More or less just on hold for other projects at the moment

One of the barriers was the huge licensing component. Obviously there is no chance of commercial viability of a mod like this, and to avoid licensing costs, we couldn't distribute any star wars related assets, so its a bit of a pain. We'd also have to license through PPS to make sure they're compensated for their efforts and IP, so theres quite a few logistical problems to solve.

Its still something I'm excited about as that game needs a major facelift. (Just my opinion)

Hey there! Glad to find another geek thats looking at modding a Pin2k. I've done a few mods on my RFM while tinkering with the low level driver board timing. You pretty much have two options as far as what I can see:

1. Utilizing a host computer running Linux with kernel packages to tweak scheduling to support real time IO control. P2K requires timing almost to 2ms, so use RTLinux and write your low level P2K I/O code as a kernel module (thats what my first demo did).

2. Utilize an interface board to ditch the parallel port requirement on the host machine and implement your P2K I/O code using a microprocessor. From there, use whatever language you want and send your higher level "fire this coil/lamp, read this switch" type events over a USB serial bus.

That is what THIS demo uses.

DISCLAIMER: Any of the work shown here is used for my own personal research and education. There are zero plans to redistribute these works in a commercial fashion or otherwise. Though if you need help in creating your own, I'll gladly assist in any questions regarding the theory of operation or implementation of these concepts.

RE PPS: Nah, actually PPS was supportive of getting modifications out onto the market, it just so happened to be more effort than I wanted to put in at the time since I'm balancing other free-time projects that are non-pinball related. Its those projects and finishing my degree that took time away from this I'd love to get back at it one day.