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[Ph03nix89]

Bit of a long shot but thought I'd try it.

 

I'm trying to get the latest version of the Free Camera Mod for Pinball Arcade, problem is the update server is down and the only download link on the home page leads to the early base version.

 

I believe the latest version is 2.06 which is the one I need for my TPA build(see link below, base download is on the first page), but the version I have is 1.3.

 

So can anyone help me out?

 

Got TPAFreeCamMod.exe v2.06 knocking about?

 

https://digitalpinba...199/post-295406

 

 

[Ph03nix89]

Got sorted, had to go to another forum.

 

Confirmed working with TPA v1.71.33

 

Remove if not allowed pls mods:

 

https://www.pincabpa...de-v1-71-xx-aio

[Tesla]

Some interesting stuff over there.

 

I'm still looking for a way to load the real $150 TPA-Arcooda PinballArcadeCabinet.exe from an desktop shortcut. Never occurred to me (until now) that people with pinball front-ends would also need a way.

 

I'll take a closer look later. Not sure how well the translator was working.

[Carny_Priest]

Hi, for jollies I re-installed Pinball Arcade from Steam yesterday. It is 1.71.33. I've downloaded FCM v2.06 at the Pincab Passion link above. I can't generate an offline data file. The noex server is probably long gone. The Pincab Passion link has a file but I get the "incorrect game version" error even though it is supposed to work. Anyone have an offlinedata.TPA that they can share for the current Steam version?

 

As a long shot alternative maybe the PinballArcade11.exe had an undocumented change without incrementing the version number? Can someone confirm? Attaching the checksum (sha256)

41f6b9ce3911796d1621ee0e60f77704d7f48d8fe7291ed44b60cfe355ad5e03 *PinballArcade11.exe

[Halen]

https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

[Carny_Priest]

Darn. That has the same code as in the link from Pincab Passion. Still get the "incorrect game version" message. Thanks, though.

[Carny_Priest]

It's been confirmed that the checksum of the current Steam executable has changed without incrementing the version number. FCM will need an update.

 

In the meantime, I did get Pinball Arcade working with PinballY using Pinball Arcade Loader which does feature direct launching of tables:

 

[Tuto] Pinball Arcade Loader - TUTO - Emulation PC Arcade TeknoParrot roms dumps iso emulateur 2023 (emuline.org)

 

The difference from FCM is that the camera is not free, but it does offer at least three fixed views suitable for cabinets. I use FixCamera=6.

 

I paired it with PinballX_Launcher_app to select multi-player hotseat support.

 

joyrider3774/PinballX_Launcher_app: A PinballX Launcher app to specify parameters for the launched application. (Defaults to pinball FX3 classic / multiplayer selection) (github.com)

 

I've attached a working ini which will generate the correct launch parameters 2 player, 3 player, etc.

[SETTINGS]
LEFTKEY=160
RIGHTKEY=161
LAUNCHKEY=13
LAUNCHKEY2=32
QUITKEY=81
STARTPARAMS=
PATH=c:\PinballY\Scripts\PinballArcadeLoader.exe
REPOSITIONWINDOW=0
POSLEFT=680
POSTOP=1600
SCALEM=1
SCALED=1
SCALEFONTM=1
SCALEFONTD=1
DONTSAVEINIONEXIT=0
TITLE=Pinball Arcade Launcher
DONTREADSTEAMPATHREG=0
LASTACTIVEBUTTON=1
ROTATE=0
SMOOTHRESIZEDRAW=1
FORCEFOREGROUNDWINDOW=0
COLOR1=FFFFFF
COLOR2=000000
COLOR3=FFFFFF

[JOYPAD]
USEJOYPAD=0
LEFTBUTTON=4
RIGHTBUTTON=5
LAUNCHBUTTON=0
LAUNCHBUTTON2=1
QUITBUTTON=6
LEFTRIGHTAXIS=0
LEFTRIGHTAXISDEADZONE=0.5
JOYPOVLEFTMIN=260
JOYPOVLEFTMAX=280
JOYPOVRIGHTMIN=80
JOYPOVRIGHTMAX=100
JOYAXISSELECTION=1
JOYPOVSELECTION=1
JOYBUTTONSELECTION=1

[BUTTON_ONE]
TEXT=One Player
ENABLED=1
PARAM=FixCamera=6 HIDETEXT

[BUTTON_TWO]
TEXT=Two Players
ENABLED=1
PARAM=FixCamera=6 HIDETEXT PLAYERS=2

[BUTTON_THREE]
TEXT=Three Players
ENABLED=1
PARAM=FixCamera=6 HIDETEXT PLAYERS=3

[BUTTON_FOUR]
TEXT=Four Players
ENABLED=1
PARAM=FixCamera=6 HIDETEXT PLAYERS=4

[BUTTON_FIVE]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_SIX]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_SEVEN]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_EIGHT]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_NINE]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_TEN]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_ELEVEN]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

[BUTTON_TWELVE]
TEXT=
ENABLED=0
PARAM=

System settings for PinballY:

 

 

The full Parameters field is

c:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\PinballArcade\PinballArcade11.exe "[TABLEFILE]"

That is, the full path to the Steam version of Pinball Arcade DX11.

 

The Run before is a simple ahk script to change the screen orientation to portrait mode and kicks off dmdext for third screen DMD mirroring and colorization. I'm passing the table name in only to accommodate the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein XL DMD.

 

Run after to kill dmdext and return the screen orientation to landscape.

Edited by Carny_Priest, 24 June 2023 - 08:28 PM.

[Halen]

I work with Pinball Arcade Loader for Arcooda tables and TPA for Stern tables. Now that you've explained how Pinball Arcade Loader works with the fiixed Camera 6, I did a test and it was much better than TPA. As TPA ended the activities I will change TPA to Pinball Arcade Loader . The two systems with Pinball Arcade Loader  works great in PinbalX.