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[xenonph]

File Name: Last Starfighter, The (Taito, 1983)

File Submitter: xenonph

File Submitted: 05 Mar 2023

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME - MOD Tables

Author(s): Original VPX table by JPSalas
Graphics, PUP Videos, and Animations by HiRez00
Backglass and Wheels by HiRez00
Gunstar Ship 3D Toy by DonRutler
Sounds and extra lighting by Xenonph
Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1983
ROM: Link to ROM
Permission to MOD?: Unspecified

Last Starfighter, The (Taito, 1983) v1.01 PUP and Non-PUP
by Xenonph and HiRez00

Original VPX table by JPSalas
Graphics and Animations by HiRez00
Backglass and Wheels by HiRez00
Gunstar Ship 3D Toy by DonRutler
Sounds and extra lighting by Xenonph

This is a graphics and sound mod of Fire Action De Lux (Taito 1983) v4.0.

THIS TABLE IS DEDICATED TO MY BROTHER DAN!!!

This table is based on a SciFi movie named "The Last Starfighter" made in 1983.
While TRON stole most of the thunder just the year before for groundbreaking special effects, The Last Starfighter was made with the best special effect technology at the time.
It is also a great story!! What video game junkies only dream about!!
Being recruited to a space force because you are good at playing a video game!!!
(I am still waiting for Skywalker to come pick me up, as I am a damn good X-Wing pilot on Playstation!! lol)
Anyways, Video Game master gets recruited to spaceforce, saves the world and possibly the galaxy!!
Who wouldn't love it!!
 
There are 2 versions available.
All of the following changes are on both versions, except the Pup version has animated apron videos.

v1.01 PUP and Non-PUP
Moved the "holes" for the right slingshot from the playfield, to under right slingshot.
Added a lighting effect "under" the explosions animations.
Added holes and wood areas in the playfield under the 6 targets.
Added a very light "shadow" to the playfield art for the plastics.
Re-worked the apron preparing it for the pup version.
Translated the instruction card to english and moved it to the right.
Shifted some art around on the apron to accommodate.
Added "white" under the plastics on the playfield, and adjusted some lights to line up in the holes.
Made the wire thickness of the roll-overs thinner.
Ball Shadows were playing on exact same plane as playfield, so script was editted and there is no flickering now.
Added Pup Videos that are played on the apron. Put the pup pack in your PupVideos folder.

v1.0
Added 156 sound FX and Music.
Added Fluppers Flashers.
Backwall graphics can be toggled with the Buy-In key. (2 key)
LUT's toggled with Left and Right Magna-Save keys.
DonRutler made a 3D Gunstar Ship.
HiRez00 added 2 explosion animations and did all graphics.
An animated Apron version is in the works so stay tuned!

Acknowledgements and Thanks:
I first would like to thank JPSalas for allowing mods without permission. (I asked his permission anyways)
I would also like to thank him for making a great table!!!
This table was made in the same year as the movie!!
I used his version 4.0 for this mod.
 There is much more important info on original download page.
He put in alot of time and work on the original table, and it is appreciated!! So if you like this mod, I would encourage you to thank the original author of the table, as I have only made a few changes!

JPSalas Original Table...
http://www.vpforums....&showfile=13430

Find ROM here...(Uses Fire Action Deluxe ROM "fireactd" )
http://www.vpforums....ds&showfile=584

IPDB...
https://www.ipdb.org...ine.cgi?id=4552

I would also like to thank HiRez00 for doing all of the graphics on everything, including Backglass, DT backdrop, Playfield, Apron, Plastics, Backwalls, and Wheels!! And all of the animations!! Also videos for PUP version! He did a great job!! HUGE THANKS!!

I would also like to thank DonRutler for making the Gunstar Ship 3D toy!! Excellent job!! Can't thank you enough!!

I also would like to thank Flupper for his great Flasher resource table!!

I would also like to thank Thalamus for telling me how to use resource tables!!

I also would like to thank Allknowing2012 and Gtxjoe for teaching me how to add timers to script!

I also would like to thank DJRobX, STAT, Gtxjoe, and nFozzy, for helping me shorten my StopSounds and PlaySounds script commands.
(They each wrote out an example, and between them all, I was able to figure it out!! BIG THANKS!!!)

I would also like to thank DJRobX for showing me example of flasher script command for flasher placement in FS mode.

I also would like to thank STAT for his "Team Change script", which my script is based on.

I also would like to thank Steve "Slydog43" for which these VPX mods would not be possible!!


Place LStarfighter folder in your music folder located where you installed Visual Pinball.

Be sure to restart table after starting table for first time as flippers may stick on first start of table on your setup.
(You should do this with all new tables you are trying out for first time to avoid weird table behaviour.)

All pics, trademarks, Logos and sounds belong to their respectful owners. This table is for personal home, and non-commercial use only. This table should be used for educational purposes only..
Some of the media used to create this are freely available on the net and I consider my work as non profit fan art.
 
This table should be considered as fan art, and therefore should be covered under the fair usage act.
STRICTLY FOR PERSONAL USE AND NOT FOR COMMERCIAL SALE OR DISTRIBUTION. PLEASE DO NOT RE-DISTRIBUTE.

BY DOWNLOADING THIS FILE; YOU AGREE TO NOT RE-HOST, RE-PACKAGE OR RE-DISTRIBUTE IN ANY FORM THE ZIP FILE, OR THE CONTENTS OF THE ZIP FILE.

(WARNING!!! THIS TABLE HAS ALOT OF FLASHING LIGHTS!!! MAY CAUSE SEIZURE!!! USE AT OWN RISK!!)

Hope you enjoy!!

Click here to download this file

[Slydog43]

Nice, thanks again for another table! 

[xenonph]

Just updated table to v1.01 PUP and Non-PUP

 

There are 2 versions available.
All of the following changes are on both versions, except the Pup version has animated apron videos.

v1.01 PUP
Moved the "holes" for the right slingshot from the playfield, to under right slingshot.
Added a lighting effect "under" the explosions animations.
Added holes and wood areas in the playfield under the 6 targets.
Added a very light "shadow" to the playfield art for the plastics.
Re-worked the apron preparing it for the pup version.
Translated the instruction card to english and moved it to the right.
Shifted some art around on the apron to accommodate.
Added "white" under the plastics on the playfield, and adjusted some lights to line up in the holes.
Made the wire thickness of the roll-overs thinner.
Ball Shadows were playing on exact same plane as playfield, so script was editted and there is no flickering now.
Added Pup Videos that are played on the apron. Put the pup pack in your PupVideos folder.

 

Here is video of Pup version in action,

https://cdn.vpuniver...0f33a1918bf.mp4

Edited by xenonph, 11 March 2023 - 01:06 AM.

[Cliffy]

FAN-TASTIC!

[bolt]

Amazing table, thank you xenonph.

[xenonph]

Smaug just released a video review of this table!

https://youtu.be/IwJc9PqOnJ0

 

Love the intro!

Great work @Smaug!

 

EDIT:

Don't forget to check out Rascal's VR MOD of this table here...

https://www.vpforums...&showfile=17327

 

Great job Rascal!

Edited by xenonph, 17 April 2023 - 10:40 PM.

[derek642]

Wow!  Great table!!  QQ: I'm using the pupPack and I didn't notice any usual .bat files in the pupVideo folder for choosing your screen setups.  And when I open the table (after restarting it after the first table open) and when I use the pupPack, it appears the fullDMD video is appearing in the top left of my backglass screen, the lcd dmd is on my fullDMD screen and playfield is on the playfield screen as normal..  and when I add the b2s to the Tables folder, then the backglass shows the b2s, the fulldmd shows just the lcd dmd, and playfield is displayed corretctly. How do I get the fullDMD video/display (that is also in the bottom left of the playfield, great feature btw) to show on the correct screen of mine?  (I know you usually don't use the b2s file when using a pupPack, so if that's part of the correction that's cool!  TIA man, love the movie and the table/sounds//work into this table is awesome! 

[xenonph]

Wow!  Great table!!  QQ: I'm using the pupPack and I didn't notice any usual .bat files in the pupVideo folder for choosing your screen setups.  And when I open the table (after restarting it after the first table open) and when I use the pupPack, it appears the fullDMD video is appearing in the top left of my backglass screen, the lcd dmd is on my fullDMD screen and playfield is on the playfield screen as normal..  and when I add the b2s to the Tables folder, then the backglass shows the b2s, the fulldmd shows just the lcd dmd, and playfield is displayed corretctly. How do I get the fullDMD video/display (that is also in the bottom left of the playfield, great feature btw) to show on the correct screen of mine?  (I know you usually don't use the b2s file when using a pupPack, so if that's part of the correction that's cool!  TIA man, love the movie and the table/sounds//work into this table is awesome! 

 

 

I have yet to run any pup tables, but you might find info here on how others fixed it.

https://vpuniverse.c...2/?tab=comments

[derek642]

Many thanks!! for some reason I didn't even think about the comments where I got the table! (DUH!)

 

 

Wow!  Great table!!  QQ: I'm using the pupPack and I didn't notice any usual .bat files in the pupVideo folder for choosing your screen setups.  And when I open the table (after restarting it after the first table open) and when I use the pupPack, it appears the fullDMD video is appearing in the top left of my backglass screen, the lcd dmd is on my fullDMD screen and playfield is on the playfield screen as normal..  and when I add the b2s to the Tables folder, then the backglass shows the b2s, the fulldmd shows just the lcd dmd, and playfield is displayed corretctly. How do I get the fullDMD video/display (that is also in the bottom left of the playfield, great feature btw) to show on the correct screen of mine?  (I know you usually don't use the b2s file when using a pupPack, so if that's part of the correction that's cool!  TIA man, love the movie and the table/sounds//work into this table is awesome! 

 

 

I have yet to run any pup tables, but you might find info here on how others fixed it.

https://vpuniverse.c...2/?tab=comments

 

[xenonph]

 

Many thanks!! for some reason I didn't even think about the comments where I got the table! (DUH!)

 

 

Wow!  Great table!!  QQ: I'm using the pupPack and I didn't notice any usual .bat files in the pupVideo folder for choosing your screen setups.  And when I open the table (after restarting it after the first table open) and when I use the pupPack, it appears the fullDMD video is appearing in the top left of my backglass screen, the lcd dmd is on my fullDMD screen and playfield is on the playfield screen as normal..  and when I add the b2s to the Tables folder, then the backglass shows the b2s, the fulldmd shows just the lcd dmd, and playfield is displayed corretctly. How do I get the fullDMD video/display (that is also in the bottom left of the playfield, great feature btw) to show on the correct screen of mine?  (I know you usually don't use the b2s file when using a pupPack, so if that's part of the correction that's cool!  TIA man, love the movie and the table/sounds//work into this table is awesome! 

 

 

I have yet to run any pup tables, but you might find info here on how others fixed it.

https://vpuniverse.c...2/?tab=comments

 

 

If you could post what you did to fix your issue here, then the info will be in 2 places, and would help others with same issue better.

Hope you enjoy!

[Stragedy]

Love this table. Excellent job!

Minor point and tip for anyone else in the same boat. There are two sound files that contain language you may not want your young child repeating around the house. They are triggered by the drain: "What the Shit?"  "What the Hell Alex?" and "I'm telling mom about your Playboys"  All hilarious clips and perfect for the game, but I didn't need my youngest asking about it, so I found them both in the audio files (0lsd10 and 0lsd11) and deleted them, then deleted both lines from the cases in the Script.

This leaves the table basically G-rated, in case you want to do that.

Again, not a complaint. They cracked me up when I was testing it, but, again, young child. The table is otherwise perfect for kids.

[digitalarts]

Do we now need a parental control Department for SFX or gfx of pinball tables? Rated PG-13 or something?
I think this is kind of censorship.
And why so complicated? You found these "bad" sound files in sound manager - why not just set their volumes to zero?
No deletion of files or script line deletes necessary!

[wiesshund]

Do we now need a parental control Department for SFX or gfx of pinball tables? Rated PG-13 or something?
 

 

If you have a 4 year old, maybe.

Or you you can just listen to them running around the house yelling
What the shit Alex?

 

LoL

[djredick]

Think of it as trying to protect your child from "bad influences".

 

I know I tried with mine.

 

Do we now need a parental control Department for SFX or gfx of pinball tables? Rated PG-13 or something?

[RockCity333]

 

 

Many thanks!! for some reason I didn't even think about the comments where I got the table! (DUH!)

 

 

Wow!  Great table!!  QQ: I'm using the pupPack and I didn't notice any usual .bat files in the pupVideo folder for choosing your screen setups.  And when I open the table (after restarting it after the first table open) and when I use the pupPack, it appears the fullDMD video is appearing in the top left of my backglass screen, the lcd dmd is on my fullDMD screen and playfield is on the playfield screen as normal..  and when I add the b2s to the Tables folder, then the backglass shows the b2s, the fulldmd shows just the lcd dmd, and playfield is displayed corretctly. How do I get the fullDMD video/display (that is also in the bottom left of the playfield, great feature btw) to show on the correct screen of mine?  (I know you usually don't use the b2s file when using a pupPack, so if that's part of the correction that's cool!  TIA man, love the movie and the table/sounds//work into this table is awesome! 

 

 

I have yet to run any pup tables, but you might find info here on how others fixed it.

https://vpuniverse.c...2/?tab=comments

 

 

If you could post what you did to fix your issue here, then the info will be in 2 places, and would help others with same issue better.

Hope you enjoy!

 

For anyone having this problem, use the Pinuppack editor, go to line 11, then on the right side change the location from screen 2 to screen 5 and adjust the horizontal and vertical percentages of the screen you want the video to take up,  For me, I want the whole fulldmd screen to display the pup videos so I changed my settings to 5,0,0,100,100.  Now the backglass has the score built-in and the fulldmd shows the pup videos full size.