jabbathehut Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 Steve Phipps i think a mate of wizard and early layout maker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 43 minutes ago, jabbathehut said: Steve Phipps i think a mate of wizard and early layout maker Thanks and the name does ring a bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 Excellent work JP. Has the new method made things easier for you going forward? J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R4D4 Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 This is looking great, a lot of progress in such a short time. Can't wait to play in VR. I'll probably fall over when I try to lean on the cab. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted November 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 43 minutes ago, A:E said: Excellent work JP. Has the new method made things easier for you going forward? J Oh yeah, I reckon so - as well as fixing all the lamp issues, I think I should be able to extend the new technique to help determine the correct position and scale of future elements (reels, vfds, dmds, leds etc). A good day, as I was struggling a little with getting that maths working, which everything relies on to look perfectly aligned after the warp 2 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...
serene02 Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Totes off-topic but for future times I have installed a Suzo Happ trackball into my mame cab ready for some ‘Centipede’ ...some Crystal Castles for me J Edited November 16, 2020 by A:E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 Off topic too but don't you just hate itchy nuts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Hey JP, check what Guitar has achieved with Project Amber 2. There is a video of a cab he had draw in his 3D walkthrough. It’s a Vogue cab. https://www.fruitemu.co.uk/ib/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&controller=topic&id=16027 J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 He took a fair amount of hassle but his vision was way ahead of the curve. J 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted November 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 7 hours ago, A:E said: Totes off-topic but for future times I have installed a Suzo Happ trackball into my mame cab ready for some ‘Centipede’ ...some Crystal Castles for me J Don't forget the Missile Command! 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...
johnparker007 Posted November 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 hours ago, A:E said: Hey JP, check what Guitar has achieved with Project Amber 2. There is a video of a cab he had draw in his 3D walkthrough. It’s a Vogue cab. https://www.fruitemu.co.uk/ib/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&controller=topic&id=16027 J Cool - didn't realise he'd got that far with 3D! That was from 5 years back, so I'm guessing that project is shelved now. I'll probably knock up a few more newer cabs when I get chance to spend time and develop a few more 3ds max skills, or try tempt one of the 3d artists I know to have a crack at a few of the good ones (like the JPM Vogue). Plus a lot of those older ones are just simple metal tubing pieces and rounded corners, so seem like they'll be pretty simple to model: ...then can always be tweaked to near exact scale later once we can get owners to take a say ~5-10 measurements with a tape measure. 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...
Amusements Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Let me know if you want a copy of the last system 80 cab I made? (pre angled) and I will send you the PSD to play with. 2 Treat every day like your last, because one day it will be! Fruit Machine <<<My new project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Amusements said: Let me know if you want a copy of the last system 80 cab I made? (pre angled) and I will send you the PSD to play with. Lovely work on these cabs. Being involved in graphic work myself I can appreciate the time that these projects can take. But look at the end result. Absolutely stunning work mate J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 5 hours ago, johnparker007 said: Cool - didn't realise he'd got that far with 3D! That was from 5 years back, so I'm guessing that project is shelved now. I'll probably knock up a few more newer cabs when I get chance to spend time and develop a few more 3ds max skills, or try tempt one of the 3d artists I know to have a crack at a few of the good ones (like the JPM Vogue). Plus a lot of those older ones are just simple metal tubing pieces and rounded corners, so seem like they'll be pretty simple to model: ...then can always be tweaked to near exact scale later once we can get owners to take a say ~5-10 measurements with a tape measure. Yes mate, I assume so. I've been trying to get hold of him. But he has been inactive for a long time. I think he paid his respects to Chris back in September, but not seen him post for a very long time before or after. J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 25 minutes ago, A:E said: Yes mate, I assume so. I've been trying to get hold of him. But he has been inactive for a long time. I think he paid his respects to Chris back in September, but not seen him post for a very long time before or after. J I think he may decide to come back but out of respect for Chris he probably does not want any involvement at the moment (speculation), would be a good thing but all comes down to timing I suppose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 That’s definitely not the case, they didn’t see eye to eye at all. Not going to post specifics here out of respect for Chris, but you will find plenty of hassle that Guitar endured by top end members. He lost a lot of support as he didn’t seem to have a straight forward plan regarding release dates. They came and went, then he would plan something else. People got frustrated I think. He was/is a gifted guy, no doubt about that, He was a self taught programmer who emulated a fair few techs in VBasic, which I believe is quite an achievement. I did some work with Guitar for his front end. He stopped public dev a very long time ago now and hinted he wasn’t enjoying it, he mentioned he was focusing on hobbies he enjoyed. Miniature railway stuff I believe. It would be great if he came back in some capacity. I know John Is more than capable of handling the whole project but I’m sure he would love like minded people with the right skills onboard. J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) I never contributed much, but I did have a VM set up that guitar and some others close to him had a go at setting up Amber for me in (I think mainly out of his own curiosity if it could be done) and spoke to him a fair bit on MSN back in the day. Echo above though, a fair few people got pissy with him for not working on what they wanted, focusing on what they believed was low priority, plus missing release dates, lack of motivation/appreciation. I believe he just wasn't enjoying it anymore. Would be great to get him on board with this if it ever came down to it, however I've every faith JP will get it going after I saw the work on the MFME2MAME project! Edited November 17, 2020 by slasher 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Oh for sure Slasher. I know JP very well. Some crazy shenanigans back in the 90’s. This guy is a total legend and then some J 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 7 minutes ago, A:E said: Oh for sure Slasher. I know JP very well. Some crazy shenanigans back in the 90’s. This guy is a total legend and then some J Only met him the once, guessing you must be somewhere not too far away from us then? Beer time once this pandemic is over perhaps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted November 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 hours ago, Amusements said: Let me know if you want a copy of the last system 80 cab I made? (pre angled) and I will send you the PSD to play with. Much appreciated They are very good, as A:E says - must've been a lot of work. Once I've got everything basically working with the arcade (which will be certainly in the realm of months), I was wanting to circle back and look at this sort of stuff. I think it'd be possible to take a 'pre-angled' image like yours above (or potentially a high res angled photo), and write something to map that back to a 3d layout, and autolamp, using the existing layout for reference lamp brightness etc. Purely as an alternative to AI upscaling... but to be fair these are all 'side quests' I'd be very grateful to take a copy of those files now, and thanks again for the offer ...but it may be a number of months before I'm onto looking at retro-fitting layouts with higher resolution images. I think it'll mainly be appreciated for VR, where one could lean into the machine to reel-peek etc, and the glass art would just stay sharp 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...
Zippy Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, A:E said: That’s definitely not the case, they didn’t see eye to eye at all. Not going to post specifics here out of respect for Chris, but you will find plenty of hassle that Guitar endured by top end members. He lost a lot of support as he didn’t seem to have a straight forward plan regarding release dates. They came and went, then he would plan something else. People got frustrated I think. He was/is a gifted guy, no doubt about that, He was a self taught programmer who emulated a fair few techs in VBasic, which I believe is quite an achievement. I did some work with Guitar for his front end. He stopped public dev a very long time ago now and hinted he wasn’t enjoying it, he mentioned he was focusing on hobbies he enjoyed. Miniature railway stuff I believe. It would be great if he came back in some capacity. I know John Is more than capable of handling the whole project but I’m sure he would love like minded people with the right skills onboard. J I know but didn't want to go into the specifics, read a fair bit over at FE and Harvey wasn't happy either but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted November 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Done a bit on automating the 3d layout generation, still a bunch more to do, but getting there 4 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...
slasher Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, johnparker007 said: Done a bit on automating the 3d layout generation, still a bunch more to do, but getting there Amazing top quality work right there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene02 Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) Most excellent J Edited November 17, 2020 by A:E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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