Ultimarc AimTrak / MAME ID Problem (Keeps Changing)

[mrdriver]

I Emailed Andy regarding this, however, he says the ID is fixed and this is a MAME issue?...

Basically, every time I unplug the AimTrak, reboot PC and plug AimTrak back in again the gun ID changes in MAME (Gun 2, Gun 3, Gun 4 etc.)

Obviously this is a pain in the backside, as I have to reconfigure MAME and all of the light gun games.

I tried making the .cfg folder & files in MAME read only, however, this makes no difference.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue please? 

Thanks

[PL1]

Have you looked at drventure's ControllerRemap for Mame utility?

MacGyver says he got his Aimtraks working here in the same thread.


Scott

[mrdriver]

Only problem is that it looks as though you have to run this before starting MAME or frontend. I guess a shortcut in the startup folder would work? Unless it's not quite that simple?

*Edit* Sigh... just read the .pdf that comes with the .exe and it looks a little complicated. Looks like I'll probably just leave the AimTrak connected.

[8BitMonk]

Not sure if this will help you but I've had better luck using ID's 3 and 4 for my AimTraks. If you've only ever tried 1 and 2 maybe try 3 and 4. Mine shows up in MAME as Guns 7 and 8 and they 'stick' between plugging and unplugging.

[Gray_Area]

Not sure if this will help you but I've had better luck using ID's 3 and 4 for my AimTraks. If you've only ever tried 1 and 2 maybe try 3 and 4. Mine shows up in MAME as Guns 7 and 8 and they 'stick' between plugging and unplugging.

That sounds like a winner. I bet MAME assigns 1 and 2 to more common devices.