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How about Custom Code for CGC remakes?

By Bublehead

2 years ago


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#58 2 years ago

As seen in the soren updated code thread, it's pretty clear people want to pay zero for code updates. There was some real pushback there on $20. $20.... think about that. $20 to fix bugs in a game and expand out fairness in tournaments.

$400 worth of LEDs, stupid toppers for $1000, etc. and people won't pony up $20 for a code update. Well, one person will, and then copy it, and then it's on pin universe, etc. so everyone else can d/l it for free.

Also, didn't CG update the code for MBr anyway for the lightshows?

CC doesn't really count because it was released without finished code.

#69 2 years ago
Quoted from Warzard:

I think you write your comments without checking what was exactly released by Soren.

I know exactly what has been done by Soren, released and unreleased.

The point of my post was that fixing bugs in old games isn't even worth $20 to cheapies. They want it for free. Now, Soren was giving it away for free prior to PPS's involvement, so to be legal, the $20 needs to be paid.

Quoted from ruralcollector:

I think just because a couple of goofs are spending dumb money on toppers in times of high inflation doesn’t mean that it would equate to a sustainable business model for pinball recodes. Aside from some of the negative comments, I think mainly most view your ambitions as blind considering the complexities of pinball software.
Ya gotta learn to walk before you run. Give MPF a stab and post some of your work to build interest and gain experience. As a coder you know that just because you work on mainframes or code in C++ doesn’t mean you can easily tackle assembly or verilog. Wish you the best of luck!

Reminds me of several (well, ok 2) people who are accomplished C+ coders who wanted to dabble in modifying the old roms. They took one look at the assembly source and ran away. As SLAMT1LT says, it takes a while to get up to speed on things. If mods to old games are your thing, that's different than jumping into MPF or similar coding frameworks where there's a huge group of people that can help you along.

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