Alien
Add Alien Light Gun to Hook of the Reaper
Hook of the Reaper starts in the tray icon. Open the tray icon and click on the Hook of the Reaper icon, and the program will go onto the desktop. Then click 'File' and then click 'Add Light Gun'. This will bring up the 'Add Light Gun' window. Click on the combo box next to 'Default Light Gun', and select 'Alien USB' in the list. Fields will be automatically filled and greyed out. Only the items next to red test need to be filled out, or change if needed. Please see below on what is needed.
- Enter a Name
- Select Alien Light Gun in USB HID Combo Box
- Select Recoil Priority
Once completed, then click the 'Add' button on the bottom right of the window. It will play a sound, and make the light gun list go up by one. If something was not filled out right, a pop-up warning message will happen. Then can correct the issue.
Edit Light Gun
Click on the 'Edit', and then click the 'Edit Light Gun', which will bring up the 'Edit Light Gun' window. Select the light gun, from the first combo box. Then make the needed edits. Once done, then click the 'Edit' button in the bottom right, which will make a sound to confirm the edit. Also, the light gun can be deleted.
Display Settings Found in Settings
The Alien light gun has two digit LCD displays. Both digits work in Hook of the Reaper. The are two display settings that affect the Alien light gun. The first is display priority of ammo or life. This is for if both ammo and life can be displayed in a game, then the priority chooses which one to display. If only one can be displayed, then that one will be displayed. The second option is to enable 'Display Other'. This is used to display an output signal value to the display. Used for debug and advance user, as the game file has to be edit to put the 'Display_Other' command with the targeted signal. \\
Alien Light Gun and Fast Recoil
The Alien light gun can not do fast recoil. The fastest recoil that it can do is ~60ms, but this will heat up the solenoid and destroy it. Do not run your Alien light gun at a rate of 60ms. There are three option to slow down the recoil. These are detailed in the 'Fast Recoil Games' page. I strongly advise you to go there, and take precautions on fast recoil. I suggest the fastest recoil rate of 100ms. The faster 80ms might be doable, but care must be taken and checking how hot the solenoid is getting. A link below, will take you to the 'Fast Recoil Games' page.
Fast Recoil Games