I’ve personally undergone similar issues with development I’ve done on another project. You may or may not understand the situation, but I assure you it is quite real. Believe Tim when he says that he will have to stop any further development/modifications. The actions of a few will ruin it for everyone.

Therefore, I encourage everyone to have a little self-discipline, and to follow the rules as clearly outlined. For those not following the simple rules, please stop being lazy, oblivious, selfish, or whatever other behavior you are exhibiting to skirt the defined process.

Personally, I've done projects where I openly shared but requested donations of users felt led to do so (don't get me wrong, I also do a lot of "for pay" only projects). When on the "donations are optional" side of things, I had no issue with users who chose not to contribute. Typically, when doing such things it is not for the money, and if certain people give then that is appreciated, but if not that's okay too (I don't judge either way). However, anyone not following the requested rules is a completely different story.

Could a Mac user not just run a Windows VM, or is there some kind of hardware level issue?

Well, I would say we are quickly running out of time. I would go one step further than Tim and suggest even if not you, but you recognize any of the addresses he posted then it’s time for you to speak up. There are obviously two problems here: 1) those who are attempting to gain access outside of the defined process, and 2) even worse, those who are sharing the information outside of the manner they agreed to.

That's an improvement IMO.

Look up the page a few posts: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-jurassic-park-2-custom-code-project/page/24#post-5945654

I'm in the same boat, and the custom code was literally what put me into the buy column on this pin. Mine isn't scheduled to arrive until last next week, but after I get a few games in just to experience it, I'm going straight to the custom code.

That's funny, I wondered what he was talking about. BTW, my favorite video game back in the day was Q-Bert, and one of the big contributing factors was the knocker in the cabinet that went off every time the snake jumped off the puzzle.

Awesome detailed write up. Not only do we all appreciate what you are bringing to this pin, but your attention to detail and passion for the project speak a lot about just how much you want the game to be as good as it can be for all of us.

Thank you for your efforts, and thank you for letting us all share in the experience with you.

Don't know if it's just me or everyone, but I just received my file share link. If you've not checked your linked email account in the last few minutes, you may want to.

I'm not above throwing myself on the floor kicking and screaming.

Actually, I just saw the amendment at the bottom of Tim's 1.03 post stating that he was able to resolve the Google share issue.

Looks like we're back in business! Burning the 1.03 image as I type.

Just installed 1.03 and went as smoothly as expected. Played a couple of games, and everything worked perfectly. Also, I noticed that the raptor pit voice track now aligns perfectly with the video (as stated in the 1.03 release notes). Great work and thank you, Tim!

No, but you will need to contact Tim via his instructions. For this last version he proactively sent links to those who donated as he is trying to limit those who are violating his usage rules. In my mind, it figures that those who have donated are more likely to follow the rules since they are financially invested to some extent in the project.

Really enjoying this pin.

This game is quickly becoming my favorite, and I never thought anything would overtake AFM.

Game just has a great flow to it, and the variety of objectives and things to do is far beyond the other pins I've owned. Then again, this is my first Stern (modern or otherwise), and I must say that I'm extremely impressed.

Well, if a Matrix pin came along or maybe even a John Wick, I might be down for that.

Hard to tell, but as yo mention do you have any friends who own a Windows PC? If so, follow the same process using Win32DiskImager and see what the results are?

Looks like I'll be a "Stern Outsider" for some time to come.

By no means is this a criticism of Stern nor the quality of the individuals that work there (I don't know them), but developing, for lack of a better term, anti-piracy technologies into their systems would require an extremely high level of both hardware and software engineering, in addition to a significant expense for them to do so. Not to mention, the complications that could artificially arise that would require additional tech support. Then there is the constant, never ending, back and forth of addressing hacks of their security each time it is cracked (and it will be).

I assure you that people who know how to develop such technologies are highly compensated, or if there are security technologies that can be licensed/outsourced they are quite expensive. Quite possibly Stern has done the analysis and determined that going down this path is just not feasible. However, that doesn't mean that they have given up. Rather, they just approach the issue from a legal perspective. In other words, they issue warnings, change EULAs, and make it clear there are legal consequences (assuming they act on them) for anyone violating their IP stipulations. I'm sure at some point, there will be someone or some entity that is made an example of. Typically doing this once or twice is enough to deter the vast majority of others from doing it in the future once they see the true consequences of such actions.