Show Boat (Gottlieb 1961)

Thanks for this nice EM table.

Nice work again! Hopefully @hauntfreaks , or @Wildman can make a b2s for this beauty.

Upscaled flyer, IC, and Wheels for your front end if needed

Made a wheel before I saw PEandS1Ws lol

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately, those flippers being fired simultaneously like a first time player kid would do make this table a no-go... at least for me.

34 minutes ago, htamas said:

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately, those flippers being fired simultaneously like a first time player kid would do make this table a no-go... at least for me.

At least they're not impulse flippers. Ever play Daisy May? Yowza!

Thanks for the update, "Score to Beat" fix is very nice, good to have the choice.

Sorry for the long post....Trying to raise awareness. 

I have a four screen cabinet with Cleveland Software SSF and the DOF solenoid system.  I have been looking into the Sound Manager settings for VPX games.  Since there are a wide range of pinball machine configurations out there, authors generally publish a "generic sound" version of the game.  Sometimes the author may have SSF and DOF options.  

Other option is available, if you have the speaker configuration....

Hidden in Sound Manager (VPX) is the ability to place individual sounds (for your cabinet version) in selected locations on the playfield and backbox . (using Backbox, Playfield Pan and Fade settings). 

For this process, you should be comfortable in editing a VPX table file and keep backups.  This posting is not a tutorial on editing a VPX table and you should be somewhat proficient and confident already. 

So, there is the ability to place Backbox sounds on the Backbox rather than the playfield in Sound Manager.  Conversely, you can place sounds at different places on the playfield. 

If you have the original physical machine, you can hear where the sound is emanating from or alternatively ask AI how the sounds should be routed for a particular machine.  Also, you can interpret the author's "description of the sound" in Sound Manager, so you can bias the placement of sounds (pan and fade) on the playfield. Hints are L, R, Low, apron and obvious descriptions like plunger.  

If you are really dedicated, you can observe the physical table layout with the VPX script and identify where the author thinks the particular sound belongs.  Place it appropriately on the playfield with Pan and Fade feature of the Sound Manager.

I have screenshots of the Sound Manager of this particular table that I have modified for my machine (see above for configuration).  I provided three snapshots of Sound Manager with different sort orders so you can see the changes (only) I did in Backbox, Pan and Fade settings of each individual sound for this table.  These are my best guesses without diving through the script and playfield pictures.

If you have the "speaker system", you can tune the sounds to go to where they were intended.  DOF Solenoids and SSF add to the realism but are not necessary. 

Is it laborious, yes, but it really adds to the realism.  You can change the settings in Sound Manager (per table) to match your speaker arrangement and resave the game.  Yes, it is game by game, and right now you can only share Sound Manager settings with whole game file transfers or snapshots.

Enjoy a more realistic sound experience of PinRich's table with my first shot (not using script and playfield pictures) at locating sounds in an upgraded sound cabinet.     

I love that you keep bringing us the little known and underdog tables @PinRich thanks!

I made some corrections and improvements for my own desktop use, add metal side rails, lower all the bumper heights and their lights, changed to better woods and get rid of decals, new upper arch, playfield locks and glass channels and the right certificate, add Hauntfreaks old ass eyeballs ball. You know, little stuff like that.