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[4/1/2024] -Pi4/5 Support Incoming -Major League SkeeBall -- SkeeBall Controller
Rberry45:
Nipsmg, I just want to say that I absolutely love this software. :applaud: Incredible work! I purchased an old Skee Roll machine and the software has brought this back to life. Just installed the optical sensors and am adding the 100 point holes.
You possess a skill set (programming) that I do not possess. I have a request. I may be asking for something that is fairly easy to do, or may be impossible, or perhaps has an easy solution that I am just not aware of, but here is the ask:
For those that are familiar with Virtual Pinball, VPX Pinup Popper front end has an option to shut down the computer from the menu screen. In short, I can place the start up file in the start up folder, and start, run and shut down the computer without ever using the keyboard or mouse (minimal interface with Windows). While I do have your application file in my startup menu, I am manually closing the program, then manually shutting down windows. Is this something that could be done with this software? Perhaps as an option on the main menu screen?
Not a criticism by any means. Your software made my day, heck, week when I recently stumbled upon it. If you need testers in the future, just ask. Thank you again for this wonderful software! Scott
Rberry45:
Bounce Issues with Optical switches - may help someone with conventional whisker switches as well...
I just finished converting to optical switches and had issues with random multiple scoring. The solution for me was to go into windows, Settings, Accessibility, Keyboard, selected "Filter Keys", and switched "Ignore Unintended Keystrokes" to "On", and lastly set "Wait before accepting repeated keystrokes" to "0.3 seconds". After a restart, no more multiple scoring. Different versions of Windows (I am running Windows 11) may be worded differently, but the same theory applies. Since the IPAC board for my setup is considered a keyboard to the computer, this eliminated the double bounce scoring issue for me.
Hope this helps someone else if they are experiencing bounce scoring.
Jstgilstrap:
I did the same thing But now if you tap the right or left arrow to fast it wont let you scroll through the games. You have to hit it at a slow rate.
IceBalls:
Update on the Ice-Ball project...
As mentioned in an earlier post, Ice-Ball does not have an opto-sensor on each pocket. The three top pockets (50 and 100R and 100L) actually share only 2 sensors. Therefore some logic needs to be implemented to determine what pocket is actually correct and send the appropriate key press.
I decided the easiest way to do this would be to run all sensor outputs to an Arduino Leonardo board and write the logic on there. Tapping into the 5V opto outputs under the playfield wasn't too bad either. The Leo boards also have the ability to act as a HID and simulate a USB keyboard. So this solution allows me to write the necessary logic and replace an i-PAC2.
Once it was proven out, I swapped the original marquee for a 27" monitor and tucked a small Windows PC behind it to run MLS. Right now, I just have a small wireless keyboard to send the ESC/ENTER/LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN commands, but I plan to add buttons at some point. Audio is also connected back to the Ice-Ball speaker so it sounds great.
The machine has been getting a lot more play now. Thanks for your work developing this!
rick_bungle:
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--- Quote from: Jstgilstrap on July 25, 2024, 11:50:26 am ---Any one have an issue with the program closing its self. If I keep the program up for a bit it just will close. its even closed during a game play.
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I think that's a memory leak -- It happened randomly. I might have a build that fixes that, I'll have to check.
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Did you ever check to see if you have a build to correct the memory leak?
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