PSCX2 Configurator Next Nuvee Edition(LightGuns)

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Nuvee PSCX2 Configurator Next Nuvee Edition(LightGuns)

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Hello, I thought I would gather everything in one thread aswell upload all files, with my fork of PSCX2 Configurator, all I have added to the code is lines to use nuvee ini files.

 

*IMPORTANT* CALIBRATE THE GUNS PER GAME AND THEN USE THE CONFIGURATOR FOR THE SELECTED GAME. *IMPORTANT*

 

This awesome tool was created by alec100_94 all credits to him, I saw an opportunity to fork it and add nuvee support especially for lightguns. All info how to use the PSCX2 Configurator can be found in alec100's post.

As the original plugin, it works exactly the same but with the added options of Nuvee, I was too noob to push it into github, I tried but ended up making 10000 patches which I couldn't understand.

 

I have attached the Nuvee plugin from Shalma which still works in PCSX2 Today, this also includes calibrations for 1080p screens, you might need to redo the calibrations depending on your screen, but information in a code blow.

FileName:

Nuvee Plugin + 1080 Calls.rar

 

 

Taken from arcadecontrols.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=151385.0

Here's a little guide to install and configure Nuvee plugin with PCSX2.
Dual gun (Dual Aimtraks) for 2P games is working.
And as bonus some ideas / basic scripts to execute PCSX2 + Nuvee  from a frontend

Please forgive me for not beeing extremely precise in the latest part (calibration tweaking, various game issues) as I did that several month ago and I do not remember exactly all of it.

Notes :
- I based this guide on a fresh new install, so there is no old/default PCSX2 already present on my hard disk (MyDocuments\PCSX2\ folder)
- I kept path from my system (so that scripts can be understandable) so don't forget to adapt those parts
- PCSX2 version is the latest one available : PCSX2 1.4.0
- Time Crisis 2 and Time Crisis 3 are working great without any speedhack BUT you'll need the latest PS2 NTSC bios (2.30). Older bios have issues with i-link (for 2 players) emulation and games are too slow to be playable

Step 1 : Installation
1) Download and install PCSX2 ( link here )

2) Download Nuvee plugin ( link here )

3) Extract Nuvee archive and copy the file nuvee_ps2_usb.dll from archive's nuvee_ps2_usb - guncon2, keyboard, mouse\bin\ folder into the plugin folder of PCSX2

4) Install your bios files (by default, MyDocuments\PCSX2\bios\)

5) ! Important Trick ! Manually create a folder named inis into PCSX2 folder. Without it Nuvee won't be able to read/write config files !!

6) Now execute PCSX2, choose your language and if it's the first startup, you'll see the Plugin selection window. If it's not your first startup, open it with Config -> Plugin/BIOS Selector menus

7a) Select LilyPad  as PAD plugin and click the Configure... button, set Keyboard API to DirectInput and Mouse API to Disabled
7b) You can go to Pad1 and Pad2 tab and configure your keys for directionnal arrows, select, etc.... (optionnal step but recommended)

8 ) Select nuvee ps2 usb 0.2.0 [nuvee_ps2_usb] as USB plugin
   
9) Click OK and on the next window choose your bios (again, if first startup)

10) Now on the main window, open Config -> Emulation Settings window, then select GS Window tab.
      Uncheck  Double-click toggles fullscreen mode
      Uncheck Always Hide mouse cursor
      Uncheck  Default to fullscreen mode on open

Installation is finished, just make sure everything is working good by testing a game (let's say...End Game for example).
You'll have no lightgun controls yet, this is normal


Step 2 : 1st Nuvee Game
We'll start with a simple one, for 1P game (End Game) :

1) On the main window, open Config -> USB -> Plugin Settings... window
    Set Port1 to Guncon 2
    Set Port2 to None
    UnCheck  Swap lightgun players 1-2

2) Don't close PCSX2, go to the previously created inis folder, there should be a nuvee_ps2_usb_main.ini file looking like this :
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PORT1 = 1
PORT2 = 1
HIDMOUSE_API = 0
Debug = 0
Swap lightguns = 1
Snap mouse = 1

These are corresponding values of what was just modified by the GUI
This can be edited/copied manually in the future

3) Back on Nuvee plugin window, click the Config button of the Port1
    Check use Keyboard as D-PAD
    Set "Left" to Trigger
    Set "Right" to Start
    Set "Middle" to A (A button = pedal/cover)
    Select EndGame (U) in the dropdown list
    Check Mouse Calibration Hack
    Click Acquire button and follow the procedure (close dialog window and push Aimtrak Trigger)
   
    If you're using an Aimtrak, only buttons acting like mouse clicks will be recognized. Other buttons available or other buttons (real pedal, panel buttons..) will have to be set on an Autohotkey script to send keyboard input according to this model :

   
4) For information, the small buttons on top of the game list :
    E = Open the calibration file to edit it
    D = Restore default calibration values (for all games !!!)

5) Go back to the inis folder in PCSX2 directpry, you'll see 2 more files :
    nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon_profiles.ini : calibration values file (for all games)
    nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon1.ini : Port1 gun configuration (buttons, selected game, etc....)

6) Back to PCSX2, you can now launch the game and you should arrive to calibration screen. Shoot the target, it should work
    If you're still in windowed mode, the mouse cursor should be aligned with PCSX2 aimtrak aim, but if you go fullscreen you'll see it going off at the borders. Now is a fun part....calibration !

7) Open your nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon_profiles.ini and look for End Game(u) line, you'll see 4 values.
    You'll have to tweak them one by one so that, according to your resolution, your mouse pointer is accurate with in-game cursor everywhere.
    To do so, no need to quit PCSX2 : press ESC to pause game, modify the values, save the file and go back to PCSX2 to resume the game.
   
8 ) Once calibration is OK, copy both nuvee_ps2_usb_main.ini and nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon1.ini to a specific EndGame folder you'll have to create somewhere on your disk. It will be used later.

That's it for the 1st game !



Step 3 : Set up another game, 2P mode
Now let's try to set up Virtua Cop:

1) On the main window, open Config -> USB -> Plugin Settings... window
    Set Port1 to Guncon 2
    Set Port2 to Guncon 2
    Check  Swap lightgun players 1-2

2) Click the Config button of the Port1
    Check use Keyboard as D-PAD
    Set "Left" to Trigger
    Set "Right" to Reload
    Set "Middle" to Start
    Select Virtua Cop (U) in the dropdown list
    Check Mouse Calibration Hack
    Click Acquire button and follow the procedure (close dialog window and push P1 Aimtrak Trigger)
    Save and close
   
3) Click the Config button of the Port2
    Check use Keyboard as D-PAD
    Set "Left" to Trigger
    Set "Right" to Reload
    Set "Middle" to Start
    Select Virtua Cop (U) in the dropdown list
    Check Mouse Calibration Hack
    Click Acquire button and follow the procedure (close dialog window and push P2 Aimtrak Trigger)
    Save and close
   
4) Now launch Virtua Cop Elite, and start again calibration file tweaking

5) Once calibration is over, copy nuvee_ps2_usb_main.ini, nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon1.ini and nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon2.ini to a specific VirtuaCop folder you'll have to create somewhere on your disk. It will be used later.
   
   

Step 4 : Set up all other games

Now it's up to you, set up as many games as you want and each time you finished, copy the Nuvee files to a game specific folder.
As you see, for each game you'll be able to select different config for your Aimtrak inputs (offscreen reload, pedal button....) and sometimes you'll have to check or uncheck "swap guns"....a lot of trial and errors to configure Nuvee.
You may have some issue with Crisis Zone, in my memory when I made the gun to work, it would not shoot as an automatic when I stay pressed on the trigger. There's a way to bypass that I'll talk about it later

I'm joining in a zip at the bottom (Nuvee_GameFiles.zip) all my working files, with calibration values for my 1080p display

Before going into a more advanced tutorial, now that every game is working fine on his own, you can set these option to finalize :
On the main window, open Config -> Emulation Settings window, then select GS Window tab.
      Check Always Hide mouse cursor
      Check  Default to fullscreen mode on open



Step 5 : Try to make it "frontend friendly"

Ok, now you have a good understanding of how the plugin is working : you have to launch PCSX2, go into USB menu to configure you lightgun buttons, select your profile game so that the calibration is accurate, then launch a game.....
Luckily you have now a bunch of saved Nuvee files (for each game) with all those information on it.
So let's make a little Autohotkey script, let's call it PCSX2_TC2.ahk (once again, adapt filepath to your system !) :
Code: [Select]

;Copying Nuvee configuration and TimeCrisis 2 game profile
FileCopy, D:\PS2\Jeux\Time Crisis II\nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon1.ini, D:\PS2\PCSX2 1.2.1\inis, 1
FileCopy, D:\PS2\Jeux\Time Crisis II\nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon2.ini, D:\PS2\PCSX2 1.2.1\inis, 1
FileCopy, D:\PS2\Jeux\Time Crisis II\nuvee_ps2_usb_main.ini, D:\PS2\PCSX2 1.2.1\inis, 1

Run, D:\PS2\PCSX2 1.2.1\pcsx2-r5875.exe "D:\PS2\Jeux\Time Crisis II\Time Crisis II [NTSC_US].iso" --fullscreen --nogui, D:\PS2\PCSX2 1.2.1

Execute this script, and voilà  :)

if you want to add more buttons just add those kind of code to the script :
Code: [Select]

;P1 Pedal(optional)
1Joy5::
	Send {f Down}
	Sleep 100
	Send {f Up}
Return


I do not use Hyperspin or RocketLauncher or anything like that, so this script is NOT MADE to be used with these frontends, bust it's just here to give you some example of what can be done to use PCSX2 and Nuvee without needing to go in the emulator menus.
I know those frontends are highly scriptable so there has to be a way to implement it, I'll let you find how !  :)



Various issues I ran into :

Guns are inverted :
In USB nuvee window, where you set Port1 and Port2 to guncon, check or unchek Swap lightgun palyers 1-2
Important note : if you're adding another mouse or USB device, it can totally screw your Nuvee config (as for TroubleShooter2 and MAME without controllerRemap utility)

Time Crisis 2 and Time Crisis 3 are horribly slow
Get the latest NTSC BIOS v2.30

Time Crisis 2 and Time Crisis 3 have a white fog never disappearing
For the graphic plugin, choose Direct3D 9 (hardware) instead of Direct3D 11

Autofire does not work in Crisis Zone, only 1 bullet is fired
This issue is linked to the "Mouse Calibration Hack" checkbox in P1 or P2 config of Nuvee :
- If checked, you can calibrate the guns when the game asks you to at start. But autofire is not working
- When unchecked, you can't calibrate the guns - and so can't go pass the calibration screen - but autofire is working

So what I did to trick the system :
1) On the main window, open Config -> USB -> Plugin Settings... window
    Set Port1 to None
    Set Port2 to None
    Check  Swap lightgun players 1-2

2) Load Crisis Zone game, it will load straight to the main title screen without going through the calibration menu. But you can't control anything yet

3) Go back to the main window, open Config -> USB -> Plugin Settings... window
    Set Port1 to Guncon2
    Click Config button for Port1
    Uncheck Mouse Calibration Hack
    Set your buttons as usual (for pedal, etc...just like for time crisis 2 &3 ), acquire the gun if needed
    Select the Crisis Zone profile for aligment/plugin calibration
    Click OK button

4) Back to USB Nuvee plugin config, set Port1 to Guncon 2 [/b]  and check Reconnect USB devices (PS2 Detection)
    Click  OK button
    This should force the Gun to be recognised, and this time autofire will work ! But as you'll see, calibration is completely off

5) To make things easier, make a savestate of your game (press F1 to save to slot 0)

6) Use impacts when fire on title menu screen to calibrate the game by changing values in the corresponding profile in  nuvee_ps2_usb_guncon_profiles.ini

7) Now your gun should be calibrated, autofire should work. To use it now, and bypass the whole NoDevice-Guncon swap thing, just keep the final Nuvee configuration, load the game and press F3 to load the savesate

8)You can now save inis files if you want to swap Nuvee configs with AHK scripts, and you can implement an auto F3 keypress a few seconds after launching the emulator to load the CirsisZone Savestate by the script

 

Follow the guide and copy the files to which pcsx2 config you are using, to calibrate you need to use mouse hack then disable it and use load state inorder to get 1:1 gameplay.

 

I thought I gather all information here in order to make it easier for people to use nuvee pscx2.

 

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• Submitter
  Solo
• Submitted
  04/16/2019
• Category
  Third-party Apps and Plugins

 

Edited April 16, 2019 by Solo

[lightgungamer]

HI,

I have been trying to set this up but it doesn't seem to save the different aiming files for each game. Do I need ot do something to make it save that?

 

Thanks

[lightgungamer]

I'm keeping a log of how I get on with this on my site LightGunGamer

[segura]

The problem with nuvee is that gun buttons that are not linked to a mouse event are not reconized...
So when you want to link a button to reload it has to be from a right or a middle click (left is for fire). But I didn't configured my aimtrack guns that way (1P left button  is 4Joy1 and 2P left button is 3Joy3...).
In time crisis 2 and 3 (split screen), I need to change my aimtrack configuration and it breaks all my previous setups (demulshooter or mame for example)....

[Yardley]

On 11/12/2019 at 10:33 AM, segura said:

The problem with nuvee is that gun buttons that are not linked to a mouse event are not reconized...
So when you want to link a button to reload it has to be from a right or a middle click (left is for fire). But I didn't configured my aimtrack guns that way (1P left button  is 4Joy1 and 2P left button is 3Joy3...).
In time crisis 2 and 3 (split screen), I need to change my aimtrack configuration and it breaks all my previous setups (demulshooter or mame for example)....

Yeah this sucks big time, same problem for me and using AHK remaps or other methods I have tried to send a keyboard key as a mouse click does not work. I believe it is because Nuvee captures the HID of the device being used and will only accept mouse clicks from that HID. If someone could write a program similar to Demulshooter where you can specify the HID of each gun or choose it from a drop down menu, and has fields for left/middle/right click that you can map to a keyboard key, it would solve the issue. 

[exodus_cl]

Amazing post, thanks man!

[CJDunne89]

Hi!

I have been trying to find a way to get PCSX2 to save/load the Nuvee settings per individual game.

For some reason it only ever loads/saves the nuvee settings from the default inis location, not from the location I have set using --cfgpath, however it loads the other individual game settings just fine.

Unfortunately this version of Configurator Next no longer works in LB, assuming it's missing one of the hotfixes from the original.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[atalec]

Hi thx for this tutoriel. 

I don't understand, everytime I launch time crisis 2 for exemple, I have to calibrate my gun. 

Help me please 

[Hedgecore024]

On 12/9/2022 at 12:16 PM, atalec said:

Hi thx for this tutoriel. 

I don't understand, everytime I launch time crisis 2 for exemple, I have to calibrate my gun. 

Help me please 

Current version of PCSX2 now has lightgun support. Easy-Peazy setup, including calibration. RIP Nuvee. 

[Yardley]

On 12/31/2022 at 9:00 AM, Hedgecore024 said:

Current version of PCSX2 now has lightgun support. Easy-Peazy setup, including calibration. RIP Nuvee. 

Where can I find info on this? I'm not seeing anything after a quick search. 

[Headrush69]

5 hours ago, Yardley said:

Where can I find info on this? I'm not seeing anything after a quick search. 

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