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Pinball Wizard:
How exactly does Revenge From Mars work on Visual Pinball? I mean what does it do with all the video effects?
macattack:
--- Quote from: Pinball Wizard on January 02, 2011, 12:05:52 pm ---How exactly does Revenge From Mars work on Visual Pinball? I mean what does it do with all the video effects?
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it doesn't its simply a slightly different setup from attack from mars. we have not yet bridged that gap with the effects the P2K pins had. Although the more I look into it, I think we could.
macattack:
ok bit of a delay in getting a few more pictures uploaded. went into the basement yesterday to find a outside tap feed had broken from I guess the frost and left me with about 150 gallons of water in the basement. partly covered the P2K pin, missed the Dr Who machine but the screen was out and was sitting in an inch of water (still drying before testing) and drowned my vinyl cutter. Maybe after couple weeks of drying it will be fine.
Anyway, back to the machine...
whats left to do...
a.playfield glass and tinting.
b.artwork
c.t-moulding for 1 side
d.backglass (glass)
e.bezel for playfield monitor
f. back apron for cabinet (behind playfield monitor)
g.speakers
h.gpwiz for led's and button inputs
j. solenoids etc for feedback
k. A pc so Dr Who can have his back :)
l.under cabinet lighting for that sorta Tron glow.
I am just about happy with the reflection of the DMD now. The slight tinting of the glass has done what I needed. reduced the reflection back from the glass that was giving it an offset reflection and making it a little tougher to read, plus gives it some additional darkness to reflect against.
Added bonus is it's a lot easier to play with the DMD more in view that it is in a normal DMD setup. certainly getting started on my 2nd P2K cabinet now :)
Xiaou2:
Im no fan of Pinball2, due to it taking away from better layouts. However, its
interesting to see what you might come up with anyways.
Anyways, the display is supposed to hover mid playfield.. and it does not look like that is happening with yours. I believe you have some angles and or depths incorrect, and so the image is being displayed in the wrong area.
Try sinking the main playfield LCD down further into the game. And make sure the display monitor is at the correct angle.
It does not help that the playfield is so bright... because the effect is best against a dimly lit machine. Lowering the field might help a little.. but you may have to crank the brightness / contrast / saturation levels on the main display to overcome the losses. You might also try a small patch of window tint above the area where the display is cast - which might help dim the background light. Not sure if half-silvered is necessary, or if regular dark tint would be ok. (only problem being that any other pin style would have that patch.. unless you make it flip-up or easily removable.
macattack:
Anyways, the display is supposed to hover mid playfield.. and it does not look like that is happening with yours. I believe you have some angles and or depths incorrect, and so the image is being displayed in the wrong area.
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thanks, well aware of how the original was. As per the thread this how I am running this one, currently 21.5" is as wide as you can go with the std 22" width of a P2K cabinet
so that limits you to the 37" screen hence it does not fill the cabinet (P2K's have a 43" playfield). If i had made the cabinet wider to accommodate say a 42" screen then yes given all things being equal then as per a real P2K it would hover over upper/mid playfield. Currently to accommodate the flipper buttons the screen is moved about 3" back and i really don't want to move it anymore than that.
I can adjust the DMD placement on the 3rd monitor to move it more over the playfield, but after playing with it I kinda actually prefer it where it is. Again given the depth and screen limitation of the 37" screen it allows me to use what would normally be a dead area due to the size and would look like someone put a monitor that was too small in the cab. I like.
Yes the test piece of glass is tinted with spray window tint, the final glass will most likely have some sheet tint applied to it as its a bit more durable.
Learnt a few things on this one, that i have already made changes to for the next one in the pipeline. If i can get the artwork for a EP1, I will likely make 2 more (RFM,EP1).
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