Visual Pinball/ pinMame

[Wotto]

Anyone here use it much?

Look - I know it AINT the real thing but mate 'hats off' to the guys there currently redrawing tables.
get a look at the latest versions of tables from an author named JP Salas - grab em and play em - they go OK. He did a recent version of AFM and is currently working on Simpsons Pinball Party as we speak.

I think its a fantastic way to 'road-test' a game.

I use an arcade cabinet with side flipper and nudge buttons and I use strong springs I had custom made inside the 'flipper button's and it fells DAMN good. It is incredibly better than hitting the SHIFT buttons on a keyboard.

The latest version of the Gottlieb table Genie plays beautifully.

If you get a table and arent happy with how it 'feels' just spend a little time in the editor and alter the flipper strength and other flipper settings and you can improve the 'feel' quite easily. You can also lose the corny flipper sounds as well if they bother you at all.

Anyway - check out the site VP Forums, you may be surprised.

I will try and get some screenshots of the latest stuff and post them here.....anyone that hasnt seen it recently may be surprised.

 ;D

[ktm450]

I dont use it that much, mainly when I'm bored at work, but it is good for an idea of the games.
PacDude's tables are also very good

[pinnies4me]

Hey Watto, where you find those newer tables? Just checked out VPForums - all changed in the last few weeks, don't seem to be hosted by AJ anymore, and no new AFM by JP Salas - is there another download site?

[Wotto]

Hey Watto, where you find those newer tables? Just checked out VPForums - all changed in the last few weeks, don't seem to be hosted by AJ anymore, and no new AFM by JP Salas - is there another download site?

Yeah - AJ's appears to be gone.
The Tables can be downloaded from VP Forums itself - see the pic below and just click there.



You can also get tables at Pinball Nirvana

In both cases you will have to be registered at VP Forums.

[Creech]

Thanks Wotto. I find Visual Pinball a great guide to see what a machine looks like and feels like if you're in the market for a particular machine. I downloaded Galaxy but can't get the sucker to work. You can enter coins but pressing Start has no effect. Most annoying!

I find the reproductions in Future Pinball to be of a higher quality but there are not that many tables out there. What does exist can be found here: http://www.futurepinball.com/

[Wotto]

Thanks Wotto. I find Visual Pinball a great guide to see what a machine looks like and feels like if you're in the market for a particular machine. I downloaded Galaxy but can't get the sucker to work. You can enter coins but pressing Start has no effect. Most annoying!

Some tables start with the 3 button or the S button for some reason ( just a few of them ) - may be the cause?

[Creech]

Thanks - I'll try those out.

[Wotto]

Heres what I was talking about....

This is how the VP tables used to look when the program first started ( well actually Dracula still looks like this as no-one has re-drawn it ) ....but they all used to look like this .....



Nowadays - you get graphics like below, and most of the lighting effects as well, I am sure you will see the difference... ( by the way I have no idea why part of the editor window appears in some of these shots at the left as it doesnt appear in the jpeg on my PC - strange ) ....anyway I am sure you will get the idea.












If you dont like the way it comes standard ( in relation to flipper'feel' ) - open the table in the editor window and click the options tabon the left, click once on a flipper so it highlights in blue and then make power/ strength changes to the flippers and save the table once it plays to your liking....

[pinnies4me]

I found those tables eventually Wotto, thanks!

Tried out that RFM merged with AFM - kinda cool! :)

[Chuck]

The quality of the tables are hit and miss.  A few are excellent.  Many are ok.  Lots are horrible.  On a lot fo tables you just can't make some of the important shots because of bad flipper implementation.  I also use it to try games I'm thinking about buying.

Try this:

http://www.futurepinball.com/

A fairly new and more accurate simulator. 

[Strangeways]

I've been mucking around with FP - great for EMs !

[Wotto]

Yes - Fp looks a whole lot better and behaves better too, but there is a massive issue with it ( apparently ) that it cant and wont ever work with PinMame......meaning that most tables cant be created for FP as Fp cannot work with the original game roms ......ever !

Anyone more informed than me on this ?

[63wizz]

I love pinmame, it gives me a chance to see many tables i have never seen before.

yes some are shit quality and play, but its all good fun.

cheers Ian.

[pinnies4me]

I blame pinmame for now being stuck (! :)) owing a BBB - it's what made me have to have one!