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ACT LABS LIGHTGUN Problem MAME RECENTLY?

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studmuff:
My ACT LABS Lightgun was working great in MAME32 v116 on my old computer.  I ran out of memory and to make long story short I bought a new computer with new graphics card (NVIDIA 8600 GT).  The operating system for both is VISTA.  I went on to use MAMEUI32 v126u1.  I used headkaze's complier - no problems.  I started testing out my lightgun - not working.  Reconfigured with TAB key - got gun working pretty gun.  Reset my computer - then the lightgun won't respond and I had to reset the inputs for the gun with the tab key, however, it took forever for MAMEUI to recognize the lightgun.  Reconfigured with tab key again and it was very hard to get mame to recognize the gun with the P1 button, and x and y lightgun analogs.  In MAMEUI32 I have the use of mouse selected (checked) for inputs and I have Lightgun controller selected as a lightgun, not a mouse (have tried it as well as mouse).  In MAME32, I had lightgun option selected as a lightgun as well.

Here is what is weird to me:
In MAME32 116:
Lightgun P1 button: Mouse 3 Button 0
Lightgun X & Y Analog : Mouse 3X and Mouse 3Y respectively
In MAMEUI32:
P1 Button: Mouse B0 Gun 2 B0
Light gun X Analog: Gun 1X Gun 2X
Lightgun Y Analog: Gun 1Y Gun 2Y

It use to be so easy to setup the lightgun in MAME32 after I shut down my computer and it just doesn't seem to be as easy in MAMEUI (takes for ever to try and set it back up b/c it doesn't seem to recognize the gun right away).

Can anyone tell me why it is different in MAMEUI and why I keep having more trouble with the lightgun in it?  The lightgun works in the desktop fine as a mouse but doesn't seem to be picked up by mameUI.
Is there a way to save the mouse inputs in Vista so that when wondows is shutdown or restarted, the mouse inputs remain the same ( lightgun would always be mouse3, trackball mouse2, etc).
Any help for suggestions would be awesome.

studmuff:
After doing some research I found info about this on the actlabs website.  here is a link if anyone is having the same problems:
http://www.act-labs.com/LightGunSetUp/LightGunSetUp.htm
I will config tomorrow morning and see if it helps.

studmuff:
OK I went in and configured mameui32.ini as specified in the above link.  I still get the:
P1 Button Mouse BO Gun 2 BO
GUN 1X Gun 2X
GUN 1Y Gun 2Y

IF anyone could help I would be most appreciative.

sac01:
I have been having this problem since something like Mame v 111 or so myself... I posted on here when it first started happening, but seemed like I was the only one.  I actually stopped updating Mame in my cabinet because of it. 
 
 It's as if there is a crossed connection between the 2 lightguns.  I get the same thing you posted, lightgun 2 shows up with some light gun 3 movements, and vice versa.

 I just tried that info for the newer Mame versions on ActLabs site you posted, and still same problem. 

Wish I could be of more help to you.  But I do feel little better that it's not just me  ???

studmuff:
The Gun seems to be working fine under these inputs:
P1 Button Mouse BO Gun 2 BO
GUN 1X Gun 2X
GUN 1Y Gun 2Y

Not sure why, but it works.

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