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    Multiple mice support in RetroArch cores (lightguns, spinners, trackballs)

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      BGallagherLA @mediamogul
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      @mediamogul Thanks for explaining in a way I could understand haha. I'll look at that Github issue more tonight and see what's what.

      @hooperre You said you had a few games working with your air mouse. Do you have that paired through Bluetooth, and are you also using a DolphinBar? If so, could you also possibly test out Sega Masgter System games like Rescue Mission, Rambo III, Marksmann Shooting/Trap Shooting etc, and see if an air mouse will work with that?

      If an air mouse is the only thing that's gonna work for consoles at the moment, I might just pick one up for now.

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        mediamogul Global Moderator @BGallagherLA
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        @bgallagherla

        If an air mouse is the only thing that's gonna work for consoles at the moment, I might just pick one up for now.

        I've tested those cores with a few different air mice and they all seemed to work pretty well.

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          BGallagherLA @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul OK thanks! Don't suppose there are any air mouse units out there that are shaped like guns, are there? Haha...

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            mediamogul Global Moderator @BGallagherLA
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            @bgallagherla

            I haven't seen any myself, but after an admittedly quick search, it looks like people might be building their own.

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              hooperre @BGallagherLA
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              @bgallagherla said in Multiple mice support in RetroArch cores (lightguns, spinners, steering wheels):

              @mediamogul Thanks for explaining in a way I could understand haha. I'll look at that Github issue more tonight and see what's what.

              @hooperre You said you had a few games working with your air mouse. Do you have that paired through Bluetooth, and are you also using a DolphinBar? If so, could you also possibly test out Sega Masgter System games like Rescue Mission, Rambo III, Marksmann Shooting/Trap Shooting etc, and see if an air mouse will work with that?

              If an air mouse is the only thing that's gonna work for consoles at the moment, I might just pick one up for now.

              It's an IR usb, not bluetooth. I'll try something on Master System and see what I come up with.

              ETA: Out of the box with no configurations...

              lr-picodrive does not work with my air mouse right out of the box.
              lr-genesis-plus-gx recognizes my trigger button, but does not change coordinates.

              @markwkidd I installed RetroArch on my PC. Let me know where to go from here.

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                BGallagherLA @hooperre
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                @hooperre So does the air mouse have its own IR dongle then that has to be plugged into the pi? Will check out some air mouse options tonight. Never really used/had the need for one before.

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                  hooperre @BGallagherLA
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                  @bgallagherla said in Multiple mice support in RetroArch cores (lightguns, spinners, steering wheels):

                  @hooperre So does the air mouse have its own IR dongle then that has to be plugged into the pi? Will check out some air mouse options tonight. Never really used/had the need for one before.

                  I grabbed this one. There's a backlit one for a dollar more. But, yeah, sounds like you've got the idea.

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                    Rion
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                    I know this maybe has nothing to do with this but after my nerd (ing) out watching

                    on YouTube.

                    Fast forward to 24.32

                    Interview with LCDZAPPER Zapper Creator Charlie Cole

                    More info here on Charlie Cole's github

                    FBNeo rom filtering
                    Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
                    Fba Arcade Bezels
                    Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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                      HurricaneFan @BGallagherLA
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                      @bgallagherla Does your Police Trainer game start off with loud static? My rom starts pretty loud with static.

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                        edmaul69 @Rion
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                        @rion i would love to be using a modified nintendo zapper so i hope this does come out.

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                          edmaul69
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                          Does anybody know if the pi supports using a lightgun on a crt?

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                            HurricaneFan @edmaul69
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                            @edmaul69 It will support wii-mote like light guns. Old school light guns aren't usb.

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                              edmaul69 @HurricaneFan
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                              @hurricanefan oh i am aware. I have no problems with modifying a light gun. Now i also asked a question if the retropie supports light guns on a crt. Playstation and xbox original light guns work with usb and the composite video adaptor. If retropie/retroarch does, i will modify an nes zapper with circuitry from one of those to use on my pi. Or use the ps2 time crisis gun. I also have a spare adaptor i built in 2005 to use thes types of light guns on vga crt/ arcades.

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                                BGallagherLA @HurricaneFan
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                                @hurricanefan Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't... not really sure why...

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                                  BGallagherLA @hooperre
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                                  @hooperre OK so I ordered an airmouse, should be here in a few days. So, can you point me in the right direction as to how to configure this with lr-genesis-plus-gx and/or lr-picodrive? I don't know a ton about tweaking settings and/or where to even find said settings to tweak, but I know my way around Putty/SSH and I can figure it out if I know where to go first haha.

                                  I also tried this USB wired handheld mouse things (here to see if that would work out of the box. Same exact results for picodrive and plus, but lr-nestopia works right away. Hoping I can get something to work for SMS/Genesis.

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                                    BGallagherLA @hooperre
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                                    @hooperre OK, so my air mouse is here. Can you point me in the right direction as to what configs I need to change, and where to do so? For the lr-genesis-plus emulator for starters.

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                                      HurricaneFan @BGallagherLA
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                                      @bgallagherla What air mouse thing did you buy?

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                                        BGallagherLA @HurricaneFan
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                                        @hurricanefan I got this one -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C2N3KOK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                                        Comes with an IR dongle thing.

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                                          HurricaneFan @BGallagherLA
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                                          @bgallagherla Love the badly photoshopped images of the product in use. One Makes it look like its a foot long.

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                                            hooperre @BGallagherLA
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                                            @bgallagherla said in Multiple mice support in RetroArch cores (lightguns, spinners, steering wheels):

                                            @hurricanefan I got this one -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C2N3KOK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                                            Comes with an IR dongle thing.

                                            I didn't have luck with this AirMouse and, ultimately, returned it. Again, I didn't change any settings and only used them out of the box. Picodrive doesn't work. Nestopia does and g-p-gx recognizes my trigger inputs but doesn't change coordinates. I'm afraid I wouldn't be of any help. :\

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