Guncon2 and Guncon3 windows driver

[TheCiscoKid]

Hey I just bought a couple guncon 2s, keen to set this up soon
Will this work with model 2/supermodel/mame? Only seen PCSX2 mentioned

[phasermaniac]

Yes it works.
Bear in mind this driver shows lightguns as joysticks.
For model 2 you have to use demulshooter for 2 players action

[TheCiscoKid]

Bear in mind this driver shows lightguns as joysticks.

Oh interesting, does this impact how their functionality thru this driver compared to how they work natively through PS2?
Like, is there travel time if you move the gun from one side of the screen to the other, etc...?

[phasermaniac]

No. But emulation is not perfect you know.

[POPO69]

hello it's ok for lcd tv? does we need IR uSB too?

[Jonathan Smith]

I installed the updated drivers for Guncon 2 by psakhis but I got lost when I read the instructions about running daemon and stuff. Can someone please either make a step-by-step video tutorial or or make a new driver app with screen flash, offscreen reload, and with the random "guncon2 disconnecting from driver" issue fixed, please?

[retroman2022]

Thanks.

[lllll44]

Hi, is there a way to implement the gcon 3 driver into rpcs3?

[javiso85@gmail.com]

I write because I can use the guncon2 on windows but I think that I am failing in some steps, It works but with a few problems.

I read a lot and I am trying to do step by step installation, but I cannot find it. May be this is for advance users and not for normal people but I have some questions.

The working problems are:

1- I have to keep opened GunconUSB.exe and Vjoy to run on mame
2- On mame if I config it as a joystick I can not navigate on the menu because the lightgun affects the movement
3- On a mame game, for example Time Crisis (640x480i), the cursor moves not linealy, and have a magnet behavior on the center of the screen like a big dead zone

I have some questions.

- GunconUSB.exe and Vjoy have to be always opened?
- If I wanted to configure it con a Front end I have to launch GunconUSB.exe and vjoy on lightgun games before it starts and close it when I finish the game
- What is "console"? it refers to GunconUSB.exe from sonik or the "Guncon2Console" folder inside GunconUSB-main, in case of Guncon2Console it has no executable and I do not know how to run it
- What is "Daemon" and how you load the winusbnet to access the driver? @psakhis say that you need My "console" or "daemon" for comunicate winusb driver to vjoy. How do you launch "console" or Daemon?

This are my step by step installation, if can help to someone

I have installed the drivers using the @psakhis instructions:

1) Install winusb driver from Sonik Guncon2_winusb_driver_installer.7z
2) Install vJoy
3) Use the guncon2_usb_app attached by @sonik and start the GunconUSB.exe with the movement disabled (keep it opened)
4) Config  Vjoy and (keep it opened)

Many thanks for your work, I appreciate a lot, and will be great to have a working arcade cabinet with real lightgun

[sonik]

The working problems are:

1- I have to keep opened GunconUSB.exe and Vjoy to run on mame
2- On mame if I config it as a joystick I can not navigate on the menu because the lightgun affects the movement
3- On a mame game, for example Time Crisis (640x480i), the cursor moves not linealy, and have a magnet behavior on the center of the screen like a big dead zone

I have some questions.

- GunconUSB.exe and Vjoy have to be always opened?
- If I wanted to configure it con a Front end I have to launch GunconUSB.exe and vjoy on lightgun games before it starts and close it when I finish the game
- What is "console"? it refers to GunconUSB.exe from sonik or the "Guncon2Console" folder inside GunconUSB-main, in case of Guncon2Console it has no executable and I do not know how to run it
- What is "Daemon" and how you load the winusbnet to access the driver? @psakhis say that you need My "console" or "daemon" for comunicate winusb driver to vjoy. How do you launch "console" or Daemon?

Hi.
I've not using it for a long time but I can try to answer some questions.

Yes, the app must be running.

The "deadzone" must be configured on mame. Set it to 0 (zero) on the ini.

For time crisis, I think you will have to enter it's calibration screen on the service menu.

Hope that it helps.

[tomysteria]

Hello,
I play most of the time with RetroBat https://www.retrobat.org/
I have two Guncon3.
I read Guncon2 may be functionnal on Windows but is it possible to play with Guncon3 on RetroBat ?

Thank you very much @sonik for all this valuable work.

[sonik]

It should work as long as you can run the "driver" in background.

[tomysteria]

Thank you so much for your reply.
Have a nice day

[javiso85@gmail.com]

Hi.
I've not using it for a long time but I can try to answer some questions.

Yes, the app must be running.

The "deadzone" must be configured on mame. Set it to 0 (zero) on the ini.

For time crisis, I think you will have to enter it's calibration screen on the service menu.

Hope that it helps.

Many thanks for your replay Sonik.

So I have to launch de app and close it by some kind of command if I am using a front end, May be it is better to use it on manual mode without any front end.

What is "console"? it refers to GunconUSB.exe or the "Guncon2Console"

Finally how you navigate thru menus once the lightgun is activated without interferng the menu movement with the gun?