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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MonkeyGrass" data-source="post: 103393" data-attributes="member: 3108">Tann, the "power" of the hardware is really irrelevant at this point.  And it would appear, that either 1) the PS3 is *not* actually powerful enough to handle this lighting effect or 2) FS has not spent the time to optimize the code and test it enough to make sure it works correctly.  Regardless, the end result is laggy, unplayable tables.  If I can play this game with a single core mobile phone with 1 GB ram, and not have any flipper lag, there is NO reason why the PS3 should have these issues.  Especially 2 years after the game has launched.  We've got guys playing the game at 480p to avoid the lag.  I highly doubt that flat lighting at 1080 would look any worse (and likely 100x better) than dynamic lighting at 480.There are exactly three points of interaction with a pinball table - flippers, plunger, and nudging.  Of those three, only nudging works reliably and consistently in TPA.  They had 1080p tables in PHOF, with no flipper lag and fantastic response.  In TPA, and only on the PS3, there is this flipper issue which is a game-killer.  Particularly for those of us who have spent several years playing these tables already in PHOF.  So some of you guys value "shiny happy lighting" (complete with blurry textures and light blooms) over accurate gameplay?  Really?  You would rather have a nicely lit table, that is unplayable, than a flat-lit table that plays fast and accurately?  I'm flabbergasted.  NO other platform has this lighting, it's obviously not tested or QC'd very well, and we have to deal with crappy gameplay because of it.  Get rid of it, ffs.  Give us a table that plays correctly.  It's the only thing that matters, really.</blockquote>

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