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I am starting to get irritated with people who come here and take take take, and then ask questions like how to adjust things on tables that they should definitely know how to do. If you want to get these made for you for free, then learn the basics on how to use them…
things everyone should know how to do:
1.Change POV. Don’t get me started, this is basic
2. change and check rom name in the script, easiest thing to find because it’s the same for all tables that use a rom
3. change sounds on a table
4. add, delete, or move simple things like a plastic peg. If you don’t know how then try
5. Test roms in vpinmame
6. use Google…I purposely didn’t put the answers to all these items that you should know how to do because if you Google it there are more topics out there than I could even think of.
im sure there are a lot more but they are so simple that I can’t think of them. If you like virtual pinball enough to be here then you should want to learn how to use it
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that is exactly how i feel
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7. Read Threads!! Often a question has been answered in an earlier post. Sometimes even a post or two earlier.
What was the ‘ball-loading problem thread’ where I think three different posts on a single page asked how to load the ball, and the answer was a scroll up the page away.
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people would be so much more interested and vested in this stuff if they just learned how it works instead of just how to play it. I am guilty of becoming more obsessed with building than playing tables. I think Borgdog told me the same thing when we were working on Ice Fever and i didnt understand it, but i do now.
I still to this day find new things that i never knew existed. Bord sent me a blueprint of Raven one time and i was like, how the hell did he do that, i just figured it out a month or so ago. It was because i was bored and started searching around.
Move a post, change a light, adjust a freakin POV….. its fun!
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Everything in life is easy once you know how to do it. Teaching isn’t exactly fun. These VP sites are full of information, but it is many times hard to find the correct answers due to the complexity of the structure of all the moving parts that make VPX work. With more popularity of the hobby, comes more new people that are confused.
Maybe you should start a “most asked questions answered” tutorial for all the new people?
I know when I came here about a year ago, it was very confusing and intimidating. To a point where I almost didn’t attempt it. And that is coming from a person that set up a 10 platform, multi-emulator build with a front end for all my consoles and arcade games. I am glad I persevered because VPX is my most payed system in my emulation build now.
Luckily there are a handful of people that are very nice and understanding to help with these “stupid” questions. And without people like Major Frenchy, with his amazing YouTube how-to videos, you would have a lot more of these questions inundating the forums. He has singlehandedly answered more questions for me through his videos than any info I have found in the forums.
In all seriousness, if more vets in the community would make and share YouTube how-to tutorials and be more open to sharing the knowledge, I think it will help further grow the hobby. and get rid of some of the “stupid” questions.
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This is how I got started, Mame in 2003, vp in 2006, came back to it in 2017 sure i may have asked a couple of questions, many frustrating times, but i learned eventually
But the majority of it from playing around with settings and reading got me to where i am today
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I was probably more confused than anyone my first year but I started digging into these tables and trying things out. The best way to learn is to do. As far as making more tutorials, I have asked the same thing but the problem is that most people don’t want to learn or say they can’t learn. The people that really want to learn this stuff show an interest and then the vets more often than not will take them under their wing and help them. These tasks above are the simple essential tasks that everyone should take upon themselves to learn so that they can properly use this software without issues.
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I was probably more confused than anyone my first year but I started digging into these tables and trying things out. The best way to learn is to do. As far as making more tutorials, I have asked the same thing but the problem is that most people don’t want to learn or say they can’t learn. The people that really want to learn this stuff show an interest and then the vets more often than not will take them under their wing and help them. These tasks above are the simple essential tasks that everyone should take upon themselves to learn so that they can properly use this software without issues.
Agreed that the best way to learn is to fail. But that is not an option for many people. Most people do not take well to failure and simply quit or rely on the others that know. This is especially true when it comes to very complex puzzles like VPX. That is life, and that is what it will always be. As the ones that have the focus and determination to persevere through the tough parts, it is up to us to pass on the information and help other that are not able. But, unfortunately, that is not an option, or desire, for many of the people that have the knowledge. Again, thank god for people like Major Frenchy and TerryRed, who seem to get just as much pleasure in helping people through sharing what they have learned as they do building their rigs. I know I too plan on sharing my knowledge once I move from Desktop to building my full scale table/backglass rig.
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