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[Mustang1961]

File Name: Airport (Gottlieb 1969)

File Submitter: Mustang1961

File Submitted: 26 Nov 2022

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME - MOD Tables

Author(s): GNance
Loserman76
Manufacturer: Gottlieb
Year: 1969
Permission to MOD?: Unspecified

Initial announcement from Jeff:
 
VPX conversion
Artwork done by GNance
others to thank: JPSalas, Pinuck, hauntfreaks, Borgdog, Arngrim
in addition to the "standard" keys (typically "1" to start game and "5" for coin), I've added "3" as another coin input and "4" for coin and auto-start game (like I recall the dime slots generally were) to simulate 3 coin slots
when game is not in progress, holding down left flipper for about 3-5 seconds will bring up the options menu. left flipper selects item, right flipper changes option.
I've also included shadows for the ball and flippers. If you want to turn them off look for these lines at the beginning of the script:
Const ShadowFlippersOn = true
Const ShadowBallOn = true
change to false if you want either of the shadows not showing on your tables
 
My view on Airport: I remember College Queens, in the late 70's the game was a zero- performer in the amusement halls, no bonus system and 4-digit counting -> empty coin boxes.
Today's rating is different: nice art-work and fun to play.
 
Here I offer you my Version 1.0b
 

- new physic (cab optimized),
- slight layout change -> reduces ball losses at outer side lanes
- complete new objects sounds including the vari- targets
- rolling ball sound level adjusted
- new material assignments for metal sheets - better appearance
- improved ball and ball position in the plunger lane
- the bumper trigger are now in colored plastic
- outer bumpers are now wired parallel
- new timing for ball release - now after player up alternator ends
- new POV for cab use
- in game over state the plastics illumination stays on (the original behavior of all Gottlieb EMs)
- BG with rolling score reels
- the "Airport" logo is now equipped with 5 blinking lamps 
- in game over both reel sets are illuminated
 
zip contains game, BG, and both pics for cab- users.
 
All this in kind tribute to Jeff Whitehead.
 

Click here to download this file

[digitalarts]

very nice table !

i love nifty little things like the shaker dof at the flex targets   ... thanks to @arngrim 

[ryesteve]

Speaking of the shaker dof, I ran into an issue with it.  On a light hit to the vari-targets, the motor turns on but doesn't turn off until you hit one of them again (with a sufficiently strong shot)

[digitalarts]

Do you have the shaker connected to a PWM port?
So you can set the lowest and highest value of reacting, in DOF config tool.
And you can change the intensity of shaker in the table config of DOF (save the changes as private setting and load the whole settings once to actualize them)
Try one of this hints...

[ryesteve]

Sorry, I didn't put the cab together, so I don't even know what a PWM port is.  My thinking was that the issue is that the vari-target is programmed to turn on the motor on the first click of the slider, and to turn it off on the last click... but on a light touch, when the first click is the same as the last click, the command to turn it off isn't getting executed.

[digitalarts]

When you want to use DOF toys, then you need to know some background.
How you connected the shaker?? Normally with a controller, like ledwiz, pinscape... These controllers can have digital output ports, just on/off, for solenoids (contactors, knockers...) or simple light.
They can have ports with PWM (Pulse Modulated) output with strength between 0-255 (0-48 at ledwiz). So you can fine tune led lights, speed of fan or gear, power of shaker...

Edited by digitalarts, 02 December 2022 - 11:34 PM.

[ryesteve]

Ideally, yes, but I haven't had any unique-to-me DOF issues with any of the other 1000+ tables I've tried, and the specific behavior I'm seeing on THIS table suggests that what I hypothesized above is a plausible reason for it, if not the likeliest reason.

Edited by ryesteve, 03 December 2022 - 04:25 PM.