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Thanks for the replies and help.

Thanks for all the replies and the great suggestions. k88dad (particularly): Would it, to learn a new table, also be a good idea to play a few games only practicing on one of the goals from the instructions ? Or is that just what you are recommending already ?

I haven't played TPA the last few years because, although I got some good advice here, I couldn't get a grip on it somehow. I think that I know why meanwhile. I bought a new TV some time ago, a LG Oled, that has a Game Mode and started playing again and noticed that I had hardly any lag now...

When I get a Multiball, I am inclined to flip wildly hoping that there accidentally are some good shots. Most of the times it ends in losing the balls very quickly. Do you have any tips and/or is there a way to get more control over the balls ? Thanks in advance for any help.

Sorry for starting another thread with regards to nudging, but I would like to know your opinions and/or thoughts. Is it, with enough practice, possible to reach the final goal of a table without nudging, for instance the Grand Finale in TOM or Monster Multiball in SS, which are the tables...

But is nudging not (also) used to try to save the ball from going down the drain or to the outlane ? Or did you mean "You don't only nudge to save the ball...."

Thanks. And how do you use your thumb with that ? Push the joystick from the side or lay your thumb on top of it ?

Until now I find it impossible to nudge. My reactions are terribly slow. Before I realize that I have to nudge, the ball is already lost. Of course that means that I have to practice a lot and maybe concentrate some time on only nudging. I already found a few threads here with helpful tips...

In my Steam inventory there are a number of Trading Cards, but it is not clear to me what I can do with them. I suppose that you can "trade" them, but what can I do with them myself ? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am not a gamer, except for TPA of course.

Hoping that this is not a too dumb question: To keep everything as responsive as possible, is it advisable to set pre-rendered frames to 1 AND window mode to Fullscreen Window instead of Fullscreen ?

Did all that meanwhile (deleted settings.dat, ran PBAConfig, checked settings.dat=44 bytes). When I run PinballArcade.exe after that I am still asked if I want to Play or Launch configuration utility, as before.

Because it is not a big problem for me I didn't pay attention to it, but I have the same issue. I am on Windows 7. When I start TPA with PinballArcade.exe the 1st time after starting my pc, I first see "Connecting to Steam account...." and then I get a window where I must choose between "Play"...

I read that 8 loops in the right ramp awards an extra ball, but has this to be done without interruption ? In other words successively or may a shot be missed in between ?

For me the triggers are also feel easier, but I don't like the longer stroke it takes before the flipper is activated. Maybe a matter of getting accustomed to ?

Once more thanks for all the replies. Great advice, particularly the tip to concentrate on one, not too difficult, table. I did that on SS and I am seeing good progress now. Could start Stiff-O-Meter several times meanwhile, got a few high scores (around 20.000.000). Still have to reach Monster...

Thanks, I see it now.

There is something I don't understand about the different camera views. When I start a table I can choose between 3 views (1, 2 and 3), but as soon as I am in the game I have 1 more, being 4. Why is this so, in other words why can't I choose 4 views from the start ? Or is something wrong with my...

(I also asked this in the VP forum, but didn't get a solution yet. Maybe someone here has an answer ?) Until now I played VP (and TPA of course) with a Logitech F710 controller, which can be set to X-input or Direct-input with a small switch. For VP I have to use Direct-input and that works...

As the title says already, it happened only once until now, but could this be a bug ? I was at my 3rd ball, hadn't lost it yet (and had still an extra ball btw) and had to enter the crate for Stiff-O-Meter and then my ball had disappeared. The DMD kept saying Enter the Crate, but nothing...