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Postby Ghostoftheunion » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:06 pm

So i want to build a cab with two light guns and two joysticks my buddy is taking care of wireing up the system but i want to know if anyone thinks haveing the joysticks and the light guns may cause conflict in the emulation. i have all the parts to build my cab but it isnt put together yet. also if anyone knows where i can download some videos and themes to trick out my ma for a little bit till i make my own it would be appriciated. :)
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Re: need advice

Postby zoe333 » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:08 am

Ghostoftheunion wrote:So i want to build a cab with two light guns and two joysticks my buddy is taking care of wireing up the system but i want to know if anyone thinks haveing the joysticks and the light guns may cause conflict in the emulation. i have all the parts to build my cab but it isnt put together yet. also if anyone knows where i can download some videos and themes to trick out my ma for a little bit till i make my own it would be appriciated. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FABmvlXO ... h_response

Note the extra bad ass flightstick....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvgFYoz2qpc

This one gives you all the artwork you see in the video except the closeup of Lino from Thundercats on the side art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hTpQWLXkdc

this one is just cool....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY6g6uaWgEA
This is another great idea...

I do not know about the lightguns causing a conflict.. I notice I have not seen them on any other cab's. Maybe it can't be done, maybe it can..... one way to find out, test a lightgun on your pc with the controller pluged in before you install it into the cab.... ;)
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Postby espontaneo » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:59 pm

I have two act-labs light guns on my cab and there are no conflicts.

PC lightguns are seen as mice by windows and not joysticks in any way. You can even browse using the light gun, though its not recommended.

Mame supports upto 4 light guns and they work with little setup, the act-labs troubleshooter allows you to use light guns with pc games that never supported them ie house of the dead I,II,III, virtua cop and I have had limited success with PSX games, at least using psxe.

Go for it!
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