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[shannon1]

File Name: Terrific Lake (Sportmatic 1987)

File Submitter: shannon1

File Submitted: 15 Apr 2022

File Category: VPX Recreations

Author(s): Shannon<br />HiRez00<br />Bord
Manufacturer: Other - Pinball
Year: 1987
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

Special Thanks to @HiRez00 for his time and artistry in fixing a  poor quality BG pic and @Bord for creating the creepy yellowish lightning it needed in Blender!
Also Thanks to @Wildman for his work on this!
 
I have reached out to an actual owner of this table. Hopefully he will be sending a HD image of the backglass. 

Click here to download this file

[Mustang1961]

Hello shannon1,

 

thank you for this recreation, I think I cannot sleep tonight, so creepy is the theme ....

 

Here I offer all my nvram that plays 5-ball.    terrlake.zip   257bytes   48 downloads

 

Sincerely, Christian

[bha19]

Great recreation. 

 

1) The left outlane does not feed the left flipper like it should. It hits the gate and drains like the left inlane.

2) I tried the nvram but still get only 3 balls.

 

Thanks for all the hard work.

Edited by bha19, 17 April 2022 - 10:50 PM.

[shannon1]

Great recreation. 

 

1) The left outlane does not feed the left flipper like it should. It hits the gate and drains like the left inlane.

2) I tried the nvram but still get only 3 balls.

 

Thanks for all the hard work.

If the ball is moving fast enough down the left outlane it feeds to the flipper, but if not that rubber on the post drains it.

[Mustang1961]

Hello bha19,

 

I checked the nvram, it has at position 9D 05 - plays 5 ball. Close the table, then replace the nvram - this should work.

 

further I adjusted the left outlane this way (adding the triangle wall)

 

 Left side out support.png   21.09KB   2 downloads

 

now the ball runs smoothly to the flipper finger

 

Further i tuned the shooter lane (beding the guiding wall to a more round share, all anchor points are set to smooth)

 

 In Gate Guide Contour.png   12.65KB   2 downloads

 

with the plunger set to speed and strengths to 250 the makes a clean s-shape over the playfield into the left spinner. Further I set the friction at both guiding walls to zero, now the ball runs up to the top of the playfield.

 

.... suggestions from ... Christian.

[teisen]

great job! developing a rare table is always an extra challenge!

 

Congratulations to those involved!

 

when starting the table I get a message that the sound emulation is not 100%... any way to cancel this message?

 

 

hugs

[clyde]

 

great job! developing a rare table is always an extra challenge!

 

Congratulations to those involved!

 

when starting the table I get a message that the sound emulation is not 100%... any way to cancel this message?

 

 

hugs

 

Load table then press F1 & make sure Cabinet Mode is checked. That's it.

[SixOfTwelve]

When I press my add credit button, the ROM adds 5 credits instead of one.

I haven't been able to find a manual or a tutorial on how to access the ROM settings for these tables. Anyone been able to solve this? Or does anyone have a NVRAM that's set to 1 credit per coin and 5 balls per game? Thank you!

[xenonph]

Try hitting the 3 Key.

It adds only one credit at a time.

 

3 Key= 1 Credit

4 Key= 3 Credits

5 Key= 5 Credits

Edited by xenonph, 25 April 2022 - 09:55 PM.

[SixOfTwelve]

Thanks, but that's the first thing I tried. Hitting 3 and 4 doesn't do anything (and since I only have a button mapped to "5" on my cabinet, wouldn't work in the long run either).

I tried deleting the nvram to start from scratch, same situation. The game doesn't react to keys 3 or 4.

[xenonph]

Ok try this.

I have modified the Play4.vbs file.

All I have done is changed 1 number.

 

First go into your script folder, and copy your existing "Play4.vbs" file to a safe place.

 

now download attachment, and extract and place new Play4.vbs file in your scripts folder.

 Play4 VBS file.zip   1.4KB   10 downloads

 

Run table, and now you have the 5 key giving 1 credit per coin.

 

Not sure how this will react with other Playmatic tables, but should be fine.

If you run into problem, you can always copy your old Play4.vbs file back into scripts folder.

 

[SixOfTwelve]

Thank you, that helps - to an extent.

It now inserts one coin at a time, but now I've got the weird problem that every now and again it only adds a credit at every second or third press, or sometimes it only registers when I press long rather than short. Weird.

Edited by SixOfTwelve, 26 April 2022 - 05:51 PM.

[xenonph]

That is how all 3 credit keys acted for me on this table even before the editted vbs.

[SixOfTwelve]

Then I'll leave it like that. It actually fits well with the whole janky grindhouse theme of the table