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Multiple lightguns in standard MAME? Maybe
Lilwolf:
From the official mame forum
Finally! I've been trying to get my dual Act-Labs PC USB light guns working for months with no success. I was always able to get one gun to work, or to get both guns to control one mouse input, but was never able to get them working in parallel with any version or variant of MAME including MameAnalog+.
Over the weekend I found the following:
http://cpnmouse.sourceforge.net
This is a new mouse driver that supports multiple mice in WinXP/2000 and has a great set of documentation for how to install it. You basically open up control panel, find your lightguns under the "mouse" list, and update the driver with the CPN mouse driver.
After installing this driver, the dual guns work in MAME32 v0.89 using the standard MAME "Dual Lightguns" configuration setting. No buttons to remap, no configuration settings to muck with, just plug it in and it works. This was a great relief as I had tried about everything else including noname mame, mameanalogXP etc. to no avail.
I'm running WindowsXP Home SP2, works fine, didn't mess up anything else.
http://www.mame.net/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showpost.pl?Board=mamegeneral&Number=165769&page=0&view=expanded&mode=threaded&sb=7#Post165769
Might be worth a shot. He doesn't mention if hes running the TV version or the VGA version (like who can afford a two gun setup these days... :(
krick:
I don't understand. I thought that CPN mouse was a special driver that only worked with applications that are specifically written to take advantage of it.
AFAIK, MAME32 isn't one of those applications.
Jake Stookey has already done some work with CPNMouse and MAME...
http://link.mywwwserver.com/~jstookey/arcade/cpnmouse/
Lilwolf:
I haven't played with it.. but thought outers might be interested.
but I believe it has to do with changes in .83+ that broke dual tv version... But it might be for the VGA version...
jerryjanis:
What the @!#?@ It doesn't seem possible! But here's a quote from the cpnmouse page:
--- Quote ---Use multiple mice in ordinary Windows applications
Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:45:37 GMT
It is now possible to use more than one mouse even in ordinary Windows applications, not specifically desinged with this purpose in mind.
Simply install the CPNMouse driver and run the application from the "ordinary" package.
PLEASE read the README file before submitting any bugs! (0 comments)
--- End quote ---
I'm sure impressed. I'll have to see it to believe it, though (or at least hear of another person who gets it working).
jerryjanis:
I tried installing the cpnmouse drivers for a few mice, then running regular Mame with the "Mouse" option turned on hoping that it would magically work, but it didn't. I don't have two light guns to test (nor do I have to cash to afford a second one), but I'm dying to see how it works.
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