Also I did see someone say something about a camera test option or QR test option in the adjustments menu. So I’m going to buy through Best Buy and spend the extra money in case I need to return it
Also I did see someone say something about a camera test option or QR test option in the adjustments menu. So I’m going to buy through Best Buy and spend the extra money in case I need to return it
Quoted from GoldenBeard:3 months… ugh
Looks like Best Buy by me stocks 2 ‘cheap’ ones. One is $50 and appears to have a clip of some kind and the other is $30.
From what I can tell in the thread it looks like as long as it’s 1080p and can connect via usb with a long enough cord it just ‘works’.
Looking at this one
That looks legit enough from what I can tell. I don’t have the model in stock. I’m looking at this one here, spending an extra $20 as I might be able to use it for another project if I want to.
I spoke with George Petro of Play Mechanix at TPF and asked about any updates for BBH. He said we can expect a release later this year that will add more animal hunts as well as another game. He wouldnt hint at what title it would be. My guess is that it would be an existing light gun game such as Aliens or Halo. Very much looking forward to new content as I canceled my subscription as there was nothing new and many of the games got old after a few plays.
Quoted from eharan:I spoke with George Petro of Play Mechanix at TPF and asked about any updates for BBH. He said we can expect a release later this year that will add more animal hunts as well as another game. He wouldnt hint at what title it would be. My guess is that it would be an existing light gun game such as Aliens or Halo. Very much looking forward to new content as I canceled my subscription as there was nothing new and many of the games got old after a few plays.
I heard (loosely) that it was a Walking Dead license….more zombies. Ugh, I hope not.
Quoted from GoldenBeard:That looks legit enough from what I can tell. I don’t have the model in stock. I’m looking at this one here, spending an extra $20 as I might be able to use it for another project if I want to.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-c920s-pro-1080-webcam-with-privacy-shutter-black/6321794.p?skuId=6321794
Best I could do was 4 detections. It’s blurry as hell and the camera is having a very hard time seeing the codes. Going to return mine later on today. I got the one I linked to. Using it and looking at everything else is crystal clear . But when holding the QR code up it’s just not seeing it for some reason. Ugh
17D096AD-FF38-47FA-B2B5-1610D6AD5A3E (resized).jpegQuoted from eharan:I spoke with George Petro of Play Mechanix at TPF and asked about any updates for BBH. He said we can expect a release later this year that will add more animal hunts as well as another game. He wouldnt hint at what title it would be. My guess is that it would be an existing light gun game such as Aliens or Halo. Very much looking forward to new content as I canceled my subscription as there was nothing new and many of the games got old after a few plays.
The rumor I have heard from a pretty reliable source is a walking dead game.
Aliens or halo would be awesome as I love both those titles… walking dead would I’m sure would be cool but I kind of feel zombied out
ExSquid going to hook my camera up in a minute. Which USB port did you use? Or does it even matter? Also I’m assuming I need to get into the versus area to be able to login for anything
If your webcam doesn’t auto focus, you have to keep the phone at a very specific distance. I don’t remember it being unusable.
Quoted from ExSquid:Best I could do was 4 detections. It’s blurry as hell and the camera is having a very hard time seeing the codes. Going to return mine later on today. I got the one I linked to. Using it and looking at everything else is crystal clear . But when holding the QR code up it’s just not seeing it for some reason. Ugh[quoted image]
Unplugged cell data usb while it was off, plugged in there and turned on, camera lit up for me on the attraction screen and I saw something flash about scanning a QR code. I scanned and it logged me in.
I have officially killed my first buck on my profile. Next stop, world champion.
Quoted from jalpert:If your webcam doesn’t auto focus, you have to keep the phone at a very specific distance. I don’t remember it being unusable.
Yeah no matter how much I mess with it it’s just not seeing it. No idea how it saw 4 times but since then nothing after messing with it for 40 minutes.
You’re in the camera test screen in the test menu?
Quoted from ExSquid:Yeah no matter how much I mess with it it’s just not seeing it. No idea how it saw 4 times but since then nothing after messing with it for 40 minutes.
If you’re in the test menu you can see at what distance the phone is from the camera you need to get the image to be clear and subsequently read.
Quoted from jalpert:You’re in the camera test screen in the test menu?
Yeah. No matter how close or how far I put it it’s always blurry and not getting detected .
So I guess I’m a little confused. What exactly do I end up paying for when I scan in? Just every time I play or a certain game mode?
Sounds like an abnormally shitty or defective camera.
Quoted from ExSquid:Yeah. No matter how close or how far I put it it’s always blurry and not getting detected .
Quoted from jalpert:Sounds like an abnormally shitty or defective camera.
Went out and got the one Goldenbeard got and it works flawlessly ! Yes!
So exsquid let me know they need to activate pro mode on my machine, I emailed them today about that.
Anything else I’m missing? Just want to make sure I’m getting the most out of this machine
Anyone know how I can take my game offline?
I called to cancel my subscription bc I'll be too busy to play for several months. They said the game would be totally inoperable?
When I said I thought I would still be able to play with the 5 base animals, they said I had to call them to have a tech take me through taking the game offline if I still wanted to play it.
This seems unnecessarily difficult and confusing...
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:Anyone know how I can take my game offline?
I called to cancel my subscription bc I'll be too busy to play for several months. They said the game would be totally inoperable?
When I said I thought I would still be able to play with the 5 base animals, they said I had to call them to have a tech take me through taking the game offline if I still wanted to play it.
This seems unnecessarily difficult and confusing...
Try disconnecting it from the internet prior to having them take it offline and see if you can still play.
I agree with what you said, my understanding is you can still play the base game with 5 animals and it’s all local leaderboards
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:This seems unnecessarily difficult and confusing...
That about sums up EVERYTHING about this game for home use so far.
I’m still trying to figure how how to “ login “ with a QR code to play showdown mode but it doesn’t let me. Grrrrrr
Quoted from ExSquid:That about sums up EVERYTHING about this game for home use so far.
I’m still trying to figure how how to “ login “ with a QR code to play showdown mode but it doesn’t let me. Grrrrrr
You can’t. You need to swipe your card.
Quoted from NightTrain:You can’t. You need to swipe your card.
Smh …… ok thanks .
It’s my own fault for not investigating more about this but god damn! So I bought a camera to login in with the QR code but now I need the card for Showdown. What a waste of money on my part. Should have just waited. They really suck with letting you know what to do and what you need.
I don’t believe you need them to activate pro mode. I believe it’s just an option in the settings now.
Quoted from GoldenBeard:So exsquid let me know they need to activate pro mode on my machine, I emailed them today about that.
Anything else I’m missing? Just want to make sure I’m getting the most out of this machine
The fact that you can’t login to showdown with a your QR code is insane.
Quoted from ExSquid:Smh …… ok thanks .
It’s my own fault for not investigating more about this but god damn! So I bought a camera to login in with the QR code but now I need the card for Showdown. What a waste of money on my part. Should have just waited. They really suck with letting you know what to do and what you need.
Also, camera isn’t a waste of money. Your friends and people who come over won’t have a card, so they can login and stat track via their phone and camera.
Quoted from ExSquid:Smh …… ok thanks .
It’s my own fault for not investigating more about this but god damn! So I bought a camera to login in with the QR code but now I need the card for Showdown. What a waste of money on my part. Should have just waited. They really suck with letting you know what to do and what you need.
Quoted from jalpert:I don’t believe you need them to activate pro mode. I believe it’s just an option in the settings now.
I’ll go through the menu tonight to see if I can turn it on. Right now I can’t find pro mode anywhere in the game
Quoted from jalpert:Also, camera isn’t a waste of money. Your friends and people who come over won’t have a card, so they can login and stat track via their phone and camera.
True.
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:Anyone know how I can take my game offline?
I called to cancel my subscription bc I'll be too busy to play for several months. They said the game would be totally inoperable?
When I said I thought I would still be able to play with the 5 base animals, they said I had to call them to have a tech take me through taking the game offline if I still wanted to play it.
This seems unnecessarily difficult and confusing...
It is not difficult at all, call Bert at Play Mechanix (Google their number) he will walk you through the process. It takes about 5 mins and you are now offline with 5 animals. Be aware the all of your top scores will be erased, no Hunter Hero, no leaderboards of any kind. You will not be able to use your card and no stats will be kept.
Quoted from GoldenBeard:I’ll go through the menu tonight to see if I can turn it on. Right now I can’t find pro mode anywhere in the game
You might have to go to the online menu and clear query cash. I think that is what it is called.
I forgot to mention that there is a discord group that provides a ton of help with every facet of the game r/ bigbuckhunter is the group to search for.
Quoted from Indusguys:It is not difficult at all, call Bert at Play Mechanix (Google their number) he will walk you through the process. It takes about 5 mins and you are now offline with 5 animals. Be aware that all of your top scores will be erased, no Hunter Hero, no leaderboards of any kind. You will not be able to use your card and no stats will be kept.
Quoted from Indusguys:I forgot to mention that there is a discord group that provides a ton of help with every facet of the game r/ bigbuckhunter is the group to search for.
Thank you. I’ll hit that up later tonight.
Weird to me that clearing query cache would activate pro mode but I’ll try it. When I talked to play mechanix or whichever company, they said it should be set up for me to play for money and do all the pro mode stuff. And I followed their initial instructions to get online. Just once again, weird they don’t have shit to help.
Quoted from GoldenBeard:Thank you. I’ll hit that up later tonight.
Weird to me that clearing query cache would activate pro mode but I’ll try it. When I talked to play mechanix or whichever company, they said it should be set up for me to play for money and do all the pro mode stuff. And I followed their initial instructions to get online. Just once again, weird they don’t have shit to help.
Whenever I have problems I just call Bert. If he doesn’t answer leave a message and he calls back very reliably.
BTW.. I’ve had like 3 people share that discord link and when I use it and it opens the app it tells me it’s invalid or expired. I’m not a big user of discord (and at 33 years old I feel realllllllly old) I don’t know why I can’t get in
Quoted from jalpert:Link expires in 7 days:
https://discord.gg/XN3YMHMF
You’re the man! I’m in! Going to try not to embarrass myself in there.
Quoted from Indusguys:It is not difficult at all, call Bert at Play Mechanix (Google their number) he will walk you through the process. It takes about 5 mins and you are now offline with 5 animals. Be aware the all of your top scores will be erased, no Hunter Hero, no leaderboards of any kind. You will not be able to use your card and no stats will be kept.
So there's no local leaderboard at all?
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:So there's no local leaderboard at all?
Yes there is, but any previous scores will be erased.
From what I'm seeing, if you want the "online" version, it's $7,000 + $39.99/month forever. If you want the offline version it's $11,200 with $0/month in fees.
$11,200 seems pretty steep, or is it just me? Are most people doing the $39.99/month forever?
I mean the 8 years or whatever it is that it will take to break even on offline vs online doesn’t make sense to me from a home arcade owner. And I wanted to play online.
Quoted from Spyderturbo007:From what I'm seeing, if you want the "online" version, it's $7,000 + $39.99/month forever. If you want the offline version it's $11,200 with $0/month in fees.
$11,200 seems pretty steep, or is it just me? Are most people doing the $39.99/month forever?
I could be wrong, but I believe that $11,200 is if you want ALL animals and the Reloaded content. I believe you can take it offline and have just 5 animals, without the need to pay more money.
So im looking at my stat page on Buck Hunter World and there is an " Adventure Stats" tab. Is that when you play all 3 sites on a hunt?
Got my card yesterday. It was printed March 1st so almost exactly a month to receive.
Also id like to join the tournaments with you fellas if its cool!
Called Beth at Play Mechanix and she was very helpful in assisting me taking my game offline. I'll probably keep it that way until at least September, as when it gets nice out, I can't justify paying $40/month to barely play the game.
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:Called Beth at Play Mechanix and she was very helpful in assisting me taking my game offline. I'll probably keep it that way until at least September, as when it gets nice out, I can't justify paying $40/month to barely play the game.
Understandable. It’s nice to know it’s an easy process!
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