Hey, everyone. Working to set up light guns on my arcade cab(running Windows 10). I've got some issues I need addressed before moving forward.
I have everything I need to make a Wiimote lightgun setup work: A Mayflash Dolphinbar, Wiimotes, and a Wiimote gun shell, and I've gotten it working, but things are... less than perfect. I'm on the shorter end of the range Wiimotes like, causing stuttering of the crosshair when I have to aim near the edge of the screen, and I can't add any distance so I know my options for working within what I have may be limited, but I'm well aware there may be some tricks in play I don't know about. So I am accepting any general advice to possibly help make this work better(aside from the obvious issue of distance seeing as I already mentioned that) in addition to the specific stuff I'm inquiring about below.
1) Is there a way to get a Wiimote to work more like an air mouse than a Wiimote? So that the sensor bar isn't part of the equation?
2) I happen to have an XBox360 version of the Cabela's Top Shot Elite lightgun, and a wireless PC adapter for 360 controllers. I know this gun can be synced to a PC using this adapter, but I don't have the IR sensor bar specific to this gun. I am wondering it there's ANY chance it will work with the Mayflash Dolphinbar - it'd be nice to see if this thing might work a little better than the Wiimote(I doubt it will overcome the distance issue, but I want to cover all bases). There is, not too surprisingly, little information on this specific combination of things. I know that, IN THEORY, it should work as the gun should only need an IR light source to work, but I don't know if there are any other steps or components involved that could be an issue.
I know all about Aimtracks, Gun4IR, and Sinden, but those are expensive, and I have potential solutions in my possession already. I'd like to exhaust all options from them before resorting to such things.
Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.
EDIT: I accidentally left out something that may cause some confusion. The obvious response to question #2 is "why don't you just try them and find out?" The answer is I don't know if the adapter or the gun still work. I can't get it to sync. I think the adapter is just dead, as I had some issues with it in the ancient past, so I could always track down another to try, but what would be the point if there was zero chance of it working?