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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Hunt" data-source="post: 52188" data-attributes="member: 1600"><p>I only play on android devices but I agree that the artistic and functional purposes of many of the ball skins are undercut by the reflection settings that were tuned to simulate a shiny pinball. Shouldn't the "camouflage" ball have a matte surface, for instance? I actually like to use the white tiger-striped ball because I think it's easier to see, and because you can easily discern how it's rolling. Pool players often use spotted cueballs for the same reason, and if the flipper physics ever get good enough to properly model some of the fierce backspin I see on some live tables, it should make for a good show. I wouldn't even object to balls that were illuminated in some way beyond the ordinary power of a metallic sphere. Nothing garish on the order of Zen, mind you, with trails or anything else that would extend past its borders. Maybe just make it glow a little; or gleam.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I recently tried out TPA on a new iPad, and if I could have THEIR pinball, I might not be using one that looks like it used to work for Siegfried & Roy. But I will say that tiger ball looks super in ToM, CV, and ToTAN.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Hunt, post: 52188, member: 1600"] I only play on android devices but I agree that the artistic and functional purposes of many of the ball skins are undercut by the reflection settings that were tuned to simulate a shiny pinball. Shouldn't the "camouflage" ball have a matte surface, for instance? I actually like to use the white tiger-striped ball because I think it's easier to see, and because you can easily discern how it's rolling. Pool players often use spotted cueballs for the same reason, and if the flipper physics ever get good enough to properly model some of the fierce backspin I see on some live tables, it should make for a good show. I wouldn't even object to balls that were illuminated in some way beyond the ordinary power of a metallic sphere. Nothing garish on the order of Zen, mind you, with trails or anything else that would extend past its borders. Maybe just make it glow a little; or gleam. Having said all that, I recently tried out TPA on a new iPad, and if I could have THEIR pinball, I might not be using one that looks like it used to work for Siegfried & Roy. But I will say that tiger ball looks super in ToM, CV, and ToTAN. [/QUOTE]
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