Okay, just talked with Doug, here is the deal... Doug has found a new system that he is hoping would reduce the overall cost of the LTHQ while adding some...
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nanoforge
May 3, 2013 7:56 pm
Sparky, you are not late. Thanks for letting us know. I have never seen them used before but I just remembered it being one of the many casualties in the...
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Douglas Marsh
dx9s
May 5, 2013 11:37 pm
Sorry folks for the NON responsiveness.... What pays the bills is taking more (and more) of my time. I'm doing LTHQ in my spare time (which doesn't make house...
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kagemusha2
May 7, 2013 8:50 pm
I'm excited at the possibilty of finally getting an LTHQ. I was number 11 or 12 last time and just missed out on the first shipment. I sent david an e-mail...
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windjamer134
May 8, 2013 1:50 am
Just to give everyone here a heads up. Over at LT-MMO we're really close to making the Feral IR Sensor available for sale with an initial limited run of 100...
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mister_t_bag
May 8, 2013 6:24 pm
Now this is really exciting! Can't wait to get more details on that NOMAD hosting station. And I was already excited about the Feral IR Sensor to begin with......
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David
aracase
May 8, 2013 6:24 pm
I'm interested. Please put me on the list....
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windjamer134
May 8, 2013 6:44 pm
... There's no official waiting list yet. We're still working out various details. Once everything is ready, you'll be able to place orders on the LT-MMO...
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sparkysu1
May 8, 2013 9:54 pm
Hey everyone, For those who don't know - Rothco is a supplier of BDU's and many other cool action pursuit/outdoor gear. We used to keep many things in stock...
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peterkongfucius
May 13, 2013 8:27 pm
<----- Quick intro of me -----> Hello all, I am Peter! As a quick introduction I am a student at UCSC who's been organizing games of LTAG amongst my friends. I...
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ferret1963
May 13, 2013 8:39 pm
Hi Peter, and welcome to the group -- nice to see someone from my old stomping grounds (I grew up in Santa Cruz, Capitola, Ben Lomond, and Bonny Doon)! I did...
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sbruzelius
May 13, 2013 9:09 pm
As long as we're talking about batteries, Is there a voltage threshold that shouldn't be crossed if you want to keep a LTAR performing, or is it a linear...
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ferret1963
May 13, 2013 9:21 pm
LTAR, LTX, and the TMB are designed with battery voltage compensating circuits in them, so the IR range should not degrade until the battery voltage drops...
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peterkongfucius
May 13, 2013 9:43 pm
@ Ferret Haha that is awesome to hear that you are familiar with the area! Seeing how active you are in sharing your developments with the community is...
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Shannon Bruzelius
sbruzelius
May 14, 2013 6:57 pm
Ferret, makes sense and very clever design! OK one more EE question and I promise to stop.this week. I'm re-shelling an LTAR and can't use the LTAR battery box...
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publicjohn
May 14, 2013 7:38 pm
The LTAR/LTX/LTTO all have a tap in the battery compartment to supply the CPU with 4.5 wolts. You can make you own tap or use a 5 volt voltage regulator. I...
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adamberson
May 15, 2013 8:33 pm
Hi folks I have an LTTO Deluxe set up on ebay and thought it might appeal to a few people here. Specifically, of the 7 taggers, 3 are missing their battery...
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publicjohn
May 16, 2013 7:51 pm
I so wish there was a way to cause bodily harm to spammers ... From: Damien Hooper <damienh92@...> To: droman <droman@...>; LazerTagTeamOps...
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sparkysu1
May 16, 2013 11:48 pm
AMEN!!!...
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glyff
May 17, 2013 4:13 am
I'm working on an open source alternative to LTHQ based on the work of Alexander Faucher. I plan on improving the software and selling the USB IR adapters. I...
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ferret1963
May 17, 2013 4:19 am
Apologies to all who received that -- I don't know how it got through, the user's account was set to "use group settings" which by default is moderated. It...
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sparkysu1
May 17, 2013 4:38 pm
Be even more satisfying to send a lighting bolt through the sky to fry the person that sent it! - One lighting bolt per email sent out that is!...
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David
aracase
May 20, 2013 4:11 am
Great work! I got it to compile and the sketch uploaded to the Arduino, and it worked the first time. Not as robust as the LTHQ software, but really nice for...
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peterkongfucius
May 22, 2013 1:04 am
So after playing a few games with a supposedly new LTAR (including some fun night games with taclights strapped onto TMBs), my friends and I noticed that while...
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ian larson
ianrlfish
May 22, 2013 1:23 am
The coil in your receiver may be bad (is there a coil this time guys?) I know the LTX had one so you can try opening the gun up. The coil looks sortof like an...
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sparkysu1
May 22, 2013 8:01 pm
As too the HUD cables, if you can find them somewhere else it would be better, if you cannot and there is not a replacement, I put two more up on the store at...
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publicjohn
May 22, 2013 8:04 pm
I have seen them on ebay for way too much. Also Hasbro used to list spare parts and they had the cables. Not sure if they would still have them. IMHO why...
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peterkongfucius
May 22, 2013 10:14 pm
Thank you Dave, we shall see if we're interested in those spare cables you have lying around :) @publicjohn: Have you? What key words do you use? And I'll look...
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ferret1963
May 22, 2013 10:32 pm
... I would suspect one of the three photo-diodes in the dome is defective or not soldered in correctly. These are the three black plastic things inside the...
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peterkongfucius
1:45 am
That's what I have been suspecting as well, although when I was testing earlier with joining a hosted Deluxe Game I noticed that distance was a bigger factor...
