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Fathom (Bally 1981) Vintage Mod


my first table.
this is a heavy mod based on 32assassin's great Fathom, which is based on Unclewilly's version, so all credits and thanks go to these two.

What I did:
- completely remade playfield in 4k resolution (by stitching images from the web and partially redrawing, even bought a font for that job!)
- completely remade plastics in 4k resolution (same way)
- made new bumper caps from scratch
- reworked or changed many objects, images and materials
- completely remade all lights and illumination
- apron reworked
- "live" mirror metal wall at the top (only the ball is not reflected, don't know, how to do that)
- and many other things, I don't remember anymore

Physics (only minor changes):
- made the table slightly slower
- ! repositioned the rubber posts at the wicked vertical outlane, so that there's at least a little chance so save the ball from draining by nudging ! Btw, this is also the case for the real table as seen in videos on the web, so no cheating.

The aim of this version was to get it as close to the original vintage table (yellow tint, vintage light bulbs a.s.o)
As I already mentiond in the WIP thread, I will also make a second version, which will look like a polished Fathom with LED lights, plastics and playfield repros a.s.o.
The desktop view needs a liitle more work, but is already quite ok now. Maybe I'll release an update in the future.
Big thanks go to roar, who provided me with images of plastics and to all the cool people, who made and contributed to VP and the great always helping community!

Fathom_(Bally_1981)_Vintage_Mod_v1.1.zip


 

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You have some spare lights on the left hand side in desktop mode just hanging in the air. Took me a while but I finally managed to delete them without breaking the table. The rolling ball sounds are really faint on this one. Almost can't hear them even when i turn down the rom electronic sounds. I looked in the script but didn't see any place to turn them up specifically. If you would be so kind to let me know how to do that i would appreciate it. Nice table. Very well modeled, textured and lit. The ball physics need some updating. Ball acts like a ping pong ball sometimes with zero ability act like it has weight. Doesn't bounce well off objects that it should. Looks rather sad lol. Ball travels at mach 9, comes to an abrupt stop, then off it goes on an angle at mach 9 again. Hopefully in the future this one will get an update on that end.

 

Thanks.

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