Before I delve into a problem that may already be solved, how are people handling 4:3 vs widescreen input when guns show up as virtual joysticks?
The problem: The virtual joystick is calibrated to the corners of the widescreen monitor. When a 4:3 game is launched, the gun has to be moved all the way to the side of the widecreen monitor for the crosshairs to reach the side of the 4:3 image, meaning the aim is off. The guns can be re-calibrated in the service menu of most games, but some older games like the Exidy ones do not have a service button or DIP switch that I can find.
With what I know now, I could:
1. Play everything in widescreen which would suck.
2. Initially calibrate them for the 4:3 screen, then re-calibrate them in widescreen games...all of which will be newer and have calibration options.
3. Ignore the old games that don't provide for calibration or play them in widescreen.
I was thinking if there was a way to change joystick saturation for only the x axis in MAME or vjoy, that might work.
What are most people doing?
Are there other ways of handling it?