serene02 Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 What a blast from the past. I remember the DOND game DX I created . Was a great project to be part of J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altharic Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 Fruit-emu is full of the older format layouts any chance you could release the tool so we could have a play? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altharic Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 13 hours ago, woodsy said: for the uneducated does this mean MAME can emulate fruit machines too? This is what Indiana Jones looks like in its present form playable but the reels are generic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Altharic said: Fruit-emu is full of the older format layouts any chance you could release the tool so we could have a play? I'm going through older files for the MAME work, I'll see if I can find all the stuff it needs/get it working again next week - if I can I'll send you a copy, please don't 'spread' it though, as it's not a finished tool! We don't want loads of glitchy layout conversions popping up MAME still has a lot of work to do on the emulation side also, so this is more for internal use to assist with testing MAME layouts when working on the drivers really. 3 [ 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 [ 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...
serene02 Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) The tool was pretty impressive I remember playing about when I created the DOND DX. I’m sure I remember the weekend you started working on it I think I mentioned that you couldn’t make layouts easy in mame and you literally knocked something up in a very short space of time!!! J Edited May 27, 2022 by serene02 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 I seem to remember this did DMD displays and mirrored reels, so in some ways more advanced than the Arcade Sim rebuilds at present! 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 [ 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...
woodsy Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 jeeez you guys are going to give me a incompetency complex haha... is there anything you can't do in the world of t'internet lads 1 living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Altharic said: Fruit-emu is full of the older format layouts any chance you could release the tool so we could have a play? I'm away this weekend, but had chance to have a quick manual test, as can't remember how I had it scripted - it seems to still have various bugs, so I'll not be releasing it until I can allocate time to fix those - priority is the MAME work. But it is possible for it to be run portably I think... will probably not be for 2-3 weeks at the very earliest. But it does just about work, I converted this DX tonight, with some minor issues 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 [ 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...
Altharic Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) Looks good to me how will you decide which DX to use for the basis for each machine I know Mame can be finicky about what's used Fruitworx were great at the time however a better example for this machine IMO would be ploggys linked below. Smash Grab Edit to show screenshot of what the driver looks like in mame without Johns work. Edited May 28, 2022 by Altharic Added screenshot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted May 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 @Altharic I'm not making a big set of DX's for MAME :) - that video was a tech demo of an old project just to see if one could be made...If I can get the DX tool to some level of portability, I will try package up a copy for your personal use only... But can't say when this would be, as a lot of other demands on time. [ 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 [ 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...
serene02 Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Those Mame conversions where likely done before Ploggys hi res DX, JP worked on this project maybe around 2015, maybe slightly earlier. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted May 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 I built that Smash n Grab last night, but it's just a tech demo, not the start of a big side project - it doesn't do FMLs ... It's not a good tool for this any more 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 [ 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...
serene02 Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Oh right mate, fair play. J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pook Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) At @johnparker007 & @spa So I was looking through the google sheet WIP and saw this mentioned a few times. Can I clarify that 100% @razors_back is not me and has never been me, I heard this before over a decade ago and have no idea where it came from. Edited May 30, 2022 by Pook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted May 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pook said: At @johnparker007 & @spa So I was looking through the google sheet WIP and saw this mentioned a few times. Can I clarify that 100% @razors_back is not me and has never been me, I heard this before over a decade ago and have no idea where it came from. Ah brill, thanks for the info man I did have a note on my layout artists permissions doc (I have to keep that one non-public as it contains peoples personal stuff like usernames/aliases, email addresses etc), that I realised later on that it was just a coincidence - from my notes: "NOT RB - that was a mistake I think - RB is a seperate user on fruit emu, posting in same threads as Pook" So sorry about that, I wasn't around in these earlier years, so I try to piece things together from posts I find, and made a mistake here I'll message @razors_back now and ask, thanks for hooking me up with the user account! 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 [ 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...
spa Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Pook said: At @johnparker007 & @spa So I was looking through the google sheet WIP and saw this mentioned a few times. Can I clarify that 100% @razors_back is not me and has never been me, I heard this before over a decade ago and have no idea where it came from. I didn't think it was, but John had put it down as you and thought..... well..... he could be! https://www.facebook.com/groups/264122764904452/?epa=SEARCH_BOX Fruit Machine Discussion - Facebook Group. Please Join! https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BzZMCJWHMHMBR3ZTMTBIQTdwWUU?resourcekey=0-r05o9PhddyeqWBP_32I0LQ My Google Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altharic Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 Maybe its his weekend name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pook Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 6 hours ago, Altharic said: Maybe its his weekend name? No, that's Loretta. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Pook said: No, that's Loretta. Loretta? You never called me! living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altharic Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Me either I am hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razors_back Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Loretta is that you really you?....you said you would call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razors_back Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 Quote At @johnparker007 & @spa So I was looking through the google sheet WIP and saw this mentioned a few times. Can I clarify that 100% @razors_back is not me and has never been me, I heard this before over a decade ago and have no idea where it came from. I think this stemmed from my first layout ever released on Fruit Emu, when Duplo commented that he was surprised by the quality of my layout and pondered on similarity in Blade runner based Persona's.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidy21982 Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 26/05/2022 at 23:49, johnparker007 said: I worked on this stuff years back, and kept a dev log over at @dad's website ...a bunch of files from around then got lost to the failed hard drive void lol - had a quick root around though since people are asking, to see if any old vids - did manage to find some early screengrabs of some mfme2mame 'dx' output, though they're quite crude (various minor gfx issues) as these were from early in the project: I think at the end me and @serene02 had a ccTalk DOND machine working in Door Closed mode (this had not been done yet at that time, they only ran in Door Open, but we got a basic implementation of the ccTalk comms hopper working)... so yeah, MAME can actually run DXs @Spidy21982 This old version of mfme2mame only converts old format layouts from 9.4 though, can't do the new .fml format... so it wouldn't be useful right now, for converting your .fml layouts... It was an interesting project! Edit: done some googling, someone posted a tutorial video at the time, this is @serene02's DOND layout running (created in MFME 9,4, running in MAME), however this is an earlier video. Later on we had new hopper code in a test build of MAME that allowed for Door Closed play... ages all that now! Edit 2 Just found a few more screengrabs I took, again from quite early so visual bugs like no reel window overlays etc - these are sc1: @johnparker007 nice work. is your converter the same as the agemame layout tool ? i thought the agemame layout tool is an editor for mame like mfme where you can build from ground up that i could try. greetings spidy You like to support my work then buy an NFT painted by my 10 year old son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altharic Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 57 minutes ago, Spidy21982 said: @johnparker007 nice work. is your converter the same as the agemame layout tool ? i thought the agemame layout tool is an editor for mame like mfme where you can build from ground up that i could try. greetings spidy Do you have the agemame tool i have been looking for a copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf676 Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 33 minutes ago, Altharic said: Do you have the agemame tool i have been looking for a copy? have you tried archive.org? Is it this? https://web.archive.org/web/20190313203645/http://www.pembo.co.uk/download/1701/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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