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[bluegoatwoods]

I've been around here for about 4 years now.  And I've gotten more polished at using the Visual Pinball program.  But I've kept pretty silent because 'more polished' is a relative term.  I am simply not knowledge-able enough to be offering advice to others.

 

But I do feel bad for not offering something.  I have a neat pinball collection now.  I missed those machines badly for some years after they stopped showing up almost everywhere you went.  But now I can admire their sheer beauty again while I watch and listen to them operate again.  In numbers and variety that I never could have experienced in real life.  I have a nice collection.  And I did do some work and some learning putting it together, it's true.  But at least 90% of the work was done by others in the virtual pinball world.  JPSalas and loserman76 come to mind.  Other names are brewing in my mind right now:  bigus1 and Teisen.....and I have to stop now.  The list will grow too long.  I'm standing on the shoulders of giants and I don't forget it.  Guys, I appreciate the work you've put into this and the benefit I've gained from it. 

 

But there is something I can offer to the community, in terms of the backdrops and the general presentation of these games.  I do happen to think that backdrops are the one weak point of Visual Pinball.  Very few of them look "great".  If any.  The backdrops with the tiny little back-glass in the upper right corner are not inspiring and the huge, split back-glasses are sometime only marginally better and often don't look good at all.  Nah....this can be done better.

 

So I've been working for a few years now on methods of improving the games "presentation" to the player.  And I think I've got something going that's pretty slick.

 

I'll start by posting a couple of images which show just what I'm seeing on my screen as I play a few of my games.  Then I'll add one where my table is absent.  If you'd like, you can feel free to capture it and put your table in its place.  

 

Then I'll post this and I'll determine and confirm that I understand how to post images which can be shared on this site.  

 

Once I've figured that out, I'll be back with some even more versatile images for "presenting" these tables well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm having trouble figuring out how to upload images.  I'll keep working on it.

I wonder if this will work: https://vpforums.org...680b891e55f.jpg

I think it worked.   But now I can't remember how to get back to image host for more images.

 

I'll keep working on it.

 

 

 

And maybe I've got it down now.

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Edited by bluegoatwoods, 23 March 2026 - 09:32 PM.

[jaxpin]

Do you have backdrops that replicate a room? That shows a back wall and the floor.

[bluegoatwoods]

Do you have backdrops that replicate a room? That shows a back wall and the floor.

How about this?  It's more like a room than a plain wall is anyway.

 

Here's an example of how I set it up for Sterns "Memory Lane".

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[bluegoatwoods]

Here is my setup of Sterns "Meteor".

 

 

 

And here is a copy.......table not included.........for anyone who would like to have it.

 

[GeorgeH]

There is a model for a game room on Future Pinball where your the designs of you wall and floor textures might be adapted.  

 

There is a guy on https://vpuniverse.com that adds game rooms to VP tables.  You might be able to figure out how he does it.