The official tournament #2 thread hosted by studmuff

[studmuff]

And the Winner and Undisputed Champion is............................ Rossicomputers
Rossicomputers 42,830,620 VS The Loafer 29,961,380

I would like to Thank all who participated. League will be starting very soon. I will make a post about it in the next few days.

Tom.


B]7-8-09 Tourney Update[/B]
Rossicomputers VS The Loafer for the Undisputed Championship.

The Table for the Undidputed Championship Match is CLASS of 1812 VP. Scores will be due Wed. 7-22-09. Good Luck Guys.

The Loafer 69,189,170 VS Unclewilly 18,299,000 on LOTR





7-8-09 Tourney Update
Rossicomputers wins the Winner's Bracket Title and gets a bye to the Undisputed Championship Match.

The Loafer 69,189,170 VS Unclewilly 18,299,000 play each other to advance to face Rossicomputers for the title.

The Table for Loafer VS Unclewilly is Stern LOTR VP JPSALAS. Scores will be due Wed. 7-15-09. Good Luck Guys.

Updated Bracket Photo.




7-2-09 Tourney Update
Rossicomputers wins the Winner's Bracket Title and gets a bye to the Undisputed Championship Match.

The Loafer 211,876,580 VS Solid187 80,777,580will play each other and face Unclewilly in the next round.

The Table for Loafer VS Solid187 is Data East StarWars VP JPSALAS. Scores will be due Wed. 7-8-09. Good Luck Guys.

Updated Bracket Photo.




B]Round 4 Game : TOTAN[/B]
TOTAN game scores due: 7/1/09
Winner's Bracket FINALS:
Rossicomputers 110,212,610 VS Unclewilly 12,632,570

Loser's Bracket:
The Loafer 17,651,580 VS Cyberk30 17,194,010 (That was close!)
Solid187 5,400,700 VS BadBoyBill 3,642,000





Tournament Round 3 Game: Elvis VP
Scores are due for Elvis Wednesday June 24th
Solid187 101,469,220 VS Rossicomputers 230,910,920
The Loafer 107,412,030 VS Unclewilly 136,952,880
Billpa 101,076,540 VS Cyberk30 133,671,470
Studmuff 4,797,900 VS BadBoyBill 124,221,640


Tourney Round 2 Game: Terminator 2 VP

Winner's Bracket Matches:
Unclewilly and Solid187 recieve second round byes to the next round (see bracket attachment).
Cyberk30 36,948,810 VS Rossicomputers 331,161,440 (winner will play Solid187 in the Semi-Finals)
The Loafer 244,932,010 VS Studmuff 13,562,710 (winner will play Unclewilly in the Semi-Finals)

Loser's Bracket Matches:
Billpa 38,684,390 VS Cameron 12,485,980
BadBoyBill 74,142,150 VS Svtboy 65,553,00



Tourney Round 1 Game: JP's Medieval Madness VP9
ROUND ONE RESULTS:
Winners in BOLD
Cyberk30 36,709,420 VS BadBoyBill 21,762,300
Studmuff 86,460,260 VS Billpa 28,948,900
Solid187 78,201,280 VS Cameron 32,891,860
Unclewilly 82,935,350 VS Svtboy 38,898,000
Rossicomputers bye to second round
The Loafer bye to second round.



Tourney Rules:
1. You most submitt your CLASS of 1812 score by the end of the day Wednesday, July 22nd. You can play as many games as you like between now and the end Wednesday.

2. You most PM your score to me by Wed, July 22nd. Failure to do this will result in a forfeit.

3. You most post in this thread stating "PM Sent". This will let your opponent know you have submitted your score to me. Failure to do this will result in a forfeit.

4. Once you submitt your score you can not change it.

5 . You must use the the latested rom file and table valuable for vp/fp and it must be unaltered (no adjustments aka you can't change the number of balls per game). Only 3 balls per game.

6. You may NOT buyin balls to a game. AKA you may not buy extra balls to continue a game (not via credits). Extra Balls may be earned during gameplay.

7. Scores will be posted the next day tourney ends and the next round will continue and a new game will be chosen.

8. Losers of there respective games will get a second chance in the Loser's Bracket (see bracket image).

This should be really fun. Good Luck To All.

[Cameron]

I was hoping to go head to head vs. Uncle Willy ;)

Bronson is going to butcher me ha ha.

[BadBoyBill]

Great, thanks for creating the tournament.

[The Loafer]

yep, same here.

[unclewilly]

I was hoping to go head to head vs. Uncle Willy ;)

Bronson is going to butcher me ha ha.
I tell you what. I can feel that losers bracket, I suck at this version of MM. it's like the nudge has no effect. see you in the bottom bracket cameron.:viking:

[svtboy]

Oh yeah! I like that I was getting ready to talk some smack but unclewilly is already mentally throwing in the towel! Time to start catapulting some cows on my favorite game!

[unclewilly]

I have a week to practice almost. I said I was going to suck at afm and I came in second. I like being the underdog. so watch out. ; )

[billpa]

I tell you what. I can feel that losers bracket, I suck at this version of MM. it's like the nudge has no effect. see you in the bottom bracket cameron.:viking:

Ha...thats what you said last tourney. But I know what you mean on the nudging. It has little effect and it works opposite of all the other ones I have encountered. So its a bit confusing. MM has a lot of balls go SDTM when you play so having a proper nudge would be nice. Oh well...I hope I can at least beat someone this time :D

[studmuff]

I'm glad everyone is enjoying this. :laugh:

[svtboy]

It is a lot of fun. This is why having that "hispy" software working would be great, would give everyone a hi-score to compete against and we'd know who has first place for each machine.

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2930&highlight=high+score

[Cameron]

I have a week to practice almost. I said I was going to suck at afm and I came in second. I like being the underdog. so watch out. ; )

Yeah you are like the VP shark.

[solid187]

pm sent.

[Cameron]

pm sent.

Yer done already? Must have gotten a killer score. alas

[unclewilly]

I guess I ahould play more than 4 games. damn conversions.
hello losers bracket.

[solid187]

Yer done already? Must have gotten a killer score. alas

No...just know I'm not gonna have time to play on Saturday.

[studmuff]

I haven't even played yet. I Need to get on it obviously.

[unclewilly]

see you in the bottom bracket tom

[billpa]

PM sent

[cyberk30]

PM sent.

[studmuff]

Just a reminder guys that the first round scores need to be PM today.

I only played one game and broke my best score ever. I was very surprised at how well I did.

Tom.

[unclewilly]

PM sent.
I'm back in it svtboy. Just had the luckiest game i ever played. I hope that gnr distraction worked. :bootyshake:

[Cameron]

PM Sent.

[studmuff]

Ok Guys. Results are posted on the front page of this post along with updated matches and bracket.

Round 2 Game: Terminator 2 VP

Scores will be due by end of Wednesday June 17th.

Good Luck to All.

Tom.

[BadBoyBill]

Damn I suck. Goin for the comeback though, I like T2

[cyberk30]

All you people that got over 36,709,420 are cheaters. LOL

I'm just kidding. :laugh:

[The Loafer]

is this the version of T2 we're supposed to be using? (VP8 - Pacdude's version)

http://vpforums.org/index.php?automodule=downloads&req=idx&cmd=viewdetail&f_id=1145

[studmuff]

is this the version of T2 we're supposed to be using? (VP8 - Pacdude's version)

http://vpforums.org/index.php?automodule=downloads&req=idx&cmd=viewdetail&f_id=1145

If you don't have a cabinet, then yes Pacdudes version is the one.

If you have a cabinet, use Timbo's/Unclewilly mod of Pacdude's table that is posted in the Hyperpin Table Mods and Artwork section.

[The Loafer]

Crap then that one is for VP9? Shoot, here's hoping at some point, there's a VP9 version of both 16:9 and 4:3 for all tables. Some VP8 tables suck royally when it comes to multiball on my rig (Loaf: get your ass in gear and make a pincab!).

edit: Hmmmm, after re-reading the post, that looks like I was whining for more 4:3 VP9 tables. That's not right and not the intent lads, sorry about that. There is enough work going around, the community is driving towards 16:9 so therefore that should be the focus for the future.

[svtboy]

lol, I need to stop listening to unclewilly telling me he is going to score low! I thought I had that victory in the bag . . . some of you guys have some serious skills/luck. I knew I shouldn't have been playing GNR and should have played another 20 games of MM!

[unclewilly]

my plan worked. And luck it was.... out of 20 games played i didn't score over 38000000, but one lucky game got me that big score. For me it's like a slot machine.... Keep pulling the plunger till you get that lucky ball. I actually prefer building the tables as much or more than playing them.

[svtboy]

More building and less playing then, as long as we're competing! Good match though, now I know what type of score is possible if I get a good game.

[unclewilly]

I about crapped myself. I have a real MM in town and the highest score i've evergotten on the real table is 20000000

[The Loafer]

SOB! I just had my best game of T2 EVER on VP, great score but could have been greater if not for one ball-through-flipper ball lost, and one ball that went by the lighted kickback and didn't kickback. Crap. Still pretty good score, might be the one I send ;).

For those not aware, if you're using the VP8 version (PD3.1); if you find multiball a little clunky and you do have a good pc, don't forget you can adjust yieldtime in the script which can improve gameplay considerably. On both my desktop (2.4ghz) and cab (3.4ghz), the gameplay got a bit choppy. I adjusted the yieldtime from 2 to 0 and voila, perfectly smooth. You can also try "1" as a possible option as well.

I am curious, how many people are using the VP8 version of T2? What is the performance on your pc? If there was an issue, did the above help you?

Also for future tournaments, is it possible to have a couple of tables taken off the tournament list? For example, Scapino's Circus Volitaire runs like a dog on my machine, wouldn't be much of a contest (or fun).

[unclewilly]

hey loafer,
do the vp9 versions play better on your setup. for some of the tables it probably wouldn't be super hard to set them back up as 4:3 tables, they just may not look that pretty. a possibility for you would be to set the rotation to 360, set the inclination and field of view to your liking, and then just play with the x and y scale and offset until the table is how you like it. that way you can use the vp9 de version of the table. if they let me know ahead of time what the tournament tables willl be, I can try to have a 4:3 working version for you for the tournaments.

I still have the 4:3 IJ on my list of tables, just need to finish up LOTR and The flintstones first.
I'll keep you in mind on my future conversions, and try to have a loafer version as well as a fs.

[The Loafer]

LOL, a "loafer" version. See that's why though I'm asking who else in our little group is using the VP8? The next step is to see what hardware they have. There could be many, however if they don't have a proper vidcard, they won't be better off anyway.

to answer your question, yeah. JPSalas' VP8 version of Medieval Madness is a table that runs very poorly on my system once multiball is hit. The VP9 plays poorly on my desktop (video card is too old) but on my arcade cab with a more recent video card, it's PERFECT! The biggest bonus, aside from the frame rate, is the flipper physics and the fact there is no ball through flipper bug, so yeah, VP9 tables play a lot better.

I will try the rotation thing (but isn't 360 a full circle?) but I though I read on some cards, selecting the rotation causes a hit in performance. I'll have to experiment, will report back.

BTW, thanks for all your help,

Rob

[rossicomputers]

Hi Tom..

Rossi sended to PM the score..

Score Send it guys...

Hope enough to qualify...

See yaa....

[unclewilly]

Loafer,
If you set it to 360 rather than 0 you can use the x/y offset and scale to better position the table. For example. T2 is initially set up as a spanned table but if you set it to 360 rotation, then set the fov and inclination to what you want, you can use the dcale and offset to position it on the screen properly.
I noticed jp has been doing this on his tables so he can have a better viewing angle on the table but still zoom in on it so it fills the screen more.
On tables like T2 that don't have decals or reels on the backdrop they should appear pretty good in the 4:3 view you would just need to set the offset so the backbox part of the table was off to the side and the scale so the table fills the screen more. If i would have known up front , maybe a weeks notice, i could probably have a working(maybe not the best looking depending on how the table was built) 4:3 version for vp9 that you could play. Keep this in mind for the next tournament Tom, and i'll try to have a 4:3 vp9 version for those without pincabs.
Although since these canadians are such good pinball players maybe they do need a handicap :laugh:

[The Loafer]

ROTFLMAO! Yep, I'm messing around with that option now, first time in that section of the VP9 menu ;).

[unclewilly]

Heres an example. I turned the flintstones to 4:3 in about 30 minutes. I didn't do the right side buildings or put the blocking walls in, so you see the ball through the buildings in a couple of spots, but it is playable for a tournament at least. Give me an hour od two and i could have the blocking walls in place and the right side buildings done. Just kinda ugly with no cabinet.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s24/pudge6988/flint43.jpg

[The Loafer]

I've been experimenting, as you can see, I love the zoomed in approach; lets me see all the text nice and clear. Nice table upgrade btw, well done to all who worked on this mod..

One annoying problem is the table placement within the "vp universe" means there's this big area to the left (marked as outer wall) that prevents the backdrop from showing up (see attached pic). Can I remove this large area?

Also, for some reason on my desktop pc, if I run with hardware Graphic Rendering (HGR) on, every graphic is white. I haven't ran this yet on my cab, so hopefully that will work, if not I'll have to run with HGR off, which means I'll have lost one of the advantages of VP9 (and I think might be the reason why the playfield is so dark?) Is this a common issue where I have to do something in particular to fix it?

[cyberk30]

PM sent

[svtboy]

All I remember is a lot of "get the CPU" and then the ball drained! PM sent

[The Loafer]

Say, that reminds me. I'm playing against Studmuff. The way this works is we send PM's privately to Studmuff so the other guy doesn't know what you got. How do we do this when the opponent is the guy we PM? :) I'm assuming Studmuff, you just don't read the PM I send in until the deadline is passed? (which is ok, we're all on the honor system here).

[studmuff]

I don't read the PMs until I'm done playing.

Also I don't think you have anything to fear.

[The Loafer]

ROTFLMAO! Well, I've had two really good scores but aside from that, it's kicking my ass. I'm trying two more games then I'm sending it on.

[The Loafer]

Ok, PM sent :). It's kind of funny, I must have played over 30 games and only once, did I get a match! ;)

[Cameron]

pm sent. well I am out of town and my laptop apparently can't display vp with the flippers. So that is the score I get sans flippers. :)

Maybe I can do better on the next one. I tried with hardware rendering, but that makes vp crash on this machine.

[studmuff]

I will post the scores tomorrow as I am really busy today. I can reassure The Loafer that we beat me :).

[The Loafer]

LOL, sorry to hear it didn't go good for you studmuff.

[solid187]

Sucks when real life gets in the way of virtual pinball.

[billpa]

Sucks when real life gets in the way of virtual pinball.

Ha...that sounds like bumper sticker material there :D

[unclewilly]

billpa,
where's my hyperpin bumperstickers, i think i hear a nice slogan. :laugh:

[rossicomputers]

Hein Scott..

unclewilly...

Anything new this week???

[unclewilly]

did i send you the flintstones? It's done, waiting for art pack, LOTR is getting a new Balrog and some physics changes then it's done. I'm playing around with a night time mod of TOTAN with kingb33 and adding transparent ramps, and preparing to get back to and finish the adams family.

Oh i also have to do the teedoff reels for you and the new idol reel for IJ

-Scott

[rossicomputers]

did i send you the flintstones? It's done, waiting for art pack, LOTR is getting a new Balrog and some physics changes then it's done. I'm playing around with a night time mod of TOTAN with kingb33 and adding transparent ramps, and preparing to get back to and finish the adams family.

Oh i also have to do the teedoff reels for you and the new idol reel for IJ

-Scott

Can you send me Flintstones... Please Please... Whatever you ever available...

Thanks Scott

[billpa]

billpa,
where's my hyperpin bumperstickers, i think i hear a nice slogan. :laugh:


I know I promised you a HP store with some gear to buy. I have been working on a better HP project....its a secret though :D

I will try and put something together today.

[studmuff]

Updated Tourney info

[unclewilly]

when are scores due?

I just realized I'm up against the Canadian, I might as well just throw in the towel.

[The Loafer]

Ya know, everytime you say that UW, you kick someone's ass. :)

I'll repost the edited first post so all can see the new dates, etc. BTW, thanks for putting the end date to Wednesday, I've got a busy weekend and don't know if I'll have the chance.

Table: Elvis VP (I assume it's JPSalas's table, correct? I'll have to run vp8, hope that's ok?).

Rob

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Tourney Rules:
1. You most submitt your round two score by the end of the day Wednesday, June 24th. You can play as many games as you like between now and the end Wednesday.

2. You most PM your score to me by Wed, June 24th. Failure to do this will result in a forfeit.

3. You most post in this thread stating "PM Sent". This will let your opponent know you have submitted your score to me. Failure to do this will result in a forfeit.

4. Once you submitt your score you can not change it.

5 . You must use the the latested rom file and table valuable for vp/fp and it must be unaltered (no adjustments aka you can't change the number of balls per game). Only 3 balls per game.

6. You may NOT buyin balls to a game. AKA you may not buy extra balls to continue a game (not via credits). Extra Balls may be earned during gameplay.

7. Scores will be posted the next day tourney ends and the next round will continue and a new game will be chosen.

8. Losers of there respective games will get a second chance in the Loser's Bracket (see bracket image).

This should be really fun. Good Luck To All

[unclewilly]

I may be getting my first real pin on Sunday, so I might be quite distracted. although if you're using vp8 I'll have the nudging advantage, but you still got the Canadian advantage. : )

[The Loafer]

I don't have much of a choice. Although I had SOME success converting T2 16:9 to VP9, the Elvis VP9 table doesn't have the sound samples the VP8 version does and the sound emulation is a little too slow, at least on my desktop while the sampled version plays perfect. I'm also having trouble with the playfield graphics, too dark. I can still play the VP9 version (minus playfield graphics...) but with no sound at all. I have lots to learn to convert VP9 16:9 tables to VP8.

The VP8 table plays really well, so no biggy though yeah, I sure am taking a kicking nudging wise. However, having played a half-dozen games tonight, I don't think I'll win this round either way UW, I think you'll move forward as I'm not feeling Elvis at all.

[rossicomputers]

How can i get clear sound from elvis table..?

Sound static a lot...

How can we fix this???

[rossicomputers]

How can i get clear sound from elvis table..?

Sound static a lot...

How can we fix this???


Got it

Hit F1 and change the sample rate from 44100 to 22050. and restart the table
If still static... reduce litle more..

[cyberk30]

PM sent. I'll be out of town untill Thursday on business. That's why I sent my score early.

[unclewilly]

PM sent

[solid187]

If I play anymore Elvis, I'm gonna throw up all over his Blue Suede Shoes....pm sent.

[unclewilly]

I'm sick of it too and i only played like 15 games. Besides, i'm going to get my first real pin tomorrow. :bandit::party:

[studmuff]

I'm sick of it too and i only played like 15 games. Besides, i'm going to get my first real pin tomorrow. :bandit::party:

What pin are you getting?

[unclewilly]

I found a guy selling a working Black Pyramid for $200. At that price i had to buy it. I'm a restaurant manager so i'm kinda poor, I'd love to have a nice newer DMD table, but i'll take what i can afford. And It's a real table, I can see the gf is really going to hate pinball now with all the time i spend in vp plus having a real machine.

[svtboy]

Very cool, always fun to have a real machine to play and compare to the digital environment. I like the real machines, but the real value is in the digital stuff. It always works and has a ton of variety. My machines require a certain level of upkeep and cleaning to keep them working well. If you end up having issues with it, let us know, i'm sure there are lots of people here who could help.

Don't let this slow your progress in helping the community update tables! You know we all look forward to your updates!

[billpa]

Congrats on the new machine UW

Studmuff...will be PMing you my score tonight.

[Cameron]

I found a guy selling a working Black Pyramid for $200. At that price i had to buy it. I'm a restaurant manager so i'm kinda poor, I'd love to have a nice newer DMD table, but i'll take what i can afford. And It's a real table, I can see the gf is really going to hate pinball now with all the time i spend in vp plus having a real machine.

Just wait. Once you get one, that is just the beginning. :)

BTW. I think I am the net grand loser for this tournament. I want an award!

[rossicomputers]

Elvis Score

PM Sent

Gustavo Rossi

[billpa]

Elvis PM sent :)

[The Loafer]

PM sent, I had forgotten to send it, might be too late (14 minutes too late!). I swear if I hear an Elvis tune, I'm killing myself.

[solid187]

Results?

[studmuff]

Update on first page. Looks like I'm out of the running.

[BadBoyBill]

You know were probably going to ban you right Rossi? lol, your scores are always double the highest score between the rest of us or more.

[The Loafer]

UW: Well done man, but good luck in the next round!!!

Rossi: Next time you run VPM, press "end", then 9 twice, then +, the select "cut score in half for all games" ;)

Studmuff: Any future tourney, if you select Elvis, I'm going to DOS attack your friggin pc! I USED to be a fan of Elvis until this week. If I f#$#%#@ hear that f@#$%@ "See see rider" song again, I'm f#$%@# losing it!!!

[rossicomputers]

You know were probably going to ban you right Rossi? lol, your scores are always double the highest score between the rest of us or more.

Guys, i been playing pinball since twelve... and always making a lot replays and extra balls....

30 + years into this bussiness..

Sorry Unclewilly... But TOTAN is one my favorites.... My cab is Totan Art...

I already played this table a lot....

Good Luck....

[billpa]

Sounds like David vs. Goliath. Good luck guys!

[unclewilly]

Guys, i been playing pinball since twelve... and always making a lot replays and extra balls....

30 + years into this bussiness..

Sorry Unclewilly... But TOTAN is one my favorites.... My cab is Totan Art...

I already played this table a lot....

Good Luck....


:banghead:

[The Loafer]

Hey ROssi, out of curiosity, what tables do you suck at? :evil:

[unclewilly]

Hey ROssi, out of curiosity, what tables do you suck at? :evil:

How about one of them for the final

[unclewilly]

hey rossi,
Just a little tease for you since it's your favorite table, Night mod comming soon from UW and Kingb33

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s24/pudge6988/WIPApron.jpg

[studmuff]

Oh my GOD does that look awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, Rossi always sends me a pick of the DMD with his score so he is very creditable (if that's a word).

Remember the winner of the winner's bracket will play the winner's of the loser's bracket.

Do you guys want to change it up and do divisions (kind of like NFL) and then winners in there divisions will play in a playoff, some will make it in wild cards? I could come up with a schedule and every week we can play a different game. Some will be VP, FP. Some originals, some EMs, some DMDs, etc. I think it would be fun, different and challenging.
I'll make sure Rossi is not in my division, just kidding :)

[unclewilly]

that sounds good to me. like a season with playoffs. Maybe rossi will suck at a couple of tables and even the playfield

[rossicomputers]

Hey ROssi, out of curiosity, what tables do you suck at? :evil:

Mostly old tables..
I do better 90's and 2000's tables...
My favorite is Black Knight 2000

[rossicomputers]

Hei Scott(UncleWilly)

What a nice job on TOTAN transparent ramps...

Looks incredible...

If you have a chance to send me this table... Apreciate...


Keep up Scott...

Good luck at finals....

[unclewilly]

Hei Scott(UncleWilly)

What a nice job on TOTAN transparent ramps...

Looks incredible...

If you have a chance to send me this table... Apreciate...


Keep up Scott...

Good luck at finals....

I'll send it over when i get it a little more close to being done. Trying to make it a little closer to the real pin then jp had it.

[cyberk30]

PM sent. I have to goto Greenville Tx for work untill Friday. So I have to send my score early.

[rossicomputers]

Totan Score.. PM Sent.

Gustavo Rossi

[The Loafer]

Guys, I'm going to have to bow out of the competition. For some reason, Totan won't run with hardware graphic rendering on and with this table, If I have that option off the multiball is basically unplayable. This is no one else's problem than mine, my 8400GS in my cab isn't a great card but it's suppose to use up to 512mb of ram but I get the error "could not create offscreen surface" which I believe means "not enough video memory". I tried running it at lower resolutions, right down to 800*600 but no go.

Weird this one, JPSalas had mentioned on VPForums.org to try lowering the X/Y scale but to no avail. Anyone else has a quick fix they've come across? (I know it's possible to export graphics and resize them? That's a whole lot of trouble and I don't want the table to start looking fugly.. ;) ).

Off comment: How can an 11mb table use so much ram...

[unclewilly]

pm sent, congratulations rossi.

loafer, the textures in this really aren't that big 1024x1024, but I'm not sure about the error. the one mod I'm working on has 8 fullsized pf textures on top of the ones already in the table and I don't get an error, I feel like maybe something else must be causing it. vp9 is really finicky about a lot of stuff.

[The Loafer]

I'm going to try different video card drivers, just in case the one's I'm using are finicky. It's a cheap card, works ok though usually but because of the small form factor pc I'm using and the low wattage power supply, I'm kind of bound as a max with this type of video card.

I've tried before but could not find a better power supply that will fit inside my HP Compaq small form case PC )DC7600?). Anyone know if they sell these? I can then try and find a PCI-Express higher end video card (again for small form pc's).

[solid187]

I'll have my score in by this evening. Have had ZERO time to play this table.

[The Loafer]

Well, tried a new driver and it did work at an acceptable resolution (1024 x 768), so I'm in :). PM sent, as it's Canada Day here and we're pretty busy. Score isn't bad, I don't think it will be enough but that's ok, this was a lot of fun friends!

Sucks I didn't try another video driver until today, bonehead loaf, bonehead! ;)

[solid187]

pm sent. Scores were crappy for me because I only had time to play about 10 games. I was busy working on my 'other' girlfriend. Here are some pics for those interested. The sides are done...all that is left is the control panel, which is waiting on new illuminated buttons.

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[studmuff]

pm sent. Scores were crappy for me because I only had time to play about 10 games. I was busy working on my 'other' girlfriend. Here are some pics for those interested. The sides are done...all that is left is the control panel, which is waiting on new illuminated buttons.

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Looks awesome, you won your match by the way. Congrats!

[studmuff]

I updated the tourney results on the the first page.

[unclewilly]

hey rossi, what table do you suck at? that totan score is amazing. I'll get you the night mid shortly as a prize. I just found a bunch of plastic scans so I'm upgrading the graphics and adding some stuff from the real table that jp left out.
congrats on the win

[rossicomputers]

hey rossi, what table do you suck at? that totan score is amazing. I'll get you the night mid shortly as a prize. I just found a bunch of plastic scans so I'm upgrading the graphics and adding some stuff from the real table that jp left out.
congrats on the win

I tod you was my favorite table...

Thanks Scott...

[The Loafer]

I will be away tomorrow so I submitted my score this evening. Not a great score but not an embarassing one either so it will have to do.

Hey rossi: once this round is over, let me know what your highscore is on Star Wars so I can have perspective with my score please. Thanks. :)

[solid187]

Such a great game and translation for VP. PM sent.

[studmuff]

Updated Tourney info on front page of this thread.

Thanks Guys.

Tom.

[kingb33]

I wanna be in the next tourney! :)

[unclewilly]

well loafer... it's me and you again. I hope you aren't good at lotr. I've played the real table aabout 50 times and the jpg version a couple of hundred, and I think I've only ever gotten a replay score like twice.

[studmuff]

I wanna be in the next tourney! :)

It won't be a tourney but an all out league with playoffs and championship. I'm going to wait until this tourney is over before I start. You are more than welcome to join.

Tom.

[The Loafer]

well loafer... it's me and you again. I hope you aren't good at lotr. I've played the real table aabout 50 times and the jpg version a couple of hundred, and I think I've only ever gotten a replay score like twice.



Yep, another round and I'm sure it won't be the last. I've played the real table about 4-5 times and Destruk's old version maybe a good 30 times and JPS/G's version, maybe another 30 times. The new JPS version? I think I just booted it to make sure it worked so don't know how she acts with VP9 physics yet.

I'm not sure if it's that version or a previous one, but it's now emulating the sound and that just kills performance here on my desktop though I can't remember if I tried it on the cab pc yet (so that's coming up tomorrow!).

I just took a look on my desktop PC and ran the old VP8 version and I don't seem to have my initials on the highscore screen, so it's looking good. Be warned though, once I commit to it, I can get streaky within one game. :)

[unclewilly]

let me know if you have issues with jp's version. we could always use the jpg version

[The Loafer]

I think they both forgo the sampled sounds, but I'll check them but in this case, no worries, I can always play it with sound off. I'm working on upgrading my cab videocard which will rectify this issue in the future.

[unclewilly]

Hey loafer, i probably shouldn't be telling you this, but i was just playing jp's vp9 version of this table and he has the nudge set up a little wierd. The normal nudge buttons are pretty ineffectual but the buttons next to the normal buttons give a nice nudge. (x and .)
May make life a little easier

[The Loafer]

Thanks UW, appreciated :). I think I read he was experimenting a more realistic nudging system. This will mean if I play it on the cab, I'll have to remap the buttons first. Dang it :).

[The Loafer]

Hey UncleWilly, I forgot to add I got my LOTR VP9 versions messed up, the one released by JPSalas DOES have the samples built in so she works PERFECTLY, no stuttering at all on multi-ball.

Question to studmuff: Is the deadline Wednesday evening at 11:59 eastern or pacific? The reason I ask is I'm going to see KISS in concert tomorrow night and probably won't be back until past midnight eastern. Not asking for special favors, if it's eastern, I'll just send in my score tonight but if it's pacific, that gives me until 3:00am to get a better score.

Speaking of scores, so UncleWilly, how's the tourney going for you? ;)

[The Loafer]

No one answered so I assume the midnight pacific is ok; if not, no worries lads, I don't think my highscore will hold out anyway. I should have just sent the sucker yesterday, I didn't get a chance to play, just got home from the concert.

PM sent

[studmuff]

Updated first page with results. I didn't update the actual bracket photo as I'm at work.

[The Loafer]

Wow, that's a surprise. I think I'm fortunate UncleWilly works so much on those conversions, that's not fair to him :(

[The Loafer]

PM sent since I probably won't have the chance to play until Thursday. Good luck Rossi, I think I'll need it! :)

[rossicomputers]

PM sent... Class 1812 score submitted...


GOOD LUCK....

[studmuff]

Updated Tourney with final results. Thanks to all who played. I will post about the League in the next few days.

[svtboy]

FINALLY! I've been out of the tourney for so long!! Been waiting for the league to start. I've been practicing.

[The Loafer]

Way to go Rossi, congrats! I feel like Tom Watson! :)

[rossicomputers]

Way to go Rossi, congrats! I feel like Tom Watson! :)

Thanks..

You got good score too..