EightBall Deluxe LE (Bally 1981) Animated Wheel Logo for PinballX

[HiRez00]

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I discovered something interesting yesterday with PinballX that I did not know … and maybe you didn’t either.

PinballX developers have added the ability to use animated GIF images as wheel images / graphics.

We have all gotten so used to using PNG image files with transparency mattes (especially for shadows) – GIF images can ‘almost’ do the same thing with transparencies except partial transparent areas like 50% drop shadow, etc will not work – so all images would need to have ‘hard’ edges and shadows.

BUT … that doesn’t detract from the ‘coolness’ factor of having some animated logos for your FAVORITE pinball tables. There are now limitless possibilities to add some cool stuff here.

I think I am going to make a template shape with perfect edges, like a megadocklet that I can then simply drop the animated image into to never worry about rough edges again.

I did a test with Eight Ball Deluxe LIMITED EDITION logo to tryout my proof of concept.

If you choose to try this out – you NEED to delete your existing PNG wheel image because by default PinballX will always keep / use the PNG and ignore the newly imported GIF image.

I also included a static PNG version as well. The PNG version does NOT animate.

If it doesn’t work – you probably need to update your PinballX to the latest version.

Try it out and let me know what you think.

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xenonph, Oldschool4

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Works great,like it very much,something different.

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