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[nightgaunt98]

HA!  I only know that because I just needed that file for some testing and did the same thing....  then went back and re-read it.

 

-Mike

 

 

edit for lizard:  preferences>video options,  I think set visual nudge strength to 0.

Awesome, thanks for the visual nudge tip!

 

That was driving me nuts.

Once in awhile the entire table would jump sporadically causing me to stop 

for a second with a "What the holy hell!" kinda thing... Instant ball drain.

I'm sure some folks dig it and serves its purpose.

Just a bit distracting for me ;-)

 

Changing that setting, the ball will still move when nudged but the entire table doesn't freak out.

Nice.

Edited by nightgaunt98, 09 December 2015 - 02:06 AM.

[lizard]

Thanks sliderpoint i have looked in the options heaps of times and somehow never noticed that there.

[Shockman]

I'm glad to have it and it works as it should, but it really should be in the editor/table settings.

 

Release before this last one, and the one before gives me so much flipper lag, I would call it a delay, and makes VPX un-playable. 

 

Windows 10 64 AMD Radeon HD

[toxie]

so which rev no was the last one that didn't have this lag?

[Shockman]

2385

 

I'm not positive it's not something on my end. And I overwrote that version. I got it down from about a half a second to very little time by adjusting settings that were working very well before though. If this is rare, I'm not worried, as I said before I have weak links in my system and the GPU is one of the weakest. My fps went from ~59 with 2385 to ~28 afterword though. Monitor sync is 60

Edited by Shockman, 12 December 2015 - 05:27 AM.

[toxie]

This is weird.. The only change that -could- have changed performance was 2412 after 2385.. So versions between these two also have the slowdown?

[Shockman]

I would have to run the earlier versions to be sure. I use to same them.

 

I skipped 2412. I have tried 2411 and 2423.

 

In my GPU settings effort to get performance with some quality with VPX I have noticed all other games (the ones I made) run smoother. I mentioned before that it seems that VPX runs better for me with settings towards quality. I know that makes no sense, but the better everything else runs the worse VPX does.

 

Obviously, having AMD, I can't use AO.

Having not deleted my lights and drawn then on the playfield, I can't use reflections. I do know that on is a killer though.

I usually have a gentle AA going, but none of that helps. Strong AA is a killer

 

I have never had flipper lag before. Ever, with any version of VP

 

But I don't have a target system apparently, Don't worry about it. I'm looking forward, and I'll get a system for the release of VPX that will run it as well as the best of them. 

 

I appreciate your concern. 

Edited by Shockman, 12 December 2015 - 07:11 PM.

[clydedrexler]

Hi to everyone that work hard on this development.

I really apreciate your effort in make a good and stable VP10 program.

I have one feature proposal... sorry for the intromission

If it possible to the VP editor take the PC time and automatic set the day/night bar to different position depending of the PC real time?

Of course with a check box say something like "Auto select day/night from PC time" if selected we can play day tables at day and night tables at night....

If not checked the day/night selector works just like today.

Just a suggestion to make more realistic our pinball experience.

 

Thanks a lot four your time making this great program!

Regards from Chile

ClydeDrexler

[toxie]

Was always on my todo list, will include that soon actually.

[clydedrexler]

Was always on my todo list, will include that soon actually.

Great !! Thanks a lot for your effort develiping this software!

[toxie]

will even be cooler than expected: if given the correct longitude and latitude of your location, it will even respect the average sun radiation and sunrise/sunset cycle. 

(overkill maybe, but then again, its cool)

[freneticamnesic]

yes, sun radiation is a great thing to have

[hauntfreaks]

great now i was have to wear spf50 to void off getting skin cancer....

 

fren you better wear spf100 buddy...  hehehe

[jpsalas]

In the first table I made of Elvira and the Party Monsters (highrise made all the graphics), I used this sub to change from day mode to night mode, and even a midnight mode, where a thunder sound could be heard, and the table changed while you were playing. The sub was very easy, since vbscript has a time function:

 

Sub Day_Timer()
   Ti=ABS(Mid(Time, 1, 2) )
   If Ti=OldTi Then Exit Sub
   If Ti>5 AND Ti<18 Then OldTi=Ti : DayMode : Exit Sub
   If Ti=0 Then
      OldTi=Ti : MidnightMode
   Else
      OldTi=Ti : NightMode
   End If
End Sub

 

The table dates from February 2006

[fuzzel]

<teaser>

 

something big is coming...

 

</teaser>

[STAT]

And what ? Beers to midnight for all ?

 

But please not like Nintendo : "You play one Hour and should make a Break": PlaySound "Sleep"

Edited by STAT, 17 December 2015 - 02:20 PM.

[Slydog43]

I liked the teaser, but wish it included a timeframe.  Love this stuff, thanks guys    (maybe official vp 10 release ???)

Edited by Slydog43, 17 December 2015 - 03:16 PM.

[bolt]

I like teaser. It is so exciting

[fuzzel]

rev2435 is up:

 

- add controller.vbs changes

- introduce automatic day->night cycle (switchable in video settings) and cleanup video preferences and add some more tooltips
- add code to get sunrise/sunset local time
- some simple cleanups on the material manager dialog
- add detection and error message if a light shape is broken and can not be rendered
- add arngrims controller abstraction for DOF and VPM and EMs to official scripts
- bug fixes

[randr]

Thanks for the new beta! I don't understand need for time to change lighting but to each there own. I assume we can disable it