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View File Doctor Who (Bally, 1992) Please click on the "ChangeLog" tab to read the comments on the new version 2.6.6. I am releasing this table now even though I had planned to do more work on it. My coding partner, JP (aka Popotte) is not available until September, 2022. The table is in a playable state right now. I have decided to go ahead and publish it even though I have some additional changes planned. I am burned out on it right now and would like to move on to something else until JP gets back. In addition to JP's excellent coding expertise, Paolo (aka Wild) was a big help also. I asked for his help when I was unable to make the upper flipper hit the "O" ramp (the ramp where the entrance if behind the front most ramp). I asked him to add an electronic assist that he developed to get it to work. I spent a great deal of time to get it to work myself but was not able. Paolo knows I don't like electronic assists and so he figured out a way to fix it without an assist! LtJazz figured a way to add color DMDs to tables which have four colors. He provided some assistance on how to create the swatches on the color file. I selected colors that match the table. The download includes a ZIP file that has the color swatches for the DMD and a custom ball. Don't unZIP it. Just save it to the same folder as the table and it must also have the same file name as the table. The table has a list of Key Codes that are accessed in game by pressing the Special 1 key. It identifies all the keys that you can press to access the various options that can be changed. The rear wall of the game room can be replaced with an alternate texture. On Layer 9 of the FP editor, click on an area around the diagonal line that goes across the top of the playfield. In the right pane, click on the texture pull down menu and select "wall2". Save changes. There are 5 different textures that can be used on the table loading screen. These textures can be changed from the "Table Info" menu. Two of the textures are in a portrait format so they can be used on a cabinet. There are the names of the textures: LoadingScreenLandscape1 LoadingScreenLandscape2 LoadingScreenLandscape3 LoadingScreenPortrait1 LoadingScreenPortrait2 These are the list of changes: 1. Added custom physics and dynamic flippers with a flipper rotation speed chart. 2. Added emkickers to the slingshots to improve physics. 3. Added HUD Toggle Key that saves setting. 4. Added toggle option for 3 or 5 balls per game that saves setting. 5. Added 5 new textures on the table loading screen. 7. Added sound when the ball hits the flippers that can be toggled on and off. 8. Added DMD background color, ball/flipper shadows and ball configuration to the script. 9. Added game room floor and backwall. 10. Create overlay for the HUD. 11. Added new instruction cards. 12. Added BAM code that allows the score to exceed 2 billion points. 13. Added backwall that is located above the playfield floor in the back of the table. 14 Changed the DMD on the backglass that has static display to show everything like the HUD. The backglass DMD used to only have a static display that never changed. 15. Made the Dalek on the topper look like metal instead of plastic. 16. Made the backglass switchable between NitroNimbus's version and the original. 17. Added HUD that duplicates the 7 doctor's lights on the backbox. 18. Added overlay for the HUD DMD. 19. Edited the new high resolution version of the stereo panel texture for the backglass found by JLou to remove defects. Update the existing backglass to include it. 20. Added color DMDs. 21. Added new high resolution sideblade textures to the inside of the cabinet on the sides of the playfield. 22. Added new music to play during the attract mode using sound of the tardis landing and music sound track from one of the movies. 23. Created new model for the trap door on the "O" ramp. (Paolo) 24. Fixed the script for the trap door on the "O" ramp so it closes during Doctor three. (Paolo) 25. Changed the configuration of the upper flipper and the "O" ramp so the ball navigates the ramp correctly and is easier to hit. (Paolo) 26. Fixed the script for the trap door on the "O" ramp so it closes during Doctor six. (Popotte) 27. Corrected various coding errors for multiball -- lost balls, re-lock, Davros mode, extra ball, tilt and correct meditation error for Type Mismatch: "eval". (Popotte) I often like to figure out the rules while playing a table but may want to consult the rules on this table. You can select one of seven doctors by pressing one of the flipper keys after the ball comes out but before you launch it with the plunger. The rules are different for each doctor. You can find the rules here: http://pinball.org/rules/drwho.html There may be some additional problems that need to be solved that need JPs help. Please post any problems that you encounter. Although I planned to do more on the table, it has been improved dramatically and I think you will enjoy it. George Table Developers: Ian, oooplayer1ooo, NitroNimbus, Popotte, Paolo, GeorgeH, Gimli Submitter GeorgeH Submitted 07/01/2022 Category Future Pinball Tables Link to Media Pack  

View File Twilight Zone (Bally, 1993) Note that BAM (Better Arcade Mode) must be installed for this table to operate properly. This table has a menu that is accessed by pressing the Special 2 key. Many of the guys who compete in pinball championships consider "Twilight Zone" to be one of the most difficult tables to play. I suppose that might be true but it is still really fun to play which I think is due to its incredible design. The FP version of the table was originally built by Francisco666 and the models were built by ROM. The basic rules are also not all that difficult to remember either. The center of the playfield has a door with lights around the perimeter. The lights display most of the available modes. During game play, one of these lights is usually blinking. Hitting the bumpers will move the blinking light around the perimeter of the door. You can start a mode of whatever light is blinking by hitting the kicker under the piano. The kicker under the slot machine may also start the modes randomly also. Any mode that you complete will change the blinking light to be lit solid. There are more rules but this will get you started. The quality of the original voice quotes was pretty bad but Francisco probably used the best available audio files at the time. I reworked the audio to provide a much cleaner sound. I found about 7 or 8 different versions of audio so I selected the best sounds from each. The new sounds are included in the new library, DIMENSION_SONIDOS. When I got to the music, I decided to provide two versions of music libraries in addition to the original music. All three music libraries have the same name but I changed the case of some of the letters so you can identify the version. All of the libraries are compatible with the older versions of the table. You can only save one of these versions of the music to your library folder at a time so you might want to save them the other versions to a subfolder. Original Remix - DIMENSION_MUSICA.fpl Alternate - DIMension_musica.fpl Rock - DIMENSion_musica.fpl I added Shiva flippers to this table that are switchable to the standard Gimli/George dynamic flippers. Shiva flippers have more power in the center of the flippers than at the tip and base. The Gimli/George flippers has the least power at the tip and the most power at the base. I also added a flipper rotation speed chart that I think will be used for the first time on this table. I am using a slightly modified version of a chart that JLou5641 developed. The chart changes the way a flipper accelerates and moves. It helps to improve the accuracy of the shots. I recommend that you try the options for physics in the menu shortly after you download the table because it doesn't take long for your mind to get locked into a certain way of playing the table. There is also menu switchable music that play the original rock song, "The Twilight Zone". It will replace some of the music selections in the music libraries listed above. There are a few changes I made that couldn't be done when the table was created. The real table has a "power ball" that is made of white ceramic and is much lighter than a steel ball. When this FP table was built, a white ball was impossible to create so they offered a choice of different colored balls. For this table, I created a white ball using a photograph of an ceramic ball used on the real table. I also changed the physics of it when it is released onto the table so it is lighter. My friend, AnonTet, performed a lot of testing on this table but he also figured out a way to make the dynamic flippers more efficient. This became necessary when I tried to add Wild's code that adds a sound when the ball hits the flipper. Wild also made a change to the model used on the side blades. He took a model that had the best fit I could find and made it fit perfectly. I added two new table loading textures that you can select on the Table Information screen of the FP editor: LoadingLandscape – For desktop usage LoadingPortrait – For pinball cabinet usage Of course, the table has the same lighting options I have added to other tables. I added a spotlight for the first time on the miniplayfield. It will probably use it again on other tables. Included in the download is a zip file that contains a file that changes the unlit pixels of the DMD. It changes the color of them to be the same color as the background. If you choose to use it, it must remain zipped, have the same name as the table and be placed in the same folder as the table. You can download a different version of the table that is called "rotated display". This is for a desktop PC with a single monitor that can be rotated so the monitor is in portrait format. I added a screenshot of it and the download includes a PDF file with directions. Pat Lawlor designed a beautiful table that really needs no enhancements. If you play this table a lot, you might get tired of the same music so I added some options there. Even though Slamt1lt added some video and music, the game play of this table is the same as the original. My objective here was to make the table look, sound and perform better. I think you will agree that this objective has been met. I hope you enjoy it! These are the list of changes: 1. Replaced poorly recorded sounds, including all voice quotes. 2. Added new instruction cards. 3. Added custom physics and dynamic flippers with Gimli/GeorgeH flippers and Shiva's flippers. 4. Added emkickers to the slingshots to improve physics. 5. Added lighting mod and add Lighting Control Panel to the script. 6. Added HUD Toggle Key that saves setting. 7. Added new textures on the table loading screen for both desktop and cabinets. 8. Added menu system with options for lighting, balls per game, HUD on/off etc. 9. Added message that looks at BAM version and reminds you to upgrade BAM if needed. 10. Added shadow maps. 11. Edited plunger pull special script so you can make the skill shot. 12. Added switchable option for 3 or 5 balls per game that saves setting. 13. Added bulbs that provide the halo that shines through the slingshots. 14. Added side rails with art (sometimes called side blades). 15. Added bump maps to the camera and slot machine. 16. Added DMD background color, ball/flipper shadows and ball configuration to the script. 17. Added rock version of theme music and made it switchable with the default theme music. 18. Added menu option to switch between Gimli/GeorgeH flippers and Shiva's flippers. 19. Added menu option to switch table slope so end user can easily change ball speed. 20. Added menu option to switch bounce control options. 21. Converted images and video images to use power of 2 to reduce table loading time. 22.Lowered right ramp to make it perform better. 23. Added BAM code that allows the score to exceed 2 billion points. 24. Changed the end of game video so it can be turned off. Also fixed the end of game video so it plays the correct audio file and remove the broken Rod Steiger video. More detail about the development of this mod is available at this link: https://pinballnirvana.com/forums/threads/twilight-zone.20208/ George Submitter GeorgeH Submitted 06/14/2021 Category Future Pinball Tables Link to Media Pack  

View File Space Shuttle (Williams, 1984) Click on "Changelog" to see the description for Version 1.4. Note that the Special 2 key opens the menu. "Space Shuttle" from Williams is the first solid state production pinball machine to have a playfield toy. Of course, it is the model of the space shuttle. Sepeteus published his version of this table on Future Pinball back in 2011. I have updated it with the latest features of BAM and added models and textures from Tomasaco. I never really played this table very much until I added what I call a "Sound Level Control Panel" in the script. Many of the original sounds were too loud and others were too soft so this option evens out the sound. You can use it to perform global adjustments the sound levels for 4 categories of sound used on the table. The default settings will probably work for you for those of you that aren't up to tinkering. I decided to add some of the new features that are available now. I have always wanted to be able to open the menu system during a game. If you have played some of my previous table mods, you know that the menu fills the entire screen. Popotte was able to add some coding that pauses the ball movement when you open the menu and then resumes ball play when you close the menu. Thank you Popotte! The menu still opens using the Special 2 key but now you can press the same key to open it when a game is in play. It is really cool! Be aware that you need to be prepared to hit the flippers when you close the menu during a game. In order to avoid some possible fast flips when you close the menu, you may want to wait to open the menu when the ball is in the launch lane before you press the plunger key. That way the ball can't go anywhere when you close the menu. Be aware that it was necessary to remove the "Balls Per Game" option from the in-game menu. It would mess up your game if you try to change it during a game. You can only change "Balls Per Game" before you press the start game key. A new feature was added on BAM Update v341 that is called ball shadows with ray casting. It is a dynamic type of ball shadow that changes as the ball travels past lights. I think it is a feature completely unique to Future Pinball. At the time of this writing, BAM Update v341 is the most current version of BAM. I added what is called fail safe coding that will turn the feature off if you have not upgraded to BAM 341. The feature is a little resource heavy. If you are having trouble with resources, there are directions in the script on how to disable it. I added a mod from another BAM version to improve the performance of the spinner. I used Tomasaco's model for the spinner. It didn't seem too perform badly before the change but I do like it better with the change. I developed a new flipper rotation speed chart for this table. It improves the characteristics of the flippers and you should be able to do tricks a little more easily. I also added what I call a "Lighting Control Panel" in the script. You can make global adjustments to the lighting there for the 5 lighting modes for Day, Night, Dark Night, Night Glow and FP Original modes. I added spotlights on the shuttle. I ended up adding spotlights to all the general illumination flashers because there was light spillage from them onto the space shuttle and messing up the shadows from the two spots intended to illuminate it. BAM has a global option that turns the HUD off on all tables. It may be used by some pinball cabinet users. The menu won't work if you use this option. If the HUD is enabled, the menu will display unsqueezed on a pinball cabinet. The table loading screen defaults to a widescreen texture named "!LoadingLandscape" that is good for desktop users. The pinball cabinet users can switch to a texture named "!LoadingPortrait" that will not be squeezed. Sepeteus added a rulesheet to version 1.1. I converted it to a PDF file, edited it and added screenshots of the parts of the table discussed. I also added a link to a video that does a good job of explaining the rules. The download includes four library files that you need to save to your folder "Libraries". They are identical to the library files that were part of the original 1.1 version. There is no need to replace the libraries for this table if you installed version 1.1. The download also has a high resolution version of the playfield texture that may be useful on a 4K display. The texture that is installed is actually high resolution also at 2048x4096. The version in the folder is higher res at 2155x4520 but it does not use "power of 2" so it will require more memory to load. The installed playfield texture should be sufficient for a desktop PC. 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. List of Changes 1) Added new textures for the backglass and the table loading screen. 2) Added game room floor and backwall. 3) Added new instruction cards. 4) Added custom physics and dynamic flippers using emkickers on the slingshots. 5) Added a message that looks at BAM version that verifies you are using the correct version of BAM. 6) Added ball/flipper shadows and ball configuration to the script. Added shadow maps. 7) Added plunger pull special script that allows you to easily select how far you pull back on the plunger. 😎 Added bulbs that provide a halo which shines through the slingshots. . 9) Added 2 spotlight flashers that shine on the shuttle. 10) Revised the rest of the general illumination flashers to use spotlights so they don't shine on the shuttle. 11) Added a new flipper rotation speed chart to the XML. 12) Added ball shadows using ray casting available on new BAM Update v340. 13) Made the degree of bounce off flippers adjustable in-game. 14) Added Paolo's sound for ball bouncing off flippers. 15) Updated menu system that is accessed by pressing the Special 2 key. 16) Added spinner physics mod available on BAM Update v334 17) Added in-game menu which pauses motion of ball when menu is open while game is in play. George Submitter GeorgeH Submitted 01/10/2022 Category Future Pinball Tables Link to Media Pack