Change the percentage payout

[torchy2023]

Hi Everyone,

How do you change the percentage payout on the machines.

Where is there an explanation of the dip switch banks in the game configuration

If anyone can help,

Thanks

[wearecity]

There is no one size fits all. The emulator, emulates exactly what you would need to do on a real machine. It will depend on the machine, the tech of the machine and the manufacture of the machine.

On the more modern techs, normally you can alter it in the configuration menu.

On these machines, you need to open the machine door/s, normally just the S door. To open the door, make sure the meter bar is showing, by pressing F9, then check the S door button. Then go into the configuration screen, from the top menu bar and you'll see the Stake/Prize and %. You can alter the % and then close the door.

Of course if the roms, don't allow a certain cost of play or %, the machine will error. Or it may alarm and show an indication, the % has changed, but still boot.

Don't forget, you may wish to ram clear on the configuration screen to reset the machines memory of ever being on a different %. BUT doing that particularly on Scorpion 5 machines, can break the machines and the whole configuration for that machines, needs resetting back up.

On older techs, where it can't be done that way, it's a matter of flipping the dips and seeing what it brings. Unless you have a manual for a machine, you'll never know, what each dip does, without trying.

An example, my Circle Line layout, I discovered it defaulted to 78%, but by putting dip switch 8 to the on position it changed it to 88%. That of course won't be the case for all machines. Another member found another dip which altered the %. Some dip switches, don't change %, but do other things, like auto pay out on any win, disable the attract mode or change the price of play.

One handy screen which shows good info, is the diag screen, again selectable from the top menu bar. Open it and check all the boxes. When machines boot, you will often see the price of play and % information. If any error occur it will also show what the error is.