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[Aaron James]

Thanks for the Changes Aaron,

 
AFM is by far the most played table on my machine and this is the best version yet.
 
Thanks
 
Mike..
 
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Thanks.
In the scope of things, I owe everything to jp. I did only very minute work in comparison.
This mod is just a different aspect of the table, I made this table look and play like what it looks like in the arcade near my house.

You have 'arcades' near your house?? What are 'arcades'? And this thing called 'arcades' has AFM in it? I call BS.

 

 

LMFAO,

Well, believe it or not, there is a MASSIVE PINBALL arcade near me called "The Shark Club"

Every pinball there is in immaculate condition, and alot of them are "pimped out".

It is a place that I attend, and am also in a pinball league there, along with VP administrator "Noah Fentz".

There are also many VP members who have also been there and attend on a regular basis

Here are some pics. It is located in Howell, Michigan.

Eat your heart out......hahahaha

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[numiah]

Dear Lord. That is pure heaven !!!!!

[thewool]

Thanks for sharing your mod Aaron, the lowered lighting really makes JP's lighting effects dance! Props to JP for his amazing build.

On a side note I was over in the US last month for work, staying in Midland. I searched the net but could not find any real pins close by. Oh man, this place looks to be just down the road!!! We went to the Birch Run mall at the weekend which is even closer!

Looks an amazing pinball den! Cheers for sharing the pics

Edited by thewool, 27 April 2013 - 06:34 AM.

[OuchTilt]

RE: The Shark Club

 

The word "jealous" doesn't even come close to how I feel now.  ......

Edited by OuchTilt, 27 April 2013 - 09:55 AM.

[Abcdefg]

Make sure you have the latest vbscripts from the downloads. Can you play JP's VP9.1.5 version of this table?If so, then are you using db2s backglass. I already changed the script for this, maybe try doing UVP or back to "controller".

If someone else can add to the conversation please do. That's all I can think of at the moment.
 

what about a night version for desktop?what about a night version for desktop settings/version?

Truth be told, I really don't know how to properly make a desktop table. If someone wants to mod this to a desktop, message me.

 

Hey Aaron, still having trouble getting this to work. Downloaded both versions and neither work for me. (Attack_From_Mars_NIGHT MOD_FS_vp914_v2.4FS.vpt, Attack_From_Mars_NIGHT MOD_VP915_v2.0_FS.vpt)

So what is it you mean by "try doing UVP or back to "controller"" ?

JP's version (AFM_vp914_v2.4FS.vpt) works fine for me.

I am using version 9.1.5.

 

FYI: I am playing this on a desktop pc, turning the monitor 90°, so I can see no backglass, if the issue is related to the backglass somehow *shrug*.

[pinball buzz]

Nice mod Aaron, the darker table really makes the lighting effects pop. Keep up the good work. Cheers Buzz

[uberpinball]

 
LMFAO,
Well, believe it or not, there is a MASSIVE PINBALL arcade near me called "The Shark Club"
Every pinball there is in immaculate condition, and alot of them are "pimped out".
It is a place that I attend, and am also in a pinball league there, along with VP administrator "Noah Fentz".
There are also many VP members who have also been there and attend on a regular basis
Here are some pics. It is located in Howell, Michigan.
Eat your heart out......hahahaha

Oh my. Small world, I grew up in Flint. Lived in MI for 30yrs before I had to move for my work.

My hangout, which still exists was Playland in Flint. Not sure it's in this kind of shape, awesome pics.

I was just up at the MI pinball expo recently and met Paul. He provided me with the Williams parts on my cab which I ordered months before. We got to play a round of Wizard of Oz which was interesting.

Thanks for sharing the pics and the new AFM mod. The new version is better being even a little darker.

Edited by uberpinball, 27 April 2013 - 01:20 PM.

[Aaron James]

It is a small world... I too was at the MI pinball expo. I was helping out by keeping scores for the tournaments and being a tech when a pin broke down. My wife was selling tickets for the main tournament, which ironically I placed 7th place in the "A" division, so I walked away with a few hundred that day. We were there all 4 days, pretty much all day. I'm sure we prolly ran into each other. Next time your in Michigan you know where to go to play some pinball! :-)

[The Loafer]

Make sure you have the latest vbscripts from the downloads. Can you play JP's VP9.1.5 version of this table?If so, then are you using db2s backglass. I already changed the script for this, maybe try doing UVP or back to "controller".
If someone else can add to the conversation please do. That's all I can think of at the moment.
 

what about a night version for desktop?what about a night version for desktop settings/version?

Truth be told, I really don't know how to properly make a desktop table. If someone wants to mod this to a desktop, message me.

 
Hey Aaron, still having trouble getting this to work. Downloaded both versions and neither work for me. (Attack_From_Mars_NIGHT MOD_FS_vp914_v2.4FS.vpt, Attack_From_Mars_NIGHT MOD_VP915_v2.0_FS.vpt)
So what is it you mean by "try doing UVP or back to "controller"" ?
JP's version (AFM_vp914_v2.4FS.vpt) works fine for me.
I am using version 9.1.5.
 
FYI: I am playing this on a desktop pc, turning the monitor 90°, so I can see no backglass, if the issue is related to the backglass somehow *shrug*.

Aaron did ask if those with issues tried the new vbs. it is located in essential files and had been updated recently. Ensure you put it in the vp scripts folder (if it exists in the tables folder you can usually delete them from there or extract the vbs files into the tables folder too)

[Aaron James]

Make sure you have the latest vbscripts from the downloads. Can you play JP's VP9.1.5 version of this table?If so, then are you using db2s backglass. I already changed the script for this, maybe try doing UVP or back to "controller".

If someone else can add to the conversation please do. That's all I can think of at the moment.
 

what about a night version for desktop?what about a night version for desktop settings/version?

Truth be told, I really don't know how to properly make a desktop table. If someone wants to mod this to a desktop, message me.

 

Hey Aaron, still having trouble getting this to work. Downloaded both versions and neither work for me. (Attack_From_Mars_NIGHT MOD_FS_vp914_v2.4FS.vpt, Attack_From_Mars_NIGHT MOD_VP915_v2.0_FS.vpt)

So what is it you mean by "try doing UVP or back to "controller"" ?

JP's version (AFM_vp914_v2.4FS.vpt) works fine for me.

I am using version 9.1.5.

 

FYI: I am playing this on a desktop pc, turning the monitor 90°, so I can see no backglass, if the issue is related to the backglass somehow *shrug*.

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Ok, i think i know what the small problem is.

In Visual Pinball program, open the script up, and look at the beginning of the script.

Change the script from :

 

 

' Attack from Mars / IPD No. 3781 / December, 1995 / 4 Players

' VP914+ 2.4 by JPSalas 2013

 

Option Explicit

Randomize

 

LoadVPM "01560000", "WPC.VBS", 3.26

 

Sub LoadVPM(VPMver, VBSfile, VBSver)

    On Error Resume Next

    If ScriptEngineMajorVersion <5 Then MsgBox "VB Script Engine 5.0 or higher required"

    ExecuteGlobal GetTextFile(VBSfile)

    If Err Then MsgBox "Unable to open " & VBSfile & ". Ensure that it is in the same folder as this table. " & vbNewLine & Err.Description

    Set Controller = CreateObject("B2S.Server")

    If Err Then MsgBox "Can't Load VPinMAME." & vbNewLine & Err.Description

    If VPMver> "" Then If Controller.Version <VPMver Or Err Then MsgBox "VPinMAME ver " & VPMver & " required."

    If VPinMAMEDriverVer <VBSver Or Err Then MsgBox VBSFile & " ver " & VBSver & " or higher required."

    On Error Goto 0

End Sub

 

 

TO :

 

 

 

' Attack from Mars / IPD No. 3781 / December, 1995 / 4 Players

' VP914+ 2.4 by JPSalas 2013

 

Option Explicit

Randomize

 

LoadVPM "01560000", "WPC.VBS", 3.26

 

Sub LoadVPM(VPMver, VBSfile, VBSver)

    On Error Resume Next

    If ScriptEngineMajorVersion <5 Then MsgBox "VB Script Engine 5.0 or higher required"

    ExecuteGlobal GetTextFile(VBSfile)

    If Err Then MsgBox "Unable to open " & VBSfile & ". Ensure that it is in the same folder as this table. " & vbNewLine & Err.Description

    Set Controller = CreateObject("VPinmame.Controller")

    If Err Then MsgBox "Can't Load VPinMAME." & vbNewLine & Err.Description

    If VPMver> "" Then If Controller.Version <VPMver Or Err Then MsgBox "VPinMAME ver " & VPMver & " required."

    If VPinMAMEDriverVer <VBSver Or Err Then MsgBox VBSFile & " ver " & VBSver & " or higher required."

    On Error Goto 0

End Sub

I left it as B2S.Server, because I use an animated backglass, and it sounds like you do not.

[The Loafer]

Yeah that would work too!

Out of curiosity, has someone done a Hyperpin wheel specifically for this awesome release? Something like the other one but with the word dark mod under the name?

[bolt]

Thank you for the settings Aaron James.

Works fine now.

[uberpinball]

Yeah that would work too! :DOut of curiosity, has someone done a Hyperpin wheel specifically for this awesome release? Something like the other one but with the word dark mod under the name?

Yes.
http://www.vpforums....s&showfile=7799

[The Loafer]

Great thanks for the info uber

[tguittar]

Thanks alot everything works fine....

[waspstar]

Thank you  Aaron. That did the trick. I forgot to mention that I am playing on just one monitor rotated and I guess not using a backglass monitor was the problem

 

Again thank you so much for taking the time to look into this problem

[atarian]

This is superb. Thanks for the mod!

[uberpinball]

This mod sucks. Why do I want to play a....wait, one sec...

> 'ah, cmon...grab that cow you UFO, get up that ramp..'

Yeah...this darker playfield....what's the point...hold up...

> 'YES! I just saved USA with the new cool USA flag light.'

Why would people bother with this version...wait, need to make change something here

> 'Click. Turn the lights off in this game room. Now this table rocks even more.'

Yea, you don't download ths table version of JPs original, you are missing out. Good work AJ.

Edited by uberpinball, 29 April 2013 - 02:27 AM.

[Abcdefg]

Thanks for the info Aaron!

 

Working now

[Aaron James]

What's New in Version 2.1 (See full changelog)

• v2.1 (small update)
• Changed all alpha ramp flashers to "additive bi"
• Updated apron
• Tweaked physics a little.

10 second video of the flashers.

Edited by Aaron James, 28 July 2013 - 10:40 PM.