DemulShooter (Dual light gun on DEMUL, Model2, Dolphin, Silent Hill, etc...)

[DMB77]

Thanks for the update Aragon, MIB is Sooo much better without the guns. Everything is working however I can't aim all the way to right side of the screen.  I didn't change any of the setting in the BepInEx folder, and my desktop resolution is 1080x1920.  Any Ideas on how to fix this?  The game works fine on teknoparrot but I can't use the no crosshairs/gun with TP.

[petran79]

What is the argument for Chihiro version of house of the dead 3 to work via cxbx ds 1.0?

when I enter demulshooter.exe -target=chihiro -rom=hod3
cxbxr-ldr.exe does not register the mouse cursor in game. No issues in launching and shooting in Virtua Cop 3 if I enter rom=vcop3

Do I need to type something different than hod3?
PC version has issues as arcademod launcher does not work in Windows 11 unfortunately. I have to set compatibility to Win7

[argonlefou]

You have the correct command line for chihiro DS build, as you can see here

I have not used it for a long time, I don't exactly remember if there was some issues with build version / rom version to get it to work

I keep using the pc mod instead
As I just replied on your Github ticket, I use both hod3pc and the mod on a windows 11 computer without any trouble

[petran79]

I managed to register light gun and it could shoot but cxbx crashed immediately in the first stage.
Tried it again by disabling bezels, exclusive full screen and shaders and it run without crashes even to stage 3. Unfortunately even on a modern cpu (i5 245k in my case), emulation has slowdowns. While VC3 runs smooth.
Only difference are the better textures and vfx. Eg in the Fool boss encounter, you can clearly see the faces of the corpses falling. While on PC even at 1920x1440, those textures were a mess.
So PC version remains the best option till they improve.

Yes, issue was with not copying the patched hot3 exe to exe folder and had it in root folder instead. Now it seems to run

[argonlefou]

Glad to hear that you managed to make it work.

And yes, Chihiro hod3 on Cxbx is not what I'd call "fully playable" state... Unfortunatelly.
Even VC3 has some texture issues, mainly the usual "Virtua Cop Circles" surrounding the enemies are not showing on cxbx.
Xemu is rendering them without any issue, but I don't think it's lightgun friendly

[Jayinem]

Argon I usually use Teknoparrot for those specific light gun games but I can't get controls to work at all for one game, Point Blank X. So I'm using Demulshooter but 5 is not working to enter coins? 1 is working for start it says coin error. I am also unable to get into any test menus. I did copy the content of Point Blank X to where the .exe is, but I'm confused about your instructions

Edit the newly copied Setting.ini file (located in PBX100-2-NA-MPR0-A63_Data\ subdirectory of the game) to your needs. Available options and values are written in the ini file.

I don't really know how to edit that .ini? It looks like this

CONTROLLER 1 # 0=BNUsio 1=Simulated

GUNPORT 3 # COM port for Gun board

TICKET 0 # 0=Disabled, 1=Enabled

MAIN_PATH ./NVRAM/ # Main save location

BACKUP_PATH ./NVRAM/ # Backup save location

LANGUAGE en-US, ja-JP,zh-CN,ko-KR,es-ES,pt-BR,th-TH,ru-RU,id-ID # language at the first is default

I don't know how to change anything in this can you help?

Edit: I realize now backspace is test menu and I was able to disable coins, however it seems demulshooter is not hooking because it's red and my wiimote doesn't seem calibrated. I copied all of the files of Demulshooter 16.2 and put them where the .exe is and here is my script

Run, DemulShooter.exe -target=es4 -rom=pblankx
run, PBX100-2-NA-MPR0-A63.exe

I tried running Demulshooter.exe as administrator but Demulshooter is still red not green?

Edit 2: Now that I figured out how to disable coins in test menu the game is fully working in Teknoparrot.

[argonlefou]

I don't really know how to edit that .ini? It looks like this

CONTROLLER 1 # 0=BNUsio 1=Simulated

GUNPORT 3 # COM port for Gun board

TICKET 0 # 0=Disabled, 1=Enabled

MAIN_PATH ./NVRAM/ # Main save location

BACKUP_PATH ./NVRAM/ # Backup save location

LANGUAGE en-US, ja-JP,zh-CN,ko-KR,es-ES,pt-BR,th-TH,ru-RU,id-ID # language at the first is default

I don't know how to change anything in this can you help?

This is a simple text file, just change whatever setting you need to be changed
What's after the '#' signs are comments, so just change the setting before like

Code: [Select]

LANGUAGE es-ES,en-US, ja-JP,zh-CN,ko-KR,pt-BR,th-TH,ru-RU,id-IDif you want Spanish laguage by default

Edit: I realize now backspace is test menu and I was able to disable coins, however it seems demulshooter is not hooking because it's red and my wiimote doesn't seem calibrated. I copied all of the files of Demulshooter 16.2 and put them where the .exe is and here is my script

Run, DemulShooter.exe -target=es4 -rom=pblankx
run, PBX100-2-NA-MPR0-A63.exe

I tried running Demulshooter.exe as administrator but Demulshooter is still red not green?

Backspace key was listed in the game wiki page
As for DS not hooking the game,  it can be many things but a demulshooter log would be a good starting point to see if something obviopus is going on
And, as I usually said, trying to get things running directly without using AHK scripts or BAT or frontend is also a good starting point as those scripts/tools can add a layer of possible errors....

[Jayinem]

Not a Demulshooter issue per say but Police Trainer 2 is broken in newer versions of Teknoparrot it throws an error and won't boot. I've been searching for a Teknoparrot emulator version that is about 6 months to a year old but can't find any on google the only one on the official website is actually too old Police Trainer 2 isn't even in the list of games it's from 2023. Does anyone happen to have a Teknoparrot this old that's not updated that you could upload somewhere?

[Jayinem]

On Chihiro_DS 1.0 Virtua Cop 3 works okay and Ghost Squad appeared to the graphics were perfect in the menus and I could shoot with my Wiimote but as soon as I get into actual gameplay the characters are all black and I can't shoot them?

[dgrace]

Hi Argon, I just tested v17.1 and for some reason my p1 Alien gun is not being recognized in the GUI (the device drag down). Only my p2 gun is recognized. Same with version 17.0. However, both my p1 and p2 alien mounted analog guns are being recognized in v16.4 GUI and before. So I assume there is some kind of bug in the latest version, or maybe i'm doing something wrong. Thanks in advance.
Update: It’s not a p1 vs p2 issue. It appears the GUI will only recognize one alien gun at a time. When both are plugged in, only one is recognized in the device drop down list.

[argonlefou]

Hi Argon, I just tested v17.1 and for some reason my p1 Alien gun is not being recognized in the GUI (the device drag down). Only my p2 gun is recognized. Same with version 17.0. However, both my p1 and p2 alien mounted analog guns are being recognized in v16.4 GUI and before. So I assume there is some kind of bug in the latest version, or maybe i'm doing something wrong. Thanks in advance.
Update: It’s not a p1 vs p2 issue. It appears the GUI will only recognize one alien gun at a time. When both are plugged in, only one is recognized in the device drop down list.

Hi

Indeed, I was asked to make some changes on how guns ID are saved in the config file.
People tested a lot of guns to assure me  that it would have no impact.

But they didn't test with aliens gun and murphy's law did the rest.
See here : https://github.com/argonlefou/DemulShooter/issues/352

I think I'll need to rollback to the older way...
I'm aware of the issue, I just need to think a alittle before adressing it

[Ginsonic]

Hir Argon,
Flycast 2.6 is released, maybe, if you will have some spare time, you could update DS. Many thanks!

[TapeWormInYourGut]

Indeed, I was asked to make some changes on how guns ID are saved in the config file.
People tested a lot of guns to assure me  that it would have no impact.

But they didn't test with aliens gun and murphy's law did the rest.
See here : https://github.com/argonlefou/DemulShooter/issues/352

I think I'll need to rollback to the older way...
I'm aware of the issue, I just need to think a alittle before adressing it

Ahhhh. I have several GUN4IR lightguns that have the same PIDs because its firmware only supports up to 4 unique available values. I haven't upgraded to the latest Demulshooter, but if I do and happen to use the two guns with the same PID then that is another scenario where this come up . Just another call out if you need more reasons to revert it 

I use a tool that sets the DS config for me prior to launching a game, so I suppose it wouldn't be an issue for me personally if DS still supports the fully qualified paths when it's manually set.

Edit: I don't have a github account to respond in that thread, but maybe a fix could be to use devices if their full ID is found, and then for any device which isn't found, you'd try searching using the short path? Saving would still use the full path, and then portability will work using the fallback search logic? No need to continue that conversation here, but is just another thought. That may only work when running games though versus configuring in the UI.

[argonlefou]

Hir Argon,
Flycast 2.6 is released, maybe, if you will have some spare time, you could update DS. Many thanks!

thanks, just added it to v17.2 update  on github

Ahhhh. I have several GUN4IR lightguns that have the same PIDs because its firmware only supports up to 4 unique available values. I haven't upgraded to the latest Demulshooter, but if I do and happen to use the two guns with the same PID then that is another scenario where this come up . Just another call out if you need more reasons to revert it 

I use a tool that sets the DS config for me prior to launching a game, so I suppose it wouldn't be an issue for me personally if DS still supports the fully qualified paths when it's manually set.

Edit: I don't have a github account to respond in that thread, but maybe a fix could be to use devices if their full ID is found, and then for any device which isn't found, you'd try searching using the short path? Saving would still use the full path, and then portability will work using the fallback search logic? No need to continue that conversation here, but is just another thought. That may only work when running games though versus configuring in the UI.

Be assured that I did not need any more reason to revert it.....mostly the over way around : I was sent a lot of debug data before accepting the change, hoping this would not be kind of safe, but it wasn't
So I just changed it back to the old way in the v17.2 update

Starting to run some advanced looking functions, mixing both short and long names according to the computer is the best way to mess with a lot of things.
I'd rather keep a clear, unique way which has the advantage of giving clear information when things are not working.
Stability and compatibility if way more important to me than easy portability or other special-setup specific changes.

[Ginsonic]

thanks, just added it to v17.2 update  on github

Thanks a lot 

[dgrace]

Hi Argon, I just tested v17.1 and for some reason my p1 Alien gun is not being recognized in the GUI (the device drag down). Only my p2 gun is recognized. Same with version 17.0. However, both my p1 and p2 alien mounted analog guns are being recognized in v16.4 GUI and before. So I assume there is some kind of bug in the latest version, or maybe i'm doing something wrong. Thanks in advance.
Update: It’s not a p1 vs p2 issue. It appears the GUI will only recognize one alien gun at a time. When both are plugged in, only one is recognized in the device drop down list.

Hi

Indeed, I was asked to make some changes on how guns ID are saved in the config file.
People tested a lot of guns to assure me  that it would have no impact.

But they didn't test with aliens gun and murphy's law did the rest.
See here : https://github.com/argonlefou/DemulShooter/issues/352

I think I'll need to rollback to the older way...
I'm aware of the issue, I just need to think a alittle before adressing it

v17.2 resolved the issue. Thanks Argon!

[Headrush69]

Thank for all your work Argonlefou.

Just curious if there is any consideration of adding your custom outputs to mame now that it's Sega Model 2 emulation has improved so much?

I know MAMEdevs won't add outputs that aren't authentic.

[argonlefou]

Thank for all your work Argonlefou.

Just curious if there is any consideration of adding your custom outputs to mame now that it's Sega Model 2 emulation has improved so much?

I know MAMEdevs won't add outputs that aren't authentic.

Ah, that's a good point !

I actually ported those Model2 outputs to be used with MAME when they first released 0.278 with Model2 game support.

But as it was not DemulShooter related, I shared it to some people for testing but never really advertised for it....

Just download and use the zip package I'm joining in below (there's a Readme inside explaining everything)
These are simple LUA scripts to be used with MAME to create outputs, DemulSHooter is not needed for that.

[Headrush69]

Ah, that's a good point !

I actually ported those Model2 outputs to be used with MAME when they first released 0.278 with Model2 game support.

But as it was not DemulShooter related, I shared it to some people for testing but never really advertised for it....

Just download and use the zip package I'm joining in below (there's a Readme inside explaining everything)
These are simple LUA scripts to be used with MAME to create outputs, DemulSHooter is not needed for that.

Thanks for that.

I thought that using LUA might be a possibility, as you have the cheat system for finding memory location in MAME already with many cheats already pinpointing needed memory locations.
I was looking at the MAME documentation last night but wasn't sure about outputting the messages and I haven't used LUA yet.

Working great, thanks. Just need to dial in my recoil value. 

[FANS]

Hello! It's been some months since I asked about how to use demulshooter with Wiimotes. I found a program called Lichtknarre which converts the inputs so it was recognized in Demulshooter. I can finally play some games in a proper way.

I have a question now, about the Chihiro games (Virtua Cop 3, House of The Dead 3 and Ghost Squad). I have played in old CXBX version with crosshair, but it seem the build Chihiro-DS has a better performance.

Using Demulshooter, it hides the crosshair. And using Wiimotes, it's hard to play without a crosshair, since it's not so precise. Is there a way to restore the crosshair in Chihiro-DS?

[gstav]

Hi!

I recently reinstalled windows11 and now demulshooter dies on me when starting Point Blank X.
Both standalone and TP setup behaves the same way.
Started it before the game and it turns green when the game starts but then the process dies on me.
Do you know when I'm missing?

Running the latest DS and have reinstalled the unity plugin after I deleted the old BepInEx folder.

Took a screenshot of cmd here

[argonlefou]

This is exactly the kind of error you have if you're running a newer plugin (post v17.0) with an older DemulShooter version (pre v17.0), or a newer DemulShooter with an older plugin.

 

[gstav]

Thbaks for getting back to me Sir.
I have the newest DS and removed the folder inside the game and reinstalled the plugin.
This is on a new windows but I copied over my old app Data folder from my previous windows in order to sacäve setting in like Spice tools and progress in PC-games and what not. Maybe this is a bad approach and can get you in trouble like this. Don't know if any old DS setting is hidden in there?

I have another go and try reinstalling DS + plugin once again

[gstav]

This is exactly the kind of error you have if you're running a newer plugin (post v17.0) with an older DemulShooter version (pre v17.0), or a newer DemulShooter with an older plugin.

Hey argonlefou!

I reinstalled a clean dump and installed the plugin using DS 17.2.0.0 but still have the same issue.
Don't know what to do here. Strange as it worked when released. Could it be something with the newer versions of DemulShooter maybe?

[argonlefou]

Thbaks for getting back to me Sir.
I have the newest DS and removed the folder inside the game and reinstalled the plugin.
This is on a new windows but I copied over my old app Data folder from my previous windows in order to sacäve setting in like Spice tools and progress in PC-games and what not. Maybe this is a bad approach and can get you in trouble like this. Don't know if any old DS setting is hidden in there?

DS does not have any setting hidden in anny user folder, it's made to be portable with everything in it's own folder. So AppData from another OS is not the problem.
The issue us very clear, DS does not talk with Point Blank X plugin and crash because it can not handle the protocol.

It's very simple...Unity plugin and DS are talking via TCP.
I had to change the TCP frame format for a lot of reasons in DS 17.0, so any couple like Old Plugin+New DS or Old DS+New Plugin will give exactly the same error you have on your screenshot. And that's pretty much the only possible reason to get that message.

Now, as for why you get it....I can't know :/

I reinstalled a clean dump and installed the plugin using DS 17.2.0.0 but still have the same issue.
Don't know what to do here. Strange as it worked when released. Could it be something with the newer versions of DemulShooter maybe?

I just reinstalled the game on an unused Win11 PC and tested with DS 17.2 downloaded from github, and everything is working perfectly

[gstav]

Thanks for the answer. I guess I could try another PBX game.
Do you tested on standalone or tp Sir?

[argonlefou]

Standalone, I only use TP to run linux emulated games

[gstav]

Standalone, I only use TP to run linux emulated games

Thanks again man, I don't know what is wrong with just this game now after mmy reinstalled win10.
Tested 3 different versions, one of them the prior fully working.

Maybe I shoudl try the older DS with its plugin, what version would you reccomend if so Sir? This would be the last thing to try I guess

Edit:

Tried DemulShooter_v14.3 with the Unity plugin from that version to the game.
That boots and hooks with MAMEHooker and DS is still running which is odd.
Both guns still controls the crosshairs though. Must be something on my end just for this title I guess.
Thanks for looking into it though! Cheers

[ShiftyRat]

Hello! I'm brand new here as I am working on getting a multicade set up. DemulShooter has been amazing. However, I am having trouble getting it to hook into games launched by TeknoParrot. I seem to have better success if I launch DemulShooter after TP has fully launched the game's executable, but there isn't a good way to automate that.

Using Aliens Armageddon as an example, I have tried launching DemulShooter in both of the following ways, but it fails to hook either way:

"Demulshooter.exe -target=rawthrill -rom=aa"
"Demulshooter.exe -target=rawthrill -rom=aa -pname=BudgieLoader.exe"

I am sure there is something simple I'm overlooking. Any help is appreciated.

[argonlefou]

Hello! I'm brand new here as I am working on getting a multicade set up. DemulShooter has been amazing. However, I am having trouble getting it to hook into games launched by TeknoParrot. I seem to have better success if I launch DemulShooter after TP has fully launched the game's executable, but there isn't a good way to automate that.

Using Aliens Armageddon as an example, I have tried launching DemulShooter in both of the following ways, but it fails to hook either way:

"Demulshooter.exe -target=rawthrill -rom=aa"
"Demulshooter.exe -target=rawthrill -rom=aa -pname=BudgieLoader.exe"

I am sure there is something simple I'm overlooking. Any help is appreciated.

Rawthrill games are only running with TP so the -Pname option isn't required (yet) but it does no harm
Only way to have more details is sharing a debug file : https://github.com/argonlefou/DemulShooter/wiki/Debugging#step-3

And, it also depends if your question is about running DemulShooter directly or using those commands in a script

[ShiftyRat]

I am running DemulShooter and my TP games via Launchbox. I've attached screenshots and the Debug log for Aliens Armageddon; however, I seem to be having this issue with all TeknoParrot games.

The first screenshot shows the parameters I am sending to DemulShooter. The second shows that DemulShooter launches, but it never hooks (the icon stays red). The third attachment is the Debug log.

I also tried ignoring Launchbox entirely by starting DemulShooter manually and launching Aliens Armageddon from the TeknoParrot GUI, but the game still did not hook.

Thanks!

[argonlefou]

I also tried ignoring Launchbox entirely by starting DemulShooter manually and launching Aliens Armageddon from the TeknoParrot GUI, but the game still did not hook.

Thanks!

This is the good way to go, I can't guarantee anything from frontends, frontends plugins, etc....
Running it manually removes any of the 3rd party app issues

So, based on your debug file, my first idea would be to check account privilege :
You're not runing DemulShooter with admin privilege - and this may be fine most of the time - but if TP is started with admin privilege, DS would not be able to hook it
You can try to start DS as admin and see if things gets better

[ShiftyRat]

Running DemulShooter as admin fixed my hooking issue with TeknoParrot games. I knew it had to be something simple I was overlooking. Thank you!

edit: TeknoParrot enables admin for itself when installing. I disabled "Run as Admin" for TeknoParrot and it still seems to work just fine. This allowed me to turn off "Run as Admin" for DemulShooter as well, and now DemulShooter + TeknoParrot work as expected.


I am running into an unrelated issue getting output from House of the Dead 2 via Flycast. This is with both the Dreamcast and Arcade version. DemulShooter hooks okay, but it doesn't seem to be providing any output to Hook of the Reaper. I've attached a log file generated from the arcade version of HotD2.

[argonlefou]

I am running into an unrelated issue getting output from House of the Dead 2 via Flycast. This is with both the Dreamcast and Arcade version. DemulShooter hooks okay, but it doesn't seem to be providing any output to Hook of the Reaper. I've attached a log file generated from the arcade version of HotD2.

Theversion of the Flycast.exe you're using is not one of the supported versions by DemulShooter
You need to use one of the stable builds of flycast : https://github.com/argonlefou/DemulShooter/wiki/Flycast

I think 2.6 might work too, DemulShooter wiki has not been updated

[ShiftyRat]

That was the issue, thanks again! I can confirm that Flycast 2.6 works.

[Musashi80]

Hello, I am new here, but I have been working on my cabinet for quite a while. I have retroshooter reapers and they work for a lot of games, but I can’t make them work with Point Blank X, that is also the game that family loves the most so it’s becoming a challenge that I want to win…I have the latest 17.5 version of demulshooter, I applied the plugin and it said successfully applied. I am running the game through an ahk script that starts the game, then demulshooter then hook of the reaper. Now I have two scenarios, if I rename the BepInEx folder demulshooter hooks, it turns green, and hook of the reaper says connected but I get no recoil. If I leave the folder BepInEx as created by demulshooter then demulshooter hooks and exits (crash?) and weirdly also the crosshairs appear. Is demulshooter compatible with hook of the reaper for this game? Is BepInEx needed? Any idea of what else I could try to troubleshoot this?

[argonlefou]

Hello, I am new here, but I have been working on my cabinet for quite a while. I have retroshooter reapers and they work for a lot of games, but I can’t make them work with Point Blank X, that is also the game that family loves the most so it’s becoming a challenge that I want to win…I have the latest 17.5 version of demulshooter, I applied the plugin and it said successfully applied. I am running the game through an ahk script that starts the game, then demulshooter then hook of the reaper. Now I have two scenarios, if I rename the BepInEx folder demulshooter hooks, it turns green, and hook of the reaper says connected but I get no recoil. If I leave the folder BepInEx as created by demulshooter then demulshooter hooks and exits (crash?) and weirdly also the crosshairs appear. Is demulshooter compatible with hook of the reaper for this game? Is BepInEx needed? Any idea of what else I could try to troubleshoot this?

First thing first : Let's keep it simple and remove all use of AHK scripts and frontend or whatever you're using to debug that, and try to check working status by running demulshooter directly

Before anything, I'd need a DemulShooter debug file to see what you're doing and what is DemulShooter seeing
See HERE


Most common issues with Point Blank X are :
1) Make sure you totallt removed any BepInEx folder from the game directory if you updated from older DemulShooter to v17.xxx as newer plugins may have a different name and just copying/installing it from DemulShooter GUI mays results in both older/newer plugins beeing at the same time and making things not good
2) Second step from above,just make sure there's only one dll plugin in the /BepInEx/plugins directory
3) Having a modded/incompatible version of the game may disturb the dll plugin and makes things bad

But based on what you said, I don't see your issue in any of the 3 possibilities quoted above

--> If I rename the BepInEx folder demulshooter hooks, it turns green, and hook of the reaper says connected but I get no recoil.
This is normal, DemulSHooter just hooks to the process but the BepInEx plugin is the one in charge of fetching outputs data and sending them to DemulSHooter. No BepInEx = No Outputs


-->If I leave the folder BepInEx as created by demulshooter then demulshooter hooks and exits (crash?) and weirdly also the crosshairs appear
DemulSHooter should not crash because of the plugins because it only hooks to the exe, and dial with the plugin later on
To know if DemulShooter properly exit or crash, the debug file would be needed

-->Is demulshooter compatible with hook of the reaper for this game? Is BepInEx needed? Any idea of what else I could try to troubleshoot this?
DemulShooter does not know if you are using HOTR, MameHooker, OutputHooker or anything else. It just provides the data for anyone to read it.

[Musashi80]

I did more troubleshooting. I removed the BepInEx folder and reinstalled the plugin and this is what I find in the newly created folder:
PointBlankX_BepInEx_DemulShooter_Plugin.ini
PBX_BepInEx_DemulShooter_Plugin.dll
PBX_BepInEx_DemulShooter_Plugin.ini
PointBlankX_BepInEx_DemulShooter_Plugin.dll

I then ran the game and then demulshooter by terminal, it crashed and this is the output, I am also attaching the log file where it looks like it handles some initial outputs:
.\DemulShooter.exe -v -target=es4 -rom=pblankx -nocrosshair

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.EndOfStreamException: Unable to read beyond the end of the stream.
   at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadByte()
   at DsCore.IPC.DsTcpData.ReadBytes(Type t)
   at DsCore.IPC.DsTcpData.Update(Byte[] ReceivedData)
   at DemulShooter.Games.Game_Es4PointBlankX.DsTcp_Client_PacketReceived(Object Sender, PacketReceivedEventArgs e)
   at DsCore.IPC.DsTcp_Client.OnPacketReceived(Object sender, PacketReceivedEventArgs e)
   at DsCore.IPC.DsTcp_Client.Listener()
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

[argonlefou]

Yes, you just have the double plugin dll issue.

This is on me, I didn't think of the people overwriting DemulShooter zip content when upgrading
By upgrading DemulShooter folder content, you end with both plugins in DemulShooter folder and both are beeing installed in the game folder.

The oldest plugin is not compatible with the current system and will make the game crash

I don't remember which one is the newer one, but the easiest solution is to just unzip last DemulShooter release in a separate folder and start again from here, this will be a clean thing. (Install Unity plugins from here)
You can just copy the config.ini file from your older folder, all users settings are in that file

[Musashi80]

Yes, you just have the double plugin dll issue.

This is on me, I didn't think of the people overwriting DemulShooter zip content when upgrading
By upgrading DemulShooter folder content, you end with both plugins in DemulShooter folder and both are beeing installed in the game folder.

The oldest plugin is not compatible with the current system and will make the game crash

I don't remember which one is the newer one, but the easiest solution is to just unzip last DemulShooter release in a separate folder and start again from here, this will be a clean thing. (Install Unity plugins from here)
You can just copy the config.ini file from your older folder, all users settings are in that file

I was able to make it work, thanks! The correct plugin is PointBlankX_BepInEx_DemulShooter_Plugin, but there was another issue: a fresh folder of demulshooter 17.5 does not contain the DLL, just the ini. I tried to copy the DLL from a backup and it crashed, so I tried 17.2 and it has everything and everything works! When I have a chance I will also try 17.3 and 17.4 to see if those work too.