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It does seem to support Linux to some degree, but appears to be targeted heavily towards emulation hobbyists. I was mostly going to play Steam games like Major Mayhem, and the info regarding whether this would work on Steam over Proton is rather sparse.
So the question is, has anyone tried it, and gotten it to work on Linux? Do games need to be aware of the lightgun like a special controller or can it emulate mouse input?
Last edited by Linas on 9 July 2024 at 5:45 am UTC
Sounds like it runs as either a mouse or as a joystick:
The example used Mame on the Deck so I'm not sure how well it works with regular Steam games. Guess it doesn't hurt to ask?
The only thing I haven't found yet is a way to update the gun's firmware... they only have a Windows app to do it now.
Looks like it registers a mouse, keyboard, and standard UVC camera when I plug it into my Debian box.
[1537832.271706] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 48 using xhci_hcd
[1537832.420244] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=2512, bcdDevice= b.b3
[1537832.420248] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[1537832.420250] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: KSB
[1537832.421417] hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
[1537832.421462] hub 3-1:1.0: 2 ports detected
[1537832.707697] usb 3-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 49 using xhci_hcd
[1537832.818960] usb 3-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=16d0, idProduct=1098, bcdDevice= 4.22
[1537832.818964] usb 3-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[1537832.818965] usb 3-1.1: Product: SindenCamD
[1537832.818966] usb 3-1.1: Manufacturer: WN-220422-A
[1537832.822216] usb 3-1.1: Found UVC 1.00 device SindenCamD (16d0:1098)
[1537832.843256] input: SindenCamD: SindenCamD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.1/3-1.1:1.0/input/input68
[1537832.923581] usb 3-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 50 using xhci_hcd
[1537833.037268] usb 3-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=16c0, idProduct=0f39, bcdDevice= 1.00
[1537833.037272] usb 3-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[1537833.037273] usb 3-1.2: Product: SindenLightgun
[1537833.037274] usb 3-1.2: Manufacturer: Unknown
[1537833.037275] usb 3-1.2: SerialNumber: HIDDO
[1537833.048942] cdc_acm 3-1.2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[1537833.050989] input: Unknown SindenLightgun Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.2/0003:16C0:0F39.001A/input/input69
[1537833.107963] input: Unknown SindenLightgun Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.2/0003:16C0:0F39.001A/input/input70
[1537833.108419] input: Unknown SindenLightgun as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2:1.2/0003:16C0:0F39.001A/input/input71
[1537833.109096] hid-generic 0003:16C0:0F39.001A: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [Unknown SindenLightgun] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1.2/input2
If I understand it correctly (and take this as coming from a complete outsider who has never tinkered with the light gun), it relies on drawing a white border around the edges of the screen for aim tracking and positioning, is that correct? What I couldn't figure out was whether the border overlay would work with Steam, and how would one set that up in the first place?
Last edited by Linas on 14 August 2024 at 7:12 pm UTC
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