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It was deliberately set to Greek by the previous admin Reg. Something about it being more interesting than the English option.
There's a thread about it somewhere, if it hasn't been deleted.
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7 minutes ago, slotsmagic said:
I had no idea about that! Definitely useful
Look in the MFME v20 install folder and there's a file called Tips, which contains lots of helpful info and shortcuts.
One thing that MFME never had, was a really good general users guide. I started to create one back in the day, when I used to create disks for mates. Just about how to load games, do some simple edit, view meters etc...etc...
Regs guide for dummies about layout creation was great though and is easy enough to follow, to get anyone interested in layout designing started.
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First you need 4 rep points, which you have.
The download restrictions are detailed in the below thread.
If you've donated, then restrictions are usually removed, once the admin has updated your account.
In the meantime, if you visit, the Dxcellent part of the forums https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/forum/26-dxcellent/ you'll find the links for downloads in each release thread, which I believe don't count against download limits.
Sign up also to www.dadsfme.com, for more fruit machine releases, including Dad's layouts and some others.
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Could be Hotpot, although there are several machines like it as well.
If its not take a look through the gallery, it'll be a JPM.
You can sort by name, if you sort by caption.
https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/category/23-jpm/
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Also make sure your firewall isn't blocking mfme
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Well you made posts in May about downloading, so it certainly hasn't been months and months.
You can download 15 layouts a month maximum, without supporting the site.
You've had all this explained to you before.
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I'm always looking at new machines to do, when I have the time.
But with my work, I don't have a lot of time at the moment, which is why I'm still trying to finish Epoch, Trivial Pursuit.
As I said before, if you give us a list of unemulated machines, with program roms available, but no sound, it would be useful.
Also any links to pictures/flyers, even small ones of these unemulated Scorpion 4 machines, it would help as well.
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You'd have to probably get it from one of the members, who literally has all the layouts, ever released or from the author of the layout.
Or is it a screenshot from a video, that was uploaded years ago, when Castle machines were emulated in an unreleased version of the emulator. It was to show members what had been emulated, but at the time, members were not going to get, as MFME had ceased public production.
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7 hours ago, Altharic said:
You are lucky if folks download a classic you are pissing gold if you can get them to download a mute classic!!
LOL, very true, even I don't usually bother with most classics. Layouts I create myself, I generally don't ever load them up again.
My mute Epoch classics, get between 20-40 downloads.
I create them, because a lot of people won't and it will make it easier if/when the artwork, sounds turn up.
Sounds have turned up for Holy Smoke, Trailblazer, Pounds Of The Baskervilles and most recently Hog Money.
Also at least the machine is out there for those who download everything.
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16 minutes ago, woodsy said:
Is it epoch that really won’t have it without sounds,
Only Epoch machines, I've found that don't like being mute, seem to be some Global machines. Not had any issues, with other manufactures. Licence to Thrill, is one I started on, but then it locks up. Might try it with incorrect sounds one day, with the volume turned down to 0.
Even then, it's touch and go, you might think everything is fine, but then the machine, will lock up on certain features. So only when playtesting after spending a few hours on getting the basics sorted, might the issue come to light.
When it comes to the Scorpion 4 machines, I seem to remember, that sometimes, you have to try several different sound roms from other machines, before, finding one that will run. It's possibly to do with the size of the roms.
Normally they complain on boot up, with a wrong snd err, but then carry on regardless.
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Maybe you could produce a list of Scorpion 4 machines without sound roms, or incorrect roms.
People can see if the sounds have turned up since the layout has been released.
Anyone thinking of doing a Scorpion 4 layout with incorrect sounds, not all sounds are compatible.
You may also get lock ups where the machine expects sounds.
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Firstly with Wizard the author no longer with us, any alterations to the emulator, would have to be 3rd party additions, that work with the emulator.
SPEED
In the emulator itself speed cannot be changed as machines run as per their original speed. Wizard, in the past, indicated, that changing it, would break the emulation, on some technologies.
In the Arcade Simulator, start up speed for machines, have been quickened up, so I guess, it might be possibly again with 3rd party additions.
SOUNDS
Pressing shift + , will turn the emulator volume up and shift - down. In the installation folder of MFME, is a tips.txt file, with lots of shortcut information.
Sounds on individual machines, can be turned up and down, but it depend on the technology they run on, as to how you do it. Also, within the technologies, there may be differences.
Generally, you need to do it by entering test/open door modes.
Make sure the meter panel is showing, if not push F9, you'll see the doors and test/refill checkboxes as well.
On Scorpion 4 machines, tick the S door, after it initialises, you'll see read meters, press the test button, to enter test modes. Using the flashing button, go through the tests, until you see volume, then press start and use the buttons to up the volume. Afterwards, untick the S door to get back to normal.
On MPU5 Barcrest machines, try holding down the middle hold button and ticking the refill box. It should then show the volume control.
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53 minutes ago, Boulderdash said:
The Crystal Rooms is now all boarded up and part of the Hippodrome casino.
Sad times.
The only thing really now that is sad, is that we don't have lots of videos walking around in there, during the 90's. It would have been a fantastic look at the great variety of fruit machines available back then. It would have provided glimpses of machines, that many will have forgotten.
But I remember they were extremely strict about anyone filming or even taking pictures in there. I saw numerous people told off, for taking an innocent picture of friends, on a night out or tourists on holiday. I think I was even told off for taking my mobile out in the early 2000's.
When I did my old arcade haunts trip, it had already turned into The Hippodrome Casino.
It was the main place of my addiction throughout the 90's.
I would say, I wish it never existed, but I'd of found somewhere else, as my favourite place to play fruitys, even if it hadn't.
By the £15 era, I had stopped visiting weekly.
By the £25 era, I can't ever remember visiting, other than once, when they had Novomatic multi slots, with slots, like Lucky Lady Charm. By then Online slots, became my main addiction and I played AWPs on day trips out, or when I went for a drink and occasionally in local arcades.
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29 minutes ago, logopolis said:
Another game from this era that definitely needs a makeover is Royle Family.
Yes.
I got Royley screwed over by one of them in the Crystal Rooms Leicester Square.
I believe there's an emptier or similar for it, it took about £30 off me before it even gave me a board.
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Well definitely emulated.
Looks like the layout for it, is possibly from the batch released just after v9.4 was leaked.
The red lamps were an issue back then, as a sweep of the lamps, would wipe them out.
Such a well known machine back in the day, that seemed to be everywhere.
Definitely a modern makeover for this one would be great.
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It very simple
Download v5.1 https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/files/category/71-legacy-releases/
Open the .dat file layout in v5.1, then when you close the layout, it will ask to save it, say yes and it will save it as a .fml file, which will open in v20.1.
Simple.
As an aside....
Something you will discover, is that you will need to read the T&C message every time you open a different version of MFME, to the last one you used. So make sure you convert several layouts at a time or better still convert everything in one session.
I would suggest you open v20.1, before you open v5.1. Otherwise you'll have to read the T&C's for v5.1, then read them again when you go to open v20.1.
When you go to close both versions, close down last, the version you will open next time, so you don't have to read the T&C's again on that version.
If you do it in that order, all the time, you'll only ever have to read one version of the T&C's.
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I had no experience of a Metroid game, until I played one on a Gameboy Advance emulator. May have been a remaster of the original NES or SNES game.
I ended up sinking a good 20 hours or so into it, which is a lot for me for an emulated game.
I was really enjoying it, before getting to the last section of the game, with Mother (IIRC). I just then got frustrated with it and never did complete it. Looking back, that was a real shame, because I had spent so much time on it and was my most played game, over that period of time.
Never realised it was a female character. I also, thought it was clever, how the levels, unlocked in parts, when you get new abilities to access certain areas, that you couldn't get to before.
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This was a great game back in the day.
I'd never had a PS2 or PS3 or original XBOX, so had no real experience of a Burnout game (since learned how brilliant they are).
Got Paradise for the PC and loved it. Got the remastered version, a couple of years back and must say didn't play it for more than an hour though.
The Forza Horizon games are very much like this and I've played the last 2 on PC, but I must say, even they get samey after 20-30 hours play.
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Seems very strange, they took so long.
Try the Dxcellent part of the forums https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/forum/26-dxcellent/
I don't believe the downloads in that section are affected by your download limits. You'll find the download links for the layouts, in the first post, of the release threads, rather than the download section.
If you fancy donating, to remove all restrictions, you can find it on the portal page https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/portal/
But, as we are a small community, it's just as important for people to get involved including joining in on the forums etc.
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This was the first game I loaded up on my C64.
I got my C64 second hand and it came with several games.
Immediately I was convinced, yes this is a step above, my Spectrum.
I found the game to be so, so and fairly difficult, after the first couple of levels. Also, I attracted to how I saw it, the gamble feature, after the level, probably because it reminded me of a fruit machine gamble.
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I couldn't see why anyone would object to a layout being in the current arcade.
I assume later down the line, people will be able to choose any machine from their collection to put in it anyway.
With regards fruit-emu layouts, I think there was an issue well back in the day now and they all had to be reuploaded. Hence the vast majority saying ady.
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4 minutes ago, woodsy said:
This… I used to visit fruit emu and they were separated by the techs and I had no idea what I needed for my game etc, that’s why jpemu was so good for me as it wasn’t difficult to find the games I was after.
as said I am gutted that the age old tech spAce thingy is not working as oh what a carry on @MPU_FIVE owns, is what I grew up on and it was so prevalent that I thought it would be done but now thanks to the wonderful community here I have a better understanding of what they are inside over the game and features that are interacted with
Yes they are amongst my most wanted, along with another spAce tech machine called Circle Line by Ace (video of it on YouTube) and more Phoenix Electrocoin machines, like Mr Do and the Space themed ones.
Perhaps the PCP space ones may be emulated in MAME one day.
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10 minutes ago, Sarkymark77 said:
Daft question, but what exactly dictates whether or not a machine is emulatable (new word of the day!)? Is it the availability of the ROM? Imagining the day when Prince of Thieves or Chase the Rainbow are payable in an emulator but suspecting it’s years away!!
Until FME, I didn't even know different technologies existed.
But it's largely down to the technology used. But also the availability of roms. Thirdly that there may be something on a machine, that isn't emulated, such as coloured lights and it locks up the emulator.
Scorpion 5/ MPU5 is the most up to date technology that can be emulated.
Many modern day releases from about 2012/3 are on Scorpion 6. MPU6 is also quite old now from when it came out, but isn't emulated either.
Going back even further some techs from the 90's/early 2000's aren't emulated, so it's possible some machines from that era also won't appear emulated.
Some companies, still use Scorpion 5 though, so it's possible to see machines from 2019 or even later that can be emulated. We have a rule of not releasing layouts for machines where they are less than 3 years old.
So it may seem strange even though a machine from 2013 can't be emulated, one possibly even from 2022, will eventually become emulated.
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First try using the update option in MFME, File/Check for Updates.
If that doesn't do anything, then follow the below.
When you install MFME, a file is created in the MFME installation folder, called gamesv20.0.db, make sure it exists and is not set to read only for instance.
Another copy of that file, will also be created, where you select your main game folder, in the game manager.
So click on game manager, then on database, then set the folder where you keep your games. If you keep your games in individual folders say Mfme/Games/Barcrest, Mfme/Games/Maygay, then just set the folder as the parent folder Mfme/Games
Then do a scan all.
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touchscreen play
in Newbies Help Area
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Hi, probably not what you exactly are asking, but I use a touchscreen Windows Surface Pro in portrait mode and there are no real issues.
The only thing that are a bit awkward is when you need to press multiple buttons at the same time.