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[loserman76]

File Name: Wild Card (Williams 1977)

File Submitter: loserman76

File Submitted: 06 Nov 2020

File Category: VPX Recreations

Author(s): Loserman76
PBecker
Itchigo
Manufacturer: Williams
Year: 1977
Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

conversion of PBecker's VP9x table to VPX
 
 
Thanks to PBecker and Itchigo for the VP9x version.
 
 
ZIP includes a wheel and B2S
 
MOD only by permission of ALL parties involved. And for God's sake, don't include it as part of a commercial cab.

Click here to download this file

[STAT]

Oh well LM, you make me crazy - and happy of Course

Now (tomorrow) i come back to my Cab since some Weeks … and i have much to do with your Diamonds here again … thanks for all Man !

Edited by STAT, 07 November 2020 - 09:45 PM.

[Pmax65]

Hi Loserman76,

first of all, thank you for your EM gorgeous tables.

 

I looked at the codes of your tables and I see an issue with the ninuzzu's algorithm which creates the ball shadows.

That is: a sphere (the ball) shadow impinging on a plane (the table surface) creates always an ellipse, not a circle as per the current algorithm (except when the light shines exactly above the ball of course), but I agree that this is not a real issue since during the game the approximation could be well tolerated.

In your EM tables where the table surface is more clean from picture compared to the latest electronic pinballs, this issue is more evident, especially when the ball moves at the sides of the table, the shadow detaches from the ball looking as the ball was floating in the air, instead of rolling on the table surface.

Since the case of a so tilted shadow is unrealistic by itself (the light source should came from very low over the table), I suggest you to reduce the shadow inclination to one third of the current, so that the shadow remains attached to the ball and the circular footprint on the table is more approximable to a circle.

 

That is:

'*****************************************
'	ninuzzu's	BALL SHADOW
'*****************************************
Dim BallShadow
BallShadow = Array (BallShadow1,BallShadow2,BallShadow3,BallShadow4,BallShadow5)

Sub BallShadowUpdate_timer()
    Dim BOT, b
    BOT = GetBalls
    ' hide shadow of deleted balls
    If UBound(BOT)<(tnob-1) Then
        For b = (UBound(BOT) + 1) to (tnob-1)
            BallShadow(b).visible = 0
        Next
    End If
    ' exit the Sub if no balls on the table
    If UBound(BOT) = -1 Then Exit Sub
    ' render the shadow for each ball
    For b = 0 to UBound(BOT)
        If BOT(b).X < Table1.Width/2 Then
            BallShadow(b).X = ((BOT(b).X) - (Ballsize/6) + ((BOT(b).X - (Table1.Width/2))/21)) + 6
' -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^        THIS WAS 7
        Else
            BallShadow(b).X = ((BOT(b).X) + (Ballsize/6) + ((BOT(b).X - (Table1.Width/2))/21)) - 6
' -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^        THIS WAS 7
End If
        ballShadow(b).Y = BOT(b).Y + 4
' -----------------------------------^   THIS WAS 12
        If BOT(b).Z > 20 Then
            BallShadow(b).visible = 1
        Else
            BallShadow(b).visible = 0
        End If
    Next
End Sub

The result is much more realistic.

 

Have a great day.

 

Massimo

[bolt]

Thanks for all the tables loserman.

[bha19]

Thanks for all the great tables.

Edited by bha19, 10 November 2020 - 12:41 AM.

[Lroy]

Thank you to the original creators and the person(s) responsible for the VPX version of this classic Williams 'card-theme' pin. Is the above mentioned ball shadow script amendment incorporated into the current table download or something we manually must do ourselves? Very new to all this, so a little unclear on altering scripts.