Help with fruit emulaion files download

[Danny C]

Hi all, I've purchased barcrest fruit machine package from fruit emulation site. I am struggling with getting the machine files to play on my laptop could anyone talk me through on how to get them on there please 

many thanks 

Dan c

[Ginge]

7 hours ago, Danny C said:

Hi all, I've purchased barcrest fruit machine package from fruit emulation site

What do you mean purchased, the site you mention has nothing to with This site. 

[andrew96]

agree go back to them for support, they have downloaded them FREE from here and are selling making money unauthorised from here

[slotsmagic]

I'm confused. You claimed last Friday that you knew 'Harry Headwound' from YouTube personally (in the Can You Dig It? thread) and yet now you are asking for help with a download you've presumably made via eBay or Facebook?

I'd like to believe if you really knew 'Harry Headwound', you would have asked him, and he would have directed you here, or probably helped you with his personal collection?

Edited August 6, 2024 by slotsmagic

[Danny C]

i purchased the package of a site that i thought was linked to this site and fruit-emu, i assumed they all worked off the same server but was just seeking advice from members on here as being new i am quite unsure of how to do certain things. also didnt think of asking 'Harry headwound' if am honest, have had a real headache with trying to get it working that first thought was to ask on here.

[andrew96]

definitely go back to the person you bought it from, get a refund

[wearecity]

If you've a friend like Harry, then you don't need to buy anything. I'm sure he will sort you out with getting up and running.

[Danny C]

Thanks for all your help guys.

[andrew96]

your welcome, good luck

[slotsmagic]

1 hour ago, Danny C said:

Thanks for all your help guys.

I'm a helpful chap but the story just didn't add up for me, combined with the fact that if you buy something faulty your first port of call should be the person you paid, especially since they are making money off the back of the hard working layout designers and late emulation coder.

I do hope you get it going and it's possible someone else will contact you and help you get it running (and probably call me / us a bunch of c-words for not helping).

 

[Danny C]

yeah tbf as i keep repeating myself and saying am new to this whole fruit emulation thing and i think ive had a hard first lesson on how to go about things, will defo be chasing them for help and if they dont help then 100% getting my full refund.

[Ginge]

20 hours ago, Danny C said:

will defo be chasing them for help and if they dont help then 100% getting my full refund.

Maybe when you get the refund donate it to Dif, then download everything you need from here and we will be happy to help you then with any issues as we are a friendly bunch of guys and dolls. 

Or C***s as some might call us for not helping you.
On a serious note just donate anyway even if you don’t get any cash back from other site it’s well worth it. 

 

23 hours ago, slotsmagic said:

(and probably call me / us a bunch of c-words for not helping).

[Danny C]

hahaha woud never call you lot that  i will just wait for his reply as he is on his holidays as we speak, but next week he will be getting back to me so fingers crossed i can get to the bottom of this. i want a win-win situation for everyone at the end of this 

[stevedude2]

This thread is reminiscent of the sort of 'warm welcome' that was dished out on Fruit-Emu back in the day when a new member joined who hadn't quite followed the 'rules', despite the fact they probably wouldn't have known they existed in the first place.  I say life's too short for bickering, so either help the guy out or get GTFO of this thread.

@Danny C - I don't know what version of MFME you've got, or what games you have, but the best place to start is to

• install MFME on your PC and run it, or simply run the .exe if that's all you've got
   
• go to game Manager
   
• then Database and Set Main Game Folder
   
• then point to the folder where all you games are
   
• you'll need to make sure all your games are unzipped first, otherwise MFME won't see them - so check for that first
   
• once you've done that, go back to Database and Scan all
   
• You should see a green list of games for you to choose from
   
• Simply click on a game you want to play, and it should load up for you
  
  
   
• Enjoy

If this doesn't work, I might be about this afternoon if you've got any questions.  Or maybe some others will be willing to help...?

[slotsmagic]

2 hours ago, stevedude2 said:

This thread is reminiscent of the sort of 'warm welcome' that was dished out on Fruit-Emu back in the day when a new member joined who hadn't quite followed the 'rules', despite the fact they probably wouldn't have known they existed in the first place.  I say life's too short for bickering, so either help the guy out or get GTFO of this thread.

• Enjoy

If this doesn't work, I might be about this afternoon if you've got any questions.  Or maybe some others will be willing to help...?

Just to clarify why I took the position I took - and you are free to disagree and tell me to get the eff out of the thread.

This was the first post by the OP on the forum : 

On 02/08/2024 at 10:26, Danny C said:

Thank you very much, this was very useful and enjoyable video. Also I know the dude that made this video so will definitely find out more about the trick 

Now, I would have assumed, based on the above, that the OP knew 'HH'. If I knew 'HH', I'd probably have said 'hi HH, I want to get into emulation, how do I do it?'. Based on that I would think that 'HH' would probably have said 'join DIF', albeit probably in a nicer way. 'HH' seems like a top bloke. Probably even the sort of bloke that would offer a collection ready to go, for free. Or maybe a beer.

If you watched 'HH''s channel, you'd probably also see that DIF is mentioned pretty frequently as THE place to download content. Not eBay, not Amazon, not a car-boot sale, so I'd like to believe that someone who watches his content would already be aware of this being the place to download content.

Also, did the user join here, based off of having watched content from 'HH', and then subsequently decide to go and buy the content in bulk from another site, rather than making a small donation here and building up a sensible collection?

Yes, those are assumptions on my part, but had he not specifically stated knowing 'HH' I would probably have been more lenient.

Then we have the issue people seem to have these days with an unwillingness to go back to the person with whom they formed a contract. So, he has bought something 'faulty' from someone who makes money off the back of layout designers and the late Wizard. Rather than going back to that seller - who makes money for doing nothing off the work of people here, living and dead - he decided to ask for help here. It could be MFME, it could be a car, it could be a TV. My default response will be, in 99% of cases - you need to go back to the seller. Your contract is with them. Since I just happen to despise the bellend who I assume is the seller, I think the best course of action - for the start - would be to put in a chargeback or similar against them and at least show them that they are not immune to financial penalty, and if they are going to profit of our / Wizard's work, they are at least going to offer some customer service.

It does however also bring me to another point. I do feel that as the analog machines are all but dead now, with the exception of Reflex I believe, there will come a point where we really ought to package layouts and share via BitTorrent or similar, without the emulator, to remove the ability of people to profit in the first place. At the moment there really isn't an easy way for people to do so. I'm not a fan of large dumps of things (I find that if I have too much content to play with I get overwhelmed), but some people do prefer a large collection and just have done with it.

That's a debate for another day though I think, I'm sure it's been covered before.

Edited August 10, 2024 by slotsmagic

[stevedude2]

I wasn't aiming my barbs at anyone in particular.  We should be blaming the sellers, not the people who buy stuff in good faith.  It's just that these sort of threads tend to descend into a pile-on with people getting banned, and I didn't want to see that happen to anyone.  Let's try and help Danny out and maybe he'll have a good experience and donate to the site and become an active member

 

 

[Danny C]

5 hours ago, stevedude2 said:

This thread is reminiscent of the sort of 'warm welcome' that was dished out on Fruit-Emu back in the day when a new member joined who hadn't quite followed the 'rules', despite the fact they probably wouldn't have known they existed in the first place.  I say life's too short for bickering, so either help the guy out or get GTFO of this thread.

@Danny C - I don't know what version of MFME you've got, or what games you have, but the best place to start is to

• install MFME on your PC and run it, or simply run the .exe if that's all you've got
   
• go to game Manager
   
• then Database and Set Main Game Folder
   
• then point to the folder where all you games are
   
• you'll need to make sure all your games are unzipped first, otherwise MFME won't see them - so check for that first
   
• once you've done that, go back to Database and Scan all
   
• You should see a green list of games for you to choose from
   
• Simply click on a game you want to play, and it should load up for you
  
  
   
• Enjoy

If this doesn't work, I might be about this afternoon if you've got any questions.  Or maybe some others will be willing to help...?

Hey guys, at the start of all this I did just want to play barcrest machines so I downloaded the MFME player onto my laptop then without considering this site or fruit-emu, I just googled barcrest fruit machine emulator it sent me a link to fruitmachineemulation.com and that’s where I purchased it. Seeing 500+ machines for 4.99 I just thought to myself what a steal! (Fool for thinking that) now after struggling to get it working on my laptop, this is where I am at. Not trying to upset anyone on here was just seeking advice. 

[vectra666]

17 minutes ago, Danny C said:

Hey guys, at the start of all this I did just want to play barcrest machines so I downloaded the MFME player onto my laptop then without considering this site or fruit-emu, I just googled barcrest fruit machine emulator it sent me a link to fruitmachineemulation.com and that’s where I purchased it. Seeing 500+ machines for 4.99 I just thought to myself what a steal! (Fool for thinking that) now after struggling to get it working on my laptop, this is where I am at. Not trying to upset anyone on here was just seeking advice. 

No need to apologise is loyal members are very protective of the hobby we love.

 most of us including myself started our fme journey through a fleabay disc and getting em running was a task for me. I bought a disc with approx 200 on for £1.99 at the time, I got one layout working and thought my dreams came true. Eastenders it was then got monopoly £25 running and I was made up . 
I eventually found fruit-emu by searching fruit machine emulation via Google and the rest is history 

you will eventually get em running, just make each individual layout have their own folder as like me you’ll encounter conflicting files 

just remember when you do get it going stay active within this site and I’d personally donate if you can for unlimited downloads throughout the years subs

Edited August 10, 2024 by vectra666

[Ginge]

@Danny C 

2 hours ago, vectra666 said:

No need to apologise is loyal members are very protective of the hobby we love.

Have to agree with Vecs, after reading your responses to people’s comments you come across as a genuine person who has made a mistake and owned the fact, which I have the upmost respect for you doing so.Maybe you could start from scratch by downloading the latest mfme 20.1 from Dif and then start downloading barcrest machines from the legacy section. Don’t know if you’ve already seen this guide to loading mfme for first time but it may help.

 

[SocialDragon368]

3 hours ago, Danny C said:

Seeing 500+ machines for 4.99 I just thought to myself what a steal!

It's a rip off more like!

[Danny C]

Thank you guys, yeah like ive said before i've made a rookie mistake and learning the hard way here haha best way to go about this now is to become a faithful member of this site and donate. make full use of the machines etc inwhich people have put such hard work into.

[andy-1]

After checking out the website the robbing Ba*&*rd is ripping everyone off including the Pinball community.

Potentially it may well be that horrible T*at Slots 

[Danny C]

Andy-1 honestly thought the website and simulators were going to be spot on. yeah think i,ve been that guys later victim. tbf some of the prices he wants for the pinballs are scandalous.

[cja272]

I did the same too after purchasing a fruit machine cd from eBay i joined fruit emu in 2004 then found it all for free and been around  for 20 years now and never looked back !!

[Danny C]

cja272 looks like we both learnt the hard way! am defiantly going to follow your suit, these websites are a gift from the gods. obviously hats off to the people that have put all their hard work into making them a success.