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<blockquote data-quote="The loafer" data-source="post: 279395" data-attributes="member: 1434"><p>For sure anything by Bord is great, playability is awesome. Paragon is some of his best work, the table in real life is a kick-me-in-the-ass table and the only way you will do well on the VPX version is if you play it EXACTLY like you would If you were playing the real deal. Same techniques used in real life will grant you eerily same results on the VPX version. On the Earlier in the thread I suggested tables by the author flupper. They look great and IMHO they play challenging (well Diner does, kicks me in the ass more often than not), he did Whitewater and The Getaway (so far, I would say I prefer his VPX Getaway to the FX3 version). I'd also recommend the Jurassic Park table, it may be more casual friendly (the real one is) but IMHO they did such a fantastic job I don't seem to get tired of it. A showstopper is what it is. Finally also suggested earlier but in real life I do fairly ok on AC/DC, I do pretty much the same on the VPX version found on monsterbashpincab.com. It plays VERY well.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Somethings to consider for VPX (you may know this Jeff, but assuming others are reading the thread and are curious:</p><p>in case you haven't discovered it, there is a way to get a dark room setting. You do so by simply adjusting the "night->day" slider, found under "options" button (top left under magnify), then selecting the night->day slider on the right side. if you don't see the slider it's probably because you also have backdrop selected (found under options button) so deselect that. Keep in mind, VPX is not a true 3D engine so lights are "faked" so not all tables will give you that bright LED look, but it's worth a try, helps that old "arcade" look we'd see on these tables</p><p></p><p>ok the infamous "how to switch a ball" or "how to add scratches so you notice the ball more", here you go in 12 easy steps, bit stretched for time so it's point form (all together now "THANK GOD you wordy bastard!". In this example, let's choose "Jurassic park" that I'm referring to by DARK found at vpinball.com. If these are not pleasing to you, find any table that you do like the ball and use the same technique</p><p></p><p>1 - first pick a table that you really like the ball and that you see a few scratches that help give it a 3d look, then load the table in the editor (don't run it). As metioned, I'm picking JPARK here as an example</p><p>2 - from the menu at the top, click on "table", then "image manager"</p><p>3 - now you need to find the two ball and scratch images. Usually they are named logically. So in the case of JPark, the ball is called "ball_HDR" and "scratches". Select those two files and click "export" (you may need to do this one image at a time)</p><p>4 - from the pop up menu, save these files with the same name in your VPX tables folder</p><p></p><p>congrats you've exported the two needed files, time to take a sip from your fav adult beverage. Done? Ok back to work</p><p>5 - now exit the current table and load the next table that you want to add these two ball/scratches images</p><p>6 - from the menu at the top, click on "table", then "image manager"</p><p>7 - do not click any images, just click "import"</p><p>8 - select both files and click "open". These should now be added to the table file but not selected as of yet... You can now click ok to exit this menu</p><p>9 - as long as you have the options button selected, you should see a few menu choices on the right side (usually defaults to customizations, you may need to scroll down until you see "ball"). So... select the ball menu</p><p></p><p>notice the two drop down menu's? </p><p>10 - Select "ball image" and you should see the "ball_HDR" we imported in! So select it. You may ALSO see a bunch of other balls (some authors load many) so... go to town and experiment!</p><p>11 - Select "decal" and choose your imported "Scratches"</p><p></p><p></p><p>Are we done? HELL NO! You must now do the most important thing you've yet to do in this exercise!!!</p><p></p><p>12 - From the top menu, select "file", then "save" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>personally, always a smart idea to back up your table in case you mess something up (or use "save as" and give it a temp name). Experiment, have fun and let me know what you think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The loafer, post: 279395, member: 1434"] For sure anything by Bord is great, playability is awesome. Paragon is some of his best work, the table in real life is a kick-me-in-the-ass table and the only way you will do well on the VPX version is if you play it EXACTLY like you would If you were playing the real deal. Same techniques used in real life will grant you eerily same results on the VPX version. On the Earlier in the thread I suggested tables by the author flupper. They look great and IMHO they play challenging (well Diner does, kicks me in the ass more often than not), he did Whitewater and The Getaway (so far, I would say I prefer his VPX Getaway to the FX3 version). I'd also recommend the Jurassic Park table, it may be more casual friendly (the real one is) but IMHO they did such a fantastic job I don't seem to get tired of it. A showstopper is what it is. Finally also suggested earlier but in real life I do fairly ok on AC/DC, I do pretty much the same on the VPX version found on monsterbashpincab.com. It plays VERY well. Somethings to consider for VPX (you may know this Jeff, but assuming others are reading the thread and are curious: in case you haven't discovered it, there is a way to get a dark room setting. You do so by simply adjusting the "night->day" slider, found under "options" button (top left under magnify), then selecting the night->day slider on the right side. if you don't see the slider it's probably because you also have backdrop selected (found under options button) so deselect that. Keep in mind, VPX is not a true 3D engine so lights are "faked" so not all tables will give you that bright LED look, but it's worth a try, helps that old "arcade" look we'd see on these tables ok the infamous "how to switch a ball" or "how to add scratches so you notice the ball more", here you go in 12 easy steps, bit stretched for time so it's point form (all together now "THANK GOD you wordy bastard!". In this example, let's choose "Jurassic park" that I'm referring to by DARK found at vpinball.com. If these are not pleasing to you, find any table that you do like the ball and use the same technique 1 - first pick a table that you really like the ball and that you see a few scratches that help give it a 3d look, then load the table in the editor (don't run it). As metioned, I'm picking JPARK here as an example 2 - from the menu at the top, click on "table", then "image manager" 3 - now you need to find the two ball and scratch images. Usually they are named logically. So in the case of JPark, the ball is called "ball_HDR" and "scratches". Select those two files and click "export" (you may need to do this one image at a time) 4 - from the pop up menu, save these files with the same name in your VPX tables folder congrats you've exported the two needed files, time to take a sip from your fav adult beverage. Done? Ok back to work 5 - now exit the current table and load the next table that you want to add these two ball/scratches images 6 - from the menu at the top, click on "table", then "image manager" 7 - do not click any images, just click "import" 8 - select both files and click "open". These should now be added to the table file but not selected as of yet... You can now click ok to exit this menu 9 - as long as you have the options button selected, you should see a few menu choices on the right side (usually defaults to customizations, you may need to scroll down until you see "ball"). So... select the ball menu notice the two drop down menu's? 10 - Select "ball image" and you should see the "ball_HDR" we imported in! So select it. You may ALSO see a bunch of other balls (some authors load many) so... go to town and experiment! 11 - Select "decal" and choose your imported "Scratches" Are we done? HELL NO! You must now do the most important thing you've yet to do in this exercise!!! 12 - From the top menu, select "file", then "save" :) personally, always a smart idea to back up your table in case you mess something up (or use "save as" and give it a temp name). Experiment, have fun and let me know what you think. [/QUOTE]
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