Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Hello Everyone! Im having a bit of a problem, In Arcade Simulator im trying to play some pub fruits but there not even booting up the only ones that are booting up for me are JPMS Have MFME open for it, Its just not booting up what so ever if im doing something wrong let me know as im new to this thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ultra JP said: Hello Everyone! Im having a bit of a problem, In Arcade Simulator im trying to play some pub fruits but there not even booting up the only ones that are booting up for me are JPMS Have MFME open for it, Its just not booting up what so ever if im doing something wrong let me know as im new to this thanks! Are you pressing enter at the machine? Stupid question maybe in my end living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Just now, woodsy said: Are you pressing enter at the machine? Stupid question maybe in my end yes i am mate when pressed that it just freezes the machine and it dosent boot up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Just now, Ultra JP said: yes i am mate when pressed that it just freezes the machine and it dosent boot up @johnparker007 help?!? He’s your man for this! Helped me where I had issues living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) @Ultra JP "the only ones that are booting up for me are JPMS" They are a lower tech (less demandning), I wonder if your PC is struggling with the demanding newer techs (Arcade Sim 'turbo boosts' machines). Please could you try Smash 'n' Grab, Crackpot, Multiplay? If they work, and the JPMs in the grey vogue cabinet works... it might be your PC is struggling with the Scorpion 5s etc. Let me know how you get on, there's some optimisations that can be done... Edited October 12, 2021 by johnparker007 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: @Ultra JP "the only ones that are booting up for me are JPMS" They are a lower tech (less demandning), I wonder if your PC is struggling with the demanding newer techs (Arcade Sim 'turbo boosts' machines). Please could you try Smash 'n' Grab, Crackpot, Multiplay? If they work, and the JPMs in the grey vogue cabinet works... it might be your PC is struggling with the Scorpion 5s etc. Let me know how you get on, there's some optimisations that can be done... will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 31 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: @Ultra JP "the only ones that are booting up for me are JPMS" They are a lower tech (less demandning), I wonder if your PC is struggling with the demanding newer techs (Arcade Sim 'turbo boosts' machines). Please could you try Smash 'n' Grab, Crackpot, Multiplay? If they work, and the JPMs in the grey vogue cabinet works... it might be your PC is struggling with the Scorpion 5s etc. Let me know how you get on, there's some optimisations that can be done... Crackpot: Nope, multiplay: Nope, Smash N Grab: Yes, I dont think its anything to do with the pc mate its really high specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopaholic Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Some of the newer machines are pretty slow to boot up, how long are you giving them to get going? Browse to this folder location on your PC, the bit circled in green will be different on your PC. Do a Properties on the Arcade Simulator folder, how big is it? Also bring up Task Manager on your PC, what information do you have on this screen? 3 Fruit machine emulation content from the artist previously known as Degsy Degworth and the odd new thing here and there too - https://www.youtube.com/c/DegsyDegworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Also - when a machine doesn't work, do you see a green message up in the top right of the screen, something like 'Dll failed to load - tell John' ? And, does Smash n Grab work reliably every time? And does it have a readable display/working reels? That one has the turbo startup disable due to an issue, perhaps it's the turbo startup causing a problem for some reason... Edited October 12, 2021 by johnparker007 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: Also - when a machine doesn't work, do you see a green message up in the top right of the screen, something like 'Dll failed to load - tell John' ? And, does Smash n Grab work reliably every time? And does it have a readable display/working reels? That one has the turbo startup disable due to an issue, perhaps it's the turbo startup causing a problem for some reason... i have been able to get it all working now it all boots but the reels are unequal just playing winsons and the main reels are perfect but the hi lo reel is really out of place and i also tryed pug life and all the reels are messed up there when i press start there not even moving when there supposed to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ultra JP said: i have been able to get it all working now it all boots but the reels are unequal just playing winsons and the main reels are perfect but the hi lo reel is really out of place and i also tryed pug life and all the reels are messed up there when i press start there not even moving when there supposed to On some machines the number reels are actually wrong - this is a bug that will be fixed in the next patch update - so nothing to worry about on your end there! So are you saying that all the other machines are working fine? Just that Pug Life has an issue? What did you change to fix everything? [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 Just now, johnparker007 said: On some machines the number reels are actually wrong - this is a bug that will be fixed in the next patch update - so nothing to worry about on your end there! So are you saying that all the other machines are working fine? Just that Pug Life has an issue? What did you change to fix everything? nether mind its not fixed mate been waiting 5 mins for olivers twist to boot up and hasnt even started booting at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Does Smash n Grab work reliably every time? And does it have a readable display/working reels? (Please bear in mind this software is in an early experimental phase - it's released so people can test it and feed back issues). Edited October 12, 2021 by johnparker007 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 @Ultra JP just to be sure your PC is up to spec please do the following. Load MFME and run some games and confirm that they play OK. I see you have Pug Life and Andy Capp. Before using the Arcade Sim, please confirm that you can play these 100% ok within MFME - troubleshooting 101 - start at the ground and work upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Reg said: @Ultra JP just to be sure your PC is up to spec please do the following. Load MFME and run some games and confirm that they play OK. I see you have Pug Life and Andy Capp. Before using the Arcade Sim, please confirm that you can play these 100% ok within MFME - troubleshooting 101 - start at the ground and work upwards. done that mate they full work on mfme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: Does Smash n Grab work reliably every time? And does it have a readable display/working reels? (Please bear in mind this software is in an early experimental phase - it's released so people can test it and feed back issues). yes it does mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) Ok - I'm not sure why but it sounds like the turbo startup feature is causing problems on your machine. I'll put an experimental option in the next patch update, to allow for disabling turbo startups for the moment (until I can work out a proper fix for this)... I think that may fix your issue. It'll hopefully be Wed/Thu night it goes live. Edited October 12, 2021 by johnparker007 1 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra JP Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: Ok - I'm not sure why but it sounds like the turbo startup feature is causing problems on your machine. I'll put an experimental option in the next patch update, to allow for disabling turbo startups for the moment (until I can work out a proper fix for this)... I think that may fix your issue. It'll hopefully be Wed/Thu night it goes live. alright it may be that, for some machines its not booting up at all, but for others it boots up but it takes 10-15 minutes thanks mate let me know when it goes live 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 @Ultra JP the new patch has gone live. When you next run Arcade Simulator it'll update to the latest. When you first enter the arcade there'll be some downloading again. Once you're in - press Escape, that will bring up a menu: Select: SETTINGS Then select: EXPERIMENTAL On this menu that you should now see - set TURBO STARTUP to OFF, so it looks like below: Now go BACK, BACK, RESUME to return to walking around the arcade. Now try some machines and see how you get on. If they don't seem to be working, can you please try: Smash 'n' Grab Crackpot Indiana Jones and let me know if any/all of those worked. ta, hope it fixes it for you 2 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1980 Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hi All, apologies to hijack this thread - but I have the exact same issue as the OP. I have downloaded the Arcade Simulator and installed everything - I can navigate around the arcade and when I press "Enter" to play a game it simply doesn't load - i've waited 20-30 mins just to be sure but alas... nothing. I'm so excited to try this and the work that has gone into making this happen is tremendous - big thanks to johnparker007 for this and thanks to all the contributors who made this happen. I have followed the bits mentioned so far in this thread, tried the games mentioned (non load), tried disabling turbo startup... Am I doing something wrong? Anything I can provide to assist? Any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, martin1980 said: Hi All, apologies to hijack this thread - but I have the exact same issue as the OP. I have downloaded the Arcade Simulator and installed everything - I can navigate around the arcade and when I press "Enter" to play a game it simply doesn't load - i've waited 20-30 mins just to be sure but alas... nothing. I'm so excited to try this and the work that has gone into making this happen is tremendous - big thanks to johnparker007 for this and thanks to all the contributors who made this happen. I have followed the bits mentioned so far in this thread, tried the games mentioned (non load), tried disabling turbo startup... Am I doing something wrong? Anything I can provide to assist? Any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, All I can suggest is make sure windows is fully up-to-date other than that you'll need @johnparker007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 10 hours ago, martin1980 said: Hi All, apologies to hijack this thread - but I have the exact same issue as the OP. I have downloaded the Arcade Simulator and installed everything - I can navigate around the arcade and when I press "Enter" to play a game it simply doesn't load - i've waited 20-30 mins just to be sure but alas... nothing. I'm so excited to try this and the work that has gone into making this happen is tremendous - big thanks to johnparker007 for this and thanks to all the contributors who made this happen. I have followed the bits mentioned so far in this thread, tried the games mentioned (non load), tried disabling turbo startup... Am I doing something wrong? Anything I can provide to assist? Any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Do you have mfme installed? J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted May 11, 2022 Report Share Posted May 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, serene02 said: Do you have mfme installed? J 1 living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1980 Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 10 hours ago, serene02 said: Do you have mfme installed? J Yes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1980 Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 17 hours ago, serene02 said: Do you have mfme installed? J Actually, edit to this... I'd like to self declare that I am an indeed an idiot and had not got the correct MFME version installed. Thank you all the same as this did solve my issue! Many thanks again to everyone who made this possible. Cheers 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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