lightgun buttons not working in mame

[severdhed]

hey guys, since my showcase mame setup is using a CRT TV over component video as a display, it seemed like a no brainer to try to get my guncon2 guns working.  i have the official namco gun, so i installed wingun (from what i read, it is the only one that works with the namco branded guns).  i got the gun to move the mouse in windows and i can right and left click.  i set my mame.ini up so that lightgun =1 and i get the gun to move the crosshairs around.  however i can't seem to get it to recognize the buttons on the gun.  i have to press p1button1 to shoot.  i tried hitting tab and going to the control settings for that specific game (tried a few to make sure it wasn't something wrong with the game) for this example, lets use police trainer.  anyway, when i go to button1 and hit enter to define it, when i press the trigger, it doesnt recognize it.  i tried both pointing at the screen and away.  the screen flashes when i pull the trigger, but i cant use it to shoot, nor can i use any of the other buttons in the game.

how to i get this working?

i am using mame .124 on windows xp if that makes a difference.

thanks

[JustMichael]

First off I do not have guncon2 guns so if I get something wrong I apologize.  You said in windows you can left click and right click so I am guessing that you are doing this with the gun buttons?  If this is the case is mouse set to 1 in the Mame.ini?

[severdhed]

yeah, i can click around windows using the gun buttons, just not in mame.  here is my mame.ini file:


<UNADORNED0>             

#
# CORE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
#
readconfig              1

#
# CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS
#
rompath                 roms
samplepath              samples
artpath                   artwork
ctrlrpath                 ctrlr
inipath                 ini
fontpath                  .

#
# CORE OUTPUT DIRECTORY OPTIONS
#
cfg_directory           cfg
nvram_directory         nvram
memcard_directory       memcard
input_directory         inp
state_directory         sta
snapshot_directory      snap
diff_directory          diff
comment_directory         comments

#
# CORE FILENAME OPTIONS
#
cheat_file              cheat.dat
hiscore_directory       hi

#
# CORE STATE/PLAYBACK OPTIONS
#
state                     
autosave                  0
playback                 
record                   
mngwrite                 
wavwrite                 

#
# CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
autoframeskip           0
frameskip               0
seconds_to_run            0
throttle                1
sleep                   1
speed                     1.0
refreshspeed              0

#
# CORE ROTATION OPTIONS
#
rotate                    1
ror                     0
rol                     0
autoror                 0
autorol                 0
flipx                   0
flipy                   0

#
# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS
#
artwork_crop            1
use_backdrops           1
use_overlays            1
use_bezels              0

#
# CORE SCREEN OPTIONS
#
brightness              1.00
contrast                  1.0
gamma                   1.00
pause_brightness        0.65

#
# CORE VECTOR OPTIONS
#
antialias               1
beam                    1.00
flicker                 0.00

#
# CORE SOUND OPTIONS
#
sound                   1
samplerate              48000
samples                 1
volume                  0

#
# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
# ctrlr                 <NULL> (not set)
mouse                   1
joystick                1
lightgun                1
multikeyboard             0
multimouse                1
steadykey               0
offscreen_reload        1
joystick_map              auto
joystick_deadzone         0.3
joystick_saturation       0.85

#
# CORE INPUT AUTOMATIC ENABLE OPTIONS
#
paddle_device           mouse
adstick_device          joystick
pedal_device            joystick
dial_device             mouse
trackball_device        mouse
lightgun_device         lightgun
positional_device         keyboard
mouse_device              mouse

#
# CORE DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
log                     0
verbose                 0
update_in_pause           0

#
# CORE MISC OPTIONS
#
bios                      default
cheat                   1
skip_gameinfo           0

#
# WINDOWS DEBUGGING OPTIONS
#
oslog                   0

#
# WINDOWS PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
#
priority                  0
multithreading            0

#
# WINDOWS VIDEO OPTIONS
#
video                     d3d
numscreens                1
window                  0
maximize                1
keepaspect              1
prescale                  1
effect                  none
waitvsync               0
syncrefresh             0

#
# DIRECTDRAW-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
#
hwstretch               1

#
# DIRECT3D-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
#
d3dversion                9
filter                    1

#
# PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS
#
screen                    auto
aspect                    auto
resolution              640x432
view                      auto
screen0                   auto
aspect0                   auto
resolution0               auto
view0                     auto
screen1                   auto
aspect1                   auto
resolution1               auto
view1                     auto
screen2                   auto
aspect2                   auto
resolution2               auto
view2                     auto
screen3                   auto
aspect3                   auto
resolution3               auto
view3                     auto

#
# FULL SCREEN OPTIONS
#
triplebuffer            1
switchres               1
full_screen_brightness  1.00
full_screen_contrast      1.0
full_screen_gamma         1.0

#
# WINDOWS SOUND OPTIONS
#
audio_latency           2

#
# INPUT DEVICE OPTIONS
#
dual_lightgun           0

[Marsupial]

if it is anything like my act labs gun, you need to enable mouse AND gun in MAME. Then you need to calibrate. then it should work.

I suggest using the "2nd button offscreen reload" as more games needs that than a 2nd button.

[bkenobi]

Make sure you set up the buttons correctly in the Wingun driver.  If I remember correctly, if you don't set them up to output certain buttons to certain mouse buttons, MAME won't recognize the button presses.