Crosshairs

Crosshairs (Mode 3)

Deploys custom P1/P2 crosshair cursor images to all registered lightgun games. 321 designs are included in the Crosshairs\ folder next to the script.

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Supported games

Any registered game whose TeknoParrot UserProfile has <GunGame>true</GunGame>. This includes House of the Dead 4, Aliens Extermination, Aliens Armageddon, Rambo, Terminator Salvation, and others.

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How crosshairs work in TeknoParrot

TeknoParrot supports custom cursor images placed as P1.png and P2.png in the game's executable directory. Placement varies by game type:

Game type	Where the images go
Standard games	P1.png + P2.png in the folder containing the game's .exe
ElfLdr2 games	Shared pair in the ElfLdr2 loader folder
Pcsx2x6 games	Shared pair in the pcsx2x6 folder; inis\PCSX2.ini is also updated with cursor_path for each USB guncon2 port (v0.78+: PCSX2.ini is backed up to .bak_<timestamp> first)

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Using the crosshair picker

1. The script scans Crosshairs\ next to the script for PNG files and validates each against the PNG magic-byte signature. Anything that fails validation is reported and skipped.

2. An HTML preview grid (TeknoParrot-Crosshairs-Preview.html) is generated and opened in your browser so you can browse all designs visually.

3. Enter the index number for your Player 1 crosshair and Player 2 crosshair. The two can be the same or different. (v0.94+) The script remembers your last choice by filename and offers it as a default -- press Enter to reuse it.

4. The script copies the chosen images to every registered lightgun game folder and reports: deployed / skipped / errors.

5. You are then asked whether to also hide the Windows cursor for all lightgun games. Answering Y sets the cursor-hide field (HideCursor, "Hide Cursor", or DisableCursor depending on the game) in each gun game's UserProfile XML. A timestamped backup is taken automatically before any XML is changed.

You can answer N to the cursor-hide step and run mode 3 again later if you change your mind.

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Adding your own crosshairs

Drop any PNG image into the Crosshairs\ folder next to the script. The script auto-detects all PNG files, validates them, and includes them in the preview on the next run. Files do not need to follow a specific naming convention -- but numbering them makes them easier to identify in the HTML preview.

The 321 included designs (000.png -- 320.png) are sourced from the emuline.org custom crosshairs collection.

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Re-running

Run mode 3 any time to change the crosshair design. Previously deployed images are replaced.