Comet (Williams 1985) [Bord]

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  • #80410
    bord
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      @bord

      https://vpinball.com/VPBdownloads/comet-williams-1985-bord/

      This started a year ago as a project to force me to learn Blender. I must have built the corkscrew ramp 8 different times trying to figure it out. Finally I can put it to bed. Would I do some things differently knowing what I know now? Sure, but I’m still proud of the results.

      Thanks to @randr, @rothbauerw, and @32assassin for their (significant) contributions to the script. Thanks to @flupper for lots of good Blender advice along the way.

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      #80415
      Ben Logan2
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        @benlogan2

        Wow, Bord. This looks beautiful. Super stoked to have two great versions of this underrated classic. Friday night fun!

        #80416
        Thalamus
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          @thalamus

          Maybe I should expect this table ever since I saw the stitching job for the playfield a while ago. Agree with Ben. Nothing wrong with having two “copies” of the same table. It is not like the pins play exactly the same in the wild anyway. Looking forward to play your version Bord.

          Thank you very much. It looks really nice – not a surprise, coming from you. :rose:   :good:

          #80417
          randr
          Keymaster
            @randr

            Thanks Bord!

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            #80418
            bord
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              @bord

              Thanks Bord!

              Thank YOU. Couldn’t have done it without you.

              Nothing wrong with having two “copies” of the same table. It is not like the pins play exactly the same in the wild anyway.

              Right, sliderpoint’s version is excellent. This is just another take on Comet. Everyone is going to interpret it differently.

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              #80421
              Ben Logan2
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                @benlogan2

                You really nailed the effect created when the GI turns off in response to hitting the million shot ramp. Inserts still shine through nice and bright. Very nice!

                #80431
                randr
                Keymaster
                  @randr

                  I really like the lighting effects! Great version of comet for sure. I will be keeping both in my cab no surprise I’m sure

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                  #80433
                  TNT2
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                    @tnt2

                    Love this table!

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                    #80436
                    the_greeze
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                      @thegreeze

                      Very nice, thank you!  :yahoo:

                      #80445
                      Thalamus
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                        @thalamus

                        After playing roughly 10 games I became a bit annoyed at the right side drain from sw25. Look at the table, you have set it already to have a difficulty of 100% so I was a bit surprised to see that I more or less got at persistent kick-out that ended up in the right out-lane.  I might have been very unlucky, getting more or less the same kick over and over again. It is after all a computer that has a tendency to put the ball in the same pattern if the values are the same. I expect that changing the kick-out by a degree or two might reduce the amount of drains.

                        I have no experience with the real table. So, please tell me if this happens often on the original. I implemented a extra old school randomness to line 173.

                        bsCycleSaucer.InitSaucer sw25,25, 260+rnd(1)*3, 8+rnd(1)*3

                        Except for this annoyance. I must say. This is pure fun, just as Mike’s version. Big thumbs up Bord ! :good:

                        #80449
                        bord
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                          @bord

                          I’ve played 100 games on this thing and I’ve never noticed that before. I wanted it to play tough but not with predictable failure like that. I’ll let any other problems shake out this week and update with some randomness after that.

                          #80450
                          Draifet
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                            @draifet

                            Super nice table, I love the crisp decals compared with the other VPX version (another master piece).

                            Just a minor suggestion, almost all the wire gates ara tagged as static and then don’t move when the ball pass through.

                            I feel a little sorry cause there are VP tables that they look so old compared with the recent ones u are doing, but lately I have to choose between 2 versions of the same already very good recent table, lol, hard to decide wich one to play.

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                            #80451
                            bord
                            Moderator
                              @bord

                              WTF. They shouldn’t be set to static. No idea how that happened. Yes, all mesh gate wires should not be static. I’ll upload a correction later today.

                              #80461
                              Micronaut
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                                @micronaut

                                excellent, :good:

                                great job in graphics, lighting and physics, congratulations Bord and everyone involved   :yes:

                                #80471
                                The Loafer
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                                  @theloafer

                                  I just gave it a run and yeah, I’m joining the “keep two copies of Comet on the pincab” train because I love Sliderpoint’s table and now I love yours as well.  They DO play completely differently, both very different takes on this excellent table.  If there’s one area I have to give you super pops is that it plays a meaner game, so maybe a bit more realistic scoring on this one and a valid reason to go back and forth between both. That’s not a knock on Sliderpoint’s effort, I just look at it in this case as one arcade owner is a sadistic bastard who caters to pinball tournaments (Bord) and one has a “welcome all” on the front of his arcade (SP) LOL

                                  Personally, I tended to visit sadistic bastard arcades a lot back in the day :)

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                                  #80472
                                  Thalamus
                                  Moderator
                                    @thalamus

                                    It’s a Papa modified table vs a regular one :)

                                    #80483
                                    Clark Kent
                                    Participant
                                      @clarkkent

                                      What I’d really like to see would be a scanned pf and plastics! Not in my collection…

                                      #80487
                                      Sven34
                                      Participant
                                        @sven34

                                        Thank you very much for Comet  :good:

                                        #80495
                                        rothbauerw
                                        Moderator
                                          @rothbauerw

                                          The lighting on this table is suberb!  I would say you’ve figured the whole blender thing out.  Great job on the ramps!

                                          Current Project: Perpetual updates of VPX physics.

                                          Current Project: Perpetual updates of VPX physics.

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                                          #80496
                                          bord
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                                            @bord

                                            What I’d really like to see would be a scanned pf and plastics! Not in my collection…

                                            Kinda goes without saying, doesn’t it? Maybe we need a bot on this site that shitposts any project not made with scans.

                                            4/5 of the plastics are from scans and I busted my ass to get the rest but no one was able to supply them.

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