Ad stick w/ lightgun (mouse) how to configure?

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PL1:

--- Quote from: Marsupial on May 28, 2021, 03:27:40 pm ---I am not quite sure how the mame.ini works when using the Mala front-end.

Modifying the mane.ini where the mame executable is located seems to have no effect. Is there another mame.ini linked to the front-end?

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There's no separate mame.ini for the front end.
- You may have more than one copy of mame.ini and MAME is using the one you aren't editing.

1. Check where MAME is looking for mame.ini -- probably either the ".\mame\" or ".\mame\ini\" folder.
- In this example, "inipath" tells MAME to look in the ".\mame\ini\" folder.

--- Code: ---#
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
#
rompath roms
hashpath hash
samplepath samples
artpath artwork
ctrlrpath ctrlr
inipath ini

--- End code ---

2. If there is a game-specific .ini that you didn't change, it will override the settings in mame.ini that you did change.

3. If you copied mame.ini from a different version/installation of mame, some settings/options may have changed.
- Delete that mame.ini and generate a new one using the command "mame.exe -cc". (create config)

4. If generating a fresh mame.ini doesn't work:
- Rename the MAME folder to something like "mame_bad".
- Do a fresh install of MAME.
- Cut/paste your ROMs, artwork, support files, etc. from "mame_bad" to "mame".
- Generate a fresh mame.ini and edit it as desired.

Scott
P.S. Some programs like LEDBlinky can modify mame.ini so make sure that all of the software you're using is pointing to the same folder for .ini files.

Marsupial:
I figured out why I wasn't getting anywhere with the ini file. While the actlab gun is reported as a mouse to windows, mame sees it as a gun.

Had to set lightgun for adstick, now I can configure the gun in the input (this game) menu.

However it gets really offset when we're not in center, is there a way to tweak that?

I've been toying with Jurassic Park and while the center is somewhat where I shoot, right is much too right, and left is much too left. Up/down aren't as bad.

I can't find tweaks or fine tuning...

Foxhole:
You picked the worst game to try, Jurassic park is broken as far as i know. I would suggest trying terminator 2.

BadMouth:
I vaguely remember disabling the lightgun input in mame.ini back when I had mine. It was an option that worked with the old gameport guns. As far as I know MAME was seeing mine as mice. This was probably circa v.132 so many things could have changed since then.

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: Foxhole on May 29, 2021, 05:51:17 pm ---You picked the worst game to try, Jurassic park is broken as far as i know. I would suggest trying terminator 2.

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Why would you try to play positional(potentiometer based) gun games at all? It just doesn't work well with true light guns because the only time the gun's position is reported is when you pull the trigger.

Both T2 and jurassic park are gonna suck with an act labs gun.

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