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  1. Re-Seeding Cash Pots

    in Emulator Chat

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    22 minutes ago, Mort said:

    Yep @serene02 as far as I can see any alterations to the CP would require a RAM reset first, which would put the machine back in a dire state, especially the ones which start out life in a negative compensator / percentage level.

    Some machines, such as Club Bullion, allow you to change the CP so it's behaviour is fixed and becomes Jackpot 2. This would be non-progressive and would always just display the JP amount on the 7 segs.

    I wonder what the difference is though ? Why would an operator chose a fixed JP in place of a progressive CP ? Just to attract player attention at all times to a full pot ?

    Yeah, always maxed out cashpot is just potentially hiding how much the much the machine has been played, most players would give a low cashpot a swerve I’d imagine.  With a progressive you have decent info to look at, very high cash pot and a player is more likely to get involved, hiding this just puts off the seasoned player I guess, a regular punter might not care if they just play for the entertainment.

    I do wonder if the static maxed out cashpot was to fend off those pros targeting the club machines? Sounds feesible ;)

    J

  3. Re-Seeding Cash Pots

    in Emulator Chat

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    I think a lot of machines could be set up to have a static maxed out cash pot.  If a club was manually doing this to their own machine, wouldn’t it result in a ram reset state, which would mess up all coin in and out and potentially leave the machine in a worse state than after a cashpot!!

    J

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  4. Development Updates

    in Arcade Simulator

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    I have a soft spot for the Laser disc games, the technology was fascinating for 1983, I remember being totally blown away by Dagon’s Lair, the game was rather frustrating for me to play but still amazing watching someone else.  I only ever one Space Ace.

    J

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  6. Arcade Simulator - Layout Permissions

    in Arcade Simulator

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    2 hours ago, johnparker007 said:

    Have added Astra reel-based Pure Gold to requests sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VtMkjI0R3fnQE3ueasZNUrVk2DltPRjZFSPTPgYVQoA/edit?usp=sharing

    A lot of different work going on right now with MAME (one of the emulators Arcade Sim uses)... I'll probably not be back on adding new machines for a few months, but it is logged now and just will need some model work for the cab.

    Not sure what 'Unionbox' is, can't see it in the database: https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz

    Astra Pure Gold runs on Pluto6, which is currently unemulated as far as I’m aware ;)

    J

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  25. Development Updates

    in Arcade Simulator

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    @nails That won't really make any difference, nothing will really.  There's always going people that simply don't mind paying for a full setup.   I've paid for emu discs in the past.  Mame, Visual Pinball, full rom discs, there's no real difference.  That's why I don't mind my layouts being uploaded to archive.org.  At least it's being offered for free.

    J

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