Trackball and Lightgun

mediamogul

I use the latest AdvanceMAME, but I believe I can safely advise you in 1.4 that both devices need to be assigned to player one. Both are actually seen as mouse devices and by default, only the first mouse device is assigned to player one. Below is an example from my own advmame.rcfile

input_map[p1_trackballx] mouse[0,x] mouse[1,x] mouse[2,x]
input_map[p1_trackbally] mouse[0,y] mouse[1,y] mouse[2,y]
input_map[p1_lightgunx] mouse[0,x] mouse[1,x] mouse[2,x]
input_map[p1_lightguny] mouse[0,y] mouse[1,y] mouse[2,y]

There, you'll notice I've assigned the first three mouse devices (0, 1 and 2) to player one.

Kmetz7547

@mediamogul
Ok I will check my rc file. Thank you
Do they both have to be plugged in to a certain usb port? Or can I use a hub?

mediamogul

@kmetz7547

You can use a hub. The operating system will assign a ordered number to the devices based on the order the devices are discovered.

Kmetz7547

@mediamogul
I changed those 2 configs in the advmame 1.4 .rc and rebooted pi.
Now no games load up (just brings me back to the game selection screen)
any ideas?

caver01

@kmetz7547 You introduced some kind of syntax error or a duplicate line. If there is something wrong in the .rc file, advmame won't load.

Kmetz7547

Are we allowed to share our .rc file here? I could really use someone's help

mediamogul

@kmetz7547

Sure. You can either post it here surrounded on either side by three backticks, e.g. ``` , or you can post it somplace like www.pastebin.com and give a link to it.

Kmetz7547

@mediamogul

https://pastebin.com/zZfR25FW

mediamogul

@kmetz7547

It looks like @caver01 was right about you having duplicate entries.

input_map[p1_lightgunx] auto
input_map[p1_lightguny] auto

Try removing the entries above, located at lines 107 and 108 and see if it'll launch.

Kmetz7547

@mediamogul
yes it now boots but lightgun does not work. (trackball does work)
im using wiimote with dolphinbar.
tried mode 1 and 2 on dolphinbar
should i be using something else?

If i attempt a new image, i can get the lightgun to work but then the trackball does not.
https://pastebin.com/HATtyPHk

thanks for the help guys

caver01

@kmetz7547 Have you gone through this wiki yet? Lightgun/trackball--for your setup linux should be treating these as mice. You will probably want to do some of the tests suggested including running the advm utility to see what index advancemame is using for each device. Also, pay special attention to the settings that specify using RAW, PS2, and setting the index for each device in the .rc file.

caver01

@kmetz7547 For example, setting these lines:

device_mouse raw
device_raw_mousedev[0] /dev/input/mouse0
device_raw_mousedev[1] /dev/input/mouse1
device_raw_mousedev[2] /dev/input/mouse2
device_raw_mousedev[3] /dev/input/mouse3
device_raw_mousetype[0] ps2
device_raw_mousetype[1] ps2
device_raw_mousetype[2] ps2
device_raw_mousetype[3] ps2

will define the first four mouse devices. Make sure you are not duplicating entries.

Kmetz7547

@caver01
Updated rc with these inputs and games still load but lightgun don't work. Just the d pad on the wiimote works, not the motion.
The trackball works within the lightgun games, bit the wiimote does not

caver01

@kmetz7547 Did you do any of the testing described in the Wiki link?

caver01

Also, these lines above only establish the input devices. You still have to map them using input_map lines.

Kmetz7547

@caver01
@mediamogul
cancel that, right after a reboot , it works!... I cant thank you guys enough. Awesome Help!