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[Gazeyre1966]

Hi chaps.

Having played all the old Barcrests to death I thought I'd spend an evening playing some old Maygay's. I have the same problem with The Italian Job and On The Buses (M1A/ and that is that when I go to collect my winnings I am getting "Hopper Error.... left to pay". I have to reset the machine to play again. No money is totted up in the OUT box.

Now before you all laugh... I have read the knowledgebase and the only article I can find seems to refer to version MFME 1.0. I have looked in the Config menu, nothing about hoppers there. I have tried opening the back door and hitting the refill button (not sure what this does but I've tried it anyway.) I've tried test mode with the back door open and it will pay out then but as soon as I untick the box...same old story.

It's not really spoiling things but I'd like to know how to fix this problem so I don't have to pester you all in the future. I know I'm probably overlooking something really stupid but I can't work out what it is.

Cheers.

[ady]

Hmmmm interesting.....looking into this at the mo Gazeyre1966.

Needs to be sorted as i'm doing the 1024 as you may know..doh! never easy

[Gazeyre1966]

Thanks mate...It's got me stumped I can tell ya. But like I say, I haven't played too much on Maygay machines to date. I'm sure I didn't have this problem on MFMEv1 though.

[ady]

Yeah runs fine on there.....Just messed with a few bits.....No joy to date.

Will have this done by tommorow as it's a really easy thing i'd imagine, presuming they do run on it in the first place!!!.

Please though anybody who does know post it up as it's a pain trying to get quid after quid on it to try!

[Gazeyre1966]

Sorry for the hassle. I've checked Game Manager and It's showing a payout for Italian Job (although I did play this a bit on MFMEv1) but nothing for On the Buses (which I hardly touched)....Weird!!!!

The games play perfectly otherwise.

[ady]

As you know the way to alter the meter to show 'in' 'out' is as I only learned reciently is to alter the meter in config...where in some Barcrest machines it has to be set to Triac 'X'

Shame that that couldn't be an easy solution here

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[Gazeyre1966]

Actually Adydb...I didn't know that. I can set some of my older Barcrest's now to record payout

You learn something new every day.

[RB]

The maygays have a slight problem in mfme v2

Many are also affected by the £1 coin sensor problem, but this is an emulator issue which a layout update will not be able to fix for MFME2. Where a more serious problem has existed that has affected functionality, such as the reel alignment problem with Star Trekking, a release has been made.

From M1adness site

Seems the hopper error is due to the opto sensor not being emulated properly,(well enough) may have to wait or release it with the bug......

[ady]

cheers RB another 4 hours you saved me.......blimey I owe you a day!!!

[Gazeyre1966]

Thanks Adydb and RB...Glad to know I'm not going nuts. Thanks for your time and effort guys.

[M1Adness]

Yes unfortunately payouts are broken on many, mostly everything paying in 20p's. It was caused by the addition of certain hopper config options in MFME2. An update has cured the problem but it is in testing and Wizard has not released publicly as yet.