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Pinball 2000 style - Digital Pinball/Arcade hybrid project
ChadTower:
I've been considering a single tilt with a plastic ring and four contacts. Seems like the simplest single mechanism. Four bobs is just too many.
Video Pinball had a nudge in the "lockdown bar". It was only one but some flex in the lockdown bar, and contacts in there, might be viable too.
Dazz:
Someone has drawn up plans for a nudging lockdown bar. I like it a lot, but I just don't have the tools or knowhow to do the necessary metal work.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 22, 2011, 01:10:11 pm ---I've been considering a single tilt with a plastic ring and four contacts. Seems like the simplest single mechanism. Four bobs is just too many.
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The issue with the "bobs" is oscillation. The difference between nudging hard enough to reliably actuate the nudge, and hard enough to bounce it back to the nudge on the other side of the ring, is pretty small. It reminds me of that evil carnival game where you need to roll a bowling ball just hard enough on a pair of metal rails to go over a hump, without pushing so hard that the ramp on the other side sends it back over. :)
But there is an advantage to multiple bobs over the single one with 4 contacts. Multiple bobs can allow for a diagonal nudge (whether the software allows it is another question.)
--- Quote ---Video Pinball had a nudge in the "lockdown bar". It was only one but some flex in the lockdown bar, and contacts in there, might be viable too.
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That's the one I remember, and probably the one Xiaou was referring to. It was pretty clunky in the original implementation, IIRC. But I think that for strictly left and right nudging, your suggestion would be another really good way to approach the problem. A small fulcrum of some nature in the center of the bar, and some heavy foam rubber (or springs) near the switches would make a nice stable rest that could actuate a nudge when force is applied.
--- Quote from: Dazz on May 22, 2011, 01:25:16 pm ---Someone has drawn up plans for a nudging lockdown bar. I like it a lot, but I just don't have the tools or knowhow to do the necessary metal work.
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Interesting approach as well. But I think something with just as much functionality can be done without the mechanical complexity.
Dazz:
--- Quote from: RandyT on May 22, 2011, 01:39:14 pm ---The issue with the "bobs" is oscillation. The difference between nudging hard enough to reliably actuate the nudge, and hard enough to bounce it back to the nudge on the other side of the ring, is pretty small. It reminds me of that evil carnival game where you need to roll a bowling ball just hard enough on a pair of metal rails to go over a hump, without pushing so hard that the ramp on the other side sends it back over. :)
But there is an advantage to multiple bobs over the single one with 4 contacts. Multiple bobs can allow for a diagonal nudge (whether the software allows it is another question.)
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Unfortunately the software only allows for Left/right/center & slam. I only use left, right & center, not really sure what the slam does in the software.
eds1275:
This pinball machine is epic and awesome! I think the oversized head on it looks really good.
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