1.2.2 Now Out! (Feedback & Discussion Thread)

[Sean]

I will echo Turbine's success story. Looking forward to portrait mode in the next update or two.

 

[Man-Machine]

I'm also having problems with gettin stuck in landscape mode even when i try to turn my pad. But Star Trek is great (I still like TZ bettter, however).

 

[MadScience2006]

I'm also having problems with gettin stuck in landscape mode even when i try to turn my pad. But Star Trek is great (I still like TZ bettter, however).

If you've started a game, you won't be able to switch between portrait/landscape until you quit the game. At the game's main screen, either rotate the iPad (if lock switch is off) from landscape to portrait a few times or use the switch a few times. I don't have any issue switching between the two view modes now (once you figure out how & when to do it), but it's still a pain in the butt to have to do it every singe time and for every single new table you select.

 

[Man-Machine]

Thanks. Hope they fix it soon, anyway.

 

[MAT]

I'm also really irritated by the landscape-only interface, aside from the icons which are really ugly. Why remove iPad's major advantage over other platforms, a high-res portrait screen that fits better for pinball tables. The main reason I switched to iPad from Xbox/PS3 was the much higher resolution and the awfulness of a 16:9 720p display for pinball, no view was good. After iPad's portrait view that shows all details with almost no need of scrolling, there was no turning back for me.

I understand that the forced landscape is only for the game menus (and I REALLY hope portrait remains available for gameplay), but why on earth did you release it without portrait mode? The interface looks like it is unfinished and needs a private beta (or two) before release.

I'll wait for 1.2.3 and the UI fixes you will be making (please!) before buying any more tables. Thanks for fixing Scared Stiff though, I can finally save high scores.

 

[DaPinballWizard]

So you won't buy AFM until the UI is fixed? I guess you really aren't that into pinball then. Enjoy the wait. I will be playing every table the moment I realize they are released. Can't wait for AFM. Bring on the Martians.

 

[MadScience2006]

Here's a little tip to get the screen from portrait to landscape a bit easier. Rather than rotate the screen clockwise/counterclockwise vertically to get to portrait, simply lay the screen flat horizontally (tip the top of the iPad toward your knees/feet, pivoting at the bottom edge), then lift it back up to normal vertical position. This should trigger the screen into portrait mode without having to rotate the screen like your car's steering wheel. Very simple but it works until this issue is corrected.

 

[MAT]

So you won't buy AFM until the UI is fixed? I guess you really aren't that into pinball then. Enjoy the wait. I will be playing every table the moment I realize they are released. Can't wait for AFM. Bring on the Martians.

No, I guess I'm not that much of a junkie Plenty of tables out already, and it's a good excuse to practice on them and not jump on the latest table.

MadScience2006: Thanks for the tip.

 

[pinballchris]

Does anyone notice ball stutter and sloppy play on ST:TNG? I didn't have this when I first started playing, so I cleared all active apps, etc the otehr day, but still getting it.
1. Ball stutters often no matter where on the table
2. Sloppy ball handling (IMO) than when I first played in December
3. Balls through the flippers occasionally
4. Multiplier lanes not reacting to screen presses

 

[MadScience2006]

@pinballchris:

I know you said you "cleared all active apps"...you might want to try a non-destructive reset (won't delete anything nor reset any settings).

Press and hold (& continue to hold) both the home and lock buttons on the iPad until you see the Apple logo (ignore any on-screen messages). After you see the Apple logo, you can release the buttons. See if the reset helps with the stuttering. I have an iPad 3 as well and have never seen any stuttering...but then I also periodically perform a reset.

 

[pinballchris]

@pinballchris:

I know you said you "cleared all active apps"...you might want to try a non-destructive reset (won't delete anything nor reset any settings).

Press and hold (& continue to hold) both the home and lock buttons on the iPad until you see the Apple logo (ignore any on-screen messages). After you see the Apple logo, you can release the buttons. See if the reset helps with the stuttering. I have an iPad 3 as well and have never seen any stuttering...but then I also periodically perform a reset.

Will try it, thanks!

 

[Butterkins]

Well, I have an iPad 3, and I've tried all the rotating tips provide above, and my success rate is 0%.

Nothing I do -- whether rotating back and forth, locking, unlocking, tilting, whispering sweet nothings to Baby Jesus -- will change the rotation.

How this kind of thing got through "quality control" is beyond me. It's a basic design issue, not some esoteric bug.

 

[inspector42]

Butterkins, on iPad 3 it rotates for me after I have selected the table and it has loaded, but before I've hit the big yellow start button in the middle to begin the game. This is when I can move between portrait and landscape it won't change after I've hit start and a ball has been loaded.

 

[Butterkins]

Butterkins, on iPad 3 it rotates for me after I have selected the table and it has loaded, but before I've hit the big yellow start button in the middle to begin the game.

Thanks for that! I managed to get it working.

Cheers!