Creature from the Black Lagoon (Bally 1992)

"And now, on with the show!"
 
VPW proudly present this monster of a table! This has been the machine cooking for longest in VPW, dating back to August 2020! It went through a few tweaks and iterations until everything was totally scrapped when we got a new playfield scan and Sixtoe scratch rebuilt it in 2022, and Niwak built it in the what was then brand new blender toolkit as he wanted to to test fancy overlapping transparent ramps.
After doing everytihng, we realised the whole table has been built on slightly the wrong scale and were sad, Niwak then got distracted by updating vpinmame so the ramp lights worked properly and then completely rewriting vpx and vpinmame, and Sixtoe got distracted by a squirrel (this happens more than you'd expect).

Then at the start of May '25 Apophis held Sixtoe upside down over the vpw swamp and said "are you gonna finish this or what? what we have is better than not having one!" and brought it up to date with mcarter78 and FrankEnstein, and here we are, finally with a release!

Check out the original swampy VR room and all the options in the F12 menu, which includes the latest and greatest of everything VPW has to offer. Enjoy!

The ramp running lights work in all versions, but they'll look a bit prettier in the newest pinmame (3.7.0.43) as correct emulation of the special pcb has now been added by Niwak.

VPW Creatures
Niwak - Blender Model, scripting, running lights code in VPX.
Sixtoe - VPX scratch table build.
Apophis - Updating blender model, updating scripting, fancy backglass lighting.
FrankEnstein - 3D and scripting work.

mcarter78 - Script work.
Tomate - 3D work.
DaRdog and Rawd - VR Black Lagoon.
HauntFreaks - Backglass image information and supporting b2s.
Clark Kent - Playfield Scan
Skitso & iaakki - Playfield Scan Tweaks
Testers: PinStratsDan, Mecha_Enron, Somatik, Studlygoorite, bthlonewolf, carny_priest, guus_8005, MetaTed, Dad-E-drums, mlager8, cl4ve, DGrimmReaper, CalleVesterdahl

Required Software (64-bit versions):

VPX 10.8.0 or later: https://github.com/vpinball/vpinball/releases/tag/v10.8.0-2051-28dd6c3
VPinMame 3.7.0.43 or later recommended: https://github.com/vpinball/pinmame/actions/runs/15285924979

B2S Server 2.1.3 or later (if B2S used): https://github.com/vpinball/b2s-backglass/releases/tag/v2.1.3

Version Log
001 - iaakki - New PF scan in for realignment. Layer 1 started.
002 - Sixtoe - Complete culling and complete rebuild to new alignment. Physics, shadows, preliminary audio scripting, preliminary standup scripting, something weird up with left ramp.
003 - Sixtoe - Lampz and prims.
004 - Niwak - Add Blender model of the table, hide all previous graphic elements, wired up Lampz
005 - Scrapped
006 - Niwak - New render
007 - Sixtoe - Physics objects adjustment and rebuilding, ball traps filled, collidable primtiive bowl hole narrowed, removed redundant objects, fixed depth bias on flipper shadows,
008 - Niwak - Link visuals to solenoids & lamps, add in game menu, add Lampz/VPX support, add a playfield mesh, add (slightly) tinted refracting ramps, add Flupper & Fuzzel chase light work around, add gate animations
009 - Sixtoe - Lower right physical VUK hooked up, added fleep sounds, adding ramprolling sounds.
010 - Niwak - New render, use native light instead of Lampz, fix light properties, add missing ones, fixed options and most mods, rewrite GI and chase light
011 - Niwak - New render, single room lighting (smaller and better perf), fix chase light, setup to use pinmame 3.7 beta for GI, add lift ramp and most options
012 - mcarter78 - Updated physics for flippers/targets, Updated PWM, Added instruction card & options to F12 menu, added room/ball brightness, moved animations to FrameTimer
013 - apophis - Fixed room brightness issue.  Updated all animations with new VLM arrays. Added new 2k bake.
014 - apophis - Added temperature tint to flashers. Fixed some ball rolling sounds and other sfx. Updated ambient ball shadows. Added FlipperCradleCollision to OnBallBallCollision. Added ball brightness routine. Fixed ramp and bumper materials. Added light blocker below PF.
015 - apophis - Added 4k bake. Fixed upper left ramp animation. Deleted unused timers.
016 - apophis - Fixed plunger (room brightness and spring). Added some options: playfield reflections, ramp refractions, outlane difficulty.
017 - DaRdog - Added VR room
018 - apophis - Animated VR buttons and plunger.
019 - apophis - Fixed tilt switch. Fixed some ramp sfx triggers. Added Rubber_4 sfx. Slightly reduced pf friction and sling strength.
020 - apophis - Added animated VR backglass lighting.
021 - DaRdog and Rawd- Black Lagoon MEGA room
022 - apophis - New 4k bake. Tweaked ramp friction and outer orbit lane returns.
023 - Sixtoe - Added physical sw34 VUK, tweaked playfield mesh and added primitive scoop guide, now behaves in a much more satisfying manner. Reinforced Apron. Tweaked Ramps, Tweaked VR backglass and right flipper button (thanks to DGrimmReaper).
024 - tomate - hard GIU reflections on backwall fixed, transmition issue on plastic ramp over f25 fixed
025 - Sixtoe - Made snack bar shot a lot harder by making the rubber sleeve the correct shape and size (replaced standard sleeve with larger tapered sleeve). Numerous alignment fixes.
026 - apophis - Fixed left orb return. Added scoop sfx. Dropped flipper strength to 2450. Made ball darker when in right vuk saucer. Tweaked ramp vlm.bake.ramps material. Moved PFLightBlocker up to -50 z.
027 - apophis - New 4k batch.
028 - FrankEnstein - New 2k batch with improved visual ramps. More prominent flashers in the back of playfield. 
029 - apophis - Added color to insert light ball reflections.
030 - FrankEnstein - Added option to enable static vs dynamic reflections (default to static). Fixed baked glass reflection. Updated 4k bake
031 - FrankEnstein - Fixed right scoop flasher, fixed car lights, fixed black gate wires
032 - FrankEnstein - Added option in F12 to turn on or off bumper lights, factory and mod states
033 - FrankEnstein - Updated 4k bake.
034 - FrankEnstein - Optimized dynamic refleictions option.
RC1 - apophis - Updated 4k bake. Updated cab POV. Added desktop DMD visible option. Cleaned up script comments. 
RC2 - Sixtoe - Tweaks'n'stuff
Release v1.0