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[goldchicco]

File Name: Superman (Atari 1979)

File Submitter: goldchicco

File Submitted: 27 Aug 2021

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME Recreations

Author(s): Goldchicco
32assassin
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1979
Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

This is a rebuilt of 32assassin table ver 1.0
Artwork by Tomasaco at GoPinball.com
Table build in 10.6
 
Special thanks to MydknyteStyrm  for adding the music to the table
 
New backglass included in the zip thank @Chucky87
 
Music folder "Superman" must be put inside the Music Folder
Music can be muted in the script
 
Decal can be removed from the script
 
What's New:
' New lights, new lighting
' Added Flippers Shadows and Ball Shadows
' New table physics
' Added nFozzy flippers physics
' Added Fleep Sounds
' New script
' Playfield image reworked
' Reworked all the images, cleaned and upscaled
' Changed Drop Targets height so they don't disappear when down
' Corrected Bumpers Height
' Repositioned Bumpers correctly
' Tuned Bumpers force
' Corrected kicker position\angle
' Corrected metal wired height
' Adjusted playfield lights, now all working
' Tuned Slingshots rubbers
' Added\Adjusted missing and existing mechanical sounds and replaced ball rolling sound
' Reworked the GI
' Tuned Slingshots force
' Corrected Rubbers Hit Height
' Added JP's LUT code
' New instruction Cards in the apron
' Adjusted table elements physics
 
Press F6  and configure the Dip switches to select different features and setup the table the way (need to do this only once)
 
To rotate and select between the nine LUT files press and Hold the LEFT Magnasave and rotate pressing the Right Magnasave.
 
Hope you enjoy it and please leave constructive feedback or comments in the support topic and will try to make it better.
 
All Logos, Copyrights and Trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 
PROVIDED STRICTLY FOR PERSONAL / HOME USE AND NOT FOR COMMERCIAL SALE / RE-SALE OR DISTRIBUTION!
 
Permission to Mod: Yes with approval

Click here to download this file

[teisen]

Fantastic work!

 

congratulations

 

hugs

 

teisen

[teisen]

gave me a blank here!!!

 

How do I use the .pov file for cabin mode?

 

does it change the correct table layout? where should i put it?

 

hugs

[STAT]

I want to say: Thank you Man for all your Works - i try to insert a few Coins in your Tables tonight, even when i are too busy, as always in the last weeks

Edited by STAT, 27 August 2021 - 01:43 PM.

[teisen]

Here for me the stars do not light up!

 

are the ones passing

[Outhere]

Thank you for your continuous giving of the games

[bolt]

Amazing work goldchicco. The music during the game is very cool.

[Pin-Pete]

Thanks for releasing this big one with cue ball. Testing it right now.

[bha19]

Great table. I remember playing this back in the day at a local arcade and you and everyone made it just the way I remember so thanks for that. I do have a problem with the rom in that all the lights flash during the game. Is there a trick I am missing?

Edited by bha19, 27 August 2021 - 11:38 PM.

[goldchicco]

Great table. I remember playing this back in the day at a local arcade and you and everyone made it just the way I remember so thanks for that. I do have a problem with the rom in that all the lights flash during the game. Is there a trick I am missing?

Try deleting the nvram and cfg file.
Start fresh again.
Sound like you are in test mode for the lamps

[bha19]

 

Great table. I remember playing this back in the day at a local arcade and you and everyone made it just the way I remember so thanks for that. I do have a problem with the rom in that all the lights flash during the game. Is there a trick I am missing?

Try deleting the nvram and cfg file.
Start fresh again.
Sound like you are in test mode for the lamps

 

Seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks

[bha19]

Anybody figure out the credit bug? When I score special or replay no credits appear.

[Mike DA Spike]

Really nice one.
I tried your fulll screen pov as well (but like more the wide table one), but 1 object is on top where you cannot see the top of the playfield

 

 

Unlocking the fsbar and move it a bit

 

 

shows the complete playfield

 

 

[goldchicco]

The Decal is not for the full screen POV.
Is in there to cover the black space if you are using the default POV.
Set it to 0 in the script if you are going to use a different POV

Edited by goldchicco, 30 August 2021 - 04:34 AM.

[Thalamus]

Isn't Superman a wide body ? Why would you drag and distort the hell out of the playfield is my question

 

Don't !

 

See that happening way to often in this hobby. People are desperately trying to fit the whole screen, not taking into consideration that round object should actually look round. Makes me wonder quite often how long it has been since some of you played a real machine last. Going from my Widebody build to a real one, I can assure you. Real machines do feel tiny, and narrow at first.

Edited by Thalamus, 30 August 2021 - 04:58 AM.

[Wylte]

Isn't Superman a wide body ? Why would you drag and distort the hell out of the playfield is my question
 
Don't !
 
See that happening way to often in this hobby. People are desperately trying to fit the whole screen, not taking into consideration that round object should actually look round.

Absolutely! Keeping the ball and table elements round should always be the priority when setting up the PoV. You should never squash or stretch...

...you should crop 😈

[gtxjoe]

POV settings are a personal preference. Nothing wrong with wanting to fill the screen. Nothing wrong with wanting to keep things round.

I tend to fall into the fill the screen camp

[wiesshund]

I am in the camp of keep the table at 1 to 1 proportions (X and Y scale of 1)

Use negative Z offset (Camera to table distance) and when one of the table dimensions hits the edges of the screen, that is as big as the table gets.
Pinball machines are not 16:9 in ratio of width to height, and some are less of that than others.

 

If there is a gap at the top of the table and it bugs me (which it usually does not) i will just go fill it with an animated flasher
have it run through some vintage beer ads or something.

 

If there is space on the sides, which us usually what you get, if those are annoying, you can pad the table sides out, or widen the top rails if the table has them

Or put in a larger table box, to give the illusion that the playfield is sitting down inside.

 

I hate fighting to keep the ball round, and find skewed table objects and graphics more annoying that some blank screen area.

But everyone is different

[DarthMarino]

This table is giving me issues.  It won't start at all. All my other tables including the older Superman work fine. I did a fresh install of 10.6 but every time I get to the "Starting Table Scripts" box it tries for a few seconds and then just closes out Visual Pinball completely without warning. Any ideas?

 

Edit: I realized that it was the music causing the issue. 1.2 didn't have music files but when I downloaded 1.1, it was included.

Edited by DarthMarino, 03 September 2021 - 02:55 AM.

[topper2k]

Great table! My playfield is set to portrait in Windows. The FSbar graphic for this table runs up the left side of my playfield. I see that I can disable it in the table script. But I'd much prefer to rotate it so it fills the top of the playfield as intended.

 

But I can't for the life of me figure out how to rotate it in the VPX editor. I can unlock it and drag it around, but I can't resize it or rotate it. Am I missing something?