Pro Pinball

[Kaoru]

Well, that's not what the description of the kickstarter always said in bold.

"Pro Pinball: Timeshock! remade from scratch and taken to ULTIMATE extremes for PC, Mac, iOS and Android!"

So the 360- and PSN-things are all now bonuses.

 

[Carl Spiby]

Holy crap, the sound is absolute ****e in the kickstarter version, makes me glad I have the CD version.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

do you think PS4 could run the ULTIMATE version if it were available first but an exact copy?

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

do you think PS4 could run the ULTIMATE version if it were available first but an exact copy?

Ohhhh man, imagine what the PS4 version would look like...

 

[infernogott]

I don't think it would be a problem. There is a 3DS Version possible. It's a stretch goal. Since it's pre-rendered the requirements aren't that high I think.

 

[Krooze L-Roy]

I couldn't hit the table icon to get it to play. I had to go into the settings and adjust them to my specs and then I hit the "start simulation" button within the settings menu. I am on windows 7, but maybe this will work for you with windows 8...seeing as I had some complications running it normally in windows 7. I hope this works for you. Give it a try.

It's the same way with me. I still haven't figured out a way to change the view without it crashing though, and the default "little kid angle" is pretty rough.

Quite surprised with how nice the graphics look overall. I actually thought they had uploaded the proto of the new version by mistake.

 

[Fungi]

Is there a way to set up high rez without the distortion?

 

[infernogott]

What distortion? I play at 1600x1200 without any distortion.

 

[Fungi]

What distortion? I play at 1600x1200 without any distortion.

Interesting. I don't have that option showing up. I have a monitor that maxes out at 1920 x 1080.

 

[Krooze L-Roy]

Yeah, it looks quite crisp on my HDTV, with the graphics settings maxed. Surprisingly, the table view is full screen.

EDIT: The highest option in the menu seems to be 1024x768, but my monitor says it's displaying 1378x768. Menus are at 640x480. Odd.

 

[infernogott]

Well I have a 4:3 Monitor, so maybe that's why I get the 1600x1200 as the max resolution.

 

[Fungi]

Well I have a 4:3 Monitor, so maybe that's why I get the 1600x1200 as the max resolution.

Ah, so 4:3 gets an advantage over a 16:9. Who knew?

 

[Worf]

1600x1200 is the limit of the original version. Unfortunately, that was the top end available at the time. These days, you have higher res displays on tablets hence the need for higher res assets.

 

[infernogott]

yeah. those 16:9 and 16:10 monitors weren't really in use back in 1997.

 

[Fungi]

Here's something I just noticed. The GOG versions of Fantastic Journey and BRUSA have 1600x1200 working on my 1080p monitor. Whereas the "Kickstarter" version of BRUSA does not. And of course 1600x1200 doesn't work on either version of Timeshock.

 

[Mick Morry]

I have zero Distortion. Give me a sec to look at my settings and I will post what it might be.

 

[Mick Morry]

Ok I have these settings set up in the new downloaded Timeshock.

Screen Fllpping-Enabled
Resolution-1280 x 1024
Detail-Very High
Colours- 16,000,000
Dot Matirix-Intelligent Transparent
Nudge Scrolling-Two Way

I am on Windows 7 Home Premium with 16 GB of ram, and a Nvidia GTX 670 card. The game looks nearly as good as some of the tables on TPA with my current settings.

 

[Fungi]

Ok I have these settings set up in the new downloaded Timeshock.

Screen Fllpping-Enabled
Resolution-1280 x 1024
Detail-Very High
Colours- 16,000,000
Dot Matirix-Intelligent Transparent
Nudge Scrolling-Two Way

I am on Windows 7 Home Premium with 16 GB of ram, and a Nvidia GTX 670 card. The game looks nearly as good as some of the tables on TPA with my current settings.

Well, I hate to break it to ya since you seem to be happy with it, but with 1280 x 1024, you are getting distortion. If you go to change the resolution, the program will then ask you to check out the "Test Video Mode". When you do, you'll see a circle in the test pattern. At least it should be a circle. If you're seeing an oval, your playfield, as well as your ball, is now squished. It is prettier, but it ain't right.

 

[skykid3k]

Anyone been having problems downloading Timeshock from Kickstarter?

My Norton Antivirus rejects the file right away, thinking it has a virus on it. Wondering if anyone else has had that problem?

 

[Mick Morry]

My game crashed when I did test video. So I just put in the settings I mention above and backed out of testing the video mode. My resolution did change just fine from the default 800 x 600 to the highest resolution and by not doing the video mode test I avoided distortion as far as I can tell. Everything looks and plays totally normal in Timeshock for me. I don't see any issue at all. Strange???? I will go in again and check it out, but nothing is squished and my resolution did change to the resolution I selected.