(Title meant to read XOOM, not ZOOM, whoops :P)
Hi, firstly just like to say what a great game this is to play on the android and just come back to playing it after forgetting about it for a while. Also purchased a few tables, and would like to buy more, but one thing is bugging me...
On Visual Quality: ENHANCED, the gameplay is quite stuttery. Its playable (just), but its not really that nice. I have updated the game to latest version, as before it was totally unplayable. Its fine on standard settings, and plays smooth, but obviously on some tables like 'PARANORMAL' the graphics take a massive hit as everything just doesnt look as good
Is this an issue that you guys are aware of, or is it just that my tablet is too old to really cope with this setting?
The game runs perfect on my HTC ONE X, on Enhanced quality it looks great and runs smooth, but obviously I would rather play on my 10 inch tablet, but with the better graphics option!
Thanks in advance, and hope something can be done. If not, I will just accept that my tablet is a little bit ageing.
Oh, and can anyone recommend a good cheap tablet with tegra 3 for not a lot of money (a 10 inch one maybe?)
Cheers!
EDIT: just done a bit more testing with my phone and tablet doing same thing, and it appears there isnt really that much difference between standard and enhanced after-all. It still slows down on enhanced, but what im mostly seeing is the fact that the HTC One X is just a better screen overall with better colours that 'pop' a lot more, making the xoom look really bland and rubbish. Ah well, still great game though![]()
Last edited by puballday; 11-18-2013 at 03:25 PM.
Yup, tried a restart, cache clear and startup killer apps to stop things loading. Im on 4.0.4, which is the latest release available here in the uk, although I do believe that over in the states they had a newer version from verizon? Think there on 4.1 or something... Anyway the model number is mz604 on a build number 1.7.1-45 (again, android 4.0.4)
Only other thing i can think of is deleting all my desktop widgets and other stuff like that; will give it a go but cant really see it making much difference :s
dont know if it helps, but its saying i have 370mb ram used, with 343mb ram free. Could it be there is not enough ram to run it on high?
UPDATE: just tried deleting my desktop widgets, leaving only my icons on there, done a reboot, ensured all apps other than system apps are closed, and tried it again on enhanced. I have to say it is somewhat improved, playable even.
Its weird, i cant really say its stuttery any more, but its definetly not running at the same fps as on normal, just feels slightly sluggish and sometimes when things move quickly its kinda struggling to keep things running fluid. Ah well :s
Last edited by puballday; 11-18-2013 at 09:14 PM.
The following tables freeze on a Kobo Arc tablet. The app must be force closed to exit.
Star Wars: Episode V
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Boba Fett
Fantastic Four
All other tables run correctly.
Code:Tablet : Kobo Arc (Original) Android : Android 4.1.1 Screen : 1280 x 800 HD resolution Processor: 1.5 GHz dual core processor: TI OMAP 4470; 1 GB RAM Storage : 64 GB
I just noticed this, so I'll past the post I made a few days ago, but I'll also include the outline you've requested.
- The symptoms and their frequency (always, occasional, etc.): Poor performance (low fps) and low resolution
- The model of your hardware (e.g., Motorola Xoom): Kindle Fire HDX 7" + 3G
- The version of Android you are running (e.g., 2.3.4) Fire OS: 13.3.1.0_user_310079920
- Anything else we should know (rooting, custom ROM, etc.): See below
Hey, Zen. I've been a fan of ZP since day one, and have purchased every single one of your fabulous tables on my PS3 and even a few on my iPhone and recently picked up your awesome Humble Bundle deal so I could have a ton of your tables on my steam account.. I've always thought you've put out a fantastic product and are a team of extremely passionate developers. That's why it kinda hurts me to write this post.
I recently received my Kindle Fire 7" HDX and was thrilled to find that ZP was on the Amazon app store. However, I'm pretty disappointed in the product that I downloaded. To me, the resolution is much lower than all of the other platforms I've played Zen on (it looks very chunky and like AA is very low or non-existent) but, even more surprisingly, the framerate on the device is simply unacceptable. I have to assume with all the power under the Kindle tablet (even though their Fire OS isn't as clean or optimized as a "traditional" Android device) that the problem lies within your application being very poorly optimized. I've tried other games, like EA's Real Racing 3, a fully 3D race sim, that clearly requires much more power and that runs fine with no FPS loss, so it really seems like the ZP app itself that is at fault. I understand the product is free and encouraged by a DLC method (which I actually really enjoy), but I have no idea why I would even play the free table on this device as the graphics, combined with the horrible framerate, destroy everything that the "Zen" experience is about.
I guess I'd like to know if, one, I'm crazy or, if that's not true, if you'll be updating and optimizing ZP for Fire.
I'd love to have an answer. I'll always support you on PS3, but just wanted to express my disappointment in this particular adaptation.
Think the team at Zen should implement the check box they use for selecting missions and use it for activating magna saves. Return of the Jedi's plunger doesn't work well on my Nexus 7 for saving balls that go out of the left lane. The only other table that I have also faced this problem was Fear Itself, other tables I'm not sure of because I don't own them on this platform.
Bonus multiplier goes nuts on drains
As the title says, everytime I try to launch swarm from the main menu, the game force closes. I really want to compare my scores damn it!
Sony Xperia TX.
Android Jellybean 4.1
New phone, no custom rom.
Is there any news/update/timeline on a fix for portrait mode for TF700T's?
Saw earlier where someone said it was fixed, but I just did a cache dump, uninstall, reinstall, restore purchases and it's still broken for me. Shame really because I loved the crap out of this game on my long-lost OG Galaxy Tab 10.1. I was really looking forward to playing it again on this tablet and I really prefer the portrait mode cameras over the landscape...
Hey guys am having issues with the left flipper not working at times on a few of the tables getting rather annoying.
Galaxy tab 3 10.1
Not sure on android version be the latest
Only a month old
I am having two issues that I didn't see addressed in a brief search so forgive me if repeat. I get random freezes and reboots of my tablet while playing, only seems to be doing this since I uninstalled and reinstalled trying to fix the other problem. My LED display seems to be Banded with darker bands of LEDs making the whole LED hard to read. An uninstall / reinstall failed to fix this problem. I am also having the portrait mode problem though I think I saw something about clearing the cache then uninstalling to fix that. I am running stock Android 4.2.1. Thanks!
Benjamin
On Xbox 360, PinballFX2:
I have purchased pretty much all of the tables. They work fine for my account, but when other users log in to Xbox Live, they randomly have tables set to trial, or unavailable entirely. It works differently depending on whether the game is exited first, or we just change profiles while the game is active, but both seem pretty random. This worked fine/correctly before I went on a spending spree during your sale, but now that I have a bunch of tables, not so much. My family enjoys competing on these tables it would be terrible if we had to only do it through hotseat games. I want to purchase the recently released star wars tables, but not if I can't share them with my family.
Sorry, to put this in the wrong forum.... hope someone can forgive..![]()
Last edited by HermeticHawke; 05-11-2014 at 10:30 PM. Reason: wrong forum
Can anyone get Zen HD to run on their 'droid when they switch the runtime from Dalvik to ART?
when I updated to 4.4.3 on my Nexus 5 I tried ART out and ZHD would load up but trying to load any tables would crash the entire app. Yet, simply switching back to Dalvik allows for tables to load no issue.
Is this a runtime problem, a hardware issue in Nexus 5's or a Zen HD problem?
I think it's ART and Zen HD, not device specific.
It didn't work for Jared under ART last time he tried.
See thread - https://forum.zenstudios.com/showthread.php?p=50450
Instant Crash on All Tables
Ive had zen pinball hd installed on her phone many times, with all my tables restored...but now all of a sudden when I try to restore its telling me, ERROR CANNOT CONNECT TO THE ZEN GAME SERVER, TRY AGAIN LATER....
Very very frustrating, because the MARVEL PINBALL works , but not Pinball HD.... anything u guys can help me with? thx
Its happened non stop for 2 days straight...
samsung galaxy s3 , at&t
android 4+
Since updating the Fantastic Four table today, there seems to be a bug stopping me launching the ball.
The flippers work and the "press launch to start game" works, but when the game focuses in on the launch mechanism, I can't use it.
Prior to the update it was fine and I'm having no problems with other tables. I've updated Dead Pool and it's fine.
I'm on a Samsung S5 running 4.4.2
I can't work out if there's a way to remove then reinstall the single table...
It's FF only yes
FF working great now.Thanks for the quick update Barbie
With the release of the core tables, both Ghost Rider and Secrets of the Deep will launch the ball if you press a nudge zone while you are on the plunge screen; this is with both touch screen and gamepad controls.
I tested this on both a Nexus 5 and 10, neither is rooted and both are running OS 4.4.4 using Dalvik runtime.
Also when using a gamepad, on the plunge screen pressing down on the R Analog stick will activate the R FLipper, and pressing right on the R Analog stick will activate the L FLipper. I don't remember analog plunge being implemented, but I don't remember this happening before.
The shake nudge left/right don't seem to work anymore.Nudge up works still.I have the nudge sensitivity turned right up and also tested on my wife's tablet and that was the same.The touchscreen nudging at the top half of the screen still works fine but i find it hard to play using that.
Playing on a nexus 7
android version 4.4.4
Still having the nudging problem.Anything to report Barbie?
The update worked! Nudging working fine now. PS i like how we can see how many achievements we have for each table on the menu screen now.
I seem to have lost all the tables I purchased. How do I get them back? The reload purchases button doesn't seem to work for me.
Nexus 5
Android 5.0.1
rooted
Hello there.
There seems to be a constant lag in the flipper action from the moment you tap the screen to the actual movement of the flipper. It's a relatively short lag I'd say.. a bunch of milliseconds but still it stops you from actually getting a skill shot and instead adapt yourself to the timing of it and shoot approximately. It's independent of the visual settings. It becomes even more evident when you compare with other pinball games.
Have you had this experience before? Any solution?
cheers!
Add Venom to the list of tables that have this same behaviour.
This occurs on all my 'droid devices: Shield Tablet, Nexus 10 and Nexus 5 all running 5.0.1.
Any chance of implementing an analogue plunge, as the Zen games are "advertised" on the Nvidia hub as having FULL controller support, yet there is no plunge control other than one button plunge and go. This gives no ability to do skill shots etc, without an analogue plunge
You'll want to make sure that the primary account on your device is set to the same account you used to purchase the tables originally. Try restarting your device, hit the shopping cart icon (if you haven't already) and they should start downloading. If the shopping cart icon doesn't work, try clicking each table icon to see if they will download that way. Let me know if you still need help![]()
i have crash technical issue of such as force closing :
its inside Super Ligue Football.
is when try to select a team.
if i dont select a team this mean play with the default team, it dont made a crash force closing.
- The symptoms and their frequency = (always).
- The model of your hardware = (Samung GalaxyNote Pro 12.2)
- The version of Android you are running = (4.4.2)
- Anything else we should know (Original rom on that tablet. not updated)
with the release of the Iron and Steel pack nudging on the plunge screen is still causing the ball to be plunged; so if you go to change the camera angle and miss the button the ball will be launched.
This has been an issue for at least the last 3 builds. Previously it was limited to a few tables and now it is a bug on all of then.
Hi.
The last update made my pinball to crash on start up.
The app just roll out to launcher from a black screen 2 seconds after i open it.
I using a Vexia Tablet 10 plus with a power VR SGX540 processor and 4.04 Android.
I already made a fresh install, and with both version, amazon and google.
The thing is: older versions and builds worked fine so far... and i'm pissed because I bought a hand of tables 2 days ago, just before the update....
I already contacted support, but perhaps some one as found a workaround yet...
Free tables for the pain would be nice though!
What happened to the ball trails?
Sorcerers Lair has them which makes it easier for me to follow the ball. (I got old eyes)
Due to this I purchased 3 tables. The Walking Dead, South Park, and Stars Wars Return of the Jedi.
None of these seem to have ball trails even though I made sure that option is active.
It's made them all but impossible for me to keep track of the ball and has all but ruined what I feel is by far the best
pinball game on the market.
Please help these old eyes out...
Thanks!
Stuck on the "dueling brutus" screen on castle storm on my kindle fire. It says press launch to stop but there is no launch button nor seemingly any way to get off this screen and back to the game. Any fix for this or is this table just unplayable?
Amazon Table Wild West Rampage Cannot purchase - gives error, an error occurred during purchase. No problems with other tables being purchased.
My Samsung Table Note Pro will no longer run the star wars pinball game after the last update. My Note 4 wasnt set to automatically update and the game runs fine.
The table does not get to the message 'logging in..' before an android message comes up saying that it was forced to close. I have been playing on the tablet for months with no issues. I have cleared then application cache and of course rebooted and power cycled the device. I hate to reinstall as i want to keep my scores.
Any recommendations? Seems like otherd are having the issue based on the reviews. Thanks in advance.
Hi!
I can't access some Star Wars tables that need to be updated.
When click in table update I am asked to buy (again) giving the account oft another user registered with that tablet. Verifying which account is in use it shows the correct one (mine).
Other tables that needed updates worked fine. The non-working tables are definitely purchased with same (mine) account.
Thanks for hell
Marco
PS: hope this post is where it belongs :-)
HELP!!! Ive been playing every game since they came out but now on my Amazon Zen Pinball HD app, it lost my games and will not connect to the Zen Game Server.
BUT, I downloaded the Zen Star Wars app and the games downloaded right in.
I tried completely deleting the app from my kindle and my cloud but when I redownload, same issue. Now..the popup comes right up announcing the new Portal Trailer which tells me the server is connected at that point unless push notices come in separately.
and the only "odd popup I get is one stating that "if I encounter lag, change my accesibility settings" but I do not have the settings referred to.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP A FAT MAN OUT!! I have tried everything I know and failed![]()
Thank you in advance for telling me the most obvious and stupid solution. I'll go get my "hair shirt" ready
I absolutely LOVE the various tables that I have played so far on my Galaxy Note Edge! Gameplay is smooth as silk! Just a tiny bit of lag from the time I touch the screen to trigger the flippers, but I have learned to compensate (although it does make the timing of high velocity dual flipper tricks very close to impossible).
I have noticed, however, that there are certain operations that apparently cannot be performed on an Android device.
If you refer to the Secrets of the Deep table, I have found two very important tasks that cannot be completed on an Android device:
1) There is no way to trigger the Escape magnet when the Kraken is active (required to avoid activating the Roar of the Kraken mode). I have tried nudging the table at the precise moment, using left, right, and even both flippers at the correct moment (ball position), and even touching the plunger graphics... all to no avail. I have seen that you use the Launch button on a game controller, but there is no comparable action that can be taken on an Android device.
2) There is evidently no way to move the ball forward or back along the length of the crane while it is motion on an Android device. I have seen this operation work on a game console, and there is no way to achieve the required action with the crane without this capability. On an Android device, the flipper controls release the ball from the crane, but that is about all that one can do.
These two in game operations are the only two operations that I have found so far that cannot be done with the touch screen on an Android device, and the limits of the crane make the table impossible to play in its entirety.
I don't yet know if the missing functionality exists on other tables or just the Secrets of the Deep table, which is one of the more enjoyable tables due to the multiple layers/levels of targets, some of which can only be hit by hitting the one ball (the suspended wrecking ball) with anther ball (the ball in play).
Could someone look into this and either propose a way to accomplish these tasks on a touch screen Android device, or add the corresponding functionality.
Thank you for such an enjoyable product! Keep up the great work!
Last edited by rltusch; 05-25-2015 at 04:56 AM.
Updates:
Playing the Secrets of the Deep table, I actually managed to get the Escape magnet to trigger exactly once in about 145 to 150 attempts (which takes at least 4 ramp shots to enable and you only get 6 tries until you have to set it all up again). Granted, I didn't always hit the acceptable position/range with every attempt that I made... to be fair, I probably only timed things right in about 20 to 25 of my attempts... but I only got it to work once. I can't even remember where I touched the screen except that it was on the left side and the left flipper triggered at the exact moment that the Escape magnet worked.
Also, I managed to get the ball to move upward on the crane with the right flipper, but could never get it to move downward with the left simply because I had to release the right flipper when triggering the left flipper to allow the motion to be reversed, but that caused the ball to be released from the crane instead of moving downward while attached to the crane. I have seen a game console allow the ball to be moved both directions without being released. Is there actually a way to make that work properly? If not, could the release be changed to be a checkmark on the right edge of the screen, like the one that fires the ball out of the periscope?
Thank you once again for all of your excellent work!
Last edited by rltusch; 05-25-2015 at 11:31 AM.
We had some intermittent server issues over the weekend, try tapping the shopping cart icon within the ZP HD app, or tap each table individually to download your tables. Let me know if you still have trouble and please include your user ID from the About section of the app. If it's easier for you to email me, that works toosupport at zenstudios dot com
Daylight hours on Bob's Burgers is very washed out, to the extent where the colours are blown out in some areas. Initially I thought I had the brightness too high on my Shield tablet, but when I hooked it up to my correctly calibrated HD display in console mode I saw that the colours were even worse than they appeared on the tablets native display.
When it switches over to night mode the colours are "better" but it's more just a grey(?) filter that appears to be applied to the whole playfield to give the appearance of shadow/dark.
Please find a way to make the day mode not so eye blindingly bright, and please do something about the washed out colours. I wouldn't even be opposed to the Day Mode being somewhere halfway between where it and Night Mode are presently, and having Night Mode be even darker to give more contrast and "dynamic" effect to the lights/characters etc.
Shield Tablet (unrooted) OS 5.1.1
Zen Ver. 1.32
I updated from the Mac app store today and now Zen Pinball 2 won't open. It unexpectedly quits. If I click reopen it does it again. I trashed the app and re-installed from the app store. Same thing happens. I'm running os x 10.11.1
Edit: Wow! Before I even finished writing this they answered my email. Now that's FAST support!
Last edited by Armadillo; 10-28-2015 at 07:10 PM.
The Zen Pinball app that I have been using for years is now saying it's not compatible w/ my tablet on Amazon. I own many of the tables on it. I have an Insignia NS-15AT10 tablet. I can't get the update to allow me to purchase the Balls of Glory tables.
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Studios-Pi...dp/B00COMLLX2/
Please fix this.![]()
My sorcerers late table crashes randomly. It goes into slow motion at a random point during the game and then crashes. Any suggestions on how to fix?
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Thanks for the quick response! I've been playing for about half a year and just started having this problem a few days ago. I have around 10 tables but recently I've been only playing sorcerers lair in order to improve my high score. I'm not aware of this problem in any of the other tables.
Running iOS 9.1. Device is iPhone 6
Doesn't happen every time but usually happens after I've been playing a game for already 10 minutes.
Last edited by dmeisters; 11-05-2015 at 08:05 PM.
I'm running iOS 9.1
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Yup. I'm using 1.35. The other tables I have installed are: venom, iron man, Thor, pasha, Rome, Wild West rampage, Mars, and tesla
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Sorcerer's lair still crashes [emoji17] any suggestions on how to fix? Thanks in advance
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Hey guys first off great game best by far. Ok i just purchased the Archer table after downloading
im now having screen sensitivity problem instead of a light tap on the screen i have to press a bit
for main screen tried tables same thing with big lag so no control over flippers.
Its definitely only in Zen tried other apps no issues or on tablet.
Its
galaxy tablet 10.1
android 4.4.2
kernel 3.4
Edit- uninstall, reinstalled hasn't fixed issue
Last edited by dave; 11-28-2015 at 02:31 AM.
I have a Kindle Fire with version 8.5.1 of FireOS. It is not rooted or changed in any way. I attempted to launch Zen Pinball or Star Wars Pinball and the apps immediate close. I do not get a splash screen or anything. The screen goes black and immediately tells me the app has closed. I reset the tablet to factory defaults and reinstalled the apps with the same result. I thought I saw a different thread indicating that this is a knows issue and you are working on it but it looked like it may have been back in October 2015. Is this issue fixed or is it still being investigated?
Hi,
I downloaded update to amazon yesterday and I tried open Zen Pinball but not working. Sorry, Zen Pinball stopping. I try reinstall, noting happen. Still not working.
Phone LG L90 Android 5.0.2
Marvell pinball work![]()
Thx for answer
Edit: now is everything good.
Last edited by Strady CZE; 01-18-2016 at 09:17 AM.
UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED!
Zen Studios have reply to me: Magnification gestures of Tablet (Settings > Accessibility > Vision> Magnification gestures) was the problem.
If you turn off Magnification Gestures on your tablet/smartphone (Android, for me), input-lag disappear!
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Hi guys!
I've tried to play Zen Pinball on my Tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, but is impossibile to play. Touchscreen-input have incredible lag. I've need to press on screen for 1/2 second, before can i see the effect of my input on screen.
I should to buy many pinball tables, but in this conditions is impossible.
Last edited by RuiCrash; 08-04-2016 at 03:06 PM.
Hi guys,
Starting playing Zen Pinball recently and really love it !
But it seems I have a small problem concerning battery life. It is repeated each day since I started playing. For instance, after playing Zen Pinball for about 1h in the morning, I get worse battery drain than usual for the rest of the day, even after closing Zen Pinball from running tasks. Using the app "wakelock detector", I figured out there was a partial wakelock of 3h56min (for 1h08min of playing, it looks a bit too much !) caused by ZenPinball called "AudioMix" preventing the phone to fully sleep.
Rebooting the device and not launching Zen Pinball fixes the drain.
No problem with other games so far.
I'm on Android 6.0.1 build MTC20F on a Nexus 5x.
Hopefully there is something I can do, or maybe a fix from your side ?
Hi, I am experiencing a crash on startup with
Galaxy Tab 3 Android 4.2.2, unrooted vanilla rom.
With both:
Alien vs Pinball 1.1.4
Marvel Pinball 1.7
The Star Wars Pinball 4.0.4 works fine, though.
I have tried reinstalling, clearing cache, rebooting, offline play, installing eithout sd card inserted. I have "reported" many times in the crash dialog with sending system logs, but that is like screaming in space, no answer.
What else should i try?
There is a permanent tick icon on the doom and skyrim tables which don't seem to have any function. Also the marvel women table still has the fast inlane problem.
Last edited by flashingblade; 12-08-2016 at 06:54 PM.