When will the next Pinball Arcade table be released?

Curratum · Oct 26, 2019

I'd say even if you already own the Farsight versions, grabbing the FX3 Williams on sale is a good deal. The tables are executed to a higher standard of visual fidelity and the new physics Zen implemented for the real-world tables are quite allright.

1adam12 · Oct 26, 2019

Curratum said:
I'd say even if you already own the Farsight versions, grabbing the FX3 Williams on sale is a good deal. The tables are executed to a higher standard of visual fidelity and the new physics Zen implemented for the real-world tables are quite allright.

That would be tempting, but what platform seems to be the best option? All of my TPA tables are on my iPad, and I'm moving away from Apple. Steam? I have a new laptop, and that seems like the best long term option in terms of long term playability. I also have an Xbox one, but I'll simply lose them whenever I get rid of that.

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trash80 · Oct 26, 2019

1adam12 said:
That would be tempting, but what platform seems to be the best option? All of my TPA tables are on my iPad, and I'm moving away from Apple. Steam? I have a new laptop, and that seems like the best long term option in terms of long term playability. I also have an Xbox one, but I'll simply lose them whenever I get rid of that.

For a Windows PC (laptop, desktop or Pinball Cabinet), Steam is really the only solution for Pinball FX. And a Windows PC is the best platform for all the other Pinball sims available (commercial and otherwise).

1adam12 · Oct 26, 2019

I appreciate that feedback. I just browsed Steam, and I think I'll have to wait. These just aren't tables I'm a huge fan of. In any given collection there is a table is be happy to buy on its own, but I just don't have interest in the other bundled tables. In some cases they are tables I simply dislike.

The last release was in May. Is there any info regarding upcoming table packs?

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Citizen · Oct 26, 2019

1adam12 said:
That would be tempting, but what platform seems to be the best option? All of my TPA tables are on my iPad, and I'm moving away from Apple. Steam? I have a new laptop, and that seems like the best long term option in terms of long term playability. I also have an Xbox one, but I'll simply lose them whenever I get rid of that.

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FX3 Williams tiers:

Steam > Console >>>>> Mobile

Citizen · Oct 26, 2019

1adam12 said:
The last release was in May. Is there any info regarding upcoming table packs?

Yup. Got a Halloween pack coming.

http://www.digitalpinballfans.com/s...inball-Universal-Monsters™-Pack-on-October-29!

Jake_Ry4n · Oct 28, 2019

Citizen said:
What would be the point of them restating something they already stated and then never followed through on? Why would that make you feel better? They already announced support. We're just still waiting to actually see it (which we won't, which is all the more reason for them not to announce it again). There are only two possible announcements we're ever going to hear from FarSight at this point regarding TPA/SPA:

1. New content (haha).
2. Further loss of licenses.

Stern is actively putting out new pinball tables. I dont believe for a second that they are happy with Farsight. How could they be?!

1adam12 · Oct 28, 2019

Citizen said:
Yup. Got a Halloween pack coming.

http://www.digitalpinballfans.com/s...inball-Universal-Monsters™-Pack-on-October-29!

Nice! I didn't buy Creature on TPA, so that's a possibility. I wish Zen offered trial play. If I could even just spend a couple minutes getting the feel of a table, that might make me more inclined to buy.

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trash80 · Oct 28, 2019

1adam12 said:
Nice! I didn't buy Creature on TPA, so that's a possibility. I wish Zen offered trial play. If I could even just spend a couple minutes getting the feel of a table, that might make me more inclined to buy.

They do. For all the tables. If you are only playing on mobile, you are missing out on proper physics, control and the ability to demo each table.

1adam12 · Oct 28, 2019

trash80 said:
They do. For all the tables. If you are only playing on mobile, you are missing out on proper physics, control and the ability to demo each table.

They do? I looked on Steam but must have missed it. I'll look again, but all I saw were purchase options for table packs.

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yespage · Oct 28, 2019

shutyertrap said:
If those plans don’t include using a new game engine, there’s almost no point in having plans.

If they went the Retro route, it still works. But newer Stern tables, likely not so much.

suffocater · Oct 28, 2019

1adam12 said:
They do? I looked on Steam but must have missed it. I'll look again, but all I saw were purchase options for table packs.

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Just install the game over steam. you can then test every table for a short time.

1adam12 · Nov 2, 2019

suffocater said:
Just install the game over steam. you can then test every table for a short time.

I just downloaded Pinball FX3. At first glance, it appears to function similarly to the mobile apps. You get one free table to start, and I'm assuming you can still win parts to unlock other tables, but I'm just starting.

When I clicked on the new table pack, there was only a purchase option. No trial option.

Is there something I'm missing?

Edit - I finally found it. My new battle is figuring how to smooth it out. Everything looks beautiful, but the ball movement is choppy. I'm running on a new HP Envy laptop that should easily handle it. Initial support searches aren't helping yet.

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wilbers · Nov 2, 2019

1adam12 said:
I just downloaded Pinball FX3. At first glance, it appears to function similarly to the mobile apps. You get one free table to start, and I'm assuming you can still win parts to unlock other tables, but I'm just starting.

When I clicked on the new table pack, there was only a purchase option. No trial option.

Is there something I'm missing?

Edit - I finally found it. My new battle is figuring how to smooth it out. Everything looks beautiful, but the ball movement is choppy. I'm running on a new HP Envy laptop that should easily handle it. Initial support searches aren't helping yet.

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Make sure you are running it on the GPU (if you have a separate one) and not the integrated graphics. If you've got a nVidia chip in there it will be a setting in the nVidia software. When I first got my laptop the option it defaulted to was the wrong one, and a couple of others mentioned the same thing. If its not plugged it, then it may also be capping the game to 30fps.

1adam12 · Nov 2, 2019

wilbers said:
Make sure you are running it on the GPU (if you have a separate one) and not the integrated graphics. If you've got a nVidia chip in there it will be a setting in the nVidia software. When I first got my laptop the option it defaulted to was the wrong one, and a couple of others mentioned the same thing. If its not plugged it, then it may also be capping the game to 30fps.

I read something about that. The only reference I see to a video card is Intel, but I'm going to try again.

I played the TPA free table, which played great, bug they're not trying to do as much visually.

Thanks for the tip. I hope it works!

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trash80 · Nov 2, 2019

1adam12 said:
I read something about that. The only reference I see to a video card is Intel, but I'm going to try again.

I played the TPA free table, which played great, bug they're not trying to do as much visually.

Thanks for the tip. I hope it works!

It depends on which HP Envy model you have, but most (except some very old models) are All-in-One APU/CPU systems that use integrated graphics. That being the case, they are not going to give you a very good experience with Pinball FX3.

1adam12 · Nov 2, 2019

trash80 said:
It depends on which HP Envy model you have, but most (except some very old models) are All-in-One APU/CPU systems that use integrated graphics. That being the case, they are not going to give you a very good experience with Pinball FX3.

I think that's what I'm working with.

I guess things are working out for them, but I think it would have been helpful to offer a more basic mode that would run more smoothly if you didn't have a top of the line computer.

Mine is only about 6 months old, and has run everything else flawlessly. This has been the only game to have issues.

I think I tried dropping the screen resolution and a few other options. I'll give it one more shot before I give up!

I appreciate all of the tips. You all really make this forum worthwhile.

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wilbers · Nov 2, 2019

One other thing you can do is go to Steam menu->Settings->In-game Middle left is an option to enable in-game FPS counter At least that way you have an objective measure when you change settings.

Pete · Nov 27, 2019

seems like things are just being taken away rather than put... there was an update recently and looks to be they just lost the rights to play pinball wizard on the menu it reverted back to that old menu song, so any hopes we used to have that they were gonna give us tommy are probably in the trash as well

Citizen · Nov 27, 2019

Pete said:
so any hopes we used to have that they were gonna give us tommy are probably in the trash as well

Shucks, our 0% chance of getting it became still 0%.

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