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One question I’ve always had with TPA’s ball physics: On a real life table in real world physics, would the same action always create the same result? For instance, when playing TPA I always found some shots were incredibly easy to recreate and repeat over and over again, where as in real life I’ve never been good enough to do so on a real table. I’m not a physics minded guy, but it always seemed to me that maybe TPA’s physics wasn’t taking certain things into account, maybe random stuff that could happen to the ball from A to B to C then back to A that would keep it from reacting exactly the same each and every time. I’m not sure if that even makes sense, but if so if anyone more enlightened on this subject than I am knows then I’d appreciate the knowledge.
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Awesome news!
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I was afraid of this happening when I heard that Farsight could not renew the rights for Bally/Williams after having them for around 10 years. I don't really feel like purchasing tables I've already bought on TPA for multiple platforms and would rather Zen stick to making tables I don't already have. And maybe I'm in the minority but I don't want the "classic" zen style physics used on reproductions of real tables. I want a more authentic experience. That's not to say that TPA had nailed the physics or that Zen can't tweak their physics engine to make it more realistic (I still think that Pro Pinball has the closest physics I've seen to real world tables). I'll guess I'll try a few tables and see if there is a meaningful improvement over TPA tables to convince to continue purchasing them. But I would rather be playing tables I haven't already put tons of time into. On a positive note, at least the news doesn't involve marvel of star wars.Comment
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Try out the beta and see the new tweaked physics for the Williams tables! I think we are very close to the real thing.Comment
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Accomplishments in real life
1. Rolled a star wars machine................ie played over 99 levels and rolled it back to level 1.
2. Rolled Nintendo punch out, several times, same quarter.
3. Played an entire game of dragons lair and completed it and won while blindfolded.
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The videos look awesome!
Unfortunately I am not able to play pinball on a monitor again, since I played Pinball FX2 VR. Could you please confirm, that the williams pack is coming for VR? I don't need a date, just a "YES!". Thanks mate!Comment
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Will the new tables be able to be played in tournaments? Will they have different modes like survival and 5 minute and so on? Will there be classic and normal with super powers like the current pinball fx3 tables? Why too does this forum seem to be the ugly red headed step child for zen getting all the information second hand mostly posted by members and not Zen staff................................no insult was intended to anyone who is either red headed, ugly, or a stepchild or all.Accomplishments in real life
1. Rolled a star wars machine................ie played over 99 levels and rolled it back to level 1.
2. Rolled Nintendo punch out, several times, same quarter.
3. Played an entire game of dragons lair and completed it and won while blindfolded.
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What I want to know is will we getting a better selection of views like the Zen tables? I could never get quite the right view on TPA.Proud member of the Hyna Gang! Keeping pinball alive on the Wii U!Comment
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Oh maybe Akos forgot to share the details here?
You can get a first look now by doing the following:
- Find Pinball FX3 in your Steam library
- Right click on Pinball FX3 in your Steam library and select ‘Properties’
- Find the Betas tab and click on it
- In the drop-down menu select williams_pinball_beta
- Your game will switch to this different version, you might have to restart your Steam client to complete the process
- Click Play and enjoy your pre-release look on Fish Tales™, Junk Yard™, Medieval Madness™ and The Getaway: High Speed II™!
- Please leave your feedback through this form: https://www.pinballfx.com/?page_id=7998
Fish Tales has limitless play, the other three you can have a look at in trial mode!Comment
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This is awesome news! Can't wait to try the beta tonight.
Also, a bit more gameplay here, showing each of the 4 launch tables:
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Accomplishments in real life
1. Rolled a star wars machine................ie played over 99 levels and rolled it back to level 1.
2. Rolled Nintendo punch out, several times, same quarter.
3. Played an entire game of dragons lair and completed it and won while blindfolded.
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Accomplishments in real life
1. Rolled a star wars machine................ie played over 99 levels and rolled it back to level 1.
2. Rolled Nintendo punch out, several times, same quarter.
3. Played an entire game of dragons lair and completed it and won while blindfolded.
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This more than makes up for the absence of the starwars and marvel licence on Nintendo Switch!Comment
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For sure, plus, people on the switch are used to REpurchasing tables they already own on different systems. lol
This is in no way a dig on Zen. It just happens to be the way all companies seem to handle cross buying of software, but I envision a time, some day in the future, hopefully within my lifetime, where once software is purchased, record of that is stored somewhere and when repurchasing it on a different console instead of having to pay for the software which includes the license one would only have to pay for the new license. One day, maybe. One can only dream.Last edited by cantankerous--; 09-04-2018, 11:01 PM.Accomplishments in real life
1. Rolled a star wars machine................ie played over 99 levels and rolled it back to level 1.
2. Rolled Nintendo punch out, several times, same quarter.
3. Played an entire game of dragons lair and completed it and won while blindfolded.
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At least you can try the beta before you get it on PS4 or Switch!
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