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Button Mods for Pinball games on MAME cab
drventure:
Sorry, i'm just now seeing the responses on this thread :-[
Anyway, about other parts, I really didn't need much. I scavenged a metal bracket that came off an old microwave mount, cut a small wood block and used a few screws and nuts so that I could easily adjust exactly where the plunger strikes the switch, then screw it all down nice and tight.
Mounting the plunger is dirt simple, drill 3 holes, one big one for the plunger shaft and two small ones for mounting screws. At least that's the style plunger I used. There are several different varieties though.
About the bounce. I'm using a roller switch that rolls against the SIDE of the plunger, it's not struck by the END of the plunger. Never had any problems with bounce at all. That might be the trick, as I can easily imagine a switch contacting the END of the plunger will likely bounce pretty bad.
Dazz:
--- Quote from: wonderalex on December 22, 2010, 12:18:57 pm ---There this too:
http://www.nanotechent.com/mot-ionkit.php
WonderAlex
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I would strongly suggest not going with this product... I've been debating on purchasing one, but the CON's seem to outweigh the PROS. I personally do not have much experience with this product with exception of helping a friend try to get it working.
The company is known to take FOREVER to ship, lacks product support, difficult to configure and causes conflicts in the software. VP tables must be scripted for this to work and not all table authors add the code for it. Honestly, I have not heard a single good thing about the Mot-Ion.
drventure:
Wow, 140$, it's $$$ too.
I think my plunger was 10$ on ebay, the switch I had left over from some buttons, and the brackets were scrounged.
Then I went and had the plunger brass plated ???
But it looks good!
HanoiBoi:
I think I already know the answer, but is there anyway to replicate the plunger as in stopping the pull in the middle or inching forward a bit prior to releasing (for skill shots)?
Does the roller switch allow for this or is it still just a switch?
BTW drventure and Dazz, I enjoy your work and find many of your posts helpful. :applaud:
drventure:
Thanks!
Since it's just a switch, there's not much of a way to finesse it.
HOWEVER, I've found that the pin games I play (Future Pin and Virtual Pinball) both rely on HOW LONG you hold the enter key down to determine how far back to pull the plunger.
On my cab anyway, the timing seems to be awfully close to how long it normally takes to pull the actual plunger back.
For instance, If I want to just barely bump the ball, I pull the plunger back just a little and let go.
Since the plunger only came off the switch for a short amount of time, the virtual plunger is only pulled back slightly.
The net effect is it's close to feeling like you're actually pulling back the virtual plunger. It's not exact by any means but it feels pretty close!
Hope I explained that well.
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