stillcore Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I think it's best just to take the drive and use the media towards a new RL setup. I recently rebuilt my machine (with the help of rfancella showing me the ropes) because I was using my older setup from 2010 that was still on HL1. Honestly- it's not tough to learn, although it was slightly overwhelming at 1st. Ultimately, though, it's a crapload better than all of the compiling that I was initially doing because I was too stubborn to upgrade after all of these years. haha I think I'm up to 62 systems and it's only been about a month (or 2) of setting up. So, if you have the roms/iso's, graphics, correct xmls matching everything... you should be on a good start to rebuilding your system the proper way. And as others have said, if there is some media that you have that isn't on the ftp... it wouldn't hurt to contribute, become a member, and help out by sharing what you have with the community. Welcome, man. **oh, as for chipping in and getting a HD with missing artwork.... let's not contribute to d-bags like Upchuck that make $ off of other peoples hard work, and contribute to laziness. lol** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampirolatino2 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That Upchuck character is becoming a legend I see.... that douchbag. Anyways, about the selling stuff, he is selling the work other people did in configuring a theme, typing xmls, using photoshop or any other graphic program to resize, touch up, etc etc ... other man artwork too. I mean, I'm on the fence here, I don't like him selling other people stuff/time/work. But I see that only the 10% (to put a number) of any graphical theme, wheel, etc (the art) in reality is made from the ground up, not just downloaded and used, for example game characters, etc etc. To put it straight. I hate that stupid douche. But I don't condone him for doing "almost" the same. He is "selling the work in putting all together" as an artist "working with other peps arts to put it together"... THIS IS JUST MY HONEST OPINION ABOUT THE SITUATION. Whats bothers me is the "trouble" its generating in newcomers. But in the end they see the light and come part of this community, start learning and help others in these forums. One way or the other they learn about us and keep the Arcade community alive. btw I hit the face of that douche if I can/have the opportunity lol passive/aggrasive mode on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Craiganderson, you aren't seeing the point here - We don't want to support the people who sell these drives. Do it yourself if you want their crappy artwork so badly. - J* It is my opinion that one more purchase is not gonna make or brake these guys, BUT sharing their artwork would be letting them have a taste of their own medicine. Of course no one is suggesting that you should be forced to participate in this endeavor should it come to fruition. Thank u craiganderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorsdad Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Welcome to the fold Clivvy Time to get cracking on that new installation, this place is full of knowledgeable guys willing to help you along the way. As for the drive you purchased that will come in handy as you work your way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpstile Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 It is my opinion that one more purchase is not gonna make or brake these guys, BUT sharing their artwork would be letting them have a taste of their own medicine. Of course no one is suggesting that you should be forced to participate in this endeavor should it come to fruition.Thank u craiganderson It will have to "come to fruition" somewhere else. That kind of thing will not be supported or propagated here. - J* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 *sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 It will have to "come to fruition" somewhere else. That kind of thing will not be supported or propagated here. - J* Not a problem. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampirolatino2 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Guys, guys ... I just hope the OP can help back others like him later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseyhorsey Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 because the initial response is frosty, then further responses are frosty especially yours. Judgments about me have been made, despite my explanation that I have infact built my own system and simply wanted to know if I could merge what I have. The problem is clearly the 4tb drive purchase I made, and that is the attack on me - as if I have somehow broken a cardinal rule of the club. I think there are better ways to talk to people, better ways to communicate like most of the responses on this post have shown. Ron for example said all I needed to know, others could simply have said "get yourself donated mate and we will help you out" or "get building, xfer your artwork and donate to become a member". Id have been chuffed with that and felt like I was becoming part of the community. making out I wanted a free ride is absolute balls. Firstly, ive paid for it - not knowing this wasn't a community preferred thing, call it ignorance, but I think its reasonable ignorance. When I paid for it, I knew full well there would still be work to do - I didn't spent the majority of last year building to assume a paid drive would be an easy ride. Your the one making assumptions about people, all based on requests for help, or that they have purchased something. You attack with your comments in an unfriendly manner, you can bang on all day about how you've seen it before and I understand if you are sick of seeing it but I don't think I deserve such a frosty reception. Keep on. I do not care. I'm sure others will help you if they have nothing better to do but unless you have subbed to here & emumovies they shouldn't. That doesn't just go for you but anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNTiGOD Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Welcome to the forums clivvy. As mentioned keep your roms and media folders. In fact don't delete anything. I would start a new HS setup from scratch in a separate location. Don't feel disheartened that you have to setup everything from scratch again. Many of us have done similar moving to major newer versions of hyperlaunch. As mentioned previously you may have some media that the community doesn't so a good way to give back is to purchase a membership and upload to the ftp (take a look at hyperbase to compare). Just ask for help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clivvy Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 cheers guys, I know opinion is divided, is it worth me checking to see if I have anything of use to the group on this disk? Artwork, roms, isos, swf file I don't know? All I know if there are 95 systems on there, everything has artwork, animations, sounds, videos etc. Ill be paying my subs this weekend when I get paid, same with EmuMOvies, so I can compare then I suppose? anyhoo, I spent all night last night sorting through my systems. I've done a fresh install of Hyperspin/hyperlaunch which I already know how to do, and I got all my systems listed easily enough, I then worked through all the guff I don't want leaving me with 42 systems. Still seems a lot but there are some cracking systems on there to play with some pretty cool art. I am hoping to finish the lot this week - pay my subs, re sync everything, choose some new art work, new everything hopefully, and have a system I can call my own. I don't see any point re downloading games, emulators etc, im not doing that, but I do appreciate the artwork angle on some peoples comments, so I plan to replace what I have unless others take a look and like it? OH, also, last night I got my C64 emulator working perfect. My very first post on this Forum was about that. When I had configured hyperlaunch hq etc, something clicked in my brain and I was able to easily get it working - I now have a fully working c64 emulator. Only niggle to fix is it messes the screen upon exit but I am fairly sure that's an easy fix. anyway I am getting a bit excited and waffling, I have a whole day at work but I am remotely connected to my pc so I am doing some work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Are all the vids you have .flv or .mp4? Because the HQ .mp4's have better quality and play nicer with the latest iteration of HS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clivvy Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 looks like a mix - MP4 and flv... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monstermack Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I completely understand where Clivvy is coming from. I'm not a long standing member here, but I've been building my Hyperspin from scratch for like 6-8 months. But I got to a point where I realized if i wanted my setup to get bigger, I was going to have to make a major investment. For systems like the Dreamcast, PS2, and other disc based systems I knew I'd need a bigger hard drive. Also I knew that downloading those roms would take a very long time...especially since my home internet provider does have soft caps on my data usage...and a few TB's of PS2 games would be well over that cap. So I looked at the cost of a hard drive and the cost of what a membership here and at EMUmovies would cost and realized it's not that big of a jump to pick up one of those preconfigured drives and cut out the hassle of downloading of everything and then still having to configure it when I was done. So I bought a preconfigured drive instead....not from upchurch though...from the guy that looks like he copied upchurch's drive and then has done some of his own mods to it. (and includes the roms on the drive, unlike upchurch) And poof, I have a fully functioning setup...and for about the same price as if I had bought the memberships here. The other main reason I bought the drive is frankly, I don't have hours upon hours to dedicate to hunting down every rom and renaming all the files to match them to xml's and all the other configuration that goes into it. So I have the time spent learning hyperspin/HLHQ to the best of my abilities, but I saw the drive as an easy way of filling out my setup. As for Clivvy...like people have said just use the roms and media off that drive if you want to build your own setup...but also understand that since you already have the media, becoming a platinum member here could be redundant for the purposes of downloading media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Do understand that if you ask ppl to help with setting things up from scratch, they're more than willing to help most often. However, if you come from the angle of fixing or upgrading the HS from a bought hdd, you're on your own and generally met with hostility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNTiGOD Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Do understand that if you ask ppl to help with setting things up from scratch, they're more than willing to help most often. However, if you come from the angle of fixing or upgrading the HS from a bought hdd, you're on your own and generally met with hostility. Don't think he understands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Don't think he understands Depends on who you're talking about. Monstermack seems to come from the angle of starting from scratch, just use the assets. No need to mention you bought a hdd for this approach. Not that I particularly condone it, but still, you can avoid the hostility this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillcore Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Why don't we just contribute $ towards the rental of a steel cage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpstile Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Why don't we just contribute $ towards the rental of a steel cage? Because this site doesn't deal with steel cages. - J* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clivvy Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 if you mean me, yes I do understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 just tin foil hats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapig Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 This thread should have ended at post 6 from Ron. No one should ever be pissed with the buyer, they have their reasons, but they should also seek tech support from the seller, as we on the forum have no idea what's on these drives. What baffles me is when someone comes along who's bought a drive because they have no time to set it up or no knowledge, and then they ask about adding systems and making it do this and that. Why not be just satisfied with what you've bought and enjoy the tens of thousands of games you just bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clivvy Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 all I wanted to do was add some systems that weren't on there, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNTiGOD Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I just wrote a long winded reply only to have tapatalk wipe it!!!! Damn you Tapatalk. Cbf... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I completely understand where Clivvy is coming from. I'm not a long standing member here, but I've been building my Hyperspin from scratch for like 6-8 months. But I got to a point where I realized if i wanted my setup to get bigger, I was going to have to make a major investment. For systems like the Dreamcast, PS2, and other disc based systems I knew I'd need a bigger hard drive. Also I knew that downloading those roms would take a very long time...especially since my home internet provider does have soft caps on my data usage...and a few TB's of PS2 games would be well over that cap. So I looked at the cost of a hard drive and the cost of what a membership here and at EMUmovies would cost and realized it's not that big of a jump to pick up one of those preconfigured drives and cut out the hassle of downloading of everything and then still having to configure it when I was done. So I bought a preconfigured drive instead....not from upchurch though...from the guy that looks like he copied upchurch's drive and then has done some of his own mods to it. (and includes the roms on the drive, unlike upchurch) And poof, I have a fully functioning setup...and for about the same price as if I had bought the memberships here. The other main reason I bought the drive is frankly, I don't have hours upon hours to dedicate to hunting down every rom and renaming all the files to match them to xml's and all the other configuration that goes into it. So I have the time spent learning hyperspin/HLHQ to the best of my abilities, but I saw the drive as an easy way of filling out my setup. As for Clivvy...like people have said just use the roms and media off that drive if you want to build your own setup...but also understand that since you already have the media, becoming a platinum member here could be redundant for the purposes of downloading media. Any cool art/themes/wheels you would not mind sharing from the purchases drive? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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