Is it possible to get this reposted ? I would really like to have a crack at this nice piece. Would be happy to help out. Thanks in advance.

Hi Davep180, thanks for the link but I already got both packs from a friendly member.

I did try it first on a W10 machine 64bit (MSI Wind PC with touchscreen)

After some tweaking of the main.bat and photoplay.ahk I did manage to get the photoplay to run.

First it only showed in 2 color mode, but when I changed the resolution to 800×600 (16bit color depth) it worked.

However it was very slow, maybe due to the fact that this PC is actually not W10 compatible. (This being a I5 3,2Ghz machine it should not be a problem as normal photoplay machines run on a 486 based machine ?

So I reinstalled it with W7 64bit, but now I get exactly the same error as shown in your last post. <No Entries> error.

I am beginning to suspect this is OS dependant. Will try some more today, and keep sharing my findings.

Hi DaveP180, I have it working at the moment.

If you want you can leave me your email , and I can send you some information?

It is working on my MSI 2420 Wind (Touchscreen) all in one PC.

It currently runs on W10-64bit in 800×600 (16bit color depth)

I don't have access to the members area :S

To whom is interested to solving the problems, I have found all the solutions on it……..

I anticipate you, that the addresses PATH are wrong!

Please, let me know if there is someone with the difficolties, I will be happy to help on it…

davep180 said

Cyber-C said

To whom is interested to solving the problems, I have found all the solutions on it……..

I anticipate you, that the addresses PATH are wrong!

Please, let me know if there is someone with the difficolties, I will be happy to help on it…

  

I still have the files on my mega account. Would you mind posting what you changed to get this working please? Please state the drive (eg D:, F: etc) and any paths you used that may come in handy.

Sadly I bet it’s crap, but I have had the files for about 2 years or so now!

Many thanks,

Dave

  

Hi @Dave,

to let it work properly, please follow as below:

1) Be sure that your E: Drive Letter it’s not occupied by some other Hard Disk or DVD Driver (this it’s important because Photoplay it use this letter, once you will launch it).

2) In C:/ , create a new folder called PhotoPlay.

3) Place all the root folders, into this new folder in C:/PhotoPlay (like: advert, dua, extra, foto32, mysql, Prog, Launcher).

4) Go into the Folder “extra” and open the file PhotoPlay.ahk with even some simple software like Notepad, and find the following line code:

Run, E:\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe, , Hide ;Start MySQL

Change it in:

Run, %PhotoPlayPath%\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe, , Hide ;Start MySQL

5) OPTIONAL: If you are using the mouse instead of TouchScreen to keep to see your arrow pointer (otherwise will flickering or disappear almost the time), in the same file, find this line code and DELETE it:

Run, nomousy.exe /h ;Hide Windows mouse

If you are using the TouchScreen DON’T DELETE THIS LINE, so you can jump to the 6) point!

6) Once finished the above fixing, Save the file and exit from PhotoPlay.ahk. Now, in the same folder (“extra” folder) open the file main.bat you can open it with a simple Notepad software from Widows.

7) Once opened with the Notepad software, delete all the code content, and replace with mine, as below:

cd..

cd mysql

cd bin

start mysqld.exe

cd..

cd..

cd Prog

start modemras.exe

start main.exe

8) Once done, save the file and exit

Now, go back to the root of PhotoPlay folder, and run Launcher.bat….Photoplay will work like a charm ;).

Remember, the Photoplay base language it’s settled to Deutsch, and Photoplay support 6 Languages: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italian, Portugues, Espanol.

So, to change PhotoPlay in your Language, once you are into the main Menu, from your Keyboard press the letter S , you will enter into the Main Arcade Machine Setting . There, you have to find the voice Other Settings (it’s write in Deutsch, it’s the one before the last voice Network –  choose the sixth voice); and then press OK, now on the sub Menu go to “language settings” , if you don’t know the Deutch Language – it’s the third voice and press OK.

And then choose your favourite Language, once finished close from the Up Right side screen button and the Photoplay will go bak to the Main Menu, if you are choosed more than one Language , just simply change the one that you activated from the Main Menu upper side right voice Languages ;).

I run Photoplay on Windows XP 32bit, should work for any and only Windows 32Bit version, I have tested on Windows 10 64Bit but from my side it doesn’t work, probably because Photoplay run Natively and not Emulated….

And, not less important, really THANKS to YOU as well, because I can downloaded the files from your link to have tested all this nice machine. I hope ArcadePunks will restore back the link downloading section, because them link it’s broken and cannot be downloaded…. Thanks to the people like you, we can preserve such nice piece of Arcade games history :).

Please let me know.

Cris

davep180 said
Hi Cris,

thank you for taking the time to explain this.

I now have got further than ever before! I get to a system loading page, it checks about 20 things, and each say finished. It then  stops at MAIN:Ready! and seems to lock up.

So close! It’s bound to be something silly that I’m not getting.

Cheers,

Dave

  

Hi Dave,

good to know and now PhotoPlay it’s to steps forwards and it working…..

So, to understand your problem, I have tried – for you – to test different scenario. I have tested with another old laptop where I have installed multi system Operative. And in fact on Windows 7 32bit once it arrive on main READY! it hangs the next display screen that should show-up the main PhotoPlay Menu.

So, I discovered that PhotoPlay it works only on Windows XP 32bit .

I have tried on Windows 7 32bit, to add the Compatibility with Windows XP, can take out some glitch on the loading page but the problem it’s the Display Resolution Managment that Windows 7, mange it in different way from XP; in fact when you run PhotoPlay, the internal coding will change your PC Display Resolution to 800×600 in 16 bit Colours. And, Photoplay about this graphical Resolution it’s a bit delicate and the sub services in background from PhotoPlay, cannot work proprely with Windows 7.

So, when I switched the OS in  Windows XP to the same Laptop machine, PhotoPlay works perfectly (remember to allow to run the software from the Firewall blocking, because will pop-up automaitcally the message fromthe Windows Firewall that will ask you wich Action to take with the PhotoPlay service).

Please, if you try to run PhotoPlay on any other Windows 7, 8 or 10 32 bit, don’t waste your time and run it in Windows XP 32bit .

And let me know (your files are working, don’t worry).

Thank you,

Cris

davep180 said
Cris,

that is amazing of you to do this for me! Would it work if i set up a virtual xp machine? I’m running Win7 on my cabinet, is there an easy way to run the Xp OS and still keep the Win 7 too? Thanks for all you have done, hopefully it will help others too. I don’t want to be a pain to you, but any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Dave

  

Hey man it’s a pleasure ;).

The most convenion for your situation, yes, download the ” Oracle VM VirtualBox” and install Windows XP 32bit into Windows 7, and copy your fixed PhotoPlay folder into C:\ . Photoplay it’s not heavy software but I suggest you to stick out with at least 2 or 4GB of RAM minimum because the original Machine should have 2GB and I don’t want that somenting will not work if you don’t give enough RAM space.

Or you can as I did, to do the machine with two Hard Disk and one you install Windows XP 32bit another one you keep windows 7…and switch on the base of your needs.

I feel sorry for you because I saw that in more than 2 years (even the people that solved it) , nobody gives a nice feedback on this story…. For luck you keeped the address for a while to give me the chance to download it.

If you have other problems , don’t hesitate to ask here, and sorry if I don’t replied you more quickly these past days. But this forum to me, it’s new one.

Cheers,

Cris

George Carter said
I have recently come across this forum and started looking into setting up PhotoPlay for my nephew, using an old ET1939L and any Single Board x86 Computer. The problem with those devices being a new thing, is that s almost impossible to run Windows7 or XP.

I was wondering if anyone has managed to get it to run on an SBC board? And if so which one?

As a proof of concept I have downloaded the contents of this folder

https://mega.nz/folder/lmRmRADa#EmONcb2ZsXgC7xsSlUqTrQ

And got it to run in Windows10 ( my desktop machine ) by the modifications mentioned above and setting the 16bit colour in compatibility mode.

I did not use vmware or virtualbox and a brand OS install.So until the touch-screen arrives, I cannot fully test it, but it boots and launches the main menu. I will keep you posted.

  

Hi George Carter,

the motherboard SBC, you should find the one that has got the drivers for Windows XP, but as you mentioned probably in our days the SBC are too new technology to find some company with the backward compatibility drivers with Windows XP.

On your Display settings, you don’t have to touch anything, because once you launched PhotoPlay the autoboot will change the Display resolution from a maximum of 1920x1080p 32 Colours bit to 800x600p 16 Colours bit suitable for PhotoPlay.

But What comes in my mind, it’s to install any Linux Distro , instead of Windows, and run PhotoPlay from Wine HD in Linux.

In Wine with the new hardwares systems, you can determinate how to run each single Windows app, to run in a specific Windows Version/ Edition, and let think to the app that it’s running under Windows XP or 7 or wherever, that it’s different story from Emulation with Oracle VM VirtualBox. Maybe later, I will try to run Photoplay in Linux with XP Mode from Wine…. keep you posted as well….

Cris