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drventure:
There was a thread around here somewhere of one guy added actual solendoids to simulate the mechanical vibrations of the flippers being flipped. I'd guess there's at least a few other tricks like that you could use if so inclined.

Totally understand about the space and the driving cab. I don't really have that kind of space either, but it'd sure be nice to have one.

I'll probably end up doing some kind of vpin my self.

And yes there are a ton of tables, both simulated and real, available for Future Pinball and VPin.

But be aware, you have to have a heck of a lot more graphic card power to run those apps than you do to run mame  :-[

The onboard graphics on my mobo is plenty for most mame games, but FP and VP just choke on it.

Dazz:

--- Quote from: HanoiBoi on April 26, 2010, 07:38:58 am ---Thanks Dazz...

So, would one have to choose between Visual Pinball and Future Pinball?  Or would one have to load both (if so, do they work together?)? 

As I mentioned, I did try previously but had big issues getting visual pinball to work.  I remember I kept seeing tables in a raw form, that I think I was able to alter, but really couldn't figure out how to actually play one....maybe once I did...

Any great starting points suggestions?

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Visual Pinball and Future Pinball are different emulators.  If you want the best of both worlds it's best to have both of them installed.  Using a front end like HyperPin will allow you to run both fairly seamlessly.

As far as performance, neither Visual Pinball nor Future Pinball like ATI video cards.  For a full size cab, you will either want 1 dual head video card with 1gb of video memory or if you plan on running a 3 screen setup you will need dual video cards with 1gb preferably.  I personally am running my main 42" playfield with a Nvidia 250GT 1gb and my DMD and Backglass monitors are on a 9800GT 1gb.  Dual or quad core computers are almost a must and the more ram the merrier.  I'm running a AMD Phoenom II quad core with 8gb of ram. The raw form tables that you were seeing is normally due to video card drivers.

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