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I own three Mistercades. A v1 and 2x v2s. I am distinguishing them by calling them (A) and (B). I am testing this on an Astro City and Aero Table cabinet.

Mistercade v1 - Coin is tied to start and works on all cabs. Dipswitch is set to free play.

Mistercade v2 (A) - early revision with LED screen and TOSLINK port) - Coin is tied to start and works on all cabs.

Mistercade v2 (B) - newest revision with NO LED screen or TOSLINK port) - Coin is not tied to start. Cannot get free play to work regardless of ini settings, cabinet, .map files, etc.

For the Mistercade v2s I set freeplay by adding this to downloader.ini (as there seems to be no dipswitch setting for v2)

[misteraddons/mistercade_v2_freeplay_mappings]
db_url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/misteraddons/mistercade_v2_freeplay_mappings/db/db.json.zip

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I swapped SD card between the 2 x Mistercade v2s and the problem does not follow the SD card. I was certain it was a settings issue at first, but now I am not so sure.

The Mistercade v2 (A) that works with free play still does despite switching it with the SD card from the Mistercade v2 that was not working with free play.

Same holds true for the Mistercade v2 (B) that did not work with freeplay, after switching to the other "working" SD card I still cannot achieve freeplay (coin mapped to start button).

So no matter what combination of SD card or mister.ini downloader.ini .map and .cfg files I cannot get it to work on the Mistercade v2 (B) that I purchased about two months ago.

The Mistercade v2 (B) is the newer revision with white Jamma connector.

I have deleted the .map files and redownloaded from Downloader script. I cannot get a coin to insert with the start button no matter how hard I try.

I even tried the switch that merges P1 and P2 coin together and no luck.

I also tried to update the controller firmware but for the life of me could not find "JOY1 PROGRAM \ JOY2 PROGRAM" buttons to hold during start (checked both Mistercade v2s!).

I still ran the update script and it said it couldn't write a file but then said something was successful so not sure if anything really updated.

Anyone ran into this issue with a Mistercade v2 (newest revision)? Having to use the keyboard to put in a coin is annoying. Thank you!
 
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Segafan1985 said:
I own three Mistercades. A v1 and 2x v2s. I am distinguishing them by calling them (A) and (B). I am testing this on an Astro City and Aero Table cabinet.

Mistercade v1 - Coin is tied to start and works on all cabs. Dipswitch is set to free play.

Mistercade v2 (A) - early revision with LED screen and TOSLINK port) - Coin is tied to start and works on all cabs.

Mistercade v2 (B) - newest revision with NO LED screen or TOSLINK port) - Coin is not tied to start. Cannot get free play to work regardless of ini settings, cabinet, .map files, etc.

For the Mistercade v2s I set freeplay by adding this to downloader.ini (as there seems to be no dipswitch setting for v2)

[misteraddons/mistercade_v2_freeplay_mappings]
db_url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/misteraddons/mistercade_v2_freeplay_mappings/db/db.json.zip

-

I swapped SD card between the 2 x Mistercade v2s and the problem does not follow the SD card. I was certain it was a settings issue at first, but now I am not so sure.

The Mistercade v2 (A) that works with free play still does despite switching it with the SD card from the Mistercade v2 that was not working with free play.

Same holds true for the Mistercade v2 (B) that did not work with freeplay, after switching to the other "working" SD card I still cannot achieve freeplay (coin mapped to start button).

So no matter what combination of SD card or mister.ini downloader.ini .map and .cfg files I cannot get it to work on the Mistercade v2 (B) that I purchased about two months ago.

The Mistercade v2 (B) is the newer revision with white Jamma connector.

I have deleted the .map files and redownloaded from Downloader script. I cannot get a coin to insert with the start button no matter how hard I try.

I even tried the switch that merges P1 and P2 coin together and no luck.

I also tried to update the controller firmware but for the life of me could not find "JOY1 PROGRAM \ JOY2 PROGRAM" buttons to hold during start (checked both Mistercade v2s!).

I still ran the update script and it said it couldn't write a file but then said something was successful so not sure if anything really updated.

Anyone ran into this issue with a Mistercade v2 (newest revision)? Having to use the keyboard to put in a coin is annoying. Thank you!
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Its a bit of a pain in the arse and you already know this but you can set games to freeplay in the dipswitch settings. - keep reading though.

For games that cant be set to freeplay, load the core/game and open the OSD. you can map buttons from within the the core. - make sure you have a keyboard connected.
Do the button mapping through to mapping the start button. I take it at this pont youve run out of buttons to use.
Click space bar to bypass, coin register, credits, and service button.
You should see the "Use Alternate Buttons" or something to that effect. - click Yes.
Then use the space bar to bypass all the inputs youve already regestered up until coin button input pops up. Hit your start button.
Your start button now is mapped to start and coin-up
PS if it doesnt stick after a core reload repeat the process and hit "save settings".
 
As crazy as the it sounds the alternate coin button trick doesn’t work either. It registers when I press start to map only the credit as an alternative button to start but then no coin is I steered when I test it out

Edit: oops that was the cps3 core looks like other cores this trick works correctly. Now if only I could do this globally lol. Thank you!
 
Segafan1985 said:
As crazy as the it sounds the alternate coin button trick doesn’t work either. It registers when I press start to map only the credit as an alternative button to start but then no coin is I steered when I test it out

Edit: oops that was the cps3 core looks like other cores this trick works correctly. Now if only I could do this globally lol. Thank you!
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Can you backup(rename) your current input folder then paste the input folder off this link from his github onto your sd card?
https://github.com/misteraddons/mistercade_v2_freeplay_mappings/tree/main/config
 
I would delete all the mappings from the microsd folder and make sure i have proper default ones in the mister OSD with no core loaded.
If you map your select/coin button properly in the defaults they should work everywhere.
 
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