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[Sindbad]

Thanks UW, I believe this template with the primitives was a lot of work... But it's very usefull and will help building tables in shorter time. A lot of the primitives will be used in my next table.

[akiles50000]

Thank you so much Unclewilly.

Edited by akiles50000, 01 July 2014 - 06:19 AM.

[unclewilly]

If there is anything in particular that anyone needs that is a standard fp object. Let me know

[freneticamnesic]

Does anyone have a better texture for those Sega pop bumpers?

 

I converted the ones I doctored up for Sharkeys and they look ok but the angles are off.

 

 

[kiwi]

Does anyone have a better texture for those Sega pop bumpers?

 

I converted the ones I doctored up for Sharkeys and they look ok but the angles are off.

 

 

Take a look here

http://www.vpforums....geLibrary1.html

 

Max

[freneticamnesic]

 

Does anyone have a better texture for those Sega pop bumpers?

 

I converted the ones I doctored up for Sharkeys and they look ok but the angles are off.

 

Take a look here

http://www.vpforums....geLibrary1.html

 

Max

 

 

 

Thanks thanks thanks

[freneticamnesic]

How about the wire gates? 

[freneticamnesic]

!UW

[unclewilly]

Working on it. Any one in particular you need?

[freneticamnesic]

the \_/ shaped one used on ramps in particular, and maybe a spinner while you're at it - like a standard square target spinner

[unclewilly]

SS and table updated in first post.

 

Added Gates and Spinners

Play the template table and plunge a ball to see the gate and spinners in action

 

Set a timer on the table with interval of 1

Add a Gate or spinner and uncheck visible

Place mesh overtop of the vp gate/Spinner

 

Sub Timer1_Timer()

              GateHeavyT1Primitive.RotZ = -(GateName.currentangle)

              SpinnerT1Primitive.RotZ = -(SpinnerName.currentangle)

End Sub

[chepas]

Converting another one of my tables hasn't taken me long at all, sorry not used this primitive template but wanted to ask if you've managed to pull off any depth objects like the ornament holes?  Scoop kickers?

 

I can get close with it but just weird results with the textures.

 

Just for record 0.019 & 98% is perfect size.

Edited by chepas, 30 June 2014 - 03:30 PM.

[unclewilly]

Which one do you need. I have one scoop I used in monsterbash.
As for the holes, they only really show if there is a raised playfield.
That is what I did with monster bash

[chepas]

Oh ok I see, thanks. I just had to check your table out to see what you did there.

 

I'm good for the models, it was the scoops hole, bulbs & the orn banks . Just wondered if it was possible to just throw the ornaments straight in from FP. I suppose they could if they were brought up a few mm like you've done with your raised PF.

 

I may just adjust my PF art to fake it that way for this one.

[freneticamnesic]

Oh yea! How about a kicker, as seen on the sides of this table. I'll raise the playfield to accommodate them if they look good enough! I can achieve the holes just fine using the raised playfield method but won't bother with that unless I can get the kickers to look right. Thanks so much for this. I'm comfortable doing ramps and such in FP but the textures on the default objects haunt me sometimes

 

[chepas]

https://www.dropbox....pd0k/kicker.jpg

 

Just managed it with a kicker here and this was giving me trouble before with the texture being stretched across the whole screen. Think I had to remove the mask objects in blender first and leave just the model.

[unclewilly]

This one

I have pf surface and kicker set at 70

 

 kickerT1.png   12.73KB   6 downloads

 

 

 KickerT1Primitive.vpt   204KB   31 downloads

[gtxjoe]

Hi UW,

 

I am working through the process of learning to export FP models for VP primitive use and having some success.  I am essentially following Fuzzel's post here:  http://www.vpforums....=24883&p=230694.  I want to make sure I am not missing any steps.  

 

The only additional steps I have done are:

- Use Blender to scale it down by factor of .019.  (Open Blender, Create New. Delete default object.  Import FP .obj file.  Use Scale to reduce X, Y and Z by .019.  Export .obj file making sure "Write Normals", "Include UVs", and "Triangulate Faces" are checked)

- In Visual Pinball, place Primitive, Load Mesh and select the .obj file, set Primitive Rotx = 90, import texture and assign to the primitive.

 

Are you doing any additional steps other than those outlined in Fuzzels post and the additional steps above?  

Did you have to manipulate the FP textures at all before using?

Does anyone know how to rotate the co-ordinate system in Blender, so rotating the Primitive in VP becomes unnecessary?

 

I am trying to create a macro to export all the FP models to .fpm, then export to .ms3d, then export to .obj, then re-scale the .obj file in blender.  I can share them if the macro works or are you already close to finishing? There are a lot of FP models...

[chepas]

To export all the FP models just grab CompanionTools. There is a grab & dump tool in there.

 

[freneticamnesic]

SS and table updated in first post.

 

Added Gates and Spinners

Play the template table and plunge a ball to see the gate and spinners in action

 

Set a timer on the table with interval of 1

Add a Gate or spinner and uncheck visible

Place mesh overtop of the vp gate/Spinner

 

Sub Timer1_Timer()

              GateHeavyT1Primitive.RotZ = -(GateName.currentangle)

              SpinnerT1Primitive.RotZ = -(SpinnerName.currentangle)

End Sub

 

Have you come across the more V shaped one? For example, the ones on Spiderman?

If not, I will try to modify one of the ones you posted and share it