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ammitz:

--- Quote from: PsychoAU on October 10, 2009, 12:55:58 pm ---I took your suggestion and tried a real gun on my cab this morning.  It is definitely not like I remember in the arcades...  After the first shot, the screen went black.  I didn't even have time to adjust my aim...

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:cheers:
Ginsu Victim:
Neverending Project: I took Randy's comments as genuine. Though he and Andy have had their battles, they are first and foremost enthusiasts like the rest of us and I saw Randy's comments and concerns in the same light as the rest of ours.


--- Quote from: wp34 on October 10, 2009, 10:45:21 am ---Nice looking cab.  Do you have build information posted?

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Thanks. It was a Track and Field cab conversion. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=78532.0
TPB:


--- Quote from: Neverending Project on October 10, 2009, 03:27:01 am ---
What games are you referring to that you can't see your shots hit and adjust accordingly? I'll fire it up and check it out.


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Randy was simply commenting on your own reports of perceived inaccuracy.  His quote from your own post made that clear.

He didn't say he'd tested it himself.

It's only natural that people will garner impressions from what yourself and others post.

Minwah:
My first impressions are...great!

I spent an hour or two on Friday night getting things working. Modded my Zapper to fit the AimTrak inside. Wired up to the standard trigger microswitch (had to solder to the contacts as there is not enough room for the included spade connectors to go on). Taped the LED bar to my desktop monitor and went for it. I decided to update the firmware straight away which I found easy, once reading the instructions of course ;)

My first concern was that the mouse cursor tracked a little faster towards the edge of the screen, which I put down to being too close (only just the minimum distance away for it to work). I played a quick game or two but decided to pack it up until I could try on my cabinet...

Yesterday I took to installing into my cabinet. I had limited time to play games, and I mostly did so with the crosshairs on to check accuracy. It seemed very good. The only game I played without the crosshairs was Space Gun, which I played almost all the way through...this alone was a good enough experience to own the gun (even though I didn't have a pedal or 2nd button on my gun!).

Hopefully I will be able to give it some more testing tonight!...

Couple of things that might be useful to know:

1) Use lightgun inputs (not mouse).
2) Use the gamepad/joystick buttons, NOT the mouse buttons (for trigger etc). The mouse inputs could not repeatedly be sent fast enough in some games. Probably a Windows limitation I would guess.
RayB:
Is this a wireless version in the future?
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