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View File Avatar (Stern, 2010) (FizX, DOFLinx MX) (for Cabinets and Desktop PCs) Please see the "What's New" section below for changes made on Version 2.2. When you play this pinball game, your spirit will go with Eywa but your body will stay behind... Be like Jake Sully, become one with the Na’vi and immerse yourself into the world of Pandora. Walk through the dream; I see you! Just in time for the release of "Avatar: The Way of Water" in movie theaters comes a fantastic rework of Stern's Avatar table, complete with FizX physics, in-game lighting tweaker tool, full in-game menu system and mechanical sound recordings by Fleep. The FizX physics may be a slightly newer version than what is used on TerryRed's tables but it is the same system created by JLou5641. I recorded a video that provides an overview of the table and shows some game play. The game play is not my best but it shows the start of several game modes. Note that the flipper angles were changed on Version 2.2 but the video was not changed: Three Script Files (vbs) – Must Read Many of you have probably heard of DOFLinx. It is the way that guys that have pinball cabinets drive lights, addressable LEDs, buzzers, shakers, blowers etc. Even though this table has the coding for all that, you can still play it on a desktop PC. The download contains a file named "DOFLinx.vbs". If you are a desktop user, save the file to the folder, "C:\Games\Future Pinball\Scripts". If you don't have a Scripts folder in this location, you need to add it. If you have a cabinet, don't use this file if you have DOFLinx installed because the "DOFLinx.vbs" may be out of date. You can use an out of date version on a desktop PC without any problem. The download includes two other script files that need to be added to the folder, "C:\Games\Future Pinball\Scripts". The ball rolling sound script is the same that is used on other tables so you do not need to replace it if it has already been saved there: Avatar_script_FizXv112.vbs ZBRrollingballsoundslib.vbs If you don't save the script files to the folder, "C:\Games\Future Pinball\Scripts", you will get error messages and won't be able to play the table. Two Zip Files – Must Read There are two zip file included in the download, One of them contains the model of a ball with 8K polygons. The other zip file has a 1K polygon ball. The 8K ball has the same name as the table and should be tried first. The FizX physics work best with the 8K polygon ball. You can try using the 1K ball if your PC runs out of resources but it does not perform as well as the 8K. Do not unzip the zip files. Just save one of them with the same name as the table an place it in the same folder as the table. Both zip files contain a texture that drives the color DMD. If you don't use one of the zip files, the DMD will appear white in color and the physics won't be as good. BAM – Must Read This table requires BAM version 1.5-329 or later in order for it to perform as intended and to not crash or generate error messages. How to Use the In-Game Lighting Tweaker Tool and Menu System I recorded the following video on how to use the lighting tweaker and menu. To open the lighting tweaker, you press the Special 1 key. You open the menu system by pressing the Special 2 key. When you open the menu during a game, the game play is paused until you exit the menu. For the cabinet guys, I have set up the menu system so it will display correctly on your screen and it will not be distorted. You must have "Hide Overlays = false" set in BAM Addons menu to see the lighting tweaker DMD and the menu system. This is the default setting so if you have never changed it, you don't need to do anything. Options in the Script This table can be demanding on resources for many PCs. If you have problems with resources, I wrote a 9 step guide on how to reduce resources. I added it to the beginning of the script because several of the options have to be implemented in the script. I prefer that tables do not have a great deal of bounce off the flippers. I noticed that some folks like having more bounce that I do. If you want more bounce, I have added a list of suggested values for three parameters in the script that have different levels of bounce. Search the script for "Flipper bouncing general setting". There are several other areas in the script where I have written comments on how to tweak different parameters. Table Loading Screen There are four table loading textures as listed below. The first two landscape textures are intended to be used on desktop PCs. The last two portrait textures are intended to be used on pinball cabinets. LoadingLandscape1.jpg LoadingLandscape2.jpg LoadingPortrait1.jpg LoadingPortrait2.jpg "Rotated Display" Version I added a version of the table that I call "rotated display". This is intended for those of us that have a desktop PC and can rotate the monitor so it is in portrait format. It improves the display if you are able to orient your monitor this way. I added a screenshot of it. This version will not be useful on pinball cabinets or on PCs which have a normal landscape orientation. The download includes a PDF file with directions on how to set up this version of the table. Conclusion A lot is happening now with Future Pinball. It seems that new technology keeps coming out. This table adds some of the new technology with FizX physics and Gimli's in-game tweaker. AnonTet also created the coding for using Fleep's sounds. There is a FizX tweaker available that Gimli developed also. Unfortunately, I was unable to figure out how to add both the lighting and FizX tweaker to one table so I added the lighting tweaker by itself. Gimli doesn't have the time right now to look at the issue but hopefully he may find time next year. You can adjust the FizX parameters in the script. I know that JLou is working on a new version of FizX and I am sure that more new technology will be developed in the future for Future Pinball. I hope you enjoy this new version of Avatar. I must have played it hundreds of times testing all the changes. I can say that I never got tired of playing it. List of Changes 1. Added FizX physics full setup with the associated flippers, drop targets, bumpers, rubbers and slingshots. 2. Added color DMDs. 3. Added HUD Toggle Key that saves setting. 4. Added lighting mod and added Lighting Control Panel to the script. 5. Added switchable option for 3 or 5 balls per game that saves setting. 6. Added menu system with options for lighting, balls per game, HUD on/off, apron cover on/off, custom ball on/off and video on/off. 7. Added new textures on the table loading screen. 8. Added message that looks at BAM version. 9. Added shadow maps. 10. Added bump maps to the models of the amp suit and changed color. 11. Added DMD background color, ball/flipper shadows, ball configuration to the script and ray casting to the ball. 12. Edited game room floor and backwall. 13. Created overlay for the HUD. 14. Added new instruction cards and decal above the plunger. 15. Converted all textures to power of 2. 16. Added BAM code that allows the score to exceed 2 billion points. 17. Added custom side blades. 18. Added plunger pull special script. 19. Added HUD video to match the one on the backglass. 20. Adjusted the color/brightness of many objects on the table. 21. Reworked video added by NitroNimbus. 22. Added new flipper texture. 23. Improved resolution of playfield texture and removed glare from lenses on playfield inlayed lights. 24. Added custom ball that is switchable with a silver ball. 25. Added new backwall texture. 26. Added switchable apron so the plunger is either visible through the apron or covered. 27. Converted copter to hologram to illuminate it. 28. Added holograms to bumpers to illuminate them. 29. Added Lighting Tweaker by Gimli. 30. Added mechanical sounds by Fleep and coding by AnonTet. 31. Added Fleep's sounds to Smoke's rolling ball sound coding. 32. Added "Rotated Display" version. Table Developers Current Version 2.1 GeorgeH – Mod of version 2.0 - See "List of Changes" above Contributions by: Gimli - Created In-Game Lighting Tweaker Tool (with some edits by GeorgeH) JLou5641 - Creator of FizX AnonTet - Created code for Fleep's recordings (with some edits by GeorgeH) Fleep - Created recordings for mechanical sounds Popotte – Created menu system and coded the way the game pauses when the menu is opened during a game. Previous Versions Lacarill, Francisco666 - Original Build (Beta6) SLAMT1LT – Several Ultra and Ultimate versions (Mods of the original version) TerryRed - DOFLinx MX Cabinet Mod Version (Mod of the last SLAMT1LT version) NitroNimbus - MOD 2.0 Version (Mod of TerryRed's version) Submitter GeorgeH Submitted 12/08/2022 Category Future Pinball Tables  

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