CPV2 Problem?

[TroyO]

I'm having a little trouble with CPV2. My understanding is that you can group buttons so they only show up with thier associated control type. I may be missing something, but when I try to set the "Player 1 Button 1" label that is next to the picture of my lightgun to show with control type "Lightgun" it never shows up. If set to "All" it does show up (But it also shows up on joystick games, etc.)


From the CPV2 manual....

"If the word following the check box appears in the
“control type” field in the controls.ini file the label will be displayed. If not, it will be turned off."

This is the only potential problem I can think of... although it may just be semantics, my control.ini contains this for area51 (As an example). Note that there is no "Control type" field in the list, the closest would be:

P1Controls=Lightgun+lightgun+P1_BUTTON1

Is that what  they mean, or do I have the wrong controls.ini or something?


[area51]
gamename=Area 51 (R3000)
numPlayers=2
alternating=0
mirrored=1
tilt=0
cocktail=0
usesService=0
miscDetails=As with many of the lightgun games at the time, Area 51 requires you to fire off screen to reload.  Mame has hacked this to where you fire at the absolute edge of the screen to reload.  This is good for people who don't use lightguns but very bad for those of us who do. 
P1NumButtons=1
P1Controls=Lightgun+lightgun+P1_BUTTON1
P1_BUTTON1=Fire
P1_LIGHTGUN_Y_EXT=Down
P1_LIGHTGUN_Y=Up
P1_LIGHTGUN_X_EXT=Right
P1_LIGHTGUN_X=Left

As always, any help really appreciated!

[jcrouse]

Interesting. I just tested it and it works for me. Are you using the latest version of both CPV2 and the CPV2 Layout Designer? Email me your layout file. You can send it to the address at the bottom of the CPViewer website. I'll take a look.

John

[TroyO]

Thanks for taking a look. I just sent that out to you. Other kind of quirky things I've noticed is that when add a new label they are shoved way up in the upper left hand corner of the screen. I can get to them, but it's like grabbing the single pixel hanging out, so it takes several tries.

Not sure if it's related or important, but maybe it indicates my system is missing something?

[TroyO]

Ohhh yeah, I also forgot.. what I am attempting to do is create snapshots. I haven't tried it as a CP viewer app, just the snapshot generator.

[TroyO]

It all works now. Jcrouse has posted some new executables on the site.

This stuff is so cool! (Time consuming, but cool. ;-)