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[bolt]

Thanks you JP for these great pinball table.

[GRONI]

5 Stars!! Whatelse?

GRONI

[Flying Dutchman]

Thanks JPSalas..a WOW for this very nice Piece Of Art of this underestimated Table!

Cheers,
FD.

[FDSystems]

I´m waiting for version 1.1 as I´m curious to see what kind of finishing touches you will be able to add to what is seemingly already perfect !

[panootz]

JP, i'm with Groni on this table i also give it 5 stars, it looks so beautiful and shines. All you table makers are doing such a great job with these tables i'm really starting to look for the coin slots and i just can't seem to find them, does this mean it's free to play these picture perfect games, it's so unbelievable thanks everybody. Dave P.

[Debbus]

It's that I can't give 100 strars! JP your Tables are great!

[whsemngr]

Thanks JP for another excellent release. I've never played this one in real life, but I'm enjoying it very much.

Off topic : JP is there any way you can release a version of Black Knight with your wideview/dmd angle (like the rest of your VP9 tables) complete with themed backdrop? If not, could you at least provide the themed backdrop and settings for this angle so I can change it myself. Thanks. MIKE

[Gravy]

Another fantastic table release JP, many thanks. The rails do get in the way of the flippers at the default angle but thats just the design of the table, great that we can change the angle ourselves.

I love the image you have used for the ball as well, very realistic.

[Drummy]

Thanks JP, I always look forward to your tables. This one is no exception.
Cheers Drummy

[studmuff]

Great Table. Thanks JP

Any ideas for the next table you will do?

I would really like to see Circus Voltaire and Pharoah if your taking requests.

Thanks for the great work JP.

[wtiger]

Thanks JP! This is a very fun table (had the chance to play a real one at a hotel in Reno, Nevada a few years back).

[jpsalas]

Thanks for all your comments!

Black Knight: The DMD is in the table. Use the zoom options to get it on the table: Select Options on the editor, go to the backdrop and set the X scale and Y scale to 1, this will get the DMD on the table. Then change the line in the script .Hidden = 1 with .Hidden = 0 this will show the DMD. If you don't want the digits on the backdrop you may comment the line 473 ( DisplayLEDs), the the leds won't get updated. You'll also need to ove down the lights on the backdrop So there is a little work to do to get the Wide view with the DMD, but it is not too difficult, you just need to try a little.

My next table? MMMmmmm, let me see... an oldie for my friends Jolo and Leo in Argentina: Harlen Globettoters on Tour. After that I'll take a break making VPM tables and I'll continue with the Spiderman table until I get tired and I'll do some VPM tables again .

The Ball image I used I made it from the Timeshock game. It is very similar to the older ones taht have been used in VP, just a little different.

About version 1.1 of this RCT table: just now there is just one error report: the ball getting stuck in the lower ramp. The problem is that I can't reproduce the error, but I'll try a little more. The plunger should be stronger (as Destruk said, I guess it is the plunger he meant, so the skillshot is not so easy to get). I'll see if I can find the error with the ball stuck and I'll make an update.

JP

[destruk]

The kickout from the info/map saucer - the one that kicks the ball to the right flipper - needs to be twice as strong to match the real machine. The map flasher goes off and the ball is shot out of there like a cannon on the real thing. I wouldn't be adamant about it if I hadn't seen how fast it was on the real game all the times I played it. The ball only takes about half a second to get from there to the flippers.

This is one reason why I don't like this angle or video of games in a black photo developing room - you can't see anything.
at 2:33 - the actual kickout is at about 2:36.5 and it bounces off the flipper to the slingshot top at 2:37 - it is blazingly fast from that saucer.

[Mudfinger]

Finally got a chance to play this. SURPURB!
Plays pretty much like I remember playing it in Jillians in Ocean City, NJ last year
Thanks AGAIN JP!

[jpsalas]

I see what you mean now, thanks destruk.

[master87]

ther's a full screen cabinet edition!?!? PLEASE!! SOMeoNE COULD TELL ME HOW TO CONVERT OR WHERE TO TAKE IT?

[Sheltemke]

ther's a full screen cabinet edition!?!? PLEASE!! SOMeoNE COULD TELL ME HOW TO CONVERT OR WHERE TO TAKE IT?

Rollercoaster Tycoon

Edited by Sheltemke, 03 November 2010 - 05:03 PM.

[jimbod8]

Alright, it feels like these are stupid questions with probably stupid answers, but since I can't figure it out...

Volume adjustment: I found that pressing "9" decreases the machine volume - from the DMD display it looks like you're supposed to press "red button" to decrease and "green button" to increase, and according to F2: 9=red button, 8=green button. However, when I press 8 it doesn't increase the volume, it adds a credit to the machine. So what do I do for volume increase, then?

Also, does this machine use something other than the flipper buttons for putting in your initials? I just cracked the high score list for the first time, but when I hit the flipper buttons to try to set my initials, nothing happened. Tried a few other buttons and accidentally ended up in service mode instead, which aborted my experiment, so I figured I'd just better ask.

[ta2686]

Alright, it feels like these are stupid questions with probably stupid answers, but since I can't figure it out...

Volume adjustment: I found that pressing "9" decreases the machine volume - from the DMD display it looks like you're supposed to press "red button" to decrease and "green button" to increase, and according to F2: 9=red button, 8=green button. However, when I press 8 it doesn't increase the volume, it adds a credit to the machine. So what do I do for volume increase, then?

Also, does this machine use something other than the flipper buttons for putting in your initials? I just cracked the high score list for the first time, but when I hit the flipper buttons to try to set my initials, nothing happened. Tried a few other buttons and accidentally ended up in service mode instead, which aborted my experiment, so I figured I'd just better ask.

To answer the first question:

The 8 and 9 keys are the only keys that you use to adjust the volume. If you look in the guide to adjusting volume for DMD tables in the Help Forum, and click on the link for Sega/Stern Whitestar tables, you will also read that you may have to press 9 first before you press 8 to raise the volume. I just tried this myself and was able to raise the volume using the 8 key. Did somebody change the key to add a credit to the 8 key using Preferences->Keys in the editor?

Haven't played the table so I don't know if you need to use other keys to enter the initials.

[Zablon]

JP, I know you (and other) probably tire of this, but any way we could get a FS version of this? I've read that we can probably do this ourselves, but it seems there are usually adjustments that need to be made that vary from table to table.