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Meant to be doing real life stuff today, but managed to squeeze in some initial work on MAME lamp scraping/data layouts Some tech info: MAME ultimately won't need data layouts as I have the source, so can expose the raw data (which will reduce 1-2 frames of input lag which is great)... but since MFME works on data layouts, I've decided to do this as an interim approach, in order to get things moving Also I'm playing this via a few keys directly into MAME itself, there's a whole thing to figure out for getting hopefully some automated remapping, so then the keys/clickable buttons will work the same as the MFME ones. DIP switches/jackpot keys/percentage etc are on MAME defaults for now, again this all needs sussing out.

In the spirit of avoiding repairing the dishwasher and doing other real life responsibilities, I have the first reels working (24 symbol reels) Really should fix the dishwasher now, though I feel the segment alpha display calling me as the last main visual thing...

@johnparker007 , thank you for the reply and explanation, much appreciated. I certainly hope that you reach your goal and can implement MFME as a bolt on withinn your project as at this stage it looks very impressive.

MAME is far more reaching, but in terms of fruit machine emulation, has a fair way to go. Most of the first users of Arcade Sim would be MFME related users I would have thought. It is an exciting thought that one day Mame will emulate fruities as well as MFME does, and I am glad you are looking at ways to implement MFME within the rules set out by the late, great Wizard. I've been following your thread on this, and have enjoyed it immensely, it's looking really good / promising, and wish you all the best with it.

That's a great summary @depdawg and that's pretty much where I am @Mavroz I think that side will be ok, it was discussed recently on here, already Virtual Machines are really good (i.e. performant, whilst they are on the same architecture). Also, with what Apple are doing with x86 -> arm emulation, I think while it may be slightly more fiddly, it will be possible to run MFME 20.1 in the far future, probably indefinitely. After the strong reactions after my recent post about dropping MFME as the core FME engine ...I will be keeping MFME support and my thoughts around this were pretty much what you've written; I think it does make sense to ultimately move to a unifying open source tech such as MAME, but until that is there and at least as good as MFME the best interim solution would be to have MFME as an optional bolt on. As Reg suggested if MFME is detected then the Arcade Sim could add the supported MFME machines for selection during the arcade creation? I guess the downside of not having MFME bundled would be that online arcades that have MFME machines in it wouldn't be accessible to the users that don't have MFME installed, but I'm sure the Sim could easily recognise what arcades or machines are valid for the user. So some kind of autodetecting system, but new users would not see any of the MFME-requiring machines until MAME is at that level (or they install MFME). It could even be on a machine by machine basis, so the Arcade Sim can download fresh binaries of MAME as they are released to its internal directory along with the updated compatibility list from the Arcade Sim server, then slowly enable currently MFME machines to the user, as they become emulated at a good enough level in MAME for use in the simulator.

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You may have got yourself promoted by spamming threads and people have liked some comments in the New Member area, these have then been tidied up to add balance as you end up with a double like and this pushed you back to where you should be. Otherwise, you get into the forum and posted comments that generated a negitive reaction so you dropped back into New Member status when the reputation hit less than four. This one is a little too long to answer here, take a look at this thread, this will detail step by step instructions on how to setup the emulator and load your first game. Note that you will need to have interacted with the coummunity here to access the downloads in some areas on this site for the games. Loading MFME for the First Time You are likely to be a new user who needs to increase their reputation. Try posting in the introduction forum. There are download restrictions in place for members that do not support the site. 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Good luck with that one mate. I had to chop my old van in a few months ago. Bought a second hand car from a dealer, it's been back to them several times now, as it has a disliking of oil, and throws it on the floor! It's always a bit of a spin on the roulette wheel, unless you plan to get something quite new.

Awesome JP, loving that reel bounce although your gambling skills are crap

Hi @slotsmagicwould this be any good for your quiz machine? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shuttle-X-Shuttle-PC-all-in-one-from-fatspanner-Paragon-quiz-machine-AMD-Sempron/164775108041?hash=item265d5c9dc9:g:okwAAOSw63NgWMXt saw it on Ebay, and thought of you. Not from the same make of machine, but of that era. Maybe has the spares you need.

So sad to hear the news wizard has passed I have not talk to him in years but he was always so helpful. Rip my friend

I could perhaps do something along those lines, so it detects they already have MFME installed, so they can manually get those machines working in some kind of local mode, outside of the core MAME system. I'll put the unoptimised sim back together enough (was part way through optimisations, so lots of things disabled), and start working on getting MAME working next - probably just a scraper/data layout at first, similar format to MFME, as that'll be quickest to get up and running. Later, I'll do a custom MAME build to pass video/lamp data (and perhaps audio stream) direct to Arcade Sim. Edit: have sent A:E a message to see, I hope he still stays a member

@johnparker007 I am not really upset - I am just defending my dead friend to represent what I knew of him for 20+ years. There is no need to apoligise - this never actually got nasty and I have no ill will towards you - although I am pretty fucking pissed at another comment on here tonight. That will pass... If you want @A:E back, he asked for his account to be closed - I know you know him personally, check if he still wants it closed and if he does not can you let me know and I'll open it. He does have my personal details as well from when he's done work for me, so he cna also reach out. I think you are missing a trick here and should look at the @slasher method. The Arcade could detect if MFME was installed and carry on as normal by checking registry enteries and if not, perhaps a splash screen saying one component is needed from this which is from here. That way - we keep Chris and his program isolated. Let's be honest - you have the bigger auidence here for Fruit Machines and resources. This also gives you a compromise where people will happily support you here to get you things you need and if you did the check for install and if not, give a splash screen it's not really a bad relationship - is it ?

For both sides of the story, @johnparker007 posted about including MFME in the build and such, my response was this... Chris was very precious for his emulator and knowing the pain that was caused years ago with the MAME blow up and I need to sleep at night with what happens. There is no reason why the project cannot still use MFME, but no, a huge U-Turn is being made and to all intents and purposes the toys are being thrown out the pram here because there is seperation. Much the same way when we used to run older versions of MFME we needed to intstall the runtime for DX9. Much the same way that when we play emulators, we run on an operating system such as Windows that is already present. Good luck with your project - I am sorry that we are seeing a different version of you now you are not gettiing what you want. If at any point you had made a statement saying that you would require MFME to be part of your install, this would have come out sooner. Fact is - you don't - and you are just stopping support because people will have to download it from here. It should make no difference really to what you are doing, you have enough ( and will have enough ) glory to on release - it's not an all in one package and clearly too much to have - oh and you need this as a dependancy. I hope that you refund all members that have supported the costs, you can keep my donation BTW, I knew it was a risky one but I also was not being strung along. Depending on your reaction to this @johnparker007 where you are being unreasonable in my opinon to the membership will depend on if I close this area over the next few days.

Hi Guys. Seeing as my mini cab is still going strong after well over half a million plays, and I am still progressing with it, I thought I would do a quick update as I have recently done a few upgrades. My main upgrade was a massive TV stand with a 100kg load limit, and adjustable height: Cost 2550 Baht (60 Quid). I then added my Cheapo (6,999 Baht 166 Quid) 43" TCL 4k smart TV, only to find out that the upscaling is none existent. So unlike my 55" Samsung, it is only as good as the layouts permit. Next I added a 12v tower lights from China, and sprayed it chrome: Cost 230Baht (a little over a Fiver). Eventually I will add another Pacdrive/relays to illuminate it via specific bulbs in MFME, as my other Pacdrive is maxed already with my buttons. My next step is to build an adjustable shelf for the buttons, which clamp on to the twin spine of the TV stand, and add 2 coin mechs where the speakers are. Eventually this will split off in to a new cabinet so I will have 2 MFME cabs. Hopefully this will give some of you some ideas and inspire you to be creative:)

....or your bog seat