Post by timekiller on Jan 29, 2015 13:58:06 GMT -5
I bought buy 2 topgun 3 light guns. I have them installed on a Windows 7 64bit PC. I have the drivers installed (I went through the steps to disable the driver signature check). The guns sort of work...somtimes. I have 2 problems right now.
The first problem is with hardware recognition. MOST of the time my computer will not recognize the USB device when I plug it in. I will get the standard windows error "USB Device Not Recognized" and in Device Manager I see "Unknown Device". If I unplug it and plug it back in a few times (sometimes up to 20 times!) it will EVENTUALLY get recognized and the gun will work as a mouse pointer. It's very frustrating because this is part of a home made arcade build and having to plug and unplug the device 20 times ruins the game experience. I have tried this with and without a USB hub, the results are the same.
The second problem I have is with calibration. Originally I put the LEDs on the sides of my TV (39" LED). It worked fine. but then I tried recalibrating and ran into problems. Every time I try to recalibrate I get to the bottom right corner and the gun does not allow me to shoot. I pull the trigger and get no recoil. I tried this a dozen times with both guns. Neither one would finish the calibration. I read the instructions and I tried changing my distance, getting closer and further away with no luck. When I am not in calibration mode I can get the laser to light across the whole TV, so visibility with the LEDs should not be the problem.
In desperation, I moved the LEDs to the top and bottom of the TV. Of course this REALLY messed up the gun calibration. I went through the calibration process again and had the same problems. The botton right corner just would not go. I EVENTUALLY got it to work by some miracle and now gun 1 works and the mouse tracking is very accurate. Gun2 is still completely useless.
When the USB stick works, gun1 is great, I use it to play duck hunt, house of the dead and Terminator 2 - they are really great when they work!
Can someone please help me fix these issues?
Thanks.
The first problem is with hardware recognition. MOST of the time my computer will not recognize the USB device when I plug it in. I will get the standard windows error "USB Device Not Recognized" and in Device Manager I see "Unknown Device". If I unplug it and plug it back in a few times (sometimes up to 20 times!) it will EVENTUALLY get recognized and the gun will work as a mouse pointer. It's very frustrating because this is part of a home made arcade build and having to plug and unplug the device 20 times ruins the game experience. I have tried this with and without a USB hub, the results are the same.
The second problem I have is with calibration. Originally I put the LEDs on the sides of my TV (39" LED). It worked fine. but then I tried recalibrating and ran into problems. Every time I try to recalibrate I get to the bottom right corner and the gun does not allow me to shoot. I pull the trigger and get no recoil. I tried this a dozen times with both guns. Neither one would finish the calibration. I read the instructions and I tried changing my distance, getting closer and further away with no luck. When I am not in calibration mode I can get the laser to light across the whole TV, so visibility with the LEDs should not be the problem.
In desperation, I moved the LEDs to the top and bottom of the TV. Of course this REALLY messed up the gun calibration. I went through the calibration process again and had the same problems. The botton right corner just would not go. I EVENTUALLY got it to work by some miracle and now gun 1 works and the mouse tracking is very accurate. Gun2 is still completely useless.
When the USB stick works, gun1 is great, I use it to play duck hunt, house of the dead and Terminator 2 - they are really great when they work!
Can someone please help me fix these issues?
Thanks.