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Hey guys. So I’m in a similar boat. About to purchase a 27″ playfield monitor and I can’t decide between 2k @ 144hz or 4k @ 60hz. How much difference will I notice in Virtual Pinball (VPX and FX3) between 60hz 144hz? At 27″ how much difference is there really between 1440p and 4k?

I appreciate any feedback you guys have. I’m only about a month in so this is all new to me.

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Hey Topper. How do you leave some of the physics sounds enabled in FX3? I thought there was only a volume slider for that in FX3 so it’s either on or off. Is there another setting I’m not aware of!

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topper-2k wrote:

hlshure wrote:

Now I decided to try my hand at VPX as from what I have been reading it seems like it has better SSF implementation than FX3 does, but I’ve just started my reading today so please correct me if I’m wrong. I have gotten everything working on my very first table that I downloaded (Attack from Mars) but have a question. Is it normal to hear the mechanical sounds out of the “backglass” speakers? And if so, is there a way to balance the sound as the music,voice,sfx are so much lower than the bumper sounds or whatever it is that I’m hearing.

Thanks!

No, that’s not normal. Table sounds should come from the exciters under the table. Some sound effects might come from the backglass along with music, voices, etc. But your table sounds should all be coming from the table. So I think something with your setup isn’t right.

And yes, SSF in Visual Pinball is several orders of magnitude better than FX3. I got into it the other way, started in VPX and then added FX3. FX3 has some fun tables, but the SSF was disappointing after experiencing VPX. It’s totally worth doing. It’s just nowhere near as good.

Thanks for the quick response Topper. I kind of figured it must be something with my setup. I have looked through the settings of both VPX Audio and Windows Audio and everything looks to be right as far as I can tell. I google searched for an answer and I’ve come up with nothing. Do you have any thoughts as to where I might start to fix this?

 

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Hey everyone. Can’t thank you guys enough for all the information. I’ve been playing FX3 and just got SSF working with it just yesterday. By the way, I am using my home gaming PC with my monitor rotated vertically for pinball and have created a pinball controller (cardboard prototype) with arcade buttons. For SSF, I have my standard PC desktop speakers and found a couple BT speakers with line in ports which I am using 1 for rear and 1 for side to test SSF before purchasing everything. This all started for me a couple weeks ago and has been so much fun!

Now I decided to try my hand at VPX as from what I have been reading it seems like it has better SSF implementation than FX3 does, but I’ve just started my reading today so please correct me if I’m wrong. I have gotten everything working on my very first table that I downloaded (Attack from Mars) but have a question. Is it normal to hear the mechanical sounds out of the “backglass” speakers? And if so, is there a way to balance the sound as the music,voice,sfx are so much lower than the bumper sounds or whatever it is that I’m hearing.

Thanks!

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Has anyone tried this AMP?

Kinter K3118 Texas Instruments TI Digital Hi-Fi Audio Mini Class D Home Auto DIY Arcade Stereo Amplifier with 12V 3A Power Supply Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0787BRQ2F/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_ZofiFbY2QQY30

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Terry, thank you so much for this tutorial. I am new to all this as of 2 weeks ago and I am so excited and overwhelmed all at the same time. I followed your tutorial and I have DOFLinx and Pinup Player all working. Just a bit of background, I’m playing FX3 on my desktop and built a pinball controller using mini pac, gold leaf arcade buttons, and a cardboard box after watching way too many YouTube videos. Then I stumbled across your SSF posts/videos and decided to prototype this using my 2 stereo computer speakers and hooking up 2 bluetooth speakers, 1 for the surround side and 1 for the surround back, using 3.5mm cables. Configured it all in windows and tested the speakers. They are all working as expected except when I actually play an FX3 table. I get the plunger, flipper, sling sounds out of the “Rear Surrounds”, but I get very little sound out of the “Side Surrounds” so basically the middle/upper part of the table doesn’t have much sound. It feels as though it’s missing something. Maybe this is because I am not using the traditional setup?

Hoping you might have some suggestions as I’ve tried to research this and have come up empty.

Thanks in advance for your time!

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