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| Mike A:
I don't think it will be worth all of the effort. First off, I have played a bunch of vpins. They just don't feel right. There are some really nice looking machines on this forum, maybe the play experience is better with them. The only ones I have played have been at the MGC. I have no doubt that you can pull this off, but it doesn't look like you are saving any floor space by tucking the driving right underneath. There is still part of the frame on the floor when the seat is tucked underneath. Go get a Hard Drivin' cab. You freakin' rule that game. All that being said, if you do this, it has to make the classic transformers sound when it transforms back and forth. Zapcon 2019. Be there. I didn't really get a chance to talk to you. |
| Laythe:
Thanks, yotsuya and barrymossel. (Yots: I did actually find a local Race Drivin', but if I'd gotten it, I'd never have a vpin or Outrun. I think I can get everything but the FFB and shifter lockout working well in emulation.) --- Quote from: Mike A on July 01, 2018, 08:01:09 am ---I have no doubt that you can pull this off, but it doesn't look like you are saving any floor space by tucking the driving right underneath. There is still part of the frame on the floor when the seat is tucked underneath. --- End quote --- My thinking on the frame on the floor is that it still counts as floor to me - I can walk on it, so it's walkway. Some drafts had the chair on carpet-capable wheels, to avoid that frame existing - but knowing me, that'd mean I'd stack other crap in the way of it deploying and then either not be able to deploy it or crash it. That frame is kind of the equivalent of diagonal yellow stripes painted on a robotic factory floor, to me. "Hey dummy this is the exclusionary zone." --- Quote from: Mike A on July 01, 2018, 08:01:09 am ---All that being said, if you do this, it has to make the classic transformers sound when it transforms back and forth. --- End quote --- Yes! This is required. Randomly, either that, or the sound of a pit crew with air ratchets, or the Six Million Dollar Man noise. The front-end will do this. ;D --- Quote from: Mike A on July 01, 2018, 08:01:09 am ---Zapcon 2019. Be there. I didn't really get a chance to talk to you. --- End quote --- I don't think I'm likely on 2019, though to be fair I didn't think I was likely on 2018 either. I wouldn't be surprised if I made it back someday though, if the BYOAC horde keeps going. |
| rablack97:
Having went through the process of building a vpin. The puprose is to get it as close as possible to the real thing. I will tell you this now, your playfield section will have to be waaayyyyy deeper than that, which will kill your rotating function. Trust me when i tell you, every inch in the playfield section is utilized with parts, and it will be super heavy, not to mention the amount of wiring that will have to feed into the backbox from the playfield. With a VPIN i've learned its all or you're building a piece of crap. Half ass full size vpins are a waste of time actually. Turning a TV putting a monitor on top and putting buttons on the side and front is not a vpin to me its a a big ass tate machine laying on its back. So think long and hard about combining the two, you need easy access to the backglass and the table at all times as stated they are high maint and constantly evolving. So IMHO i would go either or, or seperate the two. |
| pbj:
The hobby has moved on from vpins. |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: rablack97 on July 01, 2018, 04:41:13 pm ---Having went through the process of building a vpin. The puprose is to get it as close as possible to the real thing. I will tell you this now, your playfield section will have to be waaayyyyy deeper than that, which will kill your rotating function. Trust me when i tell you, every inch in the playfield section is utilized with parts, and it will be super heavy, not to mention the amount of wiring that will have to feed into the backbox from the playfield. With a VPIN i've learned its all or you're building a piece of crap. Half ass full size vpins are a waste of time actually. Turning a TV putting a monitor on top and putting buttons on the side and front is not a vpin to me its a a big ass tate machine laying on its back. So think long and hard about combining the two, you need easy access to the backglass and the table at all times as stated they are high maint and constantly evolving. So IMHO i would go either or, or seperate the two. --- End quote --- I had a good talk about these with Rodney when he was here. You might want to pick his brain Laythe. |
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