+Andrew Davie Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Anyone with a PlusCart have Xfinity internet? I finally got a new router which got my PlusCarts working again. But now they do not report high scores..... Can't you determine if it's your ISP simply by using your phone (NOT connected to your WiFi, but via 4G for example) as a hotspot? That way you're bypassing Xfinity and can see how well the PlusCart works via an alternate connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I have really bad cell service in my rural area, but yeah it seems to work fine on the hotspot. So there is no way for this cart to work on certain ISP's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: I have really bad cell service in my rural area, but yeah it seems to work fine on the hotspot. So there is no way for this cart to work on certain ISP's? This test suggests that there is something your ISP is doing to the connection/requests that is unusual. Next step is to identify what's actually happening there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spspspsp Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: I have really bad cell service in my rural area, but yeah it seems to work fine on the hotspot. So there is no way for this cart to work on certain ISP's? Is your router located far away from your Atari? I had an issue with scores not being reported, although the PlusCart menu said I was connected, and installing a repeater (using an old router) in the same room as my Atari fixed the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spspspsp Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 FWIW, one of my favorite things about the PlusCart is that it gives me a reason to play games I probably would have skipped over or would not devote significant time to (particularly HSC games). Virtual "patches" are a really nice touch. Thank you to everyone who has worked on this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 My router is in same room as my atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: My router is in same room as my atari Just curious what changes you will see if you move them further apart. Can you try the Atari in a different room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Have you checked the Wifi signals? There are many Android apps existing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Will try both tonight, thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 13 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: Just curious what changes you will see if you move them further apart. Can you try the Atari in a different room? Ok played a bunch of games in the garage, as far away from the router I can get. No change, no worse, no better. Some games like Tapper has not recorded any of my scores while most other games it is maybe 50/50 if it will post the score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 13 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Have you checked the Wifi signals? There are many Android apps existing. -25dbm in the room with the router and my main 2600 -69dbm in the garage, as far away from the router I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Its seems like if the cart flashes blue at end of game, it posts a score, No blue flash at game end, no score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Its seems like if the cart flashes blue at end of game, it posts a score, No blue flash at game end, no score. yes, if the persistent connection is lost and could not be reconnected by the ESP8266 there will be no flash of the LED. Edited January 9, 2021 by Al_Nafuur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spspspsp Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I think there may be a bug in the Tapper HSC rom (NTSC). Specifically, can someone double check that the correct difficulty is being reported by the ROM? When I sat down today to play "Intermediate," my score was reported under "Arcade." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 8 hours ago, spspspsp said: I think there may be a bug in the Tapper HSC rom (NTSC). Specifically, can someone double check that the correct difficulty is being reported by the ROM? When I sat down today to play "Intermediate," my score was reported under "Arcade." "Intermediate" and "Arcade" have been swapped in the variation list. @Omegamatrix I rearranged the tapper variation list. Because the left switch is bit 6 and the right is bit 7, the order of the variation list array differs from the description order. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Enter to win a PlusCart on the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast! Listen to the Tooth Protectors episode of the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast that came out today, Ferg covers how to enter to win at the end of the show https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/b/4/0/b40d9af78d550949/Tooth_Protectors_by_DSD-Camelot.mp3?c_id=93337448&cs_id=93337448&expiration=1610583008&hwt=33a1f44ee9440cf8238a618f9fa86b1e I also made a video about the contest and the PlusCart you can win Enter by Feb. 7th 2021 Listen to the Early Feb. episode of the 2600 Game by Game Podcast to see if you won. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Enter to win a PlusCart on the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast! Listen to the Tooth Protectors episode of the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast that came out today, Ferg covers how to enter to win at the end of the show https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/b/4/0/b40d9af78d550949/Tooth_Protectors_by_DSD-Camelot.mp3?c_id=93337448&cs_id=93337448&expiration=1610583008&hwt=33a1f44ee9440cf8238a618f9fa86b1e I also made a video about the contest and the PlusCart you can win Enter by Feb. 7th 2021 Listen to the Early Feb. episode of the 2600 Game by Game Podcast to see if you won. This is a really cool piece of tech. Good luck to all who enter...can't wait to compete for high scores against the winner.? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Got my PlusCart the other day and tried it today. I had to boot a few times for my SSID to come up (mostly, the site survey was full of blank SSIDs and SSIDs from neighbors) but mine did come up eventually. The password entry is a bit funky, and my password is pretty complex, but it does work. Let's just say that that I am glad you only have to do this once. Great job everyone! Really impressive piece of hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 5:14 PM, Fierodoug5 said: Anyone with a PlusCart have Xfinity internet? I finally got a new router which got my PlusCarts working again. But now they do not report high scores..... I just got my PlusCart and I have Xfinity, and it seems to have taken my high scores (albeit as "unknown pluscart user 87" or something.) I am not sure yet how to register my name I entered my name in the setup, but apparently you need to do more than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, batari said: I just got my PlusCart and I have Xfinity, and it seems to have taken my high scores (albeit as "unknown pluscart user 87" or something.) I am not sure yet how to register my name I entered my name in the setup, but apparently you need to do more than that? Hope I get this right; You go to the plusstore website, register there with username/email, and then you connect to the plusstore via the cart and entering your username. That is sufficient for the cart to contact the store and associate itself correctly with your account. Then you get a confirmation email, and you go to the plusstore again and see a list of your carts -- which you must enable via a press of the little arrow to switch mode on/off for each cart. Hit me up if you're having issues. The functionality is significantly more when you've gone through this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, batari said: I just got my PlusCart and I have Xfinity, and it seems to have taken my high scores (albeit as "unknown pluscart user 87" or something.) I am not sure yet how to register my name I entered my name in the setup, but apparently you need to do more than that? ... it's explained very well in the video in post #591 above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 13 hours ago, Andrew Davie said: ... it's explained very well in the video in post #591 above. OK, I will do this when I get a chance. By the way, what are the technical details about how to modify games to get them to work with the HSC, and what the submission guidelines for modified games? I can't seem to find this information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, batari said: OK, I will do this when I get a chance. By the way, what are the technical details about how to modify games to get them to work with the HSC, and what the submission guidelines for modified games? I can't seem to find this information. Are you a member of the PlusCart User Club/forum? I think there's information there on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Andrew Davie said: Are you a member of the PlusCart User Club/forum? I think there's information there on that. @Andrew Davie invitation sent yesterday, @batari should be in your notifications. Edited January 15, 2021 by Al_Nafuur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, batari said: By the way, what are the technical details about how to modify games to get them to work with the HSC, and what the submission guidelines for modified games? I can't seem to find this information. the HSC was just a PoC for the PlusROM functions. It now has grown to a sort of a "community" project where @Omegamatrix, @Thomas Jentzsch, @Dionoid have contributed. Omegamatrix is currently doing most of the database administration (and I think he is also the one who has modified the most ROMs) Edited January 15, 2021 by Al_Nafuur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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