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Marmite

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« on: February 01, 2003, 08:20:00 PM »
No homebrew games have been made for the light gun, and a remake of Duck Hunt would be fantastic. If any gamers decide to take this challenge on, all I ask is my name in the credits. A duck hunt remake would be extreamly popular, and if I knew how to program well (I'm learning) I would start this myself, but as I don't, you guys should try it.
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2003, 08:56:00 PM »
A cheaper light gun would also be extremely popular. Damn you whoever makes it. (I think Madcatz...) mad.gif
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2003, 06:17:00 AM »
QUOTE (undead @ Feb 2 2003, 04:15 AM)
to be honest; the gun is pretty cheap !  Its the same price as a controller..  and is all in all just a glorified controller...

$29 at Circuit City

Hmmmm.... last I saw they wanted $39.95 for a light gun. I'lll have to look into that.

What were the XDK calls to support the light gun?
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2003, 08:11:00 AM »
Wow, at the local Gamestop by my house its $49.95. I've gotta go to Circuit City. biggrin.gif
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Marmite

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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2003, 02:13:00 PM »
What differences would be needed in the programming to support a light gun as opposed to a controller?
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Marmite

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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2003, 07:27:00 PM »
I'm looking for the XDK so I can start learning how to develope my own xbox progz. Hopefully, I'll start working on this myself in the next couple months.
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2003, 12:24:00 PM »
My lightgun was $30 from CircuitCity, and I don't think that was too expensive at all.

I would love to see this project go through development. Not only would it be cool (and offer a change from HOTD3), but it would be a great step forward in Xbox programming.
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2003, 12:42:00 PM »
Yea, if you are paying more than $30 for a light gun you are paying too much.
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2003, 12:42:00 PM »
QUOTE (J.P. Patches @ Feb 4 2003, 04:35 PM)
The Xbox sees the gun as just another controller.  I am not sure of the caps.subtype yet as I'm not anywhere near my Xbox...  

There isn't a define for one, either.  They just have the following types:

XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_GAMEPAD XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_GAMEPAD_ALT XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_WHEEL XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_ARCADE_STICK XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_DIGITAL_ARCADE_STICK
XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_FLIGHT_STICK
XINPUT_DEVSUBTYPE_GC_SNOWBOARD

Will post more when I have a chance to play with the code.

Yeah, I'm thinking there are special libraries for the light gun, since it requires some sort of process to "guestimate" the X/Y position using that extra yellow wire in some fashion. sad.gif

I'd pick up a light gun tomorrow if I thought I could write something to work with it.


SNOWBOARD?  blink.gif
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2003, 07:48:00 PM »
Okay...  Here's how it works...

You use it as you would a normal controller.  Your X/Y screen coodinates are as if the gun was the left thumbstick.  The trigger is button A.  If LeftSitck.x = 0 and RightStick.y = 0, you're either not pointing at the screen, or you're pointing EXACTLY in the middle.  Most likely you're off screen.

Don't use a deadzone for this.  

It is REALLY easy to program for the gun.

BTW - Bought another gun today from Circut City.  Woo hoo...  Two play gun games.  smile.gif
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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2003, 07:54:00 PM »
Nice JP..

Mommy, I wanna play duckhunt!
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2003, 04:06:00 AM »
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2003, 04:45:00 AM »
QUOTE (Cheerio @ Feb 5 2003, 08:06 AM)
id love to see a game where you shoot bill gates  biggrin.gif

I could arrange that....

...but I don't have a light gun, yet.

As it is, the family budget is a bit stretched this month; and my power supply just died (well, the fan did) on my main system, a P4 (which means special PS), so I've got to replace that today.

Anyway, a shooting game would be very simple to make. I'll cogitate on that between working on MXM 0.9g.
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« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2003, 12:06:00 PM »
QUOTE (gainpresence @ Feb 5 2003, 03:42 PM)
Hmm.. I've got this powersupply, it works great (unless you need more than 330 watts). It's not too expensive either.

Yeah, I picked up an Antec at Best Buy today... it's my main machine, so I can't wit on mail order parts sad.gif So this one is a 300W costing a bit more money.

Still, it's an Antec, so it should be a decent power supply. 300W should be fine, as I do my heavy duty burning on two other machines.
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« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2003, 04:02:00 PM »
Awsome, I would love to see some lightgun games come out. Just nobody do duckhunt, I'm working on that. If I need help, I'll put together a team. This is gonna be great.
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