you should be fine, there are a handful of games that you have to calibrate within the game itself, but you only have to do this once as long as you keep the guns plugged in.
It's a little bit of a pain, but a couple of games of
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Ok, thanks for the info. i wont touch it. will try to move the LEDs down a bit. i have a feeling moving back a extra foot would help. so, ill just have to hold off on configuring the gun for now. but i have no doubt it will work fine. as i got mame to recognize it.
iv been snooping around the mame folder and the config files, and exploring the setup config for mame it self. things are becoming much clearer on how mame works. :)
cant sleep. so im playing around with adding another emulator to mala now. 3am blah. i do wish mala had the emulator type separator that hyperspin appears to have.. hyperspin is heavy resources tho.. so cant be using it. maybe when i build a new pc and mount the monitor regular ill try hyperspin.. it looks funny in vertical.. to stretched out.
one day ill sleep, one day :)
chris.
P.S
man im having so much fun.. been playing bowling, and some old school zaxxon. i love this mame stuff. so easy to take my mind off my pain. so i got the trackball working in mame games now. the gun will work once i get it move to the corner where i planned on from the start of the build. and today i need to make some kind of gun holder.
im so gonna need a stool tho. LOL. im having fun. now the basic configuration is done.. i need to pop the lid on the control panel and move the function keys around a bit. also i need to figure out what buttons pinball uses as i do not have the pinball buttons hooked up was not sure what buttons to daisy chain them into. MAME is FUN. if you on the fence build your self a mame cab.. you will have so much fun.
i have some stuff to do yeah, and figure out but i got the basics figured out now and im having FUN! wooot. also notice other emulators no like vertical monitor. fyi! mame seems to handle it fine. and thats good enough for me. i want to get bejewel 3 to fire up via mala. so today, is build some kind of holster for the gun. and get Mala to fire up pc games. then who knows maybe ill fire up paint and get rid of the generic rock vertical theme picture.
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added a report card of the mames computers hardware in the form of a MAME-CED14A6EEC.txt document to check out of the computer im using, found this program called cpu-z gives lots of info. id recommended downloading it and checking out your system.. ( http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html ) if anything will help you buy the right hardware if you are unsure what you need to update your system. i think ill update the video card to 1 gig nvida, as the computer sits now it only has 512megs and hyperspin runs like a dog, and ill buy a spinner too, and a sheet of tinted plexi.. and get this project finish up in feb. and start onto the next project. project thin line!
well i bought a 3d video pinball game today on gogo.com to try and see how the pinball buttons i have in my control panel need to be wired. have to love all the vintage games you can buy for cheap there..
so far i have wired the plunger button into the Enter slot on the Ipac. and the left plunger into the first fire button on player 1 side.. button, B, and C seem to act as tilt. cant get the right plunger to move yet.
i see gogo.com costing me a lot of money, buy offering all these 90s pc games i grew up with. not sure how many will fold over to arcade controls but im willing to try :)
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update ( 3:28pm friday )
and i think im addicted to world of goo :D been playing it all day on my cab. laughs