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[dboyrecords]

File Name: Gold Wings (Gottlieb 1986)

File Submitter: dboyrecords

File Submitted: 23 Oct 2014

File Category: VP 9.x Cabinet Tables (FULL SCREEN)

Author(s): dboyrecords
Destruk
Kristian
Inkochnito
Manufacturer: Gottlieb
Year: 1986
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

Rotated VP 8 DT converted to 9.9 with permission. PF, lights and plastics done primarily by mac420. Testing and tweaking and re-tweaking by kiwi. DOF and troubleshooting by arngrim. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess that mac420 used CaptainNeo's playfield scan...

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[The Loafer]

This one looks really good, been wanting to play the real table but haven't come across it in the wild. Thanks for the conversion all involved!

[randr]

Not awful that's for sure. Thanks for this! Crazy layout and fun to play

[Shadowsclassic]

Yeah, this table looks pretty good and is quite interesting to play.  All the loops really keep you on your toes. 

Thanks dboyrecords and all involved!

[Sir Cheddar]

Good job. Thank you

 

One thing: On the real table if the ball drains fast enough through the right flippers it usually bounces over to the left flipper. The same can happen if the ball drains at the left flipper, if it's fast enough and you have a bit of luck it bounces over the drain hole on the rightmost flipper.

 

That's why that yellow "rescue" arrow is there, notice that it points in both directions.

 

You can see the ball bouncing from right to left in this video: 

 

Sorry, I didn't find anything that shows the ball bouncing from left to right.

Edited by Sir Cheddar, 24 October 2014 - 08:22 PM.

[dboyrecords]

Thanks and you're welcome!

 

Good catch Sir Cheddar, never have seen a real one and never gave it a thought.

 

Fear not, we've got our top men on it! 

[Carny_Priest]

Thanks and you're welcome!

 

Good catch Sir Cheddar, never have seen a real one and never gave it a thought.

 

Fear not, we've got our top men on it! 

 Who?

[dboyrecords]

Just a joke, I forwarded it to kiwi, if he doesn't figure out something I'll send it to arn. Unless, YOU are throwing your hat in the ring...

[Carny_Priest]

No, I was expecting the answer to be, "Top men!" 

 

 

Also from the end of game match in Williams IJ.

 

 

 

Anyway, those would be the right top men, for sure.

Edited by Carny_Priest, 24 October 2014 - 11:30 PM.

[dboyrecords]

Ha! I stared blankly at the laptop after typing it trying to think of some clever, Gottlieb inspired Top Gun rip off reference. I failed that mission...

 

One of my favorite Gottlieb rip offs is the "not California Girls" song in Spring Break (and the not-Spuds McKenzie).

 

We'll see what those smarty-smarts come up with...

 

Edited by dboyrecords, 25 October 2014 - 01:13 PM.

[Seraph74]

Nice job to all involved in this table

 

One little thing : the flipper subs are reversed

 

If ... then playsound "flipperup"   else ...   playsound "flipperdown"

 

Away from the cab atm but am sure you understand !

 

Cheers

[dboyrecords]

That was a test, you passed. We have our top men on it...

[arngrim]

oups sorry , as i have force feedback i disabled these sounds, didn't test them

[dboyrecords]

Our top men have been working around the clock in an underground facility miles below the surface in an unnamed desert. Beneath a mountain. Tight security. Coffee...

 

A new RescueWall was created to aid in ball rescue. Elasticity is currently set to .7. This can be adjusted, curious what others think...

 

Enjoy!

[Sir Cheddar]

Thank you

 

I'll test it as soon as it gets approved.

[Sir Cheddar]

The RescueWall works great! Elasticy .6 feels best to me. Thanks, Kiwi!

 

I've noticed a few more issues while playing:

 

- The spinner is transparent. I messed a bit with the transparency color of spinner_bull2 and spinner_boom2 but wasn't able to resolve it.

- The ball hangs sometimes at Ramp18, the end of the loop. The loop itself works fine, it only seems to happen when the ball enters the loop from the wrong side. I was able to nudge it off, but not without tilting the table.

- The ball should be able to enter somewhere at Wall101, you can see the position at 0:13 in the video I posted above, shortly before the siren goes off. Currently that shot doesn't seem to be possible.

 

But all in all, it plays great!

 

BTW, that siren on the real thing is a monster. Best way to say "honey, I'm home!" when you return from the pub at 2am. 

Open coin door for added efficiency. 

[kiwi]

Thanks for the feedback Sir Cheddar, are all things that we can solve.

The spinner is not original, I or dboyrecords can change it with the one I used in Gladiators.
I thought I had solved the blocking of the ball at the exit of the loop, I'll have a look again.
Is true, the ball enters between the targets and the gate, is easy to add.

 

 

Max

Edited by kiwi, 02 November 2014 - 12:25 PM.

[dboyrecords]

... Our top men...

[dboyrecords]

Our top man, kiwi has not only fixed the issues he blinged out the loop with gold. Thanks Sir Cheddar and thanks Sir kiwi!!!

[Sir Cheddar]

Sorry, I didn't have too much time the last days so I didn't test the new version before today. Great job, guys!

 

Thanks for making this table. It sure adds some variety