PinCabView 2D (for old DOS pinball games)

PinCabView2D 3.3 by Aubrel (for old DOS pinball PC games)

This patch is free and should remain free.
Not for commercial uses!!

I'm happy to release this patch! It will transform completely many old PC pinball games and will make them alive again in your virtual pinball cabinet.
The main goal is to get a pincab view with exported DMD and backglass for most of the 2D PinballDreams-like PC games.

A "PinCabKeys" option is available in PinCabView2D.ini to get full support with standard VPX keyboard keys (used by default)
DMD's position and size can be set in PinCabView2D.ini
This pack doesn't contain any file of these games and will not modify them at all.

The pack contains :
- PinCabView2D Launcher by Aubrel
- DOSBox Custom "PinHack V3x" build (PinHack build by Felipe Sanches, Custom PinHack buid by Aubrel, diff patch included)
- PinCabView 2.6 ReShade's shader by Aubrel and Ducon2016 (ArcCabView 2.6 with PINBALL options activated)
- ArcCabView Custom ReShade 4.9.1 dll by Ducon2016 and Aubrel (ReShadeMod32.dll)
- dgVoodoo2 2.78.2 dll (ddraw.dll / only used with SlamTilt)

Supported games (perfectly working) :
- Pinball Dreams - DOS
- Pinball Dreams II - DOS
- Pinball Dreams Deluxe - DOS/GOG (it includes Pinball Dreams 1 & 2)
- Pinball Fantasies - DOS
- Pinball Mania DOS
- Pinball Fantasies Deluxe - DOS/GOG (it includes Pinball Fantasies & Mania)
- Pinball Illusions - DOS/GOG
- Absolute Pinball - DOS
- Pinball 2000 - DOS
- Pinball 4000 - DOS
- Psycho Pinball - DOS
- Ultimate Pinball - DOS
- Epic Pinball Complete Collection - DOS/GOG
- Silverball - DOS
- Silverball 2 - DOS
- Electronic Pinball - DOS
- Thomas The Tank Engine's Pinball - DOS
- Pinball Wizard 2000 - DOS
- SlamTilt - Windows

DOS Games working but not added :
- Pinball Builder - DOS (tables only)
- Eight Ball Deluxe - DOS
- Royal Flush Pinball - DOS

DOS Games tested but unfortunately not working :
- Extreme Pinball - DOS
- Pinball Warriors - DOS
- Tilt - DOS
- Pinball Prelude - DOS

General download folder :  https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5ttx0loy7lzfy/ArcCabView

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How to use :
- Create a directory and extract the full archive inside.
- Install your games here in their dedicated folders.
- Check the "autoexec" part at the end of the config files of the games you own (config files located in PinCabView2D\Configs).
You can edit a little this "autoexec" part, it should match your game installation. But don't change anything else!
- If needed set PinCabView2D.ini "ArcCabView", "PinCabView" and "PinCabView_ADV" options
- Run the launcher "PinCabView2D_Launcher.exe" with the "ConfigName" of the game you want to launch as command (or select in the start UI).
Optionnal : you can also send the number of the table you want to be launched directly as 2nd parameter.
- That's all, it should work

Examples:
"C:\My Game Folder\PinCabView2D_Launcher.exe" DreamsDx
Will launch Pinball Dreams Deluxe (gog)
"C:\My Game Folder\PinCabView2D_Launcher.exe" DreamsDx 3
Will launch Pinball Dreams Deluxe (gog) and will also launch directly the 3rd table of "Pinball Dreams"
"C:\My Game Folder\PinCabView2D_Launcher.exe" DreamsDx 6
Will launch Pinball Dreams Deluxe (gog) and will also launch directly the 2nd table of "Pinball Dreams II"
(Quicklaunch is not available for : Epic Pinball, Silverball, Silverball 2, Pinball Wizard 2000 and Psycho Pinball, but you can try to add it in PinCabView2D.ini file)

PinCabKeys :
- "1" (repeat quickly) => F1-F8 (+Yes)
- "2" => Esc
- "5" => No
- "Enter" => Plunger (+OK)
- "Shift"s => Flippers (+Directions if needed)
- "Ctrl"s => Nudges (+Directions if needed)
- "z", "Space", "/" => Nudges

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Side notes :
- Some game's resolutions should be set as expected to work :
*Pinball Illusion should be set in default "VGA 360x350"
*Thomas The Tank Engine's Pinball should be set in "Small"
*Absolute Pinbal should be set in "VGA High"
*SlamTilt options should be kept "Zoom Off" and "DMD Small" (setting forced at game start)
*Others should be set in "High Res" when available
- Don't use the launcher to install your games, you can use directly the DOSBox included to do that.
- To use a different keys mapping, disable "PinCabKeys" in PinCabView2D.ini and set it as you want (Ctrl+F1 ingame with game windowed using Alt+Enter)
- The Windows DPI-Scale setting for high resolutions should be the same for all your screens.
- If the "QuickLaunch" command doesn't work correctly, you can try to increase the "TimerSale" option in PinCabView2D.ini (1.5 should be enough in most cases).
You can now also set the "SleepTime" values as you want and per game in PinCabView2D.ini
- You can acces some options in Reshade's UI using "home" key but most of them are set by the launcher and shouldn't be changed (check only "User Preferences Settings" section).
You can still use it to set the brightness of the table, the backglass, the DMD and to activate or not the CRT effect.
- For most of these DOS game you will have to check if the "autoexec" part at the end of the DOSBox config file is matching your game installation.
- SlamTilt doesn't run in DOSBox, its DOSBox's config file is a "fake" one only needed to be able to use the same launcher without too much changes.
- A desktop mode is available (can be activated in PinCabView2D.ini) but to keep the CRT effect you will need a UHD screen ("CRT Effect" can be disabled in ReShade's UI with home key)
- To work correctly and to avoid unexpected issues please install the games in their dedicated folders in order to match the corresponding config file settings.

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PinCabView Info / Support :  https://vpuniverse.com/forums/topic/5494-pincabview-bigraceusa-fantasticjourney-timeshock-theweb-wormspinball-worldrallyfever-slamtilt-resurrection/

PinCabView2D Info / Support :  https://vpuniverse.com/forums/topic/5744-pincabview2d-most-old-dos-pinball-games-in-your-pincab/
PinCabViewWFS Info / Support :  https://vpuniverse.com/forums/topic/5903-pincabviewwfs-all-wildfire-studios-pinball-pc-games-in-your-pincab/
ArcCabView/PinCabView shader Info / Support :  http://www.emuline.org/topic/2598-arccabview-display-your-arcade-games-just-as-you-want/

Thanks to Ducon2016 and Houb for the amazing "CRTGeomMOD" shader (and thanks to cgwg for the original CRTGeom shader)
http://www.emuline.org/topic/1420-shader-crt-multifonction-kick-ass-looking-games

Big thanks to Felipe Sanches, Joaquim Hilari, sirlee,... for the DOSBox "PinHack" version used to remove the game's scrolling
https://github.com/DeXteRrBDN/dosbox-pinhack
And thanks to all the others DOSBox "PinHack" build contributors too :  https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=12424

ReShade home : https://reshade.me
DOSBox home : https://www.dosbox.com
dgVoodoo2 home : http://dege.freeweb.hu