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[bigus1]

File Name: James Cameron’s Avatar (Stern 2010)_Bigus(MOD)

File Submitter: bigus1

File Submitted: 06 Jul 2019

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME - MOD Tables

Author(s): Bigus1, Thalamus, Hauntfreaks, freneticamnesic, 85vett
Manufacturer: Stern
Year: 2010
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

This sweet table from Thalamus, Hauntfreaks, freneticamnesic and 85vett plays great.
3.0 has new physics, lighting, sound and layout fixes. Much more fun!
3.1 is updated with better lighting for 10.8/3.6
Enjoy

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[STAT]

Thanks for the Update, Looks really nice

[Pinballman]

Downloaded the avr_200 rom, still showing rom error. Is there something that I'm missing?

[KABS]

nice one Bigus1. if you ever get bored and want a challenge can you please try if permitted to convert Banzai Run to VPX FS Cab. Thanks

[evilantal]

The playfield is just plain white for me.
Am I missing something?

[roccodimarco]

nice one Bigus1. if you ever get bored and want a challenge can you please try if permitted to convert Banzai Run to VPX FS Cab. Thanks

From what I understand, VPX does not have the ability to to play the game on the backglass.  However; there are two options.  The FFS table that was made, and the vp9 table.  I have asked around, and it is possible to re create the vp9 table (where the backglass lowers onto the playfield) into vpx.  I'm not sure if anyone is or has tried, but that is one vp9 table I still play frequently to this day.  I agree that table would be great in vpx, but I'm not a table creator, so I will wait to see what the great creators come up with and help where I can.  Nothing ,worse than demands for tables from people who don't actually create anything!  (Not saying you do, just saying in general!)  

[KABS]

 

nice one Bigus1. if you ever get bored and want a challenge can you please try if permitted to convert Banzai Run to VPX FS Cab. Thanks

From what I understand, VPX does not have the ability to to play the game on the backglass.  However; there are two options.  The FFS table that was made, and the vp9 table.  I have asked around, and it is possible to re create the vp9 table (where the backglass lowers onto the playfield) into vpx.  I'm not sure if anyone is or has tried, but that is one vp9 table I still play frequently to this day.  I agree that table would be great in vpx, but I'm not a table creator, so I will wait to see what the great creators come up with and help where I can.  Nothing ,worse than demands for tables from people who don't actually create anything!  (Not saying you do, just saying in general!)  

 

 

I would never demand any table builds or works etc,(i have absolutely zero talent and skills in this area and unfortunately nothing to really offer other than appreciation for making so many cool tables to play)  i only suggested this table to bigus1 because he has been modding so many tables lately and its one of my favourites. 

[bigus1]

Hey Guys, I don't build these tables and I'm just as much in awe of them as the rest of you. The only thing I will lay claim to is a new method for playfield lights (inserts) that solves a lot of problems. A lot of trial and error with the settings and too much spare time, basically. Had I not been pointed toward GNR in the first place, I may have never discovered my method. I'm nearly finished with BTTF, which is the best demo of my new method's capability thus far - very dark inserts that I've managed to light-up nicely (to my eyes). Visible characters and no glowing blobs. But if Cyberpez hadn't built it, I'd have no offering. Sure, I know some other stuff, but lights is my specialty and, for me, the only thing that isn't totally realistic with the tables. The models on TOTAN are better than the real ones!

I may venture into building from scratch, but I'm getting my jollies from post-production right now, and I'd like to thank the artists who create these tables for allowing me to mod them. I just try not to mess them up So, feel free to recommend tables that you think could use some polish and, if I'm allowed, I'll see what can be done. BTW, I have no desire to touch the bulk of the tables in my collection - just fine the way they are

[Joppnl]

 Thanks for the update!

[bolt]

Thank you for the update.

[TNT2]

Thanks for the update. Your skills continue to improve.

[Redwings13]

Thanks for update

[jaw970]

thanks for updating this awesome table

Edited by jaw970, 28 March 2020 - 08:46 PM.

[Joppnl]

Thanks again, plays great, just want to report the game sometimes looses  track of a ball.

For sure I had it when shooting the (left) ramp, I do think the ball travels up and goes by the bended ramp to the right and somewhere between that start and further up the ball gets lost.

Not very often but during MB the game continues the MB mode with still only 1 ball left and when that ball drains it will wait forever, only a quit will do (or pressing a B on the keyboard)

[bigus1]

Thanks again, plays great, just want to report the game sometimes looses  track of a ball.

For sure I had it when shooting the (left) ramp, I do think the ball travels up and goes by the bended ramp to the right and somewhere between that start and further up the ball gets lost.

Not very often but during MB the game continues the MB mode with still only 1 ball left and when that ball drains it will wait forever, only a quit will do (or pressing a B on the keyboard)

I'd hoped that was fixed. The ball somehow gets in under the plastic behind the captive ball. I think I'll need to fill the cavity with a hidden wall. Thanks for the heads-up

[Joppnl]

Thanks for the update Bigus! 

Very good find you did with that wall, especially as it was an intermittend problem, but nevertheless very annoying when it happened.

Now, I gave it a test run today and it looks very much all right so first thoughts are good but as the problem didn't occur every game I will do more testing upcoming days.

I do want to suggest a small modification:

 

My cab has full SSF, surround 4 speakers and 1 bass speaker  for SSF.

Now: when the ball rolls over the ramp at the moment the ball is into a curve a way to loud 'umph' comes out of mainly the bass speaker.

I found out that there are a couple of triggers in that ramp that fire this sound:

 

 

These are used in the Sub RandomSoundRamp() , somewhere around line 1155.

What I did:

- around line 18 I added a line to define a constant variable calle VolRamp and gave it after testing the value 1.1 and lowered the standard plastic volume as well so it looks like this:
 

Const VolDiv = 2000    ' Lower number, louder ballrolling/collition sound

Const VolCol = 10      ' Ball collition divider ( voldiv/volcol )

Const VolPla = .015     ' Plastic ramp rolling volume was .03

Const VolRamp = 1.1    'Ramp edges

and in the sub around line 1155 I put in this constant: need to do it 3 times

 

Sub RandomSoundRamp()

 

Select Case Int(Rnd*3)+1

Case 1 : PlaySound "fx_rampbump1", 0, VolRamp, AudioPan(ActiveBall), 0, Pitch(ActiveBall), 1, 0, AudioFade(ActiveBall)

Case 2 : PlaySound "fx_rampbump2", 0, VolRamp, AudioPan(ActiveBall), 0, Pitch(ActiveBall), 1, 0, AudioFade(ActiveBall)

Case 3 : PlaySound "fx_rampbump3", 0, VolRamp, AudioPan(ActiveBall), 0, Pitch(ActiveBall), 1, 0, AudioFade(ActiveBall)

  End Select


This did it for me, thanks again for your great mod!

Edited by Joppnl, 14 April 2020 - 07:10 PM.

[adamstillman]

awesome update!!! keep em coming!!!!

[bolt]

Great update. thank you bigus.

[TNT2]

Excellent.

[faustothekinggg]

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Edited by faustothekinggg, 29 June 2022 - 01:48 PM.