Ball Buster - A Gingerballs Tribute

[thomas_surles]

Here are the namco tokens I got on ebay.

I'm still working on a way to get the coin door functional. Might just make a chute and attach the coin switch to it. I might also put a microswitch behind the coin reject in case I start to get lazy.

[stpcore]

Let's just hope I measured it right. It's been 2 weeks and still haven't got them though.

I apologize about not getting your prints out sooner. I sent that pic of your prints a day or two after you ordered them so that you knew they were done. Shipping them simply slipped through the cracks as I was on a couple hard deadlines with my full time job and things were a little busy.

 I offer these prints at a pretty big discount to the arcade and pinball community in the hopes it helps others finish a project at at an affordable price. That said, it should not have taken 2 weeks for prints to ship...it was just a mistake. I apologize and per the email I sent you this morning I will be sure they go out today.

[thomas_surles]

Thank you, and don't worry about it. I am in no rush.

[BorgDog]

Nice little pin cab.     they are fun little projects but just a stepping stone before you build a full size one, took me a little over a year and a half before I caved and made a big one, mostly pushed over the edge when i bought a couple real pins and the mini just felt weird.

[thomas_surles]

Nice little pin cab.     they are fun little projects but just a stepping stone before you build a full size one, took me a little over a year and a half before I caved and made a big one, mostly pushed over the edge when i bought a couple real pins and the mini just felt weird.

It will probably happen next time I buy a new TV and I use an old one.

[thomas_surles]

So I played around a little today.
I used the case from the motorcycle amp to make a box for the volume knob through the coin return.




And cut the rails to size.







This is the part I want to do something with. I'm thinking maybe a 1 inch wide piece of aluminum across. Or a sheet to cover the whole palm rest.




Also for the record, this is my father in laws shed.

[thomas_surles]

Applied the side art. I still need to trim the edges with a razor.

[efp9teen78]

Man this has come together quite nice and fast. I need to finish my cocktail and bartop so I can try and tackle one of these.

[thomas_surles]

Man this has come together quite nice and fast. I need to finish my cocktail and bartop so I can try and tackle one of these.

Thank you. Give it a shot. I've put about 369 dollars into it so far. It doesn't seem like that much when I just spend $20 here and there.

[efp9teen78]

Would feet like these work on the cab?

[thomas_surles]

Would feet like these work on the cab?

those are pretty cool looking actually. Got a link?

[JDFan]

Would feet like these work on the cab?

those are pretty cool looking actually. Got a link?

Google image search leads to this alieexpress listing

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Landing-foot-athletic-thick-durable-sofa-kitchen-cabinets-foot-furniture-coffee-table-H-4-72/611856_665735895.html

[efp9teen78]

Thanks yea thats where i pulled the image from didnt wanna post links dont wanna break forum rules

[thomas_surles]

[n3wt0n]

Lookin' good! 

[Malenko]

Get them DMDs resized and centered. 

Getting everything set for every table is the biggest time sink. I'm up to like 65 tables split between VP9.21 and VP9.91, all DMDs centered, resized, and recolored to match the games. Just swapped out the dual core i5 for a quad core i7 and man, now heat is such a big issue. I might be putting holes in the sides for airflow :/

[thomas_surles]

Yeah the dmd is annoying. But I think I got it figured out.

[Malenko]

Make sure you check the box for cabinet mode, and I've been editing the registry for each DMD

[BorgDog]

setdmd is a great utility for setting the location for all your dmd's and the defaults.  more useful for 3 screen cabs, but still good for 2 http://www.pinballbulbs.com/files/setdmd.html

Also you really need to get on with VPX, so much nicer than vp9. Use the all-in-one installer for 10.1 sets it up great for you.  http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=11573

[Malenko]

setdmd is a great utility for setting the location for all your dmd's and the defaults.  more useful for 3 screen cabs, but still good for 2 http://www.pinballbulbs.com/files/setdmd.html

Also you really need to get on with VPX, so much nicer than vp9. Use the all-in-one installer for 10.1 sets it up great for you.  http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=11573

Set DMD isn't good for 2 screen vpins, the size and location is backglass and game dependent, but its great for 3 screen set ups where the DMD size and location is constant. VPX requires a lot more CPU than VP9 does. It also doesnt run VP9 tables very well or sometimes even at all.  My machine is a total spare parts build , but if someone was putting together a new rig for their Vpin , VPX is usually much prettier.

[BorgDog]

VPX doesn't really need more CPU as much as it needs more GPU.  I'm running it just fine on a Pentium 3220 with a R7-250E graphics card, very budget build, bearing in mind I don't have the graphics all set high.  After playing enough vpx, I've removed vp9 from both my cabs, physics wise and visually vpx is so much better it's hard to go back, so I quit doing so, there is enough out now on VPX to keep me happy and more all the time. But yeah, if you can barely run vp9 then vpx isn't going to do well.

Setdmd still a nice way to set the default location, gets it close on the 2 screens, then you can just use the mouse to size and position from there, no need to edit the registry to set the dmd locations.

[thagerty]

setdmd is a great utility for setting the location for all your dmd's and the defaults.  more useful for 3 screen cabs, but still good for 2 http://www.pinballbulbs.com/files/setdmd.html

Also you really need to get on with VPX, so much nicer than vp9. Use the all-in-one installer for 10.1 sets it up great for you.  http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=11573

Set DMD isn't good for 2 screen vpins, the size and location is backglass and game dependent, but its great for 3 screen set ups where the DMD size and location is constant. VPX requires a lot more CPU than VP9 does. It also doesnt run VP9 tables very well or sometimes even at all.  My machine is a total spare parts build , but if someone was putting together a new rig for their Vpin , VPX is usually much prettier.

The VPX all in one installer should have VPX VP9, and PM5 all installed ready to go. Just pick which exe your want to run. No need to change anything to run a vp9 table. 

The main VPX exe is only meant for VPX tables, and yes vp9 tables wont run properly on it.  Just setup 3 different VP systems in Pinball X which each use the different exe. Then you can combine all 3 systems in Pinball X as one Visual Pinball menu if you want.  That's how I have mine setup.

[Malenko]

The VPX all in one installer should have VPX VP9, and PM5 all installed ready to go. Just pick which exe your want to run. No need to change anything to run a vp9 table. 

The main VPX exe is only meant for VPX tables, and yes vp9 tables wont run properly on it.  Just setup 3 different VP systems in Pinball X which each use the different exe. Then you can combine all 3 systems in Pinball X as one Visual Pinball menu if you want.  That's how I have mine setup.

I have 991 and 921 as my executable files. VPX runs like hot garbage, I blame my crummy GTS450 video card. I don't want to deal with 3 or 4 exes and 3 or 4 sets of tables.  Pretty much everything I want to play is covered by the 2 I picked. I tried a few physmod 5 tables and they werent different/improved enough for me to bother with them. YMMV.

[thomas_surles]

I have the all in one. I just haven't really gotten into working on the software end of things yet.

Also 1,000th post. And today is my 3 year anniversary of joining byoac. 

[Malenko]

Grats on both! 

[thomas_surles]

I got my sketchy coin chute made.






Put a piece of duct tape on the wire to make it easier to flip.

Taped an led to the side for the coin reject light.




Here is a demo video of the coin "mech"
(No audio in the cab yet)

[thomas_surles]

My little motorcycle amp broke so I ordered one of these.


Also I finally got the dmd situation figured out.

[thomas_surles]

I finally got my thingie for my sound.




Still have a lot of wire clean up to do. Waiting on another fan in the mail as well as a power inlet. Still need to get new glass to replace the ones I broke.

[thomas_surles]

I finally got the chance to finish with the audio and got the chance to really play a few tables for the first time. It was a blast. I was really jamming on cactus canyon and creature from the black lagoon.

[thomas_surles]

I got this little doodad in the mail today. Wish my mail came earlier so I could have installed it today. But I do need to get a fuse for it and some of those spade dealies.

[vwalbridge]

But I do need to get a fuse for it

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HLYUE0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

...in case you are unsure of what fuse to get.

[thomas_surles]

But I do need to get a fuse for it

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HLYUE0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

...in case you are unsure of what fuse to get.

I was a little unsure. Thank you.

[thomas_surles]

Update... with Balls!
I got the inlet wired up to the power strip. Also adjusted the bios on the pc to boot when power is applied. So I flip the switch and the pc monitors and speakers all come on.
(BTW my pc doesn't have a switch on the power supply, just the little button on the front)





Also cut another really crappy fan hole.

[jmike]

I've never been a fan of pinball, but you and Malenko got me inspired to build one of these mini pins.
( ) thanks.
Before I start cutting the panels I wanted to get the software up and running.
(Nothing compared to what you guys are doing, just pinball fx2). I've managed to get the main screen and the dmd showing but can't get the back glass to show up. I downloaded the back glass images and I've centered where the image is suppose to go but still nothing   
Tried both bmp and jpeg files. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[thomas_surles]

I've never been a fan of pinball, but you and Malenko got me inspired to build one of these mini pins.
( ) thanks.
Before I start cutting the panels I wanted to get the software up and running.
(Nothing compared to what you guys are doing, just pinball fx2). I've managed to get the main screen and the dmd showing but can't get the back glass to show up. I downloaded the back glass images and I've centered where the image is suppose to go but still nothing   
Tried both bmp and jpeg files. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Are you using just pinballfx2? Or a frontend like pinball X?

[jmike]

Just pinball Fx2. Trying to keep this as simple as possible.

Thanks

[thomas_surles]

You will need to run a frontend like pinball X to get the backglass to display as pinballfx2 does not do this on its own.

[nexusmtz]

I downloaded the back glass images and I've centered where the image is suppose to go but still nothing. Tried both bmp and jpeg files. Any help would be appreciated.

Quick response so we can get back on topic - If Pinball FX2's cabinet mode backglass settings are configured, you'll see a black box with the name of the file it's looking for at the coordinates and size you specified. Make sure the file is there.

If that doesn't help, please open a new thread in the software forum so others can see your question.

[thomas_surles]

Just pinball Fx2. Trying to keep this as simple as possible.

Thanks

You should really consider setting up pinballx. It will do all that and leave you the option of adding visual pinball and future pinball as well.

[reptileink]

A bit off topic here, but how did you like working with the blondewood? I am going between that and MDF for my cabinet, and both have their pros and cons. This new cabinet will most likely be stored in my unheated garage, and while dry, does get damp here in New England. MDF is making me nervous about moisture, but the plywood isn't true 3/4" so that messes up t-molding.

On a pinball note, this thing is peachy! I wish you had utilized a plunger, but I am sure a fire button is much easier to mess with...lol. Nice work!