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[luvthatapex]

File Name: Dixieland (Bally 1968)

File Submitter: luvthatapex

File Submitted: 06 Dec 2020

File Category: VPX Recreations

Author(s): luvthatapex/kees/stat
Manufacturer: Bally
Year: 1968
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

ok, put on your favorite 60s tunes and fire up this new release from 1968. Ballys Dixieland 1968.
 
This is a Ted Zale classic with his signature moves like zipper flippers, opening and closing gates and not one but 2 death lanes. This also supports the D-I-X-I-E-L-A-N-D carry over feature that retains letter status over subsequent plays. Earn the last letter and earn a replay. This is a single player 5 ball game with several replay scores. 1800 units made with very few surviving over the years. Needless to say resources were non-existent for this game aside from a few screen shots and a few videos but I managed to cobber a playfield and plastics set that isn't great but has to do for now. Hopefully I have the rules correct. Feel free to make it better!
File contains table, flyers, directb2s and images for your cab.
 
Special Thanks to Kees for the Dogies script that was the starting point for the table, STAT for help with the b2s and Scottacus for the carry over logic example. Its been a long time since I made a table so hopefully I posted this correctly.
 
Enjoy.

Click here to download this file

[STAT]

All fine, thanks for this nice Table

 

If someone want to have a Controller.vbs Version with a few more Optimizations (just inside Script, i didn't touch any Main Functions),

below is the Script for 1.0 for Change ...

Attached Files

•  Dixieland(Bally 1968) 1.0 Script Change.txt   29.93KB   36 downloads

Edited by STAT, 07 December 2020 - 09:02 AM.

[PainkillerAlice]

Thank you Stat! It is a royal PITA to comment out all the script to make some tables work. I gave up on some tables due to the controller error issue making things difficult. Didn't want to miss out on this table due to the great playfield design.

[Rajo Joey]

Thanks for the table.

Here are my two wheels for this table.

As always you find my wheels in my MEGA-account or in the PinUp Popper media-database:

https://mega.nz/#F!I...Ji5hwuYxL6CvQIg

Edited by Rajo Joey, 08 December 2020 - 12:45 PM.

[luvthatapex]

ok script update.

• save clarinet bonus from ball to ball
• 3rd slingshot on the right hand side rubber below the exit gate from Basin street opens key gate
• main slings score 10 points, other slings score 1 point

Thanks loserman for the direction.

Attached Files

•  Dixieland script 1.01.txt   60.49KB   13 downloads

[STAT]

Thanks for continuing on the advanced Script.
You don't want to upload a new Table Version?

Edited by STAT, 08 December 2020 - 11:45 PM.

[luvthatapex]

Well it was just script changes but new version uploaded - 1.01

 

Thanks for continuing on the advanced Script.
You don't want to upload a new Table Version?

[STAT]

[32assassin]

thanks 

 

4K redraw witch the forum decided to shrink down to 1200 pixles

Attached Files

•  Dixieland (Bally 1967).png   108.92KB   5 downloads

Edited by 32assassin, 10 December 2020 - 08:47 PM.

[clyde]

Great job on this table. I remember it from the old days on VP.     

Edited by clyde, 14 March 2023 - 02:39 PM.

[bpjacobsen]

Nice work! Anyone find a B2s For this? VPU has the image but didn't see a B2S.

[wiesshund]

Nice work! Anyone find a B2s For this? VPU has the image but didn't see a B2S.

 

 

I am not certain but, you might look again?

and download Dixieland(Bally 1968).zip 1st
Then the update. (EDIT: yea you dont need the update again LOL just the media out of the original download)
Table description needs updated a wee bit

 

 

 

 

File contains table, flyers, directb2s and images for your cab.
 
 

 

Edited by wiesshund, 24 December 2020 - 02:40 AM.

[bpjacobsen]

Silly me. ha ha. I feel stupid. lol. thanks

[haggi]

Thank you for this old table. I was six years old when the table was born.

And now I can play it on vpx.

 

Today I set it up for my laptop. Some spots on the bumper were pink.

So get to work.I then changed the lights for my pleasure. Changed

the pov and worked on the backglass. Now i am happy.

 

 

I WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR
When the time comes                            

cheers  

[wiesshund]

 

Thank you for this old table. I was six years old when the table was born.

And now I can play it on vpx.

 

Today I set it up for my laptop. Some spots on the bumper were pink.

So get to work.I then changed the lights for my pleasure. Changed

the pov and worked on the backglass. Now i am happy.

 

 

I WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR
When the time comes                            

cheers  

 

 

Pink spots usually means no texture or material applied to surface
You could apply a material, or is surface is not meant to be seen anyways, uncheck the visible flag

[eurobingo]

im thinking dixieland bingo pinball but this one olso is good nice work

Edited by eurobingo, 11 January 2021 - 06:39 PM.

[Quickdraw19]

In desktop mode, is there a way to get the backglass to stay on top?

[xenonph]

@Quickdraw19

 

Try this handy dandy dB2SDT starter pack for DT users. (Added as attachment.) (Comes with Instructions, b2s.exe, and screenres.txt)

 db2sDT starter pack.zip   498.43KB   8 downloads

 

(You may need to right click on b2s.exe and run as administrator if it doesn't work the 1st time)

 

Basically you add 3 lines of script to table, and make sure b2s.exe is in same folder as table and backglass and screenres.txt.

This will keep the backglass up on screen for Desktop Users.

 

Here are instructions...

 

Place this part of script right above the table init sub. (So it is placed outside of the table init sub.)

Dim apprun
Set apprun = CreateObject("wscript.shell")


Then place this part of the script in the table init sub.

apprun.Run("b2s.exe")


Now make sure you have Table, Backglass, b2s.exe, and screenres.txt file ALL in same folder.

The 3rd and 4th numbers on the screenres.txt adjust the size of backglass.

The 5th number down, tells where the backglass is displayed. (Should be 1 for DT users with one screen.)

Enjoy!!

 

 

Here is example pic of what script should look like after you edit it on this particular table.

Edited by xenonph, 13 November 2022 - 01:55 AM.

[Cliffy]

those who know me IRL know I have a long history with Dixieland. It all started with a free populated playfield a guy was throwing away and a cabinet I found a year later on craigslist. I never could find a backglass though doggone it and this was before anyone would repro one. In the end I donated it all to the pacific pinball museum in hopes they could get it all together. So my old pal luvthatapex did 'er up in vpx? Nicely done sir! Thanks for bringing back the memories

 

[Quickdraw19]

@Quickdraw19

 

Try this handy dandy dB2SDT starter pack for DT users. (Added as attachment.) (Comes with Instructions, b2s.exe, and screenres.txt)

db2sDT starter pack.zip

 

xenonph, thanks. However, the backglass is starting up fine with or without this change. I should have been more clear about my problem. When I load the table, the b2s is starting up correctly, but it doesn't stay on top of the main VPX window. I can see it by Alt-Tab and selecting, then it shows up over VPX. As soon as I click on the main screen to play, it gets hidden again. I've since tried other tables and it's happening with those too, so it looks like it's not a problem specific to this table. The B2S backglass stayed on top before I upgraded from 10.6 to 10.7. If there's a setting to make it stay on top, I can't find it.