Has anyone actually gotten the mouse to work?

[Torgo]

Something that I've wanted for a long time is support for the mouse. It gives you a way to play some lightgun games like Virtua Cop 1&2 really well (I have one for the real Saturn).

But, I can't seem to get it to work. If it's set as either Controller 1 or 2, the game won't boot even, instead going straight to the hardware setup screen, and if I set it after the game boots, I have no way of testing or using the mouse that I have connected to the MiSTer.

I looked around for info, but I'm not seeing anything. Could someone please point me in the right direction?

Thanks much!

[Retro-Nerd]

Mouse works fine for me. Tested Virtua Cop 2. Make sure mouse it set as Pad 1 and ingame you have press the third/middle mouse button as start. The (also plugged) Joypad mapped "start" button also works.

[AngelicLiver]

Anyone else can jump in and correct me but I'm pretty sure this is only available with the latest in-development build from Discord and a Unstable MiSTer Main?

[Retro-Nerd]

Yes, you need the latest (18.09.2024) Saturn unstable.

[niallquinn]

Ha, I didn't know that you could use the mouse for this!

Thanks!

[Retro-Nerd]

https://segaretro.org/Shuttle_Mouse#Lis ... rted_games

Some nice games are supported.

[Torgo]

Here it is with original hardware. It's great when you don't have a CRT anymore
https://youtu.be/HH1KvuvKYtk?si=3u9vj1Jh_s5qXGtl

[Torgo]

So, first things first, I set controller 1 as the mouse, and the game (VC1 & 2) reboots, then won't start. I'm not using any unstable build, I'm using the newest from Update All. If that isn't officially working yet, then that answers my question.
I just ran UpdateAll now and tried, still doesn't work (or it doesn't like my mouse?)

[rhester72]

Latest mouse update is from 9/17, so you're probably going to want a prerelease core that can be found here:

https://github.com/MiSTer-unstable-nigh ... r/releases

[Torgo]

So, just checked my 2nd MiSTer. The Mouse option is available on both of mine after running UpdateAll.
Saturn Core I have is dated 24.06.28 lol
I'll look at adding the unstable build, but I'll probably skip it and wait. It's awesome that someone is working on this, so thank you!

[Torgo]

Loaded the unstable build on and it's working very well (actually, the tracking is so much nicer using an optical mouse rather than the original lol)
Thanks all!!