Zaccaria Pinball - update v3.2

[74-89]

Forgot to mention this before, but the lovely new coin sound of 3.1 has been replaced by a harsh chunk-chunk-chunk reloading noise.

 

[SonicBrain]

agreed with 74-89 , the coin sound alone was perfect , the chunk chunk ........ sounds ..... chunk :/

 

[Flipper bump]

agreed with 74-89 , the coin sound alone was perfect , the chunk chunk ........ sounds ..... chunk :/

+1 very chunky

 

[Flipper bump]

I still find it strange that certain updates fixes issues on one side... and adds others on the other, pretty time consuming

 

[night]

I love the new coin sound! More realistic.

 

[Zsolt]

First of all I would like to apologize from you for physics change of the last update. It's been a while we tried to find the proper settings for the current physics engine, but it seems like this is an impossible task. If we change a thing that makes it better, then another thing which was good so far, will be worse for sure. That's why the management made a decision to change the current physics engine to another, which is an own developed engine by a programmer who learned physical studies. We used that engine initially but we changed it because it eats more resources than the current one and iPad 1 and iPhone 4 couldn't handle it. That improved physics engine is very accurate, flippers can shoot the ball accurately etc. We are going to make this change and send an update to Apple as soon as possible, also Android build will get that improved physics engine. We have to make this step because we also want to make a real-life but playable pinball app!

 

[night]

Hi Zsolt, this sounds very interesting and promising.
I understand from your post that the iPhone4 can't handle it. Is this also the case for the iPad1, or is the iPad2 also unable to handle the new engine?

I haven't played with the new engine, but I think it is a wise decision to go for the best possible physics. In the end, it all comes down to this.
Many thanks and keep us updated!

 

[Zsolt]

Hi Zsolt, this sounds very interesting and promising.
I understand from your post that the iPhone4 can't handle it. Is this also the case for the iPad1, or is the iPad2 also unable to handle the new engine?

I haven't played with the new engine, but I think it is a wise decision to go for the best possible physics. In the end, it all comes down to this.
Many thanks and keep us updated!

Sorry, I mean iPad 1. But this has to be tested. iPad 2 will be able to handle it for sure.

 

[haj]

Zsolt, that's really great news to hear. Thanks all for you and ASK teams' effort to make the game better yet!

 

[The loafer]

That is great news, overall you want your physics to work better. It's too bad for iPad 1 and iPhone 4 users but there are many other apps that are affected like this, you can't stay stuck because of the lowest common denominator. The only unfortunate thing for them is, will that mean they won't be able to get new tables or will they, but just with the older physics?

 

[night]

Can we still use the custom physics sliders to adjust the new physics engine, or will it be a fixed engine like TPA and ProPinball?

 

[Flipper bump]

Thats great news man im happy that you guys choose for this option, i really hope this collection will finally get the physics it deserves with this new engine

 

[Zsolt]

Can we still use the custom physics sliders to adjust the new physics engine, or will it be a fixed engine like TPA and ProPinball?

Of course yes, you can!

 

[Kolchak357]

Sounds like it's the correct decision. Having the game Look and play as good as possible place the developer in the best light and gives the player the best experience possible. Evenuntually all technology gets left in the dust. Sadly it's the nature of the beast.
Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

 

[Zevious Zoquis]

Interesting (and promising) news! Looking forward to the changes...

 

[DA5ID]

Back when the iPad first came out - I was an early adopter and bought the first model. It felt like only months before the iPad 2 came out rendering my iPad instantly obsolete with many of the new apps requiring iPad 2 - nail in the coffin was not being able to update the iOS past 5. Currently my GF uses my old iPad 1 in the kitchen to display cooking recipes - and most of the cooking websites crash it

It is unfortunate that apple make very expensive disposable technology. My ipad2 is about to become the kitchen recipe display. And my shiny new iPad air is not looking as shiny as it used to...

 

[Snorzel]

Well it was real fun while it lasted. Thank you for the hours of enjoyment I got out of this awesome game Zsolt! If this makes it to PC I will get it on day one. Unfortunately I am not in a financial situation that allows me to upgrade to a new ios device. Love this game but all good things come to an end.

 

[PBallGizard]

Love this game but all good things come to an end.

Actually, if you stop updating before the physics changeover, you will still have many great tables to play as long as you have your device. True, you won't have the last few EMs and fancy physics, but you've still got a lot of bang for your buck. Since I'm fairly legacy on an iPad 2, I prefer to wait and read comments of early adopters before I make the plunge and upgrade.

 

[night]

Well it was real fun while it lasted. Thank you for the hours of enjoyment I got out of this awesome game Zsolt! If this makes it to PC I will get it on day one. Unfortunately I am not in a financial situation that allows me to upgrade to a new ios device. Love this game but all good things come to an end.

You own an iPhone4s right? Zsolt said iPhone4 is no longer supported, so your iPhone4s should be fine..

 

[DA5ID]

Actually, if you stop updating before the physics changeover, you will still have many great tables to play as long as you have your device. True, you won't have the last few EMs and fancy physics, but you've still got a lot of bang for your buck. Since I'm fairly legacy on an iPad 2, I prefer to wait and read comments of early adopters before I make the plunge and upgrade.

Not sure if this has been fixed yet but with the iOS 8 update - my app update broke on 7.0.4 - hitting update on an app would just open the app but not update it - fix for me was to set it to auto update all apps - so I can't "hold off" on an update - sucks when I know it's going to break the game like the last SST update.