[New VP10 Alert] Star Trek The Next Generation (Williams 1993) VPW Mod

[VPinWorkshop]

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Star Trek The Next Generation (Williams 1993) VPW Mod

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Engage!

 

VPW are proud to present a table tune up of Knorr and Clark Kent's version of Star Trek the Next Generation from Williams.

 

Although already great, we've added updated nfozzy physics, added some fleep sound whilst keeping the original recordings from the real machine, added the full VR room suite from Rawd and Steely, updated Sixtoes VR cabinet with Leojreimroc making a fully functional backbox in VR and lots of other tweaks and fixes along the way.

 

The table now plays even closer to the real thing and we hope you enjoy it!

 

VPW Mod v1.0
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Project Lead - fluffhead35
VR Holodeck - Rawd/Steely
VR Work/Backglass - Sixtoe/Leojreimroc
Tweaks - ClarkKent, Apophis, Sixtoe

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v01 - fluffhead35 - Added Flipper Triggers, Rubbers and Posts, Bumpers, slings, flipper, and table physics corrections.  Adding in fliper and physic damperner code.
                  - Adding in materials for all code
v02 - fluffhead35 - Added Fleep sound
v03 - fluffhead35 - finished Fleep sound and fixing upper flipper, changing flipper polarity to early 90's and later. Added Sling correction.  Increased plunger strength.
                  - Added logic to stop ball rolling sounds in subways.  Set FlipperCoilRampupMode to 2 
v05 - leojreimroc - Imported Rawd's Holodeck VR Room.  Adjusted Laser barriers for VR.
v06 - fluffhead35 - fixed flipper triggers.  Rubber thickness fixed on upper flipper.  Increased flipper hit sound level.  Updated sling rubbers to use bottom corner for post pass.
v07 - clarkkent   - deleted zCol_Rubber_Sleeve008, RubberPost4,  SubwayScoop_Prim
v08 - fluffhead35 - Made Posts for post pass collidable, adjusted flippers to be in line with guide.  Adjust playfield friction to .15.  Adjusted sling posts physics for post pass.
v09 - apophis     - Added new playfield mesh. Increased speed of slingshot animations. 
v10 - Rawd        - Added ClarkKent Cabinet artwork, some VR fixes and tweaks
v11 - leojreimroc - Implemented Iaaki's flasher code to all solenoid flashers.  Fixed a few flasher positions that were past the cabinet.  Implemented VR Backglass lighting.
v13 - fluffhead35 - Added new ball launch sound to help prevent high bass sounds.  Adjusted size of sleave and physic materials of start mission scoop.  Removed ball dampening triggers.
v14 - fluffhead35 - updated the sling posts for post pass based on clark kents suggestions.  Changed Table difficulty to 56. Added option to switch if ball launch should have bass lowered.
v15 - fluffhead35 - Set default wire Ramp sounds to be from clark kents samples.  Added option to use the other samples if user wants.  Changed ball out to brighter ball.  Turned off flipper corrections on upper right Flipper.
                  - Changed environment emission image to be shinyenvironment3blur4.  Adjusted gi around inlanes and inline insert lightings.
15d - set the falloff of gi lights to 5. Set the day night to 1, set environment lighting to black, adjusted warbird material, adjusted lighting around upper lanes.  Adjusted some random insert lighting.  Adjusted ramp friction based on clark kents suggestions.
15e - changed elasticity and scatter of sw57 to give ball more random bounces and goes down inlanes based on BountyBobs testing
16  - fluffhead35 - merged in nfozzy changed to init throughts at game start as well as using new flipper physics.  Removed target bouncer from sleeve in start mission scoop.  Lowered bumpercap3 from 25 to 20. Added TargetBouncer to Targets_hit
17  - Sixtoe       - Added VR logo back in, hooked up cannon light primitives to lighting system, cleaned up script

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• Submitter
  VPinWorkshop
• Submitted
  02/19/2023
• Category
  VPX - Pinball Tables

 

[Janke23]

Posted question in discord instead.

Edited February 20, 2023 by Janke23

[Daveytron]

I 'm getting object requires controller line 163 on this table and some other new tables.

I have tried vpx 10.8 and 10.72. Any help would be appreciated.

[bushav]

Thanks guys for update!  Game plays great. 

[TheElmz]

In my case bad lucky !

Crash my in VXP 1.7.3 Final 395

Crash my in VXP 1.8.0 Beta 775

 

What's correct version VPX to run ?

 

 

[hworths1545]

Which line in the script allows me to change the fire button from the launch button to magnasave?

 

[DeathEvil]

I'm enjoying the table very much, however, I don't know how to reduce the volume of the obnoxiously loud flipper sound. Thanks!

[Wylte]

On 9/14/2023 at 12:47 PM, DeathEvil said:

I'm enjoying the table very much, however, I don't know how to reduce the volume of the obnoxiously loud flipper sound. Thanks!

The flippers are well-balanced with the rest of the mech sounds for me, but if you want to lower them:

- Open the table in the editor

- Go to line 3549 in the script

- adjust the flipper volume variables there

OR

- Open the table in the editor

- At the top, click Table->Sound Manager (F2)

- Select the sounds from "Flipper_Attack-L01" to "Flipper_Right_Down_8"

- Click Position/Volume

- Lower the volume slider

[DeathEvil]

On 9/22/2023 at 8:19 AM, Wylte said:

The flippers are well-balanced with the rest of the mech sounds for me, but if you want to lower them:

- Open the table in the editor

- Go to line 3549 in the script

- adjust the flipper volume variables there

OR

- Open the table in the editor

- At the top, click Table->Sound Manager (F2)

- Select the sounds from "Flipper_Attack-L01" to "Flipper_Right_Down_8"

- Click Position/Volume

- Lower the volume slider

Thank you. The moment I separated mech and rom sounds  to different devices, everything was well balanced:)

[rck2023]

Hi! The table is simply astonishing!

Just one question... the music volume of the game (music, the speech of the characters of star treks, etc) is really low... is there a way to increase it? The volume of the table' sounds is ok. Thanks!

Edited October 22, 2023 by rck2023

[Cliffy]

start game. hit END key to open coin door. hit 9 key to open volume, hit 8 to raise, 9 to lower, END to close door again

[rck2023]

1 hour ago, Cliffy said:

start game. hit END key to open coin door. hit 9 key to open volume, hit 8 to raise, 9 to lower, END to close door again

Thank you!!!

 

[ahMEson]

Hi new here and was able to play stng with this file and the rom I found.  I'm looking for the backglass file. Can some direct me to a faq to get that going on my atgames using OTG.

[WereWolf_PL]

Hi.
I'm pretty new to the virtual pinball world and I have a little problem with this table - I have no music with it. There are fx sounds, but no music or voices. I was trying to raise the volume, but it's not the case. I can't even find the music and/or voice using sound manager in visual pinball.
I'd be grateful for any information about that, what could be wrong here?

[deadmanworking]

@WereWolf_PL look at Cliffy's post 3 above yours. 

[WereWolf_PL]

14 hours ago, deadmanworking said:

@WereWolf_PL look at Cliffy's post 3 above yours. 

I tried that, but it's not the case here. Seems like there are no music/voice files in the table at all - should it be working at all with only the rom and vpx or do I have to install media pack for it?

[deadmanworking]

Music and effects all from the ROM so please try redownloading the correct ROM and replacing yours. Also try hitting F1 when the table is started and check that Use Sounds is not unchecked for whatever reason!

[WereWolf_PL]

27 minutes ago, deadmanworking said:

Music and effects all from the ROM so please try redownloading the correct ROM and replacing yours. Also try hitting F1 when the table is started and check that Use Sounds is not unchecked for whatever reason!

I don't know what's going on. Everything is set up as it should - sound enabled, volume increased, but still no music from the rom. I tried downloading different versions, but still no luck with it.

 

I managed to run it with pup pack - I'm not sure what was the problem before, but it worked after running it from pinup player. I prefer tu run it manually from visual pinball.exe, because I play on pc, and pinup menu cause some problems with the system sometimes. Also - pup pack don't work with 64bit versions, don't know why.

Anyway, still wondering why it's not working with just the rom. I haven't tried many tables yet, but seems like the same problem is with The Addams Family table - also only sfx without music. But for example with Metallica table everything works...
 

[deadmanworking]

What kind of soundcard and settings therefore do you have? Is it a surround setup? Also did you check in VPX audio settings that you have the same sound device selected for both music and effects and checkmark checked an volume 100% as a general setting, and no table override? 

I've also seen that checking Extend mono sound to stereo in F1 settings has worked for some people. 

[WereWolf_PL]

27 minutes ago, deadmanworking said:

What kind of soundcard and settings therefore do you have? Is it a surround setup? Also did you check in VPX audio settings that you have the same sound device selected for both music and effects and checkmark checked an volume 100% as a general setting, and no table override? 

I've also seen that checking Extend mono sound to stereo in F1 settings has worked for some people. 

Oh wow... Finally, you pointed me in the right direction
Yes, it's a surround setup, 5.1 but actually I have back speakers disconnected. I was messing up with the audio settings in VP before but nothing worked. Now I tried to set up my card to stereo, and surprise.. it worked. It's strange that setting up stereo in VP audio settings didn't work. Anyway... now I also checked the "extend mono to stereo" option and it works even with my sound card set to surround.

Thanks for the help  

[gigio981]

Hey everyone, I’m having some trouble with this pinball table. Is it just me, or is this table basically impossible?

I’m pretty new to pinball. I’ve tried a few tables before, but none of them felt like this one. For example, I aim for the left ramp, and even when the ball is right at the tip of the right flipper, I can’t hit it consistently,  I’d say maybe 1 out of 20 times.

Other times, when I’m trying to complete a mission, I aim for the left ramp, miss it, and the ball gets a weird spin and usually drains down the left outlane.

I really love this table, but I just can’t seem to figure it out. Do you guys have any tips? Or is there something off about the table’s physics?

[deadmanworking]

@gigio981 welcome to pinball having played this on location I would say the physics are pretty spot on, it's just a challenging machine - don't forget that it's a widebody, meaning each flipper has more shots that usual so you have to be even more precise. I would recommend that PAPApinball tutorial on YouTube, lots to learn from that and just awesome playing.