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1 minute ago, johnparker007 said:

It's a known issue, no more fixes are being done for this legacy Arcade Simulator, the new Oasis project is where the new Arcade Simulator will be created (along with working wall collisions!).

Thanks for letting me know you were aware of it and thanks all the work you've done making and developing these.

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So I installed it on a new Laptop, all installed fine etc... fires up etc... navigation is top shelf, but, upon choosing a machine to play, cant put money in, arcades the same, almost like, coin entry has been disabled or something. Placing the mouse on the coin insert mech dont work either, guessing its something simple Im missing? as it works 100% on my other PC with no issues at all

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14 minutes ago, MikeyPosh said:

So I installed it on a new Laptop, all installed fine etc... fires up etc... navigation is top shelf, but, upon choosing a machine to play, cant put money in, arcades the same, almost like, coin entry has been disabled or something. Placing the mouse on the coin insert mech dont work either, guessing its something simple Im missing? as it works 100% on my other PC with no issues at all

Have a read of the previous page :)

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5 hours ago, MikeyPosh said:

Scrap that, think we're good now, turned off "Real Time" then rebooted the laptop, forgetting this would re-enable the "Reel Time"

 

It's Windows Defender throwing a false positive, it's a pain!  Glad you got it sorted so you can play again :) 

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[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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2 hours ago, johnparker007 said:

It's Windows Defender throwing a false positive, it's a pain!  Glad you got it sorted so you can play again :) 

I know you're working on v2 of arcade simulator, but arcade sim v1 would be 1000x better with a different set of machines. 90/2000s Barcrests, ace machines, some jpms of a similar era.  Any chance?

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3 minutes ago, Graham the goldfish said:

I know you're working on v2 of arcade simulator, but arcade sim v1 would be 1000x better with a different set of machines. 90/2000s Barcrests, ace machines, some jpms of a similar era.  Any chance?

No chance I'm sorry to say, it would be diverting a massive amount of time away from making the new Oasis software, and I'm not getting much dev time in as it is!  All that work would then be essentially wasted as the machines will all need to be built again in Oasis.

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[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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@royb232 I saw your post in the chat box on the front page of the forum.  With this prototype version of Arcade Simulator, the virus protectors have started picking up one of its components as a false positive.  This is what causes the input to not work.  There are steps to fix here:
 

 

[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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20 minutes ago, spinrite said:

I can't insert coins, ive disabled defender and excluded the folders, in the history of defender it said the dll was quarantined so I clicked on restore.

is there anything else I can try? looks great too

If it is set up correctly in Windows Defender it should work...it should appear like this in your excluded folders list:

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[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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@spinrite This version of Arcade Sim also needs MFME v20.1 to be installed on your system.  Suspect you may either not have it installed, or haven't run the Updater in the MFME install folder.

After installing MFME, there's an Updater exe in the MFME install folder (default path is usually C:\MFME\v20).

If it's still not working after doing that then rerunning Arcade Sim, let us know, though hopefully that will fix it for you :) 
 

 

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[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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On 08/07/2024 at 10:55, johnparker007 said:

@spinrite This version of Arcade Sim also needs MFME v20.1 to be installed on your system.  Suspect you may either not have it installed, or haven't run the Updater in the MFME install folder.

After installing MFME, there's an Updater exe in the MFME install folder (default path is usually C:\MFME\v20).

If it's still not working after doing that then rerunning Arcade Sim, let us know, though hopefully that will fix it for you :) 
Got a little further John,

I installed MFME and updated it to 20.1. the game starts ok but when I go onto a machine and press the coin slot I get audio beeps and everything kinds slows down, also there a glitch on the rolling graphic txt on display.

I removed arcade and reinstalled it but still the same, maybe a MFME problem again

 

 

 

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22 minutes ago, spinrite said:

Hi, Yea RTX 3080

That is a very high spec card wrt Arcade Sim.

Ok so if you want I can remote into your PC with a program like TeamViewer and we'll very likely be able to get this working :) Apologies it's a faff, on the new Oasis project, it doesn't do anything 'weird' (Arcade Sim hacks its local copy of MFME.exe) so it should work for everyone, but it's a long way off.

Feel free to DM me if you want to set up a session where I remote in and diagnose and apply whatever fix is needed to get it working on your machine :)

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[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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Sorry for delay been real busy,

I got a access violation error box (see attached) so I disabled a few apps I had running on boot up, and it worked :)

Not sure yet if its permanent fix yet, will still need to test more, but its running great nice and smooth atm.

Great game, thanks John for your help and esp the offer of TeamViewer

 

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17 minutes ago, spinrite said:

Sorry for delay been real busy,

I got a access violation error box (see attached) so I disabled a few apps I had running on boot up, and it worked :)

Not sure yet if its permanent fix yet, will still need to test more, but its running great nice and smooth atm.

Great game, thanks John for your help and esp the offer of TeamViewer

 

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Glad you got it working!

That Access Violation error is MFME itself, so no changing of Arcade Sim settings would fix it - so great news you found a workaround!  Enjoy the Arcade Sim now it's working :) 

There is a future Arcade Sim in development, but it's part of a large overall project; Oasis Suite, that will contain a bunch of inter-operational programs to design and play arcade machines, so then these kind of issues will be resolved for all, as it will be using MAME rather than MFME, for a more stable integrated emulation system.  But it's a long way off, so great news you got it working, so you can get into those fruit machines right now! :)

[ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: https://tinyurl.com/2kcrkprh | 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
[ Fruit Machine Settings/Tests Guide ] https://tinyurl.com/yuebw8b5
[ MAME (fixes/improvements) ] Commits: https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/?author=johnparker007

[ 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

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