AimTrak help needed

[cnsf]

My two new AimTraks with recoil will only track in MAME when the trigger is pulled.

They track perfectly in Windows 10 Pro explorer without having to pull the trigger, just like a mouse. When I go into MAME, the crosshair only appears when firing (I have it set to ON).

In the configuration screen for games (Tab), I can only assign X and Y values to Gun 1 or Gun 2 if I fire the gun repeatedly while moving in X or Y direction.

Am I missing some really easy configuration?

mouse                     1
joystick                  1
lightgun                  1
multikeyboard             0
multimouse                1
offscreen_reload          1

Thanks in advance.

[cnsf]

The second gun is also being recognized as Gun 1.  The whole thing is weird.  I am running MAMEUIFX 0.171.

[cnsf]

Anybody?  Anyone?  It's strange that Andy at Ultimarc hasn't responded to my direct email.  He used to be incredibly good with support.

Trying it like this now:

#
# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
coin_lockout              0
ctrlr                     
mouse                     1
joystick                  1
lightgun                  1
multikeyboard             0
multimouse                0
steadykey                 0
ui_active                 0
offscreen_reload          1
joystick_map              auto
joystick_deadzone         0.3
joystick_saturation       0.85
natural                   0
joystick_contradictory    0
coin_impulse              0

#
# CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS
#
paddle_device             mouse
adstick_device            mouse
pedal_device              keyboard
dial_device               mouse
trackball_device          mouse
lightgun_device           lightgun
positional_device         keyboard
mouse_device              mouse

#
# OSD PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
multithreading            1
numprocessors             auto
bench                     0

#
# WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
priority                  1
profile                   0

#
# INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS
#
global_inputs             0
dual_lightgun             1
joystick_id_1             0
joystick_id_2             1
joystick_id_3             2
joystick_id_4             3
joystick_id_5             4
joystick_id_6             5
joystick_id_7             6
joystick_id_8             7

[Ginsonic]

First, you should not set dual_lightgun to 1 ! Set it to 0 and multimouse to 1 !
Which MAME build do you use ? If you have a directinput (DI) build, two lightguns will not work ! Use a raw input version instead (or the MAME native binary for test)

[cnsf]

First, you should not set dual_lightgun to 1 ! Set it to 0 and multimouse to 1 !
Which MAME build do you use ? If you have a directinput (DI) build, two lightguns will not work ! Use a raw input version instead (or the MAME native binary for test)

Thanks for responding.

Using 0.171 MAMEUIFX and MAME64.  Same issue with both.  I'll try changing the settings tonight.

Would these settings cause the gun to only register when the trigger is pulled?  The crosshairs won't track with the gun in MAME.  They track perfectly in explorer as a mouse.

[SpatzST]

Try generating a fresh mame.ini and see if the problem still occurs. Only change the 3 settings listed in the instruction manual

[cnsf]

First, you should not set dual_lightgun to 1 ! Set it to 0 and multimouse to 1 !
Which MAME build do you use ? If you have a directinput (DI) build, two lightguns will not work ! Use a raw input version instead (or the MAME native binary for test)

That was it. You rock!  Now I need to get the settings right for the AD Stick games. The crosshairs don't react properly in Terminator 2. I got the settings close to right in Jurassic Park by turning down the digital speed and sensitivity to 1 and 5, respectively. Any suggestions for Terminator 2?

[cnsf]

I'm going to try changing the AD Stick device to lightgun and see if that works.

[cnsf]

Try generating a fresh mame.ini and see if the problem still occurs. Only change the 3 settings listed in the instruction manual

I think my problem was that the AimTrak Setup Guide did not address dual_lightgun and multimouse.

[cnsf]

I'm going to try changing the AD Stick device to lightgun and see if that works.

The Windows mouse settings had to be changed to default speed for the AD stick to work.  I had the mouse pointer set to move too quickly in Windows 10.  I moved the slider to the middle and that did the trick.

[AndyWarne]

Anybody?  Anyone?  It's strange that Andy at Ultimarc hasn't responded to my direct email.  He used to be incredibly good with support.

I do have your email and I did reply on 3rd. Not sure why it didnt get through. I sent some example settings, but there is better info here. Is there anything in our setup guide which needs amending? If so, I will get this done.

Andy

[Scotty_C]

cnsf (or anyone else) can you post your aimtrak gun settings, full mame.ini  and what version you are running for this to work. I'm having one heck of a time getting both guns setup. I've tried with the .172 non modded mame.exe, mameuifx-no nag-high score, self compiled mame-no nag+highscore, and last self compiled mame64-no nag+highscore. Everything always shows up gun1.

Used the controller remap tool to verify the guns were showing up as individual guns

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2016-04-24T08:43:38
ControllerRemap Utility v0.0.11.0 - For Mame
(c) 2011 drventure Enterprises

2016-04-24T08:43:38
2016-04-24T08:43:38 Joystick Device List (Devices are in enumeration order) ...
2016-04-24T08:43:38
2016-04-24T08:43:38    1.  'ATRAK Device #1', ID=0
2016-04-24T08:43:38    2.  'ATRAK Device #2', ID=1
2016-04-24T08:43:38
2016-04-24T08:43:38 Mouse Device List (Devices are in enumeration order) ...
2016-04-24T08:43:38
2016-04-24T08:43:38    1.  'ACPI#PNP0F13#5_109aa775_0#'
2016-04-24T08:43:38    2.  'HID#VID_D209_PID_1601_MI_02#8_24d009cd_0_0000#'
2016-04-24T08:43:38    3.  'HID#VID_D209_PID_1602_MI_02#8_389ab7f3_0_0000#'
2016-04-24T08:43:38
2016-04-24T08:43:38 End of list


Edit..checking out Sorn's thread(s) http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,150452.msg1572347.html#msg1572347