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GunCon2 + ArcadeVGA
Alcohol:
hi minwah,
iam currently using a guncon and arcadvga card on my cab, the set up is basically a vga to scart cable connected to a 21" tv,all i did was solder a phono lead to the scart connector to get the sync for the gun (after making a new cable).
the gun is connected to the pc's usb port and to a psx to usb adapter, it also required a power supply to be connected to the psx to usb adapter or windows would not see the gun.
so far results with accuracy have been very good and most games are very very playable, unfortunately it isnt 100% right as you do get the odd dead spot and strange quirk while playing, so far i would say its 85% to being perfect.
so yes it does work and no you dont need a circuit to make it work, i had to join h-sync and v-sync though in the cable to get the composite sync required to get a solid picture
As a side note while iam here, ive been playing hotd2 using the gun and it plays great, but for some reason if i launch hotd2 using mamewah, as soon as i press the trigger or any button hotd crashes .. but if i just play hotd without mamewah it works fine, any help is apreciated :)
Alc..
Acorn:
Tinted glass results will vary - but be warned, at the very worst, the glass will cause the gun to believe it is pointed offscreen 50%+ of the time, making all games nearly unplayable.
Virtua cop runs fine for me on XP. HOTD2/3 will be much better on the X-Box probably :)
Alchol - for some reason mamewah doesn't seem to like lightguns :P But then, most other launchers don't either. For example, if you launch virtuacop 2 indirectly (as most people do, through a batch file) then it will run in a window, and minimise/crash every time you click the top-left corner. Yours could be something similar.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Alcohol on September 15, 2005, 10:02:00 am ---iam currently using a guncon and arcadvga card on my cab, the set up is basically a vga to scart cable connected to a 21" tv,all i did was solder a phono lead to the scart connector to get the sync for the gun (after making a new cable).
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What pins on the Scart? Just Gnd & Sync?
--- Quote ---the gun is connected to the pc's usb port and to a psx to usb adapter, it also required a power supply to be connected to the psx to usb adapter or windows would not see the gun.
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OK, I didn't think the PS2 connector was usually required...probably varies on gun type (?)
--- Quote ---so far results with accuracy have been very good and most games are very very playable, unfortunately it isnt 100% right as you do get the odd dead spot and strange quirk while playing, so far i would say its 85% to being perfect.
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That's pretty good, considering the battle involded!
--- Quote ---so yes it does work and no you dont need a circuit to make it work, i had to join h-sync and v-sync though in the cable to get the composite sync required to get a solid picture
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Cool, I suppose as the AVGA can be connected straight to a TV it already has the correct sync (?)
--- Quote ---As a side note while iam here, ive been playing hotd2 using the gun and it plays great, but for some reason if i launch hotd2 using mamewah, as soon as i press the trigger or any button hotd crashes .. but if i just play hotd without mamewah it works fine, any help is apreciated :)
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With new (beta) versions of Mamewah you could try game-specific commandline settings, so you can use {safelaunch} and {dosbox} which *may* solve the problem.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Acorn on September 15, 2005, 10:16:53 am ---Tinted glass results will vary - but be warned, at the very worst, the glass will cause the gun to believe it is pointed offscreen 50%+ of the time, making all games nearly unplayable.
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OK, I'll be prepared for the worst then. Was I right in thinking upping the brightness might help?
--- Quote ---Virtua cop runs fine for me on XP. HOTD2/3 will be much better on the X-Box probably :)
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I'll have to dig out my old V-Cop, used to love that game. HOTD3 on Xbox is great, the HOTD2 port is a bit jerky at times tho, for some reason.
--- Quote ---Alchol - for some reason mamewah doesn't seem to like lightguns :P But then, most other launchers don't either. For example, if you launch virtuacop 2 indirectly (as most people do, through a batch file) then it will run in a window, and minimise/crash every time you click the top-left corner. Yours could be something similar.
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Take a look at this thread from Biff...I have not gone through it in-depth but he has really gone to town on documenting his gun experiences (inc. with Mamewah):
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=45128&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&new=1125954798
JoeB:
I haven't tried the guncon2 yet with my ArcadeVGA card, but I should also add that if you are using a JPAC with your arcadeVGA, then a lot of your problems will go away.
- the JPAC has a video amp in it
- the JPAC video output is composite, which is what the gun needs, so no need to build any circuit. It's a direct tap!
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