Does SPA work in portrait mode at all?

codinghorror

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I can't get SPA to work at all in portrait mode. Is this a known issue that's on the fixes map?

I did buy both table packs now that keyboard support is working, and I can play it on my desktop in widescreen (landscape) mode at least..
 

EldarOfSuburbia

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Yes, it works, except for the main menu. Cameras in Mustang are screwed so it's unplayable, AC/DC and Star Trek are fine, don't know about the TPA tables because I'm not interested in them.

You have to use Alt+Enter a couple of times to get it to display right in fullscreen.

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Crazy Newt

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Yes, it works, except for the main menu. Cameras in Mustang are screwed so it's unplayable, AC/DC and Star Trek are fine, don't know about the TPA tables because I'm not interested in them.

You have to use Alt+Enter a couple of times to get it to display right in fullscreen.

For me, I have a 32" 2560x1440 screen, and the game starts at 1920x1080 (landscape) or 1080x1920 (portrait). Initially I didn't realize this as I had the launch utility setup correctly and it was in full screen, but since the ratio is identical, I just thought the graphics were a lacking in detail a bit. I was in for a treat when I checked my monitor's information and it was only at 1080x1920. Did the ALT+ENTER trick that has become an integral part of launching FarSight pinball games and was amazed. It was the first time I had seen Star Trek and AC/DC at 1440x2560 in portrait mode on my 32" Samsung monitor. It looks incredible and plays fantastic in portrait for Star Trek and AC/DC, at least it does with a GTX 1080 FTW video card.

Mustang is a great game, too, and I can't wait to try it out in portrait once the camera issue gets resolved. I was really hoping a patch would come out yesterday to correct this problem. Star Trek will keep me busy. It is the most fun I have had with a video pinball table
 

codinghorror

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OK cool so it's close, just needs a few tweaks, I am sure the team at Farsight is on it.

You are doing God's work, gentlemen. Keep going and TAKE MY MONEY
 

codinghorror

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Hmm I still can't get this to work..

The Steam version starts fine at 1440 x 2650 and I can see the menus (a little clipped, but workable) but when I launch a table it pauses for 7-8 seconds then kicks me back to the menus :(

I was able to get frankenstein to load and play, as well as one other table, but it seems intermittent and I definitely could not get AC/DC or Star Trek to load at all no matter how many times I tried, exiting the app in between, etc.

Anyone else getting Stern tables to work at 1440 x 2560 in portrait?
 
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warh0g

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Hmm I still can't get this to work..

The Steam version starts fine at 1440 x 2650 and I can see the menus (a little clipped, but workable) but when I launch a table it pauses for 7-8 seconds then kicks me back to the menus :(

I was able to get frankenstein to load and play, as well as one other table, but it seems intermittent and I definitely could not get AC/DC or Star Trek to load at all no matter how many times I tried, exiting the app in between, etc.

Anyone else getting Stern tables to work at 1440 x 2560 in portrait?

My monitor (a 48" tv turned on its side) does not support the resolution. I can however set it in the configuration and still launch it and get a picture. Pretty sure it is ignoring my resolution settings then hehe.

Edit: It actually does run the game in the resolution I select in the options, I checked with GPU-Z.
 
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codinghorror

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Hmm, I tried again, experimenting with a few things:

- both windowed to fullscreen

- resolution at 1080 x 1920 instead of 1440 x 2560

I was able to get Star Trek to load once (!) in portrait mode and I played it finally! But every other time, most other tables.. it just fails to launch and goes back to the menu :(

Oh well I guess I'll just wait for more patches. TPA works fine of course.
 

codinghorror

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GOOD NEWS!

As of the latest update today, Portrait now works a LOT better!

- menus are visible
- I can launch and play tables consistently

Yay -- thanks for the fixes Farsight and keep 'em comin! Looking forward to buying Ghostbusters..
 

Stemage

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Yeah looks like portrait mode works well for me, and HEY.... THERE ARE LOADING SCREENS NOW. That's something. :)
 

EldarOfSuburbia

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Yeah looks like portrait mode works well for me, and HEY.... THERE ARE LOADING SCREENS NOW. That's something. :)

It's not perfect. If you play with a 4K backbuffer (and I recommend this, if your GPU can handle it - it really cuts down on aliasing) you still need to Alt+Enter twice to get it to show at the proper resolution. And there are 4 loading screens.
 

Crazy Newt

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Hmm, I tried again, experimenting with a few things:

- both windowed to fullscreen

- resolution at 1080 x 1920 instead of 1440 x 2560

I was able to get Star Trek to load once (!) in portrait mode and I played it finally! But every other time, most other tables.. it just fails to launch and goes back to the menu :(

Oh well I guess I'll just wait for more patches. TPA works fine of course.

I'm not having any problems at all now starting portrait at 1440x2560. The menu screen and the tables I have played seem to work just fine. (Star Trek, AC/DC, and Mustang)

I was having to use ALT+ENTER as the game would initially start in 1080x1920, but it doesn't do that anymore. I check every time I start the game now, just to make sure. I did change the setting at one time in the launch utility to 1600x2560, but the aspect changed and I got black bars at the top and bottom of my monitor. I don't recall what the resolution was, but I'll repeat this again when I am home later.
 

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