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Main => Lightguns => Topic started by: AirBurn on February 26, 2023, 11:01:43 pm
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Setup:
Windows 10 (sp 20H2)
MAME .252
Tankstick
Keyboard and mouse
2 AimTrak lightguns (firmware 9.20) (set as Device IDs 5 and 6)
When I have the lightguns unplugged, I experience no issues with the Windows or MAME. When 1 (or both) lightguns are plugged in, I quickly lose the ability to click with the mouse (or trackball/lightguns). The cursor will still move, but the task bar won't popup from being minimized, can't click to open folders, etc. If I ctrl-alt-del and left click a few times, I can then hit the cancel button and mouse functionality is restored, but this does not last long. I have tried the lightguns being plugged into the front and back of tower, and into a USB powered hub, and nothing resolved the issue.
When I open MAME (in the short period of time I can left click), all settings look fine - the buttons map correctly (I'm using a ctrlr mapping to hold IDs post reboot). When I try to launch a game, MAME black screens, and all I see is the cursor. This remains for about 20 seconds and MAME will close, and I will lose the ability to left/right click with the mice. I have tried leaving the physical mouse unplugged, reboots with lightguns plugged and unplugged, swapping the keyboard and mouse. I had the lightguns working on a windows 7 machine years ago running an older version of MAME. But since I'm getting weird OS behavior I don't think it's a MAME issue. Has anyone experienced this or have any thoughts on what might be happening?
Any help would be appreciated!
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This is going to sound really dumb but try covering the IR sensor in the guns...put a blanket over them and see if you can use your mouse.
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This is going to sound really dumb but try covering the IR sensor in the guns...put a blanket over them and see if you can use your mouse.
oh please be this
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It appears that MAME .252 is causing the issue. I jumped back to .217 and .251 and have no issues going forward. It's possible that the windows issues I was experiencing at times was having both guns plugged in and not IDed correctly during the various troubleshooting I was doing.
But with a fresh install of .252 on another machine, and only 1 light gun attached, MAME .252 crashes when I try to load a rom. This does not happen on .251