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Title: I see some lightgun modding coming on..
Post by: Angry_Radish on June 14, 2007, 11:32:01 am
Saw this over at Kotaku, the new guncon..
Seems to work the same way as the lcd topgun, here's hoping we can mod it for our stuff!
 :cheers:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/reload/how-the-time-crisis-4-light-gun-works-268674.php
Title: Re: I see some lightgun modding coming on..
Post by: TheAdMan on June 14, 2007, 02:29:48 pm
hmmm, uses two markers (no led "strips") and he's standing a reasonable distance away, if it's accurate this could be promissing. - what's next, time travel?  ;)

Hey AngryRadish, if u want & haven't done so yet, vote in the LCD lightgun poll on page 2 of the main forum.

The Gun I was imagining when I started the poll is a lot like that Time Crisis gun, I always thought that the TC gun was the best gun in the arcades, I wonder if it has the reload action too.
Title: Re: I see some lightgun modding coming on..
Post by: RandyT on June 14, 2007, 09:31:03 pm
Quote from: TheAdMan on June 14, 2007, 02:29:48 pm
hmmm, uses two markers (no led "strips") and he's standing a reasonable distance away, if it's accurate this could be promissing. - what's next, time travel?  ;)

The picture was shot somewhat over this individual's shoulder, not in profile.  I'm guessing he's a good distance further away from that monitor than the photo shows.

I'd put him at 7 to 8 feet away..maybe more.

RandyT

Title: Re: I see some lightgun modding coming on..
Post by: TheAdMan on June 14, 2007, 10:48:47 pm
Quote from: RandyT on June 14, 2007, 09:31:03 pm

I'd put him at 7 to 8 feet away..maybe more.



Ur talking about his body tho, right? - not the actual gun. - actually he is stll pretty far away from the screen (darn), kind of a deceiving picture tho, for a sec I thought he was shooting at the second monitor. He also seems to be concentratng really hard on aiming the gun (two hands)  :-\
Title: Re: I see some lightgun modding coming on..
Post by: brandon on June 25, 2007, 03:39:31 am
from the articles Ive read it has motion sensing as well.. so to me it seems like the Wii remote with the nunchuk attached to the front ;)  There are already Wii drivers for PC.. has anybody tried them with Mame?  I've been away so long I dont know what the current "best" solution is.. still LCD TopGun?
Title: Re: I see some lightgun modding coming on..
Post by: NightGod on June 25, 2007, 05:03:20 am
Quote from: TheAdMan on June 14, 2007, 10:48:47 pm
He also seems to be concentratng really hard on aiming the gun (two hands)  :-\
"There are six buttons on the device and two analog sticks. One of them is placed on a "sub-grip" that you hold with your left hand, and another is on the barrel of the gun."

Guessing that's the reason for the two-handed grip.