GUN4ALL-GUI

Reference configuration utility for the open source IR-GUN4ALL light gun system, written in C++ & QT.

Made for GUN4ALL v4.0 "L.G.A Force" and up.

Features:

• Cross-platform QT application, portable across desktops to Pis and other OSes.
• Simple to use: select the gun from the dropdown, and configure away!
• See and manage current pins layout, toggle on and off custom mappings, set other tunables, and change the gun's USB identifier (with built-in decimal-to-hex conversion for your convenience!).
• Also serves as a testing utility for button input and solenoid/rumble force feedback.

Running:

Boards flashed with IR-GUN4ALL v4.0 (L.G.A Force) and up must be plugged in before launching the application. G4A GUI will notify if it can't find any compatible boards connected.

For Linux:

Requirements: Anything with QT5 support.

• Arch Linux: Install gun4all-gui from the AUR.
• Other distros: Try the latest binary (built for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but should work for most distros?)
• Make sure your user is part of the dialout group (# usermod -a -G dialout insertusernamehere)

For Windows:

Requirements: Windows 7 and up (64-bit only).

• Download the latest release zip.
• Extract the G4A-GUI folder from the archive to anywhere that's most convenient on your system - G4A-GUI.exe should be sitting next to Qt5Core.dll and others, as well as the platforms and styles folders.
• Start G4A-GUI.exe

Building:

For Linux:

Requires qt-base, qt-serialport, qt-svg

• Clone the repo:

  git clone https://github.com/SeongGino/GUN4ALL-GUI
  

• Setup build directory:

  cd GUN4ALL-GUI
  mkdir build && mkdir build
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  

• Make:

  make
  

• And run:

  ./G4A-GUImain
  

For Windows:

• Should be buildable through CMake or the QT Creator IDE.

iunno man, I don't use Windows anymore.

TODO:

• Automate Linux user onboarding (check if $USER is in dialout group, and prompt the user if it's allowed to add them to the group - user still won't be able to access USB serial until a reboot tho)
• Implement version comparison to latest G4A GitHub release.
• Investigate adding one-click firmware installation/updating from GUI?
• Finish/fix the currently non-functional "reboot to bootloader" method (even though it's using Earle's reference code nearly verbatim, it still doesn't work--might be a limitation of QT?)
• Add radio buttons for preset TinyUSB Identifier settings (for the extra picky distros that depend on set PIDs or names...)
• Maybe add check if camera isn't detected as running?
• Add icon, logo.
• Holy shit the board layouts code is a MESS rn.
• stop being tired all the time

Special Thanks:

• Samuel Ballentyne, Prow7, and co. for their work on the SAMCO system that lead to the creation of GUN4ALL.
• ArcadeForums posters that voiced their thoughts and suggestions for the GUN4ALL project.
• GUN4ALL testers and everyone that provided feedback to GUN4ALL.
• Sleep deprivation
• Stubbornness
• And Autism