Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 12 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 12 WORK IN PROGRESS He-Man Multiball - "I... have... the PO-WEEEEEEEEER!!!!!" ================================= This is how you make the most powerful pinball game in the universe! I LOVE how this turned out! Once the He-Man kicker is unlocked and He-Man is selected, then hit the kicker to lock a ball. Do this three times to start He-Man multiball. He-Man raises his sword and shouts those words that brought so much joy to young 80's kids. "By the Power of Grayksull!" You'll see the power of Grayskull fire down from the skies into the sword of power. This makes all the lights on the table flicker and surge with power! Then He-Man yells those words... the words we all love to hear.... "I... have... the PO-WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!" Now you'll see He-Man radiate with the power of Grayskull animating from within, shown with powerful arcs of energy and lights flashing throughout the table! He-Man multiball beings with 4 balls being shot onto the playfield. All multiball modes require you to hit all the jackpot shots first to make Super Jackpot Ready. Then from that point on the mode won't stop even if you drain to one ball. Skeletor's target bank lowers. Now you need to get as many remaining balls in there as you can for big points. You need to get the last ball in there to complete the mode and be rewarded with the Battle Armor He-Man toy! If you are lucky enough to be able to play this in VR (when it's done)... you will be blown away. It looks amazing! Yah... I have the power! heman mb demo.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacePirateScott Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 It's pretty damn impressive. How much is left to complete, and do you need Beta testers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiller Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 amazing work as always. Glad you captured that old 80's feel. Such a huge part of He-Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 14 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 14 New Roton and Skeletor models ================================= Rom did a great job at making models for the original FP table many years ago, given what limited resources he had back then. Today, you can find 3d scans of the original 80's toys, or many detailed models built from scratch with modern 3D modeling apps. 3d printers and scanners have really opened up many great resources, or possibilities to learn how to make new models. Well... I finally decided to make new models for the Roton and to finish Skeletor's new model. Lots of new modeling, converting, remeshing, uvwrapping, painting, and fixing scanned models. The original 80's toy was scanned into a 3d model, but that was way too detailed, so it needed to be converted down to a lower polygon model to be more practical for use in a game. I was able to source some clean new redrawn stickers from the 80's Roton toy. So I needed to create new uvwraps for all of them... but boy did it make a huge difference. I also decided to make an all-new rotating blade model, which really look nice with greater detail. Skeletor's lower half was finally finished to match and fit with the new Roton model. Turned out GREAT! Video demo of Skeletor Multiball most likely coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 14 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 14 Skeletor and Man at Arms showing off their new look and their new toy models. Wish you guys could see this in 4K 144Hz. It looks really sweet in VR. New Toys.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 14 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 14 WORK IN PROGRESS Skeletor Multiball update ================================= Finally, the last of the multiball modes is done. For Skeletor multiball, you need to hit all 3 targets on the target bank to lower it, then shoot the ball into the Skeletor kicker (under the Roton) to lock the ball. Do this 3 times, then hit the target banks one last time to start Skeletor Multiball. Skeletor will quickly fire 9 balls at you! All multiball modes require you to hit all the jackpot shots first to make Super Jackpot Ready. Then from that point on the mode won't stop even if you drain to one ball. Skeletor's target bank lowers. Now you need to get as many remaining balls in there as you can for big points. You need to get the last ball in there to complete the mode and be rewarded with the Battle Armor Skeletor toy! Any mode that is completed can't be replayed until all modes are completed and all toys collected (very hard to do!). Now I can move on to other things like more Man-E Modes! skeletor mb demo.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 17 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 17 Some new baked lighting... now for the inserts. This is my first test with a few lights. Its a start... pay attention the guide walls on the outerlanes. inserts test.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 17 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 17 insert colour change test on yellow target and rubber post. Both the toggle mode and skeletor light affect target and post. insert test 2.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 20 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 20 New Pre-Rendered Baked Lighting for Inserts I finally decided to give this a try. With VPX, it has no realtime dynamic lighting that renders in 3D space like most other videos games do. So to get around this limitation some newer VPX tables use the VP Blender Toolkit. It will import a VPX table into Blender, pre-render all lights on the table and bake them into textures, then cut every model that those lights touch into many 100's of smaller models (for each light combination). Then all the models and textures are added back into the VP table, and the rest of that process carries on from there. On FP things are different. FP does have realtime dynamic 3D lighting that looks fantastic in all modes. You can make G.I., bulbs, flashers, spotlights, beacons all work with FP's dynamic lighting. It's easy to make tables look amazing, combined with shadowmaps, lightmaps and ray cast shadows... all created directly in FP itself without needing any other app. However, you can only have a limited number of these dynamic lights rendered at one time. So lights such as inserts can't use this lighting. With MOTU CE, I already did some ray traced Blender pre-baking for G.I Lighting on the sidewalls and back wall, shadows on numerous models, and the VR Room. However, I finally decided to try to fill in the gap that always bothered me... the lack of inserts having more realistic looking lighting. So I decided to take a similar, but different approach as VP Blender Toolkit tables. I looked at the inserts that were near any targets, metal walls, flipper, posts, the castle toy, etc and attempt to pre-render and bake lighting from those inserts into the textures for the nearby items. I did this in Blender manually for each item nearby an insert light and for each light's colour combination that was used. I could have done the same as what you see on some VP BTK tables, and have the metals, clear plastics and reflective surfaces show the full reflection of the inserts and surrounding table items. I tested this and it worked fine. However there is a real problem with doing this... as those kind of prebaked textures only look "correct" from the one camera point of view (pov) that was used when they were baked in Blender. VP doesn't have dynamic camera views, so this is normally fine if you are using a static camera view (like in a cabinet) that never changes. Once you move the camera in-game or change to a very different pov, or play in VR and move your head around, then those reflective textures no longer look correct (they can still look cool though). With FP however, it does have dynamic and moving cameras, and I also love playing FP in VR. So I rendered all the textures with no super glossy / reflective surfaces, and so they will look correct from all camera views and especially in VR, which FP really excels at. I then imported all textures into FP and created new code that would monitor those lights in realtime. It will swap the pre-baked textures / control their brightness based on conditions of the gameplay, G.I lighting, what mode was being played, what colour the insert was set to, etc. It turned out great! It really adds to the lighting and look of the game and fills that missing bit of lighting that stood out to me. Is it as good as a BTK VP table that does this for ALL lights and models on the table? No... but combined with FP's dynamic lighting and shadows this works very well and rounds everything out nicely! Inserts Baking Demo.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 26 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 26 New - Castle Grayskull Mirror display ================================= The table's original display didn't really do much on the original table except show a few small videos. Then I decided to have it mirror everything the HUD was showing... but I wasn't really happy with that either. So I decided to replace it with a new model of the Sorceress Mirror from Grayskull. It plays an animation similar to the background used in the intro for the 80's cartoon. It will display images of different characters for various callouts or splash events. It will also show you what mode you are playing in. The holograms blend perfectly to give a similar look to the original in the show. I think this works better to fit with the theme of the table. motu ce - mirror.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 27 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 27 WORK IN PROGRESS Wouldn't it be cool to have ray traced Neon lighting? ================================= While working in Blender on the MOTU CE table, I always loved turning on the neon lighting and making it "emissive" to see how cool it looked in Blender with ray traced lighting and shadows. I always wished I could make my tables look like that. Well... Hold my Timmies... First pic is the table in Blender with the neon lighting preview. Second pic is a side by side comparison of the older lighting in-game on the left... and the new lighting in-game on the right. As Blockbuster would say.... "WOW! What a difference!" It's amazing what some pre-baked ray traced lighting, and a few smartly placed Future Pinball realtime dynamic lights will do. You need both to get this effect. The prebaked lighting textures on the wall, ramps, etc makes it look more realistic. The FP realtime dynamic lights actually light up everything in 3D space around those areas. I never thought all those months ago when I first tried Blender baking, I would actually have the table look very similar in FP, including the neon lighting! So.... who's ready for some excessive neon lighting? These pics show how the new neon ramp lights look when both ramps are on and the G.I. is off. These pics show how the new neon ramp lights look during different modes and with different colour combos, etc This looks cool in pics. Looks VERY cool in gameplay. Looks insane in VR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 28 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 28 New - Neon and other lighting - Mega Gameplay Video Demo ================================= This video shows how the new (pre-baked / ray traced) neon ramp lights (combined with FP realtime dynamic lights) as well as all other new lighting, looks during different normal gameplay and the 11 modes I have so far. Lots of cool looking stuff! This has got to be one of the most colourful games out there. I've waited years to see those neon ramps look this good. I figured I would do it on a new (non Stern) Tron table first (now that I can do this... gimme time). This is the next best thing. I love it! No, this does not mean it's almost done. More Man-E Modes to go and some other new features that may get added. At least now I can focus on that stuff now while having all this awesome lighting. motu ce - new lighting mega demo.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 29 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 29 This was posted from Joe Picasso (Joey in another vpin group, haha. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 2 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 2 WORK IN PROGRESS New Man-E Mode : JAW BREAKERS (Trap Jaw) ================================= I just completed creating an all new Man-E Mode bringing MOTU CE up to 12 modes now. This new mode is called JAW BREAKERS. Trap Jaw is attacking the palace. Teela responds by flying into air on her Sky Sled and going after him. You'll see the actual toy models of Teela riding on a Sky Sled flying around the playfield, waiting for you to hit the right shots. After you do this then Trap Jaw gets shot down. Now Trap Jaw will appear on the playfield as a new BumperHead toy. You need to pursue him! Avoid hitting him directly when his insert is red, or he'll eat your sword ("delicious!"), and he'll spit you out elsewhere! If you make the right shot, then Trap Jaw will fire his Energy Bow at He-Man across the playfield with a cool light show. He-Man blocks every blast. Then if you make the next correct shot, Trap Jaw fires his Lasertron at He-Man with another lightshow, and He-Man blocks every blast. Now, you must hit Trap Jaw directly once his insert is blue. This results in He-Man bending Trap Jaw's Lasertron, making his weapon useless. Now you must make the last shot at the He-Man kicker. He will now pickup Trap Jaw and toss him far away, resulting in you clearing the mode and getting the Trap Jaw toy! Now with the new pre-baked (ray traced) neon lighting, you get a crazy cool lightshow when combined with FP's realtime dynamic lighting! You also see me making good use of my Orko Shots to have Orko help me make some shots easily, and to save my ball from draining! More Man-E Mode are coming! motu ce - trapjaw demo.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiller Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 This is all ready looking to be my favorite table. cant wait to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 8 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 8 WORK IN PROGRESS New Man-E Mode : TRI-STOP (Tri-Klops) ================================= I just completed creating an all new Man-E Mode bringing MOTU CE up to 13 modes now. This new mode is called TRI-STOP. Tri-Klops appears through a portal as a BumperHead toy. He is trying to stop you from escaping. He has 3 types of vision. His main vision (square eye) searches for you all over the playfield as a spot light eye. Anything that is red won't advance you. If you hit him directly at this time, he will see you and shoot away your ball! After making a couple of shots, Tri-Klops visor rotates to change to his Gamma Vision (triangle eye). The colour of the playfield will change to black and white except for the Tri-Klops spotlight triangle eye and the mirror. After making a couple of shots, Evil-Lynn yells at Tri-Klops to change to his Dista Vision. His visor rotates to his circular eye which changes the colour back again. Now when you make any shot, he will track your ball and fire some laser blasts at you! After making a couple of shots, now you must hit Tri-Klops directly in the BumperHead. When you hit him, it makes his visor spin rapidly, and non-stop which make it so he can't see you! Now you need to make the last shot in the He-Man kicker to complete the mode and collect the Tri-Klops action figure! Now with the new pre-baked (ray traced) neon lighting, you get a crazy cool lightshow when combined with FP's realtime dynamic lighting! You also see me making good use of my Orko Shots to have Orko help me make a shot easily, and to save my ball from draining! More Man-E Modes are coming! motu ce - tri-klops demo.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiB Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Looks amazing. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the updates. Gonna be a killer app for Future Pinball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchlachter Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 There is so much love and detail in this table, it's absolute madness for every Masters of the Universe fan. I celebrate Ram-Man when he saves the ball. All the details such as the rotor of Skeletor, the snake and bridge of Snake Mountain, the plastic figures. The clips from Filmation about all the modes and and and. This makes the MotU heart beat faster. Fantastic. If you publish the table, I'll try to beat it! By the power of Grayskull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 9 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 9 Finally did something I've wanted for a while now. The table has two falcon toys, one for Zoar (the Sorceress), and the other is Screech which is the same toy with different colours and it was never really used much in the shows. I wanted to replace Screech with something different for variety... and I finally added The Evil Horde crest from Hordak's arm (on the toy). I think it gives the table a bit more Horde visuals, and balances the variety a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 19 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 19 (edited) WORK IN PROGRESS (New Man-E Mode) KHAN ARTIST (Kobra Khan) ================================= I just completed creating the newest Man-E Mode bringing MOTU CE up to 14 modes now. This new mode is called KHAN ARTIST. Kobra Khan appears through a portal as a BumperHead toy. He is trying to set you up for a crime you didn't commit. Kobra Khan, has 3 attacks you must pass through to progress. Snake Tongue - Kobra Khan will rotate back and forth while lashing out his long tongue, making it hard to pass him and make shots. If your ball hits his tongue at all, he will suck the ball into his mouth and spit it out elsewhere! Once you make two lit shots, then he begins his next attack. Venom Mist - Kobra Khan rotates back and forth spraying his deadly venom mist. If you get caught in the mist, your ball will be frozen / paralyzed in place... and then dropped! After you make two lit shots then he will being his final attack. Kobra Trance - Kobra Khan rotates back and forth with his snake eyes trying to catch you in his glance! If you fall within his line of sight, then your ball will freeze in place. Kobra Khan will spray sleep gas at you to tire you out! This makes all the table lights dim out over and over... and the worst part? Your flippers controls are reversed! This will continue for a short time until you recover. Each time you get caught in his gaze this repeats! Make two last lit shots to complete the mode and collect the Kobra Khan action figure! This mode is very neat, but can be very challenging! You really need to keep the ball under control! Your Orko Shots can be VERY helpful here... but they can also fire your ball into a deadly attack as well! Be careful! This game is getting HUGE... and I love it! More to come! motu ce - kk demo.mp4 Edited May 19 by TerryRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerSchlachter Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Kobra Khan was one of my first characters back then; as a child I had a lot of fun with the water spray function. It's cool that he's doing that now.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marchafb Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 I am so excited to see all the progress on this table! Truely an amazing work of art and I'm not even a fan of Masters of the Universe, but can't wait to play this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 26 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 26 (edited) WORK IN PROGRESS (New Man-E Mode) DIAMOND RAY DILEMMA ================================= I just completed creating the newest Man-E Mode bringing MOTU CE up to 15 modes now. This new mode is called DIAMOND RAY DILEMMA. Skeletor has found the lost Diamond Ray of Disappearance! Anyone who gazes at it's rays for too long is transported to another dimension! While progressing through the mode battling Skeletor, he makes the diamond appear through a portal as a bumperhead toy, and uses it on Man at Arms and Zoar (the Sorceress) to make them disappear from the playfield! He then tries to use it on you! You must progress to deflect it away from you towards Skeletor, causing him to drop the diamond! Now you must go after the diamond by hitting the bumperhead toy, as the Sorceress has told you the only way to save everyone is to crush the Diamond of Disappearance! Every shot you make into the Diamond / Bumperhead toy progresses you farther, but there is one problem. Each time you do so you drift farther away into another dimension, and it makes your ball more and more transparent, making it harder to see it! After you hit enough shots to the diamond... He-Man disappears! To finish the mode, you must press the Action button to crush the Diamond! After you do so, the diamond shatters, and everyone returns safely back to Eternia! For completing the mode, you are rewarded with the Moss Man action figure! Not sure how many more modes I'll be adding... I have a few more ideas... but I'm getting closer. ... and yes, the ball is a new He-Man ball! You now will get to choose between a He-Man / Skeletor / Hordak ball, or a chrome version of each.... or just a normal chrome ball. More to come! motu ce - drd demo.mp4 Edited May 26 by TerryRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliotron Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertone Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 This table looks so WOW.... Cant wait to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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