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[mshaker]

Whenever I enable ball trails in VPX, it looks like there is a shimmering quadrilateral chasing the ball. 

 

Aside from the Ball Trail "Strength" adjustment , are there any other settings that affect them? 

 

My cab's PC has a Ryzen 7700X and Radeon RX 7900 XT, so should be capable of rendering some smooth and subtle effects. 

 

Thanks for your help! 

[gtxjoe]

See if the VPX version you are using has a Video Preference setting for Alternate Depth Buffering and enable. Often needed for AMD video card

[Tesla]

Whenever I enable ball trails in VPX, it looks like there is a shimmering quadrilateral chasing the ball. 

 

 

I saw it here also. Table Author was unable to duplicate (so not really addressed).

 

My theory was it had something to do with an old "dev code-trick" that was not compatible with v10.8.0. With no chance of a fix, looks like I ended-up turning them off. This was the only table I ever really wanted ball-trails on anyway (since LocNar is fantasy).

 

https://www.vpforums...=45009&p=553284

Edited by Tesla, 02 October 2026 - 06:55 PM.

[TT11]

You could try turning off all Ambient Occlusion for the particular table.  I find using that on some tables/balls makes it look like there is a smear over/around the ball especially when hitting the slings....

[mshaker]

Hey Everybody, 

Thank you for your replies.

 

I tried enabling Alternate Depth Buffering and disabling Ambient Occlusion (separately and together). There were some subtle differences, but in the end I prefer just disabling Ball Trails.