Dboundy Posted August 4, 2022 Posted August 4, 2022 Hey Terry every thing seems to be loading smooth but then I get this message what could be the issue I am having. Using pinball emporium though maybe this is it.
Content Provider TerryRed Posted August 13, 2022 Author Content Provider Posted August 13, 2022 Test outside any front-end: - Install FP and BAM - update to the latest BAM 1.5-351 update just released (use the zip, not the installer) - you MUST patch FuturePinball.exe and FPLoader.exe with the 4 GB patch - set FPLoader.exe to Windows 8 Compatibility - right-click FPLoader.exe and Run As Administrator once (don't set this permanently) - be sure you are using the exact FP Video and Editor Settings I show - if you have 4GB or less VRAM on your GPU, enable Texture Compression - install table and CFG file - load the table and play - assuming nothing on your system (Defender, anti-virus, etc) is blocking BAM from working... you should be good to go. Most people with those errors missed a step above. Only run from FPLoader.exe. some who updated.... updated BAM to the wrong location (why I say to use zip file to update).
Content Provider TerryRed Posted August 26, 2022 Author Content Provider Posted August 26, 2022 Star Wars: Death Star Assault - GALACTIC EDITION (PinEvent V2 - FizX) - Future Pinball - BAM 1.1 - FizX physics update! Now Available! ===================== FizX Profiles and settings You can easily choose from different preset FizX physics settings in the table script by changing the FizX Profiles. The Profile settings options are as follows default stronger flippers narrow flippers You aren't limited by this however. You can change all of FizX's settings to completely tweak and adjust the physics to your own preference! Read the Install Instructions for more information. ===================== Time Attack crash fix! I found a workaround for the random crash that could occur when you fail Time Attack. Now, when you fail Time Attack you won't see the Death Star blow up the planet. It will just act like you Tilted (which is instant game over in Time Attack), and then goto Attract mode... avoiding any crashes. Death Star Assault mode is still the same. ===================== Changelog (v1.1) - updated entire table for FizX physics - added new Yoda animations (thanks Gimli) - added optional Time Attack Quick Ending to avoid random crash bug when Death Star blows up planet - fixed Backglass Art options not changing on startup - fixed chrome ball being partially visible when BB-8 ball is being used - various table fixes ===================== As always... READ the included Install Instructions for all the information you need. It also includes a FAQ that will answer most questions. ===================== I really hope you guys enjoy this major change with FP tables and how much better they can play now. I invite everyone who has never played FP before to give this a try. Many have installed (or re-installed) FP just to try this, and they have been amazed at the difference. I think you will be too!
Content Provider TerryRed Posted January 11, 2023 Author Content Provider Posted January 11, 2023 Star Wars DSA - Galactic Edition (PinEvent V2) Sad news about the new FizX v2.0 update. You may no longer have time enough to go for a quickie with your partner while the table loads... optimized a bunch of the models to have way fewer polygons added a new BB-8 model for the ball that uses way fewer polygons load times are greatly reduced (by up to 45 secs to over 1 min less) on my i5 9600K, RTX 3080... older 1.1 table took up to 2:45 from start of loading to playing. New 1.2 table update takes no more than 1:45 from start of loading to playing So... sorry about getting less booty.... but you get more pinball time! 1.2 update is coming VERY soon!
Content Provider TerryRed Posted January 12, 2023 Author Content Provider Posted January 12, 2023 Star Wars DSA - Galactic Edition (PinEvent V2, FizX) (Future Pinball) 1.2 - FizX physics v2.0, new dynamic FLEEP sounds, reduced load times! Now Available! - added new BB8 model for the ball (uses less polygons, head and body sizes are correct) - optimized many models to reduce the amount of polygons they use - load time is much quicker as a result of the optimized models - changed dynamic camera views (desktop only) to better match table events (death star explosion, video mode, etc) - updated table and physics to FizX v2.0 - updated PinEvent V2 Ball Rolling functions: new singular code for both FP and PUP SSF - updated PinEvent V2 PinMechSound code to support new FizX auto ball hit events based on PF materials - removed all triggers and sounds used for ball hit sounds (no longer needed with FizX v2.0) - added more FLEEP mechanical sounds to support new FizX dynamic ball hit events - this allows for amazing new dynamic mechanical and SSF sounds for the entire table! - new FizX code no longer requires flipper Swing Angle to be specified in the FizX Flipper settings! - FizX slingshots, drop targets, rubbers are now set in the FizX General Settings section (not in a FizX Profile) - FizX XML_FPS is now set in its own section - updated FizX Profiles to only change FizX Flipper settings - there are no longer FizX Profiles used for different physics xml settings - any settings needed for a different PHYSICS XML FPS is now set in the FizX FPS settings section Important! Please Read! - ALL these new updates REQUIRE BAM 1.5-357 - patch both FP and BAM for 4 GB access after updating BAM, to be sure they are both patched - FizX v2.0 no longer uses the older 8K Physics Ball! Do not use it with this table! - install the 1K Physics Ball model now! (as default.zip in BAM folder) - if using PUP features, you MUST install the NEW PuP-Pack to use with this table, or PUP features won't work! - if you installed Baller Installer and UPDATED it to the new Jan 2023 update, then you "should" be fully updated and ready for this new table update! Follow the Install Instructions (and its FAQ) included with the table if you are not sure you are updated correctly... have FP settings setup correctly (important)... or if having any problems. New table update is available at the following sites when approved by site admins:
prime Posted March 7, 2024 Posted March 7, 2024 On 7/22/2022 at 2:54 AM, TerryRed said: Nothing like going out with a BANG! The very last thing I've added to the table was to actually destroy the Death Star on the playfield.... literally! Love how this turned out! The Stormtroopers get very emotional about it Last round of testing.... and one more full gameplay video... then barring anything major bugs that appear (that I can do anything about)... it will be release time! How do you achieve this?
Content Provider TerryRed Posted March 7, 2024 Author Content Provider Posted March 7, 2024 5 hours ago, prime said: How do you achieve this? Destroy the Death Star, of course Hit all drop targets which makes power up ready. Now hit the upper left Vader kicker. Now you've powered up one level. Keep repeating this until you power up past Yoda, and then to Skywalker. Then hot one last roaming drop target. Then you'll start the 2 ball mode with the Death Star Countdown. At this point you must hit the chrome ball (Luke) into the Solo / Falcon VUK, which redirects it to the plungerlane. Now take the last shot to destroy the Death Star.
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 5 Author Content Provider Posted May 5 A sneak preview of the new Pup v2.0 FullDMD for my upcoming Star War DSA GE 1.8 update for Future Pinball-BAM! Most videos and animations were reformatted to use the original widescreen video and hud together with less fullscreen videos. Now I use lots of alpha videos to "splash" characters, etc on the screen (kind of like Mortal Kombat's TOASTY!) which allows the display to be much more dynamic while still showing all info on the screen. Bumper and sling splash pngs, some pup v2.0 pixel shader effects used (not shown). The table itself has been completely optimized to reduce loading time the less than half of what it was before. Other updates will come to the VR room with more options, etc. Coming soon! sw dsa ge 1.8 pup v2 preview FullDMD.mp4
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 6 Author Content Provider Posted May 6 Another BIG part of the upcoming 1.8 update. Major Optimizations, similar to what I did with MOTU CE's new update. ===================================================== There are a few things that can result in a FP table loading slowly. === Future Pinball stuff === - "FP models" added to the table that have a large number of polygons. This resulted in slow "Processing Models" on FP loading screen - many 1000's of textures added to the table (for videos, etc). This resulted in slow "Injecting Textures" on FP loading screen - enabling Trilinear Filtering on a table with 1000's of textures === BAM Stuff === - many BAM shadowmaps needing to be generated / cached when the table is loaded first time (only if not added directly to the table) - many "BAM models" needing to be processed after the table has loaded (yellow text on screen) ===================================================== BAM Update: Luckily, with the latest BAM updates (now 1.5-406, included with my latest FP and BAM Essentials AIO), ravarcade has completely rebuilt how BAM processes "BAM items" on startup. This has resulted in BAM shadowmaps and BAM Models being processed almost instantly on my current PC (compared to many seconds before). ===================================================== Table update - What I did to make a drastic change in loading speed: - I've converted most "FP models" to BAM models now. On my current PC, "Processing Models" on the FP Loading Screen went from 20 seconds to 1 second! - I've converted ALL textures to "power of two" textures (which I recently discovered drastically reduces "Injecting Textures" even with Trilinear Filtering enabled) The result will make MANY people happy as the table now loads MUCH MUCH faster. ===================================================== Here are the stats... 1.7 - current table: uses many "FP models" and 1000's of textures are not power of two 1.8 - wip update: all models are converted to "BAM models" and all textures converted to power of two Load times : from "clicking play" to "ready to start playing" (Intel i5 13600K CPU) 1.7 Table (Trilinear Filtering) = 59 seconds 1.7 Table (Bilinear Filtering) = 37 seconds 1.8 Table (Trilinear Filtering) = 25 seconds 1.8 Table (Bilinear Filtering) = 18 seconds Total VRAM usage from FP 1.7 Table = 3.7 GB 1.8 Table = 3.3 GB VRAM usage after enabling Texture Compression in FP Video settings 1.7 Table = 2.2 GB 1.8 Table = 2.1 GB note: enabling Trilinear Filtering will add around 600 MB more vram usage more to these results Needless to say, this is a MASSIVE difference in load time optimizations!
80sRkadeguy70 Posted May 15 Posted May 15 On 5/5/2026 at 12:20 AM, TerryRed said: A sneak preview of the new Pup v2.0 FullDMD for my upcoming Star War DSA GE 1.8 update for Future Pinball-BAM! Most videos and animations were reformatted to use the original widescreen video and hud together with less fullscreen videos. Now I use lots of alpha videos to "splash" characters, etc on the screen (kind of like Mortal Kombat's TOASTY!) which allows the display to be much more dynamic while still showing all info on the screen. Bumper and sling splash pngs, some pup v2.0 pixel shader effects used (not shown). The table itself has been completely optimized to reduce loading time the less than half of what it was before. Other updates will come to the VR room with more options, etc. Coming soon! sw dsa ge 1.8 pup v2 preview FullDMD.mp4 119.01 MB · 0 downloads I'm looking forward to this!
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 21 Author Content Provider Posted May 21 Star Wars DSA Galactic Edition - update 2.0 (almost done!) Preview of Attract mode and new Mega Room! This ended up being a much bigger update than planned, so it's now a 2.0 update - converted most FP models to BAM models (MUCH faster "processing models", now its almost instant) - converted ALL textures to power of two (MUCH faster "injecting textures", half the loading time) - updated startup checks for BAM / PUP / PuP-Pack version (will notify you if wrong version) - updated startup code for BAM settings and PinEvent (PinEvent VR settings should apply correctly now) - updated pup dmd and pup ssf code to work correctly with PUP v2.0 (now required for those features) - new pup ssf v2.0 ball rolling updates - code / changing rolling sounds on ramps / tracking 10 balls - new ball rolling sound mode options: OFF, FP, SSF (TABLE OPTIONS) - new volume settings for ball rolling / FP Mech Sounds / PUP SSF (TABLE OPTIONS) - new pup-pack and pup dmd v2.0 code with real time shader effects and new alpha videos! (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Cabinet_Mode_Preset automatically hides items not needed for cabinet mode (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Normal Map options for those who want them reduced in lower resolutions (TABLE OPTIONS) - new FP DMD color options (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Yoda Topper and Yoda Playfield options (have him sit on the turbo laser)! (TABLE OPTIONS) - new VR Room options for Attract mode and Gameplay (TABLE OPTIONS) - all new animated Mega room / MR (mixed reality) / Minimal room choices for VR room (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Ball settings (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Lighting settings (TABLE OPTIONS) - new GI_Color options of normal, warm, cool (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Mega room will change lighting to red for alarms, beacons, events, etc - made r2d2 smaller, added new fully animated head, and positioned c3p0 beside him - updated Vader lighting, reduced Vader animations - new pre-rendered ray-baked textures from inserts lighting, and other items - new art for playfield, plastics, cabinet - new gas segment displays on playfield for Time Attack and Tie Fighters - lots of fixes and other things not covered here! sw dsa ge - attract.mp4
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 22 Author Content Provider Posted May 22 A youtube link for those who need / prefer that.
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 25 Author Content Provider Posted May 25 It's almost here. Just some last bugs to fix, and some docs to finish! Get the newest FP and BAM Essentials AIO (3.6) while you wait (or the latest from Baller Installer's PinUPDater), as it it REQUIRED for this new table update. If you want to use PUP SSF and PUP DMD features, you'll need the latest PUP 2.0 beta as well!
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 26 Author Content Provider Posted May 26 New 2.0 update has been uploaded. Just waiting for site admins to approve it. (there were so many major changes and new features, I decided this warranted a 2.0 update) - converted most FP models to BAM models (MUCH faster "processing models", now its almost instant) - converted ALL textures to power of two (MUCH faster "injecting textures", half the loading time) - updated startup checks for BAM / PUP / PuP-Pack version (will notify you if wrong version) - updated startup code for BAM settings and PinEvent (PinEvent VR settings should apply correctly now) - updated pup dmd and pup ssf code to work correctly with PUP v2.0 (now required for those features) - new pup ssf v2.0 ball rolling updates - code / changing rolling sounds on ramps / tracking 10 balls - new ball rolling sound mode options: OFF, FP, SSF (TABLE OPTIONS) - new volume settings for ball rolling / FP Mech Sounds / PUP SSF (TABLE OPTIONS) - new pup-pack and pup dmd v2.0 code with real time shader effects and new alpha videos! (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Cabinet_Mode_Preset automatically hides items not needed for cabinet mode (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Normal Map options for those who want them reduced in lower resolutions (TABLE OPTIONS) - new FP DMD color options (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Yoda Topper and Yoda Playfield options! (TABLE OPTIONS) - new VR Room options for Attract mode and Gameplay (TABLE OPTIONS) - all new Mega Room with Star Destroyer Bridge, baked lighting, animated ships, stormtroppers - new Mega / MR (mixed reality) / Minimal choices for VR room (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Ball settings (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Lighting settings (TABLE OPTIONS) - new GI_Color options of normal, warm, cool (TABLE OPTIONS) - new Mega and Minimal room will change lighting to red for alarms, beacons, events (TABLE OPTIONS) - made r2d2 smaller, added new fully animated head, and positioned c3p0 beside him - updated Vader lighting, reduced Vader animations - new pre-rendered ray-baked textures from inserts lighting, and other items - new art for playfield, plastics, cabinet - new gas segment displays on playfield for Time Attack and Tie Fighters - lots of fixes and other things not covered here! ====================================== The ball is now set to normal chrome ball by default. You can set it back to BB-8 ball in TABLE OPTIONS ====================================== === Future Pinball-BAM === This table REQUIRES the newest FP and BAM Essentials AIO update (3.6). This has the newest BAM 408 which is required! This update will also allow this table to load MUCH faster due to the newest BAM being rebuilt to process BAM stuff much quicker on loading / startup! For Baller Installer users, you can use the PinUPdater app to update your FP-BAM. Be sure to choose "Future Pinball and BAM Latest" in the drop down menu to get the new FP-BAM updates! For everyone else... Manual install / update for FP-BAM: https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/14807-future-pinball-and-bam-essentials-all-in-one-complete/ Guides I have updated my latest "PinEvent V2 Guide" and "Popper and Baller Installer Tips" with new information regarding PUP v2.0 and the new PUP SSF v2.0 which this table now uses! If you use a second audio device for your SSF, then give the PUP SSF sections a read. (important!) ====================================== === Pinup Player v2.0 === NEW! PUP v2.0 support for Shader Effects, Alpha Videos, PUP SSF 2.0, hardware acceleration - new pupdmd shader effects that show realtime animated effects for lighting, fire, fog, fireworks, shaking, and more - new pupdmd fullscreen animated alpha videos that splash on the screen! Full support for alpha blending effects! - new pup ssf 2.0 sound engine! Positional Ball Rolling sounds now supports up to 10 balls, multiple materials, and each ball changes sound on ramps now! This table makes use of all these new features of PUP v2.0. If you wish to use "any" pup dmd or pup ssf features you MUST install the latest pup v2.0 update! For Baller Installer users, you can use the PinUPdater app to update your PuP to the latest v2.0 Beta. Be sure to choose "Pinup Baller v2.0 Beta" in the drop down menu to get the new PUP v2 updates! For everyone else... Manual install of PUP: https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=pinup_player_install Update to latest 1.52 beta 3: https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=pinup_upgrade_v15 Pup v2.0 beta files (install AFTER you have a proper working PUP 1.52 install): https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=beta2026 If you use SSF with a second audio device, then you require setting your audio device ID for pup v2 (which uses its own settings). Read the included "Install Instructions" (the SSF section) to learn how to properly setup PUP SSF v2.0 for your setup! ====================================== === NEW Pup-Pack for 2.0 === This new table updates REQUIRES the use of the updated pup-pack for pup dmd and pup ssf 2.0 features! REMOVE any previous pup-pack and only install the new pup-pack (and run the Option xx BAT for your setup). DO NOT mix old and new pup-pack files! If the incorrect pup-pack is installed (and you have pup features set to true), you will be told on table startup its wrong, and pup features will be disabled! ====================================== === New 2.0 features in TABLE OPTIONS === Take a moment to look at some of the new features in TABLE OPTIONS (at top of the table script), such as: - ball rolling sound mode options: OFF, FP, SSF - volume settings for ball rolling / FP Mech Sounds / PUP SSF - pup dmd v2.0 realtime shader effects and new alpha videos - Cabinet_Mode_Preset - Normal Map options - Attract mode flyby camera sequence (desktop mode only) - new FP DMD color options - new Yoda Topper and Yoda Playfield options! - new VR Room options for Attract mode and Gameplay - all new Mega Room with Star Destroyer Bridge, baked lighting, animated ships, stormtroopers - new Mega / MR (mixed reality) / Minimal choices for VR room - new Ball settings - new Lighting settings - new GI_Color options of normal, warm, cool - new pre-rendered ray-baked textures from inserts lighting, and other items - new Mega and Minimal room will change lighting to red for alarms, beacons, events There are MANY settings in TABLE OPTIONS you can change for your preference! Take a look! ====================================== === Startup Cleanup === I completely updated the table's startup code for BAM and PinEvent, which allows BAM proper detection of modes (in VR especially), which allows both BAM and PinEvent to apply settings correctly ====================================== === Massive Table Optimizations === - replaced some FP models with BAM models (faster "processing models") - replaced textures with proper "power of two" textures (faster "injecting textures") This has resulted in the table loading MUCH faster (especially with BAM v408) Load times : from "clicking play" to "ready to start playing" (Intel i5 13600K CPU) 1.7 Table (Trilinear Filtering) = 55 seconds 2.0 Table (Trilinear Filtering) = 28 seconds 2.0 Table (Bilinear Filtering) = 18 seconds ====================================== There are new TABLE MANUAL and RULES guides included! Give them a look to answer many questions! ====================================== Some images:
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 4 Author Content Provider Posted June 4 Anyone who was having the Yoda / model glitches... try going back to default settings in TABLE OPTIONS (undo your workarounds), and install this new BAM beta update. Ravarcade said this should fix the problem. Let me know how this works for you, as this was a problem that affected Silent Hill as well. https://ravarcade.pl/beta/BAM_v409.zip Anyone trying this, make sure you have the latest FP and BAM Essentials AIO 3.6 installed "first", then DL this BAM 409 beta zip (make sure its NOT blocked before extracting), and copy the BAM.DLL into the BAM, BAM-OpenVR, and BAM-OpenVR-OC folders and overwrite the previous BAM.DLL Please let me know if this fixes the issue for you guys!
FieryPhoenix Posted June 8 Posted June 8 All good here, playing well. Although I had to go into settings to adjust the table view as was off - changed to "static cam" Also when the table first loads the BAM version incorrect error appears in the white box in the middle of the screen, but disappears in a few seconds. All good though - really love the pup screens, just like the modern pinballs, makes a world of difference (would love to see similar on your Indiana Jones Fortune & Glory table as that is the best version out there) Although I still can't complete the Time Attack mode! Grrrrrrrr!
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 12 Author Content Provider Posted June 12 On 6/8/2026 at 5:54 PM, FieryPhoenix said: All good here, playing well. Although I had to go into settings to adjust the table view as was off - changed to "static cam" Also when the table first loads the BAM version incorrect error appears in the white box in the middle of the screen, but disappears in a few seconds. All good though - really love the pup screens, just like the modern pinballs, makes a world of difference (would love to see similar on your Indiana Jones Fortune & Glory table as that is the best version out there) Although I still can't complete the Time Attack mode! Grrrrrrrr! If you are getting the BAM version white square appearing, then you are not properly updated. Install my latest FP and BAM Essentials AIO (currently 3.6), then install the BAM 409 DLL I posted above. Then install my BAM Settings files for cabinet (assuming that is what you are using) to have proper BAM settings for cabinets. Then install the CFG file included with this table (for cabinets) and make sure its named the same as the table file to have a proper cabinet view for this table.
FieryPhoenix Posted June 12 Posted June 12 Cheers pal...I'll try again on Sunday evening and repost here
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