Sinden Light Gun

[scaylabs]

Hello, trying to get a Sinden light gun to work on the latest 7.2.2 version where it's supposed to be supported "out of the box". However, I can't get it to be recognized at all by Emulation Station as a controller.
In RetroPie I see a Start and Stop script for the Sinden gun, so I wonder if there is such a thing on Recalbox and I'm just missing it.
Any pointers will be appreciated!

[Zing]

@scaylabs

Sinden light gun to work on the latest 7.2.2 version where it's supposed to be supported "out of the box"

The light gun system works "out of the box".
Sorry, but I don't know this "Sinden light gun", and I haven't seen anywhere that it is compatible, the documentation says that LightGun is compatible with Wiimote With Mayflash USB Converter:
https://recalbox.gitbook.io/documentation/hardware-compatibility/compatible-devices/controller#lightgun

Read the complete Lightgun system documentation:
https://recalbox.gitbook.io/documentation/v/francais/usage-basique/fonctionnalites/lightgun-de-recalbox

[recalboxfan1]

Recalbox only supports the Mayflash Wiimote adapter for light gun games as previously mentioned - Sinden is not directly supported.

I took a look anyway at how it works since I’m familiar with the product. This seems to be the sort of script we are talking about (https://github.com/SindenLightgun/SindenLightgunLinux/blob/v1.5.3/RetroPieScripts/SindenLightgun-P1Start.sh).

It’s only a few lines because it doesn’t do much other than start a .exe file using mono. To be honest, getting that to work in Recalbox will probably be difficult since the underlying OS is different from Retropie.

You can try to copy (from GitHub) and run the various scripts manually to see what works and what doesn’t. From there, it may just work (I don’t know if Recalbox has mono setup) or it may be a pretty deep rabbit hole. Recalbox doesn’t have an easy way to install new software tools (like git) unless you have a good amount of Linux experience.

[Denys06]

Hello, just bought 2 Sinden Lightgun thinking it would work .. it does not work on Recalbox I want to know if the team would have the possibility to make this gun compatible with Recalbox :)? Thanks in advance

[Lee]

Yes, I have a sinden lightgun they must be a way to set up this lightgun?????

[Denys06]

@lee said in Sinden Light Gun:

have a sinden lightgun they must be a way to set up this lightgun?

So far no but it would be nice if the team could do a compatibility update.
I don't know how to make an official request to the Recalbox team? Is anyone in contact with them and could you ask them?