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Post by **Nach** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:52 am

ZSNES just got a whole lot cooler.

As far as we know ZSNES is now the first PC gaming application ever to support two mice for different inputs

As the image shows, you can now select input on each port seperately allowing for mouse+mouse or mouse+super scope at once.

Make sure to send a case of beer to pagefault for adding this new feature and cleaning up the Windows port. Also send thanks to Ryan C. Gordon for the excellent ManyMouse.

List of known affected games:

Arkanoid - Doh It Again
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S - Kondo ha Puzzle de Oshiokiyo!
Fun 'N Games
Koutetsu no Kishi
Koutetsu no Kishi 2
Koutetsu no Kishi 3
Lord Monarch
Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
Operation Thunderbolt
Revolution X
Shien's Revenge
Super Castles
T2 - The Arcade Game
Tin Star
Tokimeki Memorial

Linux users make sure you

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chmod a+r /dev/input/*

after both mice are plugged in.

DOS users, sorry no feature for you.

I hope everyone else can appreciate how cool this feature is and enjoys it.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:09 am

Yes that's an excellent feature.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:51 am

For those Windows users dying to test: http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/zsnesw-mice.zip

And remember, plug in both mice before starting ZSNES.

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:09 am

Sweet deal. I have to say, there have been more GUI changes in the past few weeks than I can remember for the past year.

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:34 am

I'll try it out when I have some guests!

Will the final code poll for HID pointing devices and allow you to decide which one goes to which port?

Post by **Nach** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:03 pm

We have the final code in CVS now.

Unless someone wants to add some tricky GUI code to manage your HID devices, it's mouse0 and mouse1.

Lord Alpha · Post by **Lord Alpha** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:36 pm

Is it neccasary to modify X.org's config file too?

Post by **Nach** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:57 pm

Lord Alpha wrote:Is it neccasary to modify X.org's config file too?

This is unrelated to X.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:05 pm

A heads up about the lib we're using.

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  What works:

    * Linux 2.4/2.6/etc through the "evdev" kernel interface.
    * MacOS X (and Darwin?) through IOKit's HID Manager API.
    * Windows XP and later through the WM_INPUT/RawInput API.
    * Compiles/runs on Linux (x86 tested, gcc3.3).
    * Compiles/runs on MacOS X (PowerPC tested, gcc3.3).
    * Compiles/runs on Windows (x86 tested, Platform SDK).
    * May compile and run elsewhere with little to no modification. Success stories and patches are welcome.

I also tested with:
Linux x86 GCC 4.0, works.
Windows x86 GCC 3.4, works.

The author told me he'll look into BSD support.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:08 pm

Nach wrote:As far as we know ZSNES is now the first PC gaming application ever to support two mice for different inputs

Stealing joy is my job. Or perhaps I am only opening more avenues for two player joy.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:31 pm

kode54 wrote:
Nach wrote:As far as we know ZSNES is now the first PC gaming application ever to support two mice for different inputs
Stealing joy is my job. Or perhaps I am only opening more avenues for two player joy.

Perhaps I should ammend that to be portable then? Unless that program you linked to is portable and does that on other OSs too.

Sith · Post by **Sith** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:54 pm

Zsnes definately supports the most Snes features.

Great work again.

kieran_ · Post by **kieran_** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:53 pm

How many motherboards feature inputs for more than one mouse, or is there some sort of adapter that can be bought?

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:55 pm

herzog wrote:How many motherboards feature inputs for more than one mouse, or is there some sort of adapter that can be bought?

Two PS/2 ports, one each for keyboard and mouse. But then a theoretically infinite number of USB ports and mice.

kieran_ · Post by **kieran_** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:57 pm

Jipcy wrote:
herzog wrote:How many motherboards feature inputs for more than one mouse, or is there some sort of adapter that can be bought?
Two PS/2 ports, one each for keyboard and mouse. But then a theoretically infinite number of USB ports and mice.

I never even thought of USB mice...

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:02 pm

herzog wrote:
Jipcy wrote:
herzog wrote:How many motherboards feature inputs for more than one mouse, or is there some sort of adapter that can be bought?
Two PS/2 ports, one each for keyboard and mouse. But then a theoretically infinite number of USB ports and mice.
I never even thought of USB mice...

I frequently forget about PS/2 mice.

kieran_ · Post by **kieran_** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:15 pm

Jipcy wrote:
herzog wrote:
Jipcy wrote:
herzog wrote:How many motherboards feature inputs for more than one mouse, or is there some sort of adapter that can be bought?
Two PS/2 ports, one each for keyboard and mouse. But then a theoretically infinite number of USB ports and mice.
I never even thought of USB mice...
I frequently forget about PS/2 mice.

I thought that you could not use a mouse in the keyboard PS/2 slot, and vice versa.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:20 pm

nope

can't do that

Anime-niac · Post by **Anime-niac** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:26 pm

Nach wrote:ZSNES just got a whole lot cooler.

As far as we know ZSNES is now the first PC gaming application ever to support two mice for different inputs

Actually, its #2. MAME added RAWMOUSE support in 104u5.

Its only for WinXP though, so ZSNES definitely beats it to multi-platform support.

Reznor007 · Post by **Reznor007** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:44 pm

Anime-niac wrote:
Nach wrote:ZSNES just got a whole lot cooler.

As far as we know ZSNES is now the first PC gaming application ever to support two mice for different inputs
Actually, its #2. MAME added RAWMOUSE support in 104u5.

Its only for WinXP though, so ZSNES definitely beats it to multi-platform support.

MAME has supported multiple mice on Windows98 for a long time now, and recently added multiple mice for XP. I don't know if XMAME or MacMAME support it yet though.

KingHanco · Post by **KingHanco** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:11 pm

It work great here.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:20 am

What... and serial mice don't count?

crespowu · Post by **crespowu** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:30 am

Great job.I hope you can develop more amazing features.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:40 am

Uh...little help? The link doesn't allow me to download it (it directs me to an unrelated site).

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:43 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Uh...little help? The link doesn't allow me to download it (it directs me to an unrelated site).

Look at the dates, dude. It's an almost two year old post. That functionality is in Zsnes 1.51.

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Good work guys.