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  12. Arcade Simulator Requirements and Tech Specs

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    18 minutes ago, Chopaholic said:

    OK then here are three options that I'd consider to be LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH for anyone buying a new laptop, with consideration given to it running AS nicely, but also being useful for other things, because it's a lot of cash to drop on a machine that will only do one thing well!

    At the LOW end there's something like this, which is actually the cheapest machine in the 'gaming laptop' category on Ebuyer. This is plenty good enough to run AS lovely and smoothly, will make a very useable daily driver for everything else, and also has enough grunt to run PC games at reasonable detail settings and framerates.

    Limitations are (1) Not much storage space if you're planning to start installing several games on it (2) 8GB of RAM can be limiting these days when gaming (plenty for AS though) and (3) The GPU doesn't have massive reserves of horsepower or RAM, so manage your expectations if you're wanting to play modern games on it.

    However, if you want a 'nice laptop to use' that will also make a really good job of AS, this is a pretty good deal at the current price of £580.

    Medion Erazer Crawler E10 Core i5 8GB 256GB SSD GTX 1650 15.6" Win10 Home Gaming Laptop | Ebuyer.com

    Moving up to the MEDIUM category and you have something like this.

    You're not actually going to see any benefit to AS here (certainly as things currently stand with the demands AS places on your system), what you are getting is more gaming grunt and nicer specs all round, basically eliminating all the limitations with the LOW end laptop, if you're wanting to do some proper gaming on the laptop, I'd step up to this one if you can, at £1000 it's a reasonable price for what you're getting. (This has an 8 core CPU as opposed to 4 core, 16GB of RAM as opposed to 8GB, twice the SSD capacity and a substantially more powerful GPU.)

    Also note there is a degree of future-proofing here, maybe John will add features to AS in the future that place more demands on your machine, the ability to design your own massive arcade with loads of machines in it, more advanced lighting effects etc - you've got more room to grow, basically.

    Acer Nitro 5 AN515 Core i7 16GB 512GB SSD RTX 3060 15.6" Win10 Home Gaming Laptop | Ebuyer.com

    Finally the HIGH category and honestly the sky is the limit here, again, no direct benefits to AS in its current incarnation, and you'd really have to be a serious gamer to consider this. (And honestly, I'd be thinking about buying a normal PC with a keyboard and mouse at this point, as laptops do have their limitations when it comes to gaming, not least in terms of noise and heat output.)

    But still, if you've got £1600 to spend, this is a nice laptop.

    Gigabyte Aorus 15G Core i7 32GB 512GB SSD RTX 3070 MaxQ 15.6" Win10 Home Gaming Laptop | Ebuyer.com

    Thank you for your advice. 

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  15. Development Updates

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    4 minutes ago, Zippy said:

    You have to show a little patience concerning Johns AS, this is why I think this thread should be closed as he through all pages of this thread is overwhelmed with requests and fixes, not starting anything but this coding stuff no doubt needs a lot of focus (imagine what @Wizard went through), determination and an incredible amount of patience, we also need to show some compassion (including me as just as eager to have his finishing product) so he can complete his of the scales platform and put a massive grin on all our faces.

    Me, I am not thinking of myself or other members I am thinking about new beginnings and Johns wellbeing whilst he does his job to satisfy the masses whilst asking nothing in return which sounds like someone else I once knew!!

    Much love all and lets do the right thing by him:)

     

     

    12 minutes ago, MikeyPosh said:

    Saw this via Degsy's video, and im torn between "Wow" and "FFS"

     

    Wow being, this is really really amazing. For years Ive said to my brother, just imagaine if you could have your own virtal arcade, think I even wrote a post about it, but I was basically laughed off stage

     

    FFS being, it wont bloody run on my shitty brick top of a laptop, says, my 3d graphics hardware doesnt support computer buffers, but in fairness, Degsy does pre warn about Laptops and the graphics cards side of things. To make matters worse, the PC I got, is windows 7, so know that wont work, as MFME 20 series requires at least windows 10, so "FFS' is a understatement 

     

    Never the less, John, hats off to you, as for the past 10 months, you have proved yourself to be deserved a a knighthood in the FME World, so I salute you, "FME John Parker"

    I think you can still upgrade to windows 10 for free. 

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  19. Development Updates

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    38 minutes ago, johnparker007 said:

    Yes, planning to eventually pull in as many layouts as layout artist permission is available for :)  The order they come through in is going to be pretty random, expect a lot of machines in Eclipse (plus some old Barcrest / some JPM Vogue) cabinets on the way initially as that's what I have made the 3d models of so far.

     

  22. Upgrade

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    I’m going to upgrade my pc with new motherboard and graphics card and be able to enjoy Arcade Simulator. Looking at upper middle range. No good with computers can anyone recommend what to buy. Thank you for your help 🐶

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