How to Enable a PC Mouse for a PS2 Emulator
By David Godfrey
Updated September 22, 2017
Only some PS2 emulators provide PC mouse support. In order to get PC mouse support, you must download a separate plug-in for the emulator. All emulators contain different plug-ins, each dedicated to emulating a specific part of the console. The downloads section of the main PCSX2 site contains the best keyboard and mouse plug-in that can be used in a PS2 emulator.
Open your internet browser.
Go to the download link located in the resources section.
Click on "Download" under the "LilyPad 0.10.0 Plugin Binary" heading.
Open the LilyPad.zip file you just downloaded.
Click on the "Start" button on the windows task bar.
Click on the "My Computer" button.
Open the main hard drive that your PS2 emulator is installed on.
Open the "Program Files" folder.
Open your PS2 Emulator's main folder.
Copy and paste the LilyPad.dll file you downloaded into the "Plug-ins" folder inside the main PS2 emulator folder.
Open your PS2 emulator.
Click the "Config" menu, then press the "Configure" button.
Click the "Configure" button under the "First Pad" menu.
Under the "Mouse API" section, select the "Direct Input" button.
Click the "Input 1" tab on the top menu.
Click "Mouse" on the right menu and follow the prompts to configure your mouse.
Click the "Apply" button, then the "OK" button.
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