Taxi (Williams 1988) VPW Mod

On 7/28/2023 at 10:10 AM, pintris said:

Great table. I play in VR. With this table, what I notice is that the back of the playfield (behind the two popbumpers) "wobbles" in VR. It's not stable but looks like it's waving. I noticed it does this togeher with the backglass lights. When they goes on, the back of the playfield seems to "bend" a bit upwards and when the backglass lights go off it is normal again. So the quickly flashing of the backglass lights created the wobbling effects.

It might be a specific version of VPVR I'm using.. I run the latest in 64bit but tried older ones as well... Does anyone else experience this? I only have this with this specific table. Maybe some special code used in the backglass? Thanks

I have the same issue with the latest 10.8 beta 5 (x64). I get no wobble with my older version (10.8 rev.603 x86).

Looks beautiful and it plays beautifully well. Amazing work as always. It's also one of my favorite Williams tables.

I just got around to trying this table.  What a nice job!  I really like this style Williams game, but the physics are critical and you nailed it!  Thanks very much!!

Sadly even with the latest build of Vpx (10.8 RC4) there is still "playfield wobble" at the back of the table in VR. (wobbling "in sync" with some backbox flashers).

Maybe a table update is needed in order to get this fixed. Lets hope for a new version update because I really love this table. One of my favorites.

Thanks

Pareil pour moi, oscillation du haut du plateau en VR ... et une de mes tables preferé aussi 😥

Thank you to the awesome VPW team for taking the time to make a really fun table even better. Your dedication to this hobby and to the attention to detail in perfecting these tables is very much appreciated!

On 8/9/2024 at 7:41 AM, pintris said:

Sadly even with the latest build of Vpx (10.8 RC4) there is still "playfield wobble" at the back of the table in VR. (wobbling "in sync" with some backbox flashers).

Maybe a table update is needed in order to get this fixed. Lets hope for a new version update because I really love this table. One of my favorites.

Thanks

Having the same issue unfortunately - would really love to play this in VR!

I love this table but I get slight stutter in places and can't seem to fix it

I have an old system admittedly so run 1080p but with all AA, shadows, reflections off.  Don't have this with any other VPW table 

Game starts off smooth but tends to stutter 20-30 seconds in

EDIT: there is an option for removing ball shadow in the script which seems to have fixed it

On 7/28/2023 at 6:10 PM, pintris said:

Great table. I play in VR. With this table, what I notice is that the back of the playfield (behind the two popbumpers) "wobbles" in VR. It's not stable but looks like it's waving. I noticed it does this togeher with the backglass lights. When they goes on, the back of the playfield seems to "bend" a bit upwards and when the backglass lights go off it is normal again. So the quickly flashing of the backglass lights created the wobbling effects.

It might be a specific version of VPVR I'm using.. I run the latest in 64bit but tried older ones as well... Does anyone else experience this? I only have this with this specific table. Maybe some special code used in the backglass? Thanks

The wobble is still happening in VR even with the final release of VPX 10.8. I've also seen the same issue in Theatre of magic, but to a lesser degree.

Did anyone figure out a fix?

I thought I'd fixed my stutter issue by disabling ball shadows in the script but it's still there

is there anything else I can disable to help performance?  

ok - i think I finally got rid of the stutter.

Updated VpinMame to 3.6 final (required for the Walking Dead table) and it's definitely made the ball butter smooth now.  

Would have never thought vpinmame could cause stutter.  thanks @flupper for forcing me to update 🙂

On 2/19/2025 at 7:51 AM, Gravy said:

The wobble is still happening in VR even with the final release of VPX 10.8. I've also seen the same issue in Theatre of magic, but to a lesser degree.

Did anyone figure out a fix?

Any updates on this? Still a big issue in VR

4 hours ago, Burdy323 said:

Any updates on this? Still a big issue in VR

I don't think so unfortunately.

I just loaded the table up again in VR and then repositioned my eye level so that they were level with the playfield surface, I then very slowly dropped my eye level just below the table surface to have a look under the playfield and noticed that there is a second semitransparent surface that sits only about 5mm below the playfield, I'm now wondering if the playfield texture wobble issue has something to do with this under layer.

Edit: hmmm... I just trying moving the playfield_mesh primitive and put it beside the table. The texture wobble still occurs even when it is just sitting there by itself, so perhaps there is something wrong with the mesh primitive. Maybe someone could export it back to blender and check it for errors or something? I don't know how to do that check myself.

Edit 2: After a bit more investigation it appears that the playfield_mesh texture wobble (a pulsing resolution drop at distance) is running in sync with the backglass lighting effects. Any chance that @Sixtoe or @UnclePaulie could swing by and look a little deeper please? There is a similar issue with Theatre of Magic in VR.

Yo Taxi! Taxi is THE game for me. Played the real game continuously back in the day at University of East Anglia common room. When I found Visual Pinball, Taxi was the 1st game I got going. I played a version by Mike Sweetser I believe. This version plays beautifully and I even got a real bell working with a Pi Pico and DOF. Such nostalgia. I am currently building a Taxi based vpin cabinet -The Taxi Cab. Thanks to everyone for producing such a great looking and playable version of this classic game.