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[monicle]

made a pretty significant reduction in ramps. Should make a pretty noticeable difference. My machine isnt the greatest and Im playing on full quality alpha ramps now with about the same fps as 50% alpha quality on the table previously. so 50% increase in performance i guess? Got rid of quite a few unnecessary/non visible walls also.

Does anyone know if I would see better performance in a wrapped graphic as opposed to a world graphic for the alpha ramps? I would think there would be a difference but maybe someone knows for sure?

[xio]

Just tried your wip table. Great atmosphere & the background music fit well imo. And it plays smooth for what I've seen.

I didn't get to the multiball & almost didn't lit anything, it's a pretty tough table (or I'm not awake enoug).

There might be something wrong with the score display :

[monicle]

haha oh yeah i forgot to embed the font heh someone already mentioned that a while back. thanks for reminding me

Just tried your wip table. Great atmosphere & the background music fit well imo. And it plays smooth for what I've seen.

I didn't get to the multiball & almost didn't lit anything, it's a pretty tough table (or I'm not awake enoug).

There might be something wrong with the score display :

[monicle]

Working with WizardsHat to put in a longer alpha numeric display.
going for 2 lines with 16 characters per line. This will allow me to do more with the display to tie in with the events.
artwork is at about 98% now.

[faralos]

don't forget a pic for that spinner!
other than that it's looking real sweet!
great job Monicle
(and Wizards Hat for the new alpha numeric display going into it!)

[rosve]

Working with WizardsHat to put in a longer alpha numeric display.
going for 2 lines with 16 characters per line. This will allow me to do more with the display to tie in with the events.
artwork is at about 98% now.

If you use the Hat's alpha numeric display, it will be very easy to add a B2S backglass if you are thinking of an FS release.

[monicle]

Yeah I plan to do a FS version eventually. Youre right, this will make that transition a whole lot easier.

Working with WizardsHat to put in a longer alpha numeric display.
going for 2 lines with 16 characters per line. This will allow me to do more with the display to tie in with the events.
artwork is at about 98% now.

If you use the Hat's alpha numeric display, it will be very easy to add a B2S backglass if you are thinking of an FS release.

[oldskoolgamer]

Very excited for FS with B2S !!

[monicle]

been slacking, stupid olympics

[monicle]

ok so Ive recoded Wizards Hats alpha numeric display. 16 digits per line baby.
now I just need to get everything tested out and whatnot and then I think Ill call this table done.

[faralos]

I only hope your next one does not drag out this long!
You ARE going to be making more pins yes?
Nice to see you back to building them again though

[monicle]

Yeah Ive already got a pretty good layout going for my next one.
Its based around monte python and the holy grail.

I only hope your next one does not drag out this long!
You ARE going to be making more pins yes?
Nice to see you back to building them again though

[The Loafer]

Yeah Ive already got a pretty good layout going for my next one.
Its based around monte python and the holy grail.

[LoadedWeapon]

Looking good I cant wait to play it. I made a wheel art for it but I would really like to have a picture of your big green Zombie to add to it. It's up to you tho
Thanks for all your time and hard work.

[faralos]

Yeah Ive already got a pretty good layout going for my next one.
Its based around monte python and the holy grail.

I only hope your next one does not drag out this long!
You ARE going to be making more pins yes?
Nice to see you back to building them again though

for some inspiration check out the Monty Python pin
Me and Itchigo built last year using vp9.1.2
you may get some neat ideas from it

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[monicle]

Yeah I can sketch something up to send to you. mind sending me a shot of what you have so far so that I can tie it in well with what you already have? Thanks for the help.

Looking good I cant wait to play it. I made a wheel art for it but I would really like to have a picture of your big green Zombie to add to it. It's up to you tho
Thanks for all your time and hard work.

Yeah Im going pretty advanced with mine.
Im going to dabble with the custom DMD software and make some fun animations and whatnot.
Im going with a totally different style of play than the zombie machine.

The Zombie machine admittedly has a very similar rule sheet to Funhouse and Addams Family. The two machines I have played the most and I actually owned a Funhouse machine myself for about 6 years. (still regret selling it but I had wedding expenses )

Yeah Ive already got a pretty good layout going for my next one.
Its based around monte python and the holy grail.

I only hope your next one does not drag out this long!
You ARE going to be making more pins yes?
Nice to see you back to building them again though

for some inspiration check out the Monty Python pin
Me and Itchigo built last year using vp9.1.2
you may get some neat ideas from it

[monicle]

So I need to finish a few of the playfield plastics. Ive got a couple small changes Im going to add to the playfield image itself. And I need to complete the backdrop. Then the table will be released for everyone to download.

[Shooby Doo]

Looks amazing monicle! Graphics and theme and layout are outstanding, looking forward to playing this beauty.

[faralos]

Sweet!! and remember any time in the future I see you getting lazy
I'll just light the' fire under yer butt again!
Thanks for finishing this beauty!

[monicle]

As it turns out, I'm making a few big changes. They are for the better though trust me.
I never liked how empty the back left corner of the cab was and couldn't find anything that fit. So I've changed up the ramps a bit so the rear left section of the ramp is angled back into that corner. that has opened up some space around the church so I'm going to make the church a bit larger to fill up the space.
In addition I've opened the entrance for the cop car ramp. I felt the shot was too tight and affected the flow of the table. Went from 85 to 110 and it's way nicer. It also made the xball/million shot a little tighter which is another plus.

The changes are just cosmetic so it's not really going to push back the release much. It's just something that would have bothered me had I not done it.
Flashers are getting an update also that looks really good.