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[Seraph74]

Hi all, just wanted to get some clear thoughts and ideas on the best/correct way to be doing directB2S which involves modding script

 

I am currently playing around with Trigon to learn on Herweh's great Backglass Designer.

 

Is it possible/ok? to upload the directB2S backglass and the modified (Trigon_engine) script

                          Or would it need to be the backglass and a notepad file listing only where and what to edit in the script ??

 

Normally I imagine these updates will be easy with the permission of a current author

- say Mephisto by JPSalas, simply contacting him and allowing him the choice whether he would like to update his table or whether he would like it uploaded.

 

Any upload will always have Table Author (if table uploaded any info from original release)

                                    have Backglass image from ....  (usually from Flying Dutchman's Backglass Paradise)

 

Thanks for your thoughts.

[Herweh]

Hi,

 

when you're creating an Original or an EM table with script changes for the backglass then upload table and directB2S backglass file in one ZIP (like I did with my ACDC or Grateful Dead mod).

Creating a directB2S backglass file for a VPinMAME controlled table then upload just the backglass (where all the dB2S backglasses are uploaded).

 

And as you mentioned, when you change the table script always ask all authors for permission to upload and don't forget to add the credits. Pretty important.

 

I don't know anything about 'Trigon'? Can you give me some info about it. Thanks.

 

Best regards, Herweh.

[Seraph74]

Trigon was an original table done in VP8 by shiva.  Table would be at a guess 5 years old now.  Works fine in VP9 and at FS with tweaking backdrop settings.  I should add that unusually the vp script is almost non existent, it simply calls a .vbs file which contains the script.

As far as I know shiva has dropped out of the entire scene a long while back and I dont believe he would want his work modified in any way.

 

Thought I'd start the thread to find (and share) the correct way of dealing with tables like this.

Edited by Seraph74, 03 March 2013 - 02:59 PM.