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About 2 months ago, when I was suddenly faced with copious amount of free time I decided to dive into VPX table creation/modding and took at stab at using VLM/Blender to rejuvenate one of my favorites 80s table... Fathom. I hit so many walls and limitations of my knowledge that after 2 weeks I gave up and decided to tackle a simpler project (Stern's Cheetah). Having released that few weeks ago, I took what I learned during that process and what knowledge the fine VPW folks shared with me in meantime and felt more confident to revisit Fathom. The table has been cooking and been tested by the VPW Team for few weeks now and today, I'm finally ready to part with a version of it and share it with you guys.
Hope you all enjoy it!
p.s. (Frankly, I could easily spend another week or 2 to nitpick even more details and get the VR setup to integrate better with the baked lighting (and use a proper cabinet), hope there is plenty to enjoy in the table in its current shape.)
# Version 3.0 by FrankEnstein based on Version 2.0 by UnclePaulie
**v3.0 info:**
This version is FrankEnstein's VLM/Blender makeover of UnclePaulies already excellent table from 2023 so it has all the goodies he and redbone put in, but jazzed up with raytraced renders and all the goodness Blender has to offer. Certain parts were replaced and remodeled for proper raytracing but the table still largely uses most of the assets from the previous version, therefore including the previous detailed credits below.
Thanks to Apophis for his code updates, code cleanup, tying the room brightness controls to the VR setup, and immense knowledge of all things VPX and the willingness to share it. Thanks to all the folks on the VPW team that helped with testing and advice (Apophis, tomate, Passion4Pins, DGrimmReaper, Sturdlygoorite, Sixtoe, Darth Vito, redbone...) as well as all contributors to the VLM Kit parts library.
Most of all thanks to Uncle Paulie and Redbone for their excellent v2.0 that I used as a starting point and used most of the assets from and his permission to mod his table.
**v2.0 info/credits:**
Table includes Hybrid VR/desktop/cabinet modes, new upscaled playfield by EBisLIT and Redbone, VPW physics, Fleep sounds, 3D inserts, new GI, sling corrections, targets, saucers, playfield mesh, etc. Updated playfield, plastics, targets, apron, flippers, and more.
This version done with UnclePaulie's prior Bally tables as a baseline to start. Built everything ground up from there. Used a few prims and images from Goldchicco's prior table, as well as some logic. I used EBisLit's playfield as a baseline, and Redbone did lots graphics updates to that playfield, as well as the plastics, targets, apron, flippers, and others. The VPW team did lots of testing and recommended that I use Circus's VR room as an option, as it has you playing on the ocean floor with fish swimming around you, so his very cool environment is also included, and is the default environment for VR users.
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Required Software (64-bit versions):
VPX 10.8.0 RC4 or later: https://github.com/vpinball/vpinball/releases/tag/v10.8.0-1975-051104c
VPinMame 3.6.0-998 or later: https://github.com/vpinball/pinmame/releases/tag/v3.6.0-998-a77c2d2
B2S Server 2.1.2 or later (if B2S used): https://github.com/vpinball/b2s-backglass/releases/tag/v2.1.2
Edited by Frank_Enstein
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