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Title: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: sreisig1 on May 14, 2014, 12:49:07 pm
I just purchased two of them and when I calibrate them the mouse cursor is on point and is calibrated fine, but when I open up Area 51, time crisis, etc, pretty much any shooter in MAME, the crosshairs are a few inches off where they were just on my desktop screen. They also jut across and not smooth like they do on the desktop screen. Anyone know how to fix this? :banghead:

I have a BenQ MLG LED monitor and windows 7 professional 64 bit

Also, another issue I'm having is the gun doesn't reload when I shoot off screen. I have shoot offscreen checked in the controller settings in MAME, do I need to set it individually in the game as well hitting the tab key, and if so, where? Cause I don't see it.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: chopperthedog on May 14, 2014, 12:54:24 pm
Game specific info is outlined in section 1.2 of the manual. http://ultimarc.com/AimTrak%20Setup%20Guide.pdf (http://ultimarc.com/AimTrak%20Setup%20Guide.pdf)


good day.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: yotsuya on May 14, 2014, 01:42:27 pm
I just purchased two of them and when I calibrate them the mouse cursor is on point and is calibrated fine, but when I open up Area 51, time crisis, etc, pretty much any shooter in MAME, the crosshairs are a few inches off where they were just on my desktop screen. They also jut across and not smooth like they do on the desktop screen. Anyone know how to fix this? :banghead:

I have a BenQ MLG LED monitor and windows 7 professional 64 bit

Also, another issue I'm having is the gun doesn't reload when I shoot off screen. I have shoot offscreen checked in the controller settings in MAME, do I need to set it individually in the game as well hitting the tab key, and if so, where? Cause I don't see it.

You're not running in widescreen with the window stretched by any chance?
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: sreisig1 on May 14, 2014, 03:07:25 pm
You're not running in widescreen with the window stretched by any chance?

Well the 24" BenQ is a widescreen monitor. I have the resolution in MAME to go fullscreen. Not sure of the exact setting right now, I'll have to check when I get home.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: BadMouth on May 14, 2014, 03:13:29 pm
After guns are calibrated in Windows, each game needs to be calibrated in the game's service menu.
You only need to do it once for each game.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: eds1275 on May 14, 2014, 04:08:12 pm
After guns are calibrated in Windows, each game needs to be calibrated in the game's service menu.
You only need to do it once for each game.

+1

Yup. The hardest one, to date, for me to get into the calibration menu was Sharpshooter. Worth it though.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: sreisig1 on May 14, 2014, 04:28:19 pm
After guns are calibrated in Windows, each game needs to be calibrated in the game's service menu.
You only need to do it once for each game.

Great, thanks.

Where is the service menu for games in MAME? Hitting the Tab key?
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: chopperthedog on May 14, 2014, 04:32:30 pm
I brought you to the water.....


good day.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: sreisig1 on May 14, 2014, 04:40:07 pm
I brought you to the water.....


good day.

Got it
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: BadMouth on May 14, 2014, 04:41:44 pm
Where is the service menu for games in MAME? Hitting the Tab key?

No.  The service menu is the one that was present on the original arcade machine.
It's all emulated in MAME.  F2 is the default to access it.
You'll be accessing the same menu that was used to calibrate the guns on the original arcade machine.
 
Nearly all work that way, but some older games might have a DIP switch setting instead that would be accessed through the TAB menu.
Those represent physical switches that were present on the real machine.

Like chopperthedog said, it's all covered in the instructions.


Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: konp on May 15, 2014, 07:54:24 pm
Just  be aware that some of the games are still going to be slightly inaccurate towards the edges of the screen even after in-game calibration - Point Blank/Gun Bullet is a good example. Apparently the emulation driver for those games is not entirely accurate in terms of lightgun positioning. You adapt to it pretty quickly, but at first it'll be noticeable.
Title: Re: Ultimarc Aimtrak Calibration Problems
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on May 16, 2014, 09:01:20 am
turn the cursor on for a while to get a feel in each game and make sure you're good with the calibration  . . . .  - then, be a man and turn it off.