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[moogster66]

Strange World FS



Version: 1.0.0
Category: VP 9.x Cabinet Tables (FULL SCREEN)

Author(s): JP Salas, FS mod by Moogster66

Description:
Strange World FS
FS mod of JP's Strange World table. Authorization was given by the table author. This is my first FS mod, and it was pretty easy. The only problem was the score reel, which is vertical on the table because the reels will not rotate. I included two backglass images, even though there is no reel on the glass. Enjoy!

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Submitted by moogster66, on Jul 9 2010, 05:22 PM

[Rawd]

Thank you! I think the score reels are fine there.

[moogster66]

Thank you! I think the score reels are fine there.

It works, I had to change the script to add the ball and credit boxes. I played it a bunch and had no errors. Let me know if you encounter any errors. Have fun! EDIT: I set this up on my 32" monitor, you may have to adjust it to your own.

Edited by moogster66, 09 July 2010 - 09:28 PM.

[Flying Dutchman]

Thanks moogster66!

Cheers,
FD.

[Bob5453]

Thanks Moogster!

Excellent table by JPSalas!

[Rawd]

I just had a few games on my cab and I love this! I wish there were more EM's converted to FS.

I was playing around with converting JP's VP8 version of Balls a' Poppin. It plays great in VP9 FS, but there is just nowhere to really fit the score system. It was a lighted scoring system for this table. Maybe Moogster can figure something out.

[moogster66]

I am more than willing to try, but I'm still a beginner! I agree though Rawd, I am loving these EM tables, they are fun to play.

Thanks Moogster!

Excellent table by JPSalas!

I actually got the idea for the score reel from looking at the digit images from your tables Bob. So in an off way, you had a role to play in it as well. EDIT: After looking at the table, Balls a poppin would be tough.

Edited by moogster66, 10 July 2010 - 12:48 AM.

[Bob5453]

After looking at the table, Balls a poppin would be tough.

How about this?

I'll PM it to you and you can take it from there and make any changes you want.

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[pinball buzz]

Thanks Moogster - downloading now.
Love the old EM`s just keep hoping some solution will come out to enable the old scoring reels on the backglass.

Thanks for all your hard work,

Cheers Buzz

[moogster66]

After looking at the table, Balls a poppin would be tough.

How about this?

I'll PM it to you and you can take it from there and make any changes you want.

Great stuff Bob. Thanks. I'll play it some and see if there's anything I would change. It looks pretty good as is.

[Rawd]

After looking at the table, Balls a poppin would be tough.

How about this?

I'll PM it to you and you can take it from there and make any changes you want.

That works out actually very well! Can you guys get permission to release it? Would be great!

[Sabbat]

Moogster, could you please update this table and include the Reel Image of 100,000 that is in the 4:3 version. I scored 153,000 points lastnight on your FS Mod and it didn't light up the grey box that said 100,000 like the 4:3 version does.

Us pinball wizards need more then 5 digits

[moogster66]

The only problem is that the 100,000 box is a text box. The digits will show up horizontal. Something else will have to be done. I could put an extra digit on the reel, but I don't think it will display the 100,000 score unless the script is changed. I'll work on it.

[Sabbat]

The only problem is that the 100,000 box is a text box. The digits will show up horizontal. Something else will have to be done. I could put an extra digit on the reel, but I don't think it will display the 100,000 score unless the script is changed. I'll work on it.

Cool man, no rush. You don't have to either, it was just a suggestion

Appreciate it though and that would be cool, i love this gem of a table

[settingsons]

For the first time I have been try to convert a VP8 Desktop table to VP9 FS. It is one of my all-time-favourite EMs - JPs Balls-a-Poppin. I did the simple part of rotating the table, changing the FOV and layback, however I am really stumped with what to do with the scoreboard. Despite being an old table the the images look great even blown up a 42"playfield.

From a quick search I can see in the above 'Strange World' thread () that some of you guys already had a go at converting it. Did anyone have any success in getting the scores converted - any tips would be appreciated!

Cheers

Edited by settingsons, 06 July 2011 - 08:42 PM.

[blur]

usually b2s is used for scoreboard

b2s scoreboards are developed in c++ and compiled to exe

this is for score on second monitor

if you want score on pf monitor you'll have to play with images - check tables ultimate spiderman and taf tv from bob.
they both have normally rotated score on fs tables.

[settingsons]

Thanks Blur- a B2S would be great but I was just trying to move some of the score objects to the top corners of the table to start with. Problem is with this table it has one of those old EM scores with different lights on to indicate number of 100's, unit's etc. I unlocked and moved some objects but some can't be dragged away at all.

From the thread discussion it sounds likes a normal score reel can be added. Not having dabbled with VB or the editor much (yet!) at the moment I don't have a clue how to do it. I think I will come back to it the weekend......

Cheers

EDIT: Might seem likea daft question, but do the scores need to be rotated in a graphic package, and imported into VP, or can they be rotated within VP like the playfield?

Edited by settingsons, 06 July 2011 - 09:27 PM.

[rosve]

Actually, B2S is using Visual Basic so the programming is very similar to scripting VBS in VP. I selected VB to make it as easy as possible for table authors if they wanted to modify the B2S template.

If you just want to rotate the score reels on the playfield, this is how it is done:

1, Each number in the score must have a separate EMReel, If the maximum score value is 99999 then you need 5 EMreels (per player).

2, Select the type "reelimage" for each reel and select a reel image that looks like this:


3, The score value in the script must be split up to mach the EMReels. A simple way to do this is to use the code below (this is an example only, I don't know what the Balls-a-Poppin script looks like):

CODE

'Dim these variables at top of script
Dim Score10K
Dim ScoreK
Dim Score100
Dim Score10
Dim Score1
Dim splitscore

'Find the place in the script where the score reel is updated add these lines.
splitscore=ScoreValue
score10K=Int (splitscore/10000)
ScoreK=Int((splitscore-(Score10K*10000))/1000)
Score100=Int((splitscore-(Score10K*10000)-(ScoreK*1000))/100)
Score10=Int((splitscore-(Score10K*10000)-(ScoreK*1000)-(Score100*100))/10)
Score1=Int(splitscore-(Score10K*10000)-(ScoreK*1000)-(Score100*100)-(Score10*10))

ScoreReel_10K.SetValue(Score10K)
ScoreReel_K.SetValue(ScoreK)
ScoreReel_100.SetValue(Score100)
ScoreReel_10.SetValue(Score10)
ScoreReel_1.SetValue(Score1)

[settingsons]

thanks Rosve for the tips -that definitely helps. Will give it a go the w/e.

[Bob5453]

If I did it, it would look something like this....

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