Future Pinball – FAQ and Help Guide (by TerryRed)

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Future Pinball – FAQ and Help Guide

by TerryRed

 

Version 1.0, Oct, 2023

 

 

 

This guide has answers to the most commonly asked questions and problems some people may run into with Future Pinball and BAM.

 

Some answers directed towards other specific topics such as VR, PinEvent, DMDExt will be found in their own guides (included with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package).

 

 

 

IMPORTANT!

 

Before using this FAQ and Help Guide, you MUST have installed the latest FP and BAM Essentials AIO package, and used the included Install Guide to setup Future Pinball and BAM.

 

- I now have all my guides and tutorials in PDF format

- this new guide has been created to be used with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package

- all my guides and tutorials are now only included with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package

 

 

 

You can download the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package (and the FAQ and Help Guide) here:

 

https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/14807-future-pinball-and-bam-essentials-all-in-one-complete/

 

 

 

A video tutorial of the FAQ and Help Guide can be seen here:

 

 

 

 

Chapters

 

00:00 Start

02:23 Debug Mode

07:54 Startup Problems

10:01 Startup Errors

15:54 "Unable to load external script "PinEvent_V2_settings.txt"

18:29 DOF errors resulting from updating to 64bit VPX and 64 bit DOF

23:22 DMD / HUD showing in cabinet mode

27:18 FP Watermark

29:18 Cabinet POV looks bad or wrong

33:28 Ball stutter or non smooth gameplay

34:48 RayCast Ball Shadows (how to disable / enable them)

37:20 Disable Reflections

39:55 SSAO and Bloom

42:19 White squares on the table

43:06 EM Reels / DMD / videos play to quickly (vsync)

44:34 Some BAM Plug-ins don't appear in BAM menu

45:58 FP Backbox problems, DISPLAY # issues (the great EVIL!)

53:44 New tables play good, old tables play bad?

54:58 Dual Stage Flippers (2nd flippers)

57:33 How to change physics settings (FizX)

1:02:25 FF_Init error

1:02:58 Do you need special "VR tables" to play in VR?

1:03:47 Pinup Player

1:04:45 PuP-Pack won't start on PinEvent tables (must use the correct pup-pack version!)

1:07:35 PUPDMD problems

1:09:16 PUP SSF

1:10:54 PUP Stream (PinEvent V2 tables only)

1:13:23 DMDExt

1:15:46 BAM OpenVR

1:18:07 Closing - Defender - BAM Settings files - Start FP BAT files