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It's actually quite impressive how we are given an emulator with a set off functions and various tools to go with it and how creative people can be. Wizard must be impressed as well as I am with the creations people come up with.

Hello, it's me again! I'm after a workaround. I have spoken to Wizard about my issue and at the moment he has no plans to implement a suggestion I had, no surprise as its a funny suggestion lol. My dilemma ... As you all know I have my own home built fruit machine, I have a £1 hopper and 20p hopper, my reasoning for a 20p hopper is that I play the 90's token games and this seemed more logical to have a 20p hopper for 20p (token) payouts, plus my coin mech is more happier accepting 20p's rather than 10p's (won't accept any new ones). Anyway, all of my games pay £1 and 20p coins, so this limits the games I have, I like the odd old retro ones , for e.g. Reel Crazy, this pays out in 10p's. I've looked in the layout in edit mode (reel crazy) to see if I can fool the emulator/game in to thinking that the 10p tube is empty and for it to pay a single 20p coin, but I can't find any tick boxes and wouldn't know how to add this. In other words a £1 win would pay out x5 20ps rather than x10 10ps. I suggested to Wizard that in the value section a 0.5 be added rather than a 1, so a x2 10p win would be a 20p coin rather than 40p, but as mentioned there are no plans to implement this. So i'm after a clever work around if anyone has one.

Yeah I've found that and sent Reg a few questions, bet he's sick of me lol

I'm thinking of building another machine, in something like an old jpm clubber cabinet (let me know if anyone has one local to Manchester, not bothered if its an empty one as i'll strip it anyway, but would prefer it to have its buttons). Questions... Can MFME support 4 hoppers? So I can have £1, 20p, 10p and a token hopper? (A broader range of games like Reel Crazy) Has anyone setup a MARS ME 126 COIN MECH and do they have a wiring diagram? I prefer these coin controls as BF74 from the mecca does a cracking job and reprogramming them and he can program a bulk buy of tokens I could purchase. Can the existing buttons on an old fruit machine be used? If they can, does anyone have a wiring diagram to the pac drive? I'm thinking of using one of those all in on pc's that are touch screen but having proper buttons too, the touch screen would be ideal for deal or no deal types with the buttons on the top glass. Any thoughts?

Can you have 4 hoppers in MFME? E.g. £1, 20p, 10p and tokens? Ohh and anyone got a wire diagram for a ME126 coin acceptor or will it be the same?

Another member a while ago put a launcher together quickly, it had pooks layouts in the background, very simular to mine, anyone got a copy of it?

Yes, for some reason that didn't work on my touch screen, Wizard explained to me why, but i've slept since then.

Re-zipped... Touch Launch.rar

Take a screen shot of the game and save it as thumbnail.jpg then put it in that game folder and then re load touch launch, you'll see a pic of your game, click or press and it should load it up.

Anyone else had any issues with it as it working on my end.

The X.rar?

Always on top X to close emulator back to touch launch X.rar

I dunno if it will be of any help but I have around 100 games all setup and configured with the pac drive payouts etc. I know it's setup for mine but if we all follow a set guide they would work on any setup. As mine is touch screen it doesn't have the pac drive button setup, just the payouts. My payouts are 20p and £1, e.g. Playing a token machine, it pays 20ps instead of tokens. I know some people will use a 10p hopper but it's just a thought, the file is about 2Gb. Let me know if of any use.

On mine, I made it launch at start up (a YouTube video shows you how to make things auto start in Windows 10), I have an always on top volume adjustment and X to close game which puts you back to the launcher, you can see this is in my YouTube video. I'll upload this too, a member of the Mecca made it for me. I have this to auto load at startup too.

No worries, if you need any help with it let me know as it's fiddly to setup.

I want to build another one now, maybe in a JPM cabinet, but this time with a tocuh screen/button interface. Maybe I could use one of those all in one touch screen pcs?

No just on youtube, I don't have Facebook but feel free to use the video.

Here's a quick vid showing the interface and machine... https://youtu.be/FYx3E2VwKVU

I'll have to find the on screen keyboard I had made, which is basically just a volume up down and a X which displays over it, this enables you to switch between games etc.

Yeah, wasn't keen on mgalaxy. I'm sure this can be useful to people who just use touchscreens or future cabinet builders.

Yes, if you use a mouse that should show.

Here we have a release of my personal software used on my touch screen home built fruit machine which I said I would share. It's about 90% done, all's I need to implement to it is a jukebox which is functionable using just the touch screen (any suggestions on this will be helpful). When you load TouchLaunch.exe if you press F12 you get more options, i.e. where the Emulator.exe is and your games folder, the game folders must be named as per the attachment or it won't recognize them. If you add your own games, within the game folder must be a thumbnail.jpg for it to display the thumbnail of the game. ESC closes it. As this is for my own use, I have only set it up for my needs and welcome any suggestions to improve it. Feel free to use or modify it in anyway. Touch Launch.rar

Forgot to post over here, I did a thank you thread over at Fruit Emu... https://www.fruit-emu.com/forums/index.php/topic/57013-how-i-built-my-own-fruit-machine/ Why can't we just have one site with everything in it lol