Problem Blazing Angels Sit Down HELP PLEASE

[athena]

you cant bypass it, you already said your not a pc expert.
you would need to have hacking skilz and know how to use software like IDApro

If I’m running tekno parrot on a different pc will that still run risk of needing to be bypassed or does it not matter if off tekno parrot.??

 

[TheDaddy]

With tecknoparrot you will not need to bypass any protection as there is none , One thing you will need it to be able to wire the controls up to an IPAC/APAC as you need a way for the controls to communicate with the PC. You will need to learn installing O/S , Installing and configuring parrot , Wiring controls ect. You only have the new PC hooked up inside the old one with PSU ect is removed so no need to do owt with that.

It can be a job for a novice if you can follow videos and instructions, Should be fun !!!

Dave.

P.S I am going to wack it on my driving cab I think , Although I aint a fan of new new arcade stuff I would like to play Outrun 2 on it !

 

[Bods]

you need to know the spec of the original pc

PC specs for it are low but Ideally wants

the reason the buttons didnt work may have been protection recognising it was not original,

as for parrot - i suggest you look into how it will interface to your controls and such

I have the Joystick and Throttle from These machines, It has a box with little usb game controller interface for controls. not sure where the start button works from but should be the USB as the joystick/throttle runs from it, plugs straight in PC USB so should work fine in TeknoParrot, if it's standard PC running with windows then he can play other flight games too

https://service.globalvr.com/downloads/blazingangels/040-0168-01_Blazing_Angels_Manual.pdf

The board on top left GVRI/O Mini PCB I'm sure what is with mine, I used it to connect my Star Wars controller to PC and use Joystick/Throttle for playing for the other space/flight games so teknoparrot should just see it, depends what other buttons the cab has? where the Start Button wired too but I would of thought that

 

[athena]

With tecknoparrot you will not need to bypass any protection as there is none , One thing you will need it to be able to wire the controls up to an IPAC/APAC as you need a way for the controls to communicate with the PC. You will need to learn installing O/S , Installing and configuring parrot , Wiring controls ect. You only have the new PC hooked up inside the old one with PSU ect is removed so no need to do owt with that.

It can be a job for a novice if you can follow videos and instructions, Should be fun !!!

Dave.

P.S I am going to wack it on my driving cab I think , Although I aint a fan of new new arcade stuff I would like to play Outrun 2 on it !

Actually I sat and watched the video posted on YouTube about tekno parrot and specifically SW pod. But showed step guide so I’d give it a go, just take my time.
Outrun 2 love it and Mario Kart.

This bit about IPAC etc I’ve no idea about any of this I’ll be looking at that next now. I assumed if I linked it up the existing controls on my cabinet would just work but clearly not lol

 

[TheDaddy]

Ah usb ! Amazing if it is. So so much easier. I was just assuming , my wife says i assume to much

Hopefully when you plug controls into new pc windows picks up drivers ect.

Dave.

 

[athena]

PC specs for it are low but Ideally wants

I have the Joystick and Throttle from These machines, It has a box with little usb game controller interface for controls. not sure where the start button works from but should be the USB as the joystick/throttle runs from it, plugs straight in PC USB so should work fine in TeknoParrot, if it's standard PC running with windows then he can play other flight games too

https://service.globalvr.com/downloads/blazingangels/040-0168-01_Blazing_Angels_Manual.pdf

The board on top left GVRI/O Mini PCB I'm sure what is with mine, I used it to connect my Star Wars controller to PC and use Joystick/Throttle for playing for the other space/flight games so teknoparrot should just see it, depends what other buttons the cab has? where the Start Button wired too but I would of thought that

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Ok so my current

Ah usb ! Amazing if it is. So so much easier. I was just assuming , my wife says i assume to much

Hopefully when you plug controls into new pc windows picks up drivers ect.

Dave.

sounds like, if I’m following haha. Buy pc mentioned above, get tekno loaded up onto it and chosen games to play added?
Plug it in and see if controls work as normal? If they don’t there are further work arounds?

 

[Bods]

Question is with the original PC, does it run the USB Interface from a usb on that USB Adaptor card seen in first pics

https://service.globalvr.com/troubleshooting/ba.html

Blazing Angels Troubleshooting Guide​

Global VR
https://service.globalvr.com › troubleshooting

Try a different USB cable. Reboot the game. Replace PCI USB card if faulty. Faulty PCB, Make sure that all connections to the GVRI/O Mini PCB are secure ...

 

[TheDaddy]

Ok so my current

sounds like, if I’m following haha. Buy pc mentioned above, get tekno loaded up onto it and chosen games to play added?
Plug it in and see if controls work as normal? If they don’t there are further work arounds?

In theory , i have never actually seen on so i would look to Bobs on the usb part.

Dave.

 

[Bods]

https://parts.globalvr.com/gvr-static-suppression-board-990-0014-ba/

https://service.globalvr.com/reference/gvrio-ae&pl.htm

Everything runs off that I/O board then, I know when I looked at them there are ones setup for Flight games then another for Driving, the Need For Speed Carbon has them too but slightly different firmware for driving I guess

 

[Bods]

Ok so my current

sounds like, if I’m following haha. Buy pc mentioned above, get tekno loaded up onto it and chosen games to play added?
Plug it in and see if controls work as normal? If they don’t there are further work arounds?

Basically yeah

It should work as everything is running from that USB and you can just setup joystick/buttons in controller setup.

You can still sort original PC out at some point and plug that back in anytime, that's bonus with these PC based games

You can still setup the Test, Service, Start as well so should work just same. I'm trying to remember if I had any drivers for the USB or if it just works,

SEE THIS PAGE http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=135310.80 shows the SPudlogic connected to PC

 

[athena]

@Bods once again thank you for the input. Same for everyone else who has helped so far. I know @Mc-Q got a bit exasperated with me but I promise it was unintentional. As explained, what I know about PCs makes me dangerous to touch them. Lol
I’ve agreed to buy that PC mentioned and hopefully shall get it tomorrow. Which will give me weekend if I can find time to bugger about with it and hopefully get it running. Or after getting nowhere for hours I could find I’ve decided to have a large bonfire lol

 

[athena]

Ok New PC arrived as planned. First issue is I don’t think I’ve got lead to use monitor. Haha. First problem to resolve but it’s early and only had 1 coffee so far. Attached a pic but it’s rather uninteresting.

 

[Mc-Q]

picture of the connectors may help
a lot of cards have more than 1 output - even on 1 socket

 

[athena]

lol yes but I discovered I could just stick it on tv in kitchen with hdmi for now. Ok so I’ve been at this for 5 hours now my brain is melting and I hate everything!

I’ve been a Mac user for so long that windows is so alien to use just navigating around it has been such a headache.

I’ve got f loads of space on drives but this thing won’t use anything other than the 5gb on the one drive whatever that is.

So in summary I think I’ve downloaded the teknoparrot, c++ and direct thing
I’ve downloaded the game files which took hours for some reason. Now I’m stuck.

I’ve not managed to find any .exe files
I think I’ve just got in more of a mess as I’ve gone on and now I really just don’t know about anything. Officially hate it. Knew i would.

No idea why blazing and Star Wars ended up saying unconfirmed pic below

 

[athena]

Mach Storm won’t do anything as one drive wants money for more space and I’ve got hundreds of gigs on hard drive so no way I’m paying for one drive space

 

[Mc-Q]

well...
your on your own, i'm a 100% Linux user
i got sick of windows shit back in XP days!

 

[athena]

Ok so after many many hours I am at a stage I’ve got 2 games launched on teknoparrot. But StarWars Pod being dome screen is displaying it as a dome not a flat screen. Anyone know what I do to fix that?

 

[Mc-Q]

check the options, maybe the game was written to go into different cabs.
you never know.

 

[athena]

Ok so UPDATE!! I’ve now managed to download 3 of the 4 I wanted
Blazing Angels - Appears 100%
Mach Storm - Appears 100% with easy selectable dome screen fix
Star Wars BP - appears I’ve removed dome issue with a patch but it’s still really really stuttering.
What’s weird is Mach Storm runs on same system in a dome, bigger game file as well and smooth as a babies bum so why is Star Wars still stuttering.

I’m sure the PC I bought was more than capable so please anyone have any fix or suggestion??

My pc spec is

I5 processor 10th gen, 16gb Ram. 256 SSD, 1 TB HDD, GTX 1660 Super GPU

Am I missing anything obvious? The fact Mach storm is running ok makes this even more unusual (always the game you care about)

 

[athena]

To even make it easy I’ve attached pic of required specs, my pc should be ok

I’ve got win 10
I’ve got double Ram needed
I’ve got i5 better over i3
My GC is 1660 super not 660
I’ve got over spare 180 gb space not necessary 40gb

Am I missing anything obvious? A box that needs ticking? Another fix patch?