Flupper

All true, but also: the ball is lit up by all the insert lights, that is best visible with a darker ball.

And as Haunt said: try tweaking it. I started table building by not being happy with a table and trying to improve. If you want a real visible ball, here is a way to start learning how vpx works: try to implement the glowball code from Diner…[Read more]

I was only able to play a single game on my lunch break, but what a fantastic table. I do have one question though, is there a reason you went with the ww_lh6 rom? That rom struggled mightily on my system. I went and changed the table to use the ww_l5 rom that I had used in previous versions of this table and did not have those same issues. I’m h…[Read more]

It’s a very nice table.

How can I fix it?

Could you give some more information? like:

what version of VPX (I use official 10.4)?
Other recent tables are all working?
What rom?
everything else is working, like other mechanical sounds?
Is it at startup or after some time playing?
Did you alter the table in some way?

I love Whitewater and own a real one. Flupper and Co have done an amazing job, but…………… OMG those sidewalls are aweful. The sidewalls are black on a real cab with much less wood grain or reflection. It kind of jumps out, when the rest of the table looks so good and realistic. The sidewall reflection option in the script is only for ramps and rails…[Read more]

I did the same, here is my version (Blender):

http://vpforums.org/imghost/213/skullfinal.jpg

Import this jpg in VPX and assign it to the skull. With a material like this:

http://vpforums.org/imghost/213/screenshot99.jpg

And set ”disable lighting” at 0,4 for the skull primitive.

Maybe there is a simpler way, but I would just use a separate timer which does this countdown and again enables the flash for one flash.

And for those in on the discussion about shadows: this time I made them on a separate layer, playfield is untouched. 

Difficult discussion this. The reason for me is ….:

– performance (removing one transparent layer gave 8% performance increase)

– i already had a transparent layer for the lighting, with some issues to get it working

– the original playfield is higher res than what is in Diner, I sent a whole resource package to Clark for future reference

Found these when looking for cards for Wh2O:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/do-you-create-your-own-custom-rule-cards/page/2#post-304487

For WH2O I am trying to do the process more strsightforward, and it sort of looks like this:

1. Find a good playfield image, either fully prepared or a real good photo/scan/redraw. Find the correct size for it (aspect ratio) and a blueprint or playfield protector (found and used this for WH2O). Use the blueprint/protector to check/correct the…[Read more]

And I use inkscape like Fren to convert an image into a svg for blender importing, for all the plastics.

And for all the inserts I use one primary light on the insert and a secondary one (round) for adding an “indirect lighting ” effect on the playfield. Which I like a lot especially on a dark table. This requires the insert light to be on a 1…[Read more]

Where to start? Most of the stuff I have made in Blender was discovered through trial and error. So for the pop bumpers texture I have made maybe 10-20 test textures which did not work, before finally I liked it. This includes a lot of photoshop modifications on the texture as well. Main big change for me was using project-from-view uv mapping in…[Read more]

I think this sound difference is due to some rom controlled sounds, not mechanical ones. I think this is triggered by the switch in the shooter lane, through the rom. This means I cannot change this, this works as intended by the table designers.

@blacksad: very nice!! Could you also make this one, cropped from left and right (without speakers), to be displayed in the DMD area of a cab? I think the correct aspect ratio is 4:1 (width vs height). I did a test one of that on my cab, and that looks really good!

@Sliderpoint @ STAT:

Could you test this 1.2 candidate? It has:

– all insertlights now have depth bias -10

– one of the GI lights also now has depth bias -10

– I purposely switch on GI in the init script (once, at table start), if for some reason the rom does not switch it on when starting the table.

Does it also work properly with the…[Read more]