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Its Here: Ultimarc AimTrak Light Gun Module
ZeroPoint:
--- Quote from: Cananas on September 18, 2009, 12:10:58 pm ---
There is no need to go so far.
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It is really simple:
Assigning secondary buttons for offscreen use for all 7 buttons. (So the user can select another or the same for that matter). This may be useful for PC games that require more buttons for menu navigation etc. other than in-game controls.
The timeout suggestion is because Andy says the mouse must be released and therefor will not be able to send mouse button presses without sending coordinates anyway. A timeout is just inside the mcu and transparent to the user and just to prevent f.ex. right clicking at a certain coordinate after timeout. Pointing at the screen (IR) resets the timer and activates the mouse. A three to five second timeout should be more than enough time to reload. Within this time the last coordinates (offscreen reload off) or offscreen coordinates (offscreen reload on) are used together with the mouse button or no coordinates if a gamepad assigned button is pressed. The user will not notice this. The timeout is only for mouse functions and the gamepad function can still be used.
Tracking like an analog joystick is not really needed, but I can assure you it is really fun. Not specifically in mame, but any joystick game actually. The LCD TopGun 2 can do this. Just use an xbox to pc joystick adapter an try it. Unfortunately the TopGun2 uses 256 steps. My ThrustMaster Beretta is for CRT only and need special circuitry to work on a PC.
Not all games work with offscreen reload in mame. There have been some issues on this lately. It´s great that Andy implements this and hopefully this "B" mode also.
--- Quote from: Cananas on September 18, 2009, 12:10:58 pm ---
One last question. I assume that the AimTrak Light gun module will be Vista, Win7 64 compatible...
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You´ll never know with Microsoft, :banghead: , but unless they remove mouse and gamepad support it should work on any system I guess.
syph007:
In case anyone is interested, I cracked one open. There is 2 inches of space in the barrel, plenty of room without having to hack anything out. Trigger and back of gun switch each activate a small micorswitch. I'll just solder on to those points and this should work no problems.
Cheers!
Epyx:
Nice, and it looks like the existing cable is just plugged in and can be removed easily so you could always revert it back. Cool.
Organic Jerk:
If everything works out, this is really AWESOME news!
It sucks that I had already spent money on EMS's product well before I finished my cab.
Looks like I might have to bite the bullet on that one, lol.
--- Quote from: syph007 on September 18, 2009, 02:04:39 pm ---In case anyone is interested, I cracked one open. There is 2 inches of space in the barrel, plenty of room without having to hack anything out. Trigger and back of gun switch each activate a small micorswitch. I'll just solder on to those points and this should work no problems.
Cheers!
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So from your pics, am I to understand that the chip in that gun provides no purpose but to transmit the electrical impulse of the switches? That we can use both that chip and the AimTrak together in the same gun?
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: drventure on September 18, 2009, 01:53:25 pm ---@DartfulDodger
Sure you can. It'll take a little more engineering, because yes, you'd have to adda switch to the trigger, but that's one of the easiest bits to accomplish.
I'd really want it wireless, and doing THAT might take a lot more research.
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The wireless option sounds perfect, but this all sounds too good to be true.
I was very disappointed when Foley got tagged. I was looking forward to is sonic idea, but this new option sounds better all around.
My cab should be ready for a gun in a month or two(although, I've said that before), I'm hoping by then you guys will have blazed a trail by then.
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