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ark_ader:
--- Quote from: theCoder on October 28, 2007, 08:34:40 pm ---Orthorectified ? Sounds painful.
What does the force feedback feel like? Short bursts of vibration? Small pops? Are they regionalized, as in, when you use the left flipper you feel it on the left side? I'd love to look inside one of those to see what mech(s) they use. Its either done with a motor with eccentric, or a solenoid like a door bell ringer.
What actions cause the feedback? Flippers and plunger make sense. Others? I doubt VP generates outputs for software conditions (ball hitting a kicker, knock-down resets, etc. That would be awesome. Sorry for all the questions, but you really got my mind racing with ideas.
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Like a solenoid but with weight. When you press it you get a sample of a flipper and vibration that echos inside the cab. I think I will ask VR how they did this as they seem to be buddies with the Visual Pinball and PinMame crowd. I heard that the Mame team is designing hooks for external output for emulated games, like Qbert's demise knock.
I saw a pic on the VP forums but you have to be logged in to view, so I hosted it at my site (apologies to the owner). This is what I want to build:
How cool is that?