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Edited by fuzzel, 27 July 2018 - 04:17 PM.
Posted 09 January 2018 - 11:44 PM
I'll go ahead and mention this here since you so kindly started this thread, but in the last couple days have had two people mention to me about looping not working in playsound and so I played around with it, and -1 works for infinite loop, but everything else I put there just plays the sound once.
Tested with just downloaded vpx5 beta and did a file new blank table and replaced left flipper code with:
If keycode = LeftFlipperKey Then LeftFlipper.RotateToEnd PlaySound SoundFX("fx_flipperup",DOFFlippers), 5, .67, AudioPan(LeftFlipper), 0.05,0,0,1,AudioFade(LeftFlipper) End If
which I think should play the sound 5 times, only does once. if I put -1 there instead of 5 it does the expected repeating of the sound indefinitely.
Thanks, and I look forward to playing with the new stuff
Posted 10 January 2018 - 12:12 AM
Perhaps there is a simple answer but .. should there be an entry in key preferences for the "lift" key that is required for the older tables to lift a ball into the trough. I believe it is coded as a magnasave button now.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 12:57 AM
Perhaps there is a simple answer but .. should there be an entry in key preferences for the "lift" key that is required for the older tables to lift a ball into the trough. I believe it is coded as a magnasave button now.
I think I've seen others use "A" as well, kind of up to the table builder on what they want to use now, I second the motion to make a "BallLiftKey" select able keycode in the key preferences.
I would also like to see the secondary flipper buttons, for dual leaf flippers, added to be able to be selectable in the key preferences. keyStagedFlipperL and keyStagedFlipperR are currently set to just the main flipper keys in VPMKeys.vbs and keyUpperRight and KeyUpperLeft are set to ' and A keys respectively. Are there games that have actual separate buttons for the upper flippers or are/should those basically the same thing?
Posted 10 January 2018 - 01:28 AM
"Are there games that have actual separate buttons for the upper flippers or are/should those basically the same thing?"
Haunted house comes to mind.
Check this topic for list mjr compiled of tables with extra flipper buttons and any other buttons and what they are used for...
http://www.vpforums....showtopic=30377
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Posted 10 January 2018 - 02:12 AM
My VP Pincab /MAME Arcade Specs: Dell T3400 workstation with Core2 Quad core 3.0GHZ (Q9650) CPU - 8GB of RAM - Nvidia GTX 970
40" PF Sony gaming LED TV, Dual 21" Dell monitors in the backbox - Pinscape dual boards - Full DOF - Full MAME arcade support.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 02:42 AM
Layers man. More layers.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 02:50 AM
The additional layers would help me to better distribute the many objects for development purposes. Right now, I so many objects in my tables that the 8 layers are just become very very crowded and its difficult to sometimes find the object I need. Would love to see 16 total layers if the engine can support it. But anything additional would certainly help.
Edited by wrd1972, 10 January 2018 - 02:52 AM.
My VP Pincab /MAME Arcade Specs: Dell T3400 workstation with Core2 Quad core 3.0GHZ (Q9650) CPU - 8GB of RAM - Nvidia GTX 970
40" PF Sony gaming LED TV, Dual 21" Dell monitors in the backbox - Pinscape dual boards - Full DOF - Full MAME arcade support.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 02:55 AM
The ability to name layers would also be nice, and what would be even more awesome would be the ability to set a layer as the current active layer and then anything you create would automatically go on that layer, and if you did a window select of a bunch of stuff only those things on the current active layer would be selected.
I know, not cool blingy, flashy stuff that the end-user on his cab or desktop will be impressed by, but would sure make it a lot nicer for the guys(and gals?) building the tables for all to enjoy.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 03:16 AM
"Are there games that have actual separate buttons for the upper flippers or are/should those basically the same thing?"
Haunted house comes to mind.
Check this topic for list mjr compiled of tables with extra flipper buttons and any other buttons and what they are used for...
Yes buddy there are many games that have "dual flipper action". I just got back from the holidays with my brother that had bought 2 games since the last time I saw him. No good gofers and Tommy. I was working on Tommy and I noticed that the left flipper was a dual leaf switch for upper and lower flipper. I had to adjust so I could cradle a ball and still flip the other flipper. It was very cool to "show off" to my bro. I only have single switches on all my pin sim cabs but I think we should allow it as it should be about saving the real game as close as possible not what most people have at a given time. Love this crowd, hope everyone has a kick ass 2018!!!!!!!!
many williams have this taf, maybe sttng, tz. etc. Love how the coil works with these, great design
Edited by Slydog43, 10 January 2018 - 03:19 AM.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 03:34 AM
"Are there games that have actual separate buttons for the upper flippers or are/should those basically the same thing?"
Haunted house comes to mind.
Check this topic for list mjr compiled of tables with extra flipper buttons and any other buttons and what they are used for...
Yes buddy there are many games that have "dual flipper action". I just got back from the holidays with my brother that had bought 2 games since the last time I saw him. No good gofers and Tommy. I was working on Tommy and I noticed that the left flipper was a dual leaf switch for upper and lower flipper. I had to adjust so I could cradle a ball and still flip the other flipper. It was very cool to "show off" to my bro. I only have single switches on all my pin sim cabs but I think we should allow it as it should be about saving the real game as close as possible not what most people have at a given time. Love this crowd, hope everyone has a kick ass 2018!!!!!!!!
many williams have this taf, maybe sttng, tz. etc. Love how the coil works with these, great design
Just about all 90's WMS games and DE / SEGA / STERN (with some limits game to game) (pre SAM).
I don't think that pinmame is fully setup for dual stage control
Posted 10 January 2018 - 07:06 AM
You feel like a boss when you can stage flippers on Tron and make the right ramp. Not too much point in doing it all the time because it's hard and not much advantage, but satisfying.
Kind of figured this bug but why. Are these physics set saved somewhere else. They need going into physics options changing a value, click another set and save before they work.
Toxie got rid of touchscreen message?
Edited by chepas, 10 January 2018 - 07:06 AM.
Bump maps are the new auto-tune
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Posted 10 January 2018 - 12:53 PM
I'll go ahead and mention this here since you so kindly started this thread, but in the last couple days have had two people mention to me about looping not working in playsound and so I played around with it, and -1 works for infinite loop, but everything else I put there just plays the sound once.
Tested with just downloaded vpx5 beta and did a file new blank table and replaced left flipper code with:
If keycode = LeftFlipperKey Then LeftFlipper.RotateToEnd PlaySound SoundFX("fx_flipperup",DOFFlippers), 5, .67, AudioPan(LeftFlipper), 0.05,0,0,1,AudioFade(LeftFlipper) End Ifwhich I think should play the sound 5 times, only does once. if I put -1 there instead of 5 it does the expected repeating of the sound indefinitely.
Thanks, and I look forward to playing with the new stuff
Is this since 10.5? Or also with earlier versions?
Posted 10 January 2018 - 01:42 PM
It was definitely in 10.4 final as well. Not sure about earlier, I actually had not ever tried looping something just twice or 3 times, only ever used 0 or -1 myself.
Edited by BorgDog, 10 January 2018 - 01:43 PM.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 05:01 PM
The first and last I tried the loop stuff was in Oct '17. Thought it was a case of "stupid me", so I never reported it, just adjusted the audio instead
So, no clue when it started, but at least you know that it is at least a 3 month old bug.
Edited by Thalamus, 10 January 2018 - 05:03 PM.
From now on. I won't help anyone here at VPF. Please ask Noah why that is.
Posted 10 January 2018 - 06:36 PM
I think this might be a bug...This happened on Indiana Jones and Gilligan's Island (haven't tested more tables for this). The ball looks like a disco ball, with small dots of lights all over, rather than the normal highlights. Quiting and restarting the table (from PinballX) cleared it. On Gilligan, when the ball gets into that pit at the top right, the light dots are hanging *above* the ball.