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[flupper1]

File Name: Diner VPX

File Submitter: flupper1

File Submitted: 12 Mar 2017

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME Recreations

Author(s): Flupper
Ben Logan
Bodydump
Manufacturer: Williams
Year: 1990
ROM: Link to ROM
Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

Diner for VPX. Many thanks to: Tamoore, Bodydump, Ben Logan, George and Clark Kent.
 
Tips:
Contrast can be changed in-game with MagnaSave keys
table is angle-dependent to some degree, so in both FS and DT view, perspective changes result in artefacts on the transparent ramps
use day/night slider with care, due to many unlit primitives (better use ContrastSetting variable in script)
When using GlowBats and GlowBall, you can lower the day/night slider a lot
Many options in the beginning of the script
 
For best performance and stutter free experience, these are my settings:
- FPS limiter/sync 1 and Maximum pre-rendered frames 1
- Force exclusive fullscreen (otherwise I get ball stutter with a directb2s)
 
Requires VPX 10.2, Please let me know if there are any issues.
In the permission to MOD I ask that you contact me first, as I am really curious what you want to change. If I like the changes, I will ofcourse add them to this release.
 

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[bent98]

Woot. Thanks flupper!

[bodydump]

Awesome.  Thanks Flupper.

[STAT]

Really awesome, cant believe what has come out - thanks Guys really amazing ...

[Koolywiz]

WOW, what a fantastic job you did on this table!!!  Thank you!  Plays and looks great in my cabinet.

[Fulltilt]

Wow!!!  ..finding myself just amazed at the beauty of this table! 

Thank you very much, now straight to the cab

[Slydog43]

we have a winner.  Seriously this is the best looking (and perfect playing) table I think I have on the cab.  Thanks to all involved.  This is going to be my goto table to show off VP to new people.  Can't wait to see what you will be doing next (I hope more will come, please please)

[xenonph]

I have to agree. This is the "Showcase" table that should be on front page of all pinball sites!!

Absolutely amazing!!

Thanks to flupper1 and all involved for there hard work. Does it get any better than this? I don't think so!!

 

Keep on Pinballin'

[laylow]

Flupper, thanks for this awesome table, no words for it!     

 

 

 

[Andypc]

Just incase it helps anyone, I am using the following full screen settings without any issues or artefacts. More full screen with less inclination.

Inclination: 3
Field of View: 47
Layback: 54

XY Rotation: 270
X Scale: 1.27
Y Scale: 1.63
Z Scale: 1
X Offset: -275
Y Offset: 0

Z Offset: -200

Edited by Andypc, 12 March 2017 - 11:20 PM.

[Andypc]

Is there a way to turn the brightness of the glow balls down a little in the script?

[LoadedWeapon]

I am amazed at this table and how far VP has come.. Those are the best looking flashers to date.. plastics and lighting.. Really a great job!!

[Andypc]

With praise like that from LoadedWeapon you know you are onto a winner  I am a massive fan of LoadedWeapons Mods and lighting

 

Amazing Table, Congratulations to all involved.

[updon719]

This table is just beautiful, thanks  great work

[RogerRoger]

I'm stuck with VPX 10.1 but have got it working to satisfaction. I had to reduce elasticity overall quite a bit and also reduce flipper strength, but I like how I can hit the left drop targets by rebounding off the center ones. Only drawback is weak saucer shots, so not a bad compromise. This is superb work and the effort spent really shows. Agreed probably the best looking table yet.

[RustyCardores]

Just incase it helps anyone, I am using the following full screen settings without any issues or artefacts. More full screen with less inclination.

Inclination: 3
Field of View: 47
Layback: 54

XY Rotation: 270
X Scale: 1.27
Y Scale: 1.63
Z Scale: 1
X Offset: -275
Y Offset: 0

Z Offset: -200

 

Sorry if this is a little off topic, but this is one hell of a good looking table and I wonder if the following will help maximise those good looks and minimise artifacting ?...... Table scaling and the need to keep them as low as possible, so as to maximise image quality was once a point of discussion here.

 

The idea was to set the X Scale to 1 and reduce the Y Scale to restore the format. This means zero X interpolation and minimal Y interpolation is needed to be carried out by VPX and this results in an increased visual quality.

 

Naturally, the table is reduced in size when doing this, so a greater negative Z Offset is used to restore the size to fit the screen.

 

Does anybody follow this and if so, is the improvement (if any) visible?

[StevOz]

Really tasty, how good is this, all the options, the works, makes me want a kebab right now...Long ago Diner,Taxi and Pool Sharks where in the go to after the beers kebab shop and always had a game or three on those machines after I lined my stomach with kebab.

 

My take on the desktop daytime look for perhaps a few pixels more and a better look at the backend of the table...

 

 

* no visible ramp artefacts here with those changes unless I'm not just seeing it somehow?

 

Thanks flupper1!

Edited by StevOz, 13 March 2017 - 12:29 PM.

[flupper1]

Is there a way to turn the brightness of the glow balls down a little in the script?

Yes, you can do this in the script; there are RGB settings for each ball, you can lower them. For instance, green is 100,255,100; lower that to 50,128,50

[Knorr]

Thanks flupper! Outstanding work!

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[Thalamus]

Thanks flupper! Outstanding work!

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I know someone else that deserve the exact same compliment ;-)