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<blockquote data-quote="trash80" data-source="post: 292831" data-attributes="member: 7578"><p>You will want something much more capable than a budget laptop for either FX3 or VPX.</p><p></p><p>How good are you at configuring various config files, getting your controller to work (probably need a third party ($) program),hunting down the correct ROM, and dealing with many different table authors that have many different ideas about how tables should be presented and physics be implemented? If you feel confident with your IT skills and want to get knee deep into VPX, it is a wonderful place that can provide a superior experience to just about everything else (paid or otherwise). However, if you like polish and require a turn key solution, look elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>p.s. nothing is free, unless you don't value your time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Personally, I prefer VPX, but I completely rebuild every table to fit my specific expectations and hardware setup. Depending on the original author, I may only need to spend an hour or two making physics changes, while with others it may take me a week as I will find that I need to realign graphics, build invisible walls, mess around with sloppy scripting, and a whole host of other items before I consider the table "playable." And I have been working on Future Pinball and Visual Pinball (plus commercial physics engines) for probably a couple decades or more. So... I don't want to completely deter you, but it could be overwhelming if you expect an experience like FX3 without a lot of trial and error.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trash80, post: 292831, member: 7578"] You will want something much more capable than a budget laptop for either FX3 or VPX. How good are you at configuring various config files, getting your controller to work (probably need a third party ($) program),hunting down the correct ROM, and dealing with many different table authors that have many different ideas about how tables should be presented and physics be implemented? If you feel confident with your IT skills and want to get knee deep into VPX, it is a wonderful place that can provide a superior experience to just about everything else (paid or otherwise). However, if you like polish and require a turn key solution, look elsewhere. p.s. nothing is free, unless you don't value your time. ;) Personally, I prefer VPX, but I completely rebuild every table to fit my specific expectations and hardware setup. Depending on the original author, I may only need to spend an hour or two making physics changes, while with others it may take me a week as I will find that I need to realign graphics, build invisible walls, mess around with sloppy scripting, and a whole host of other items before I consider the table "playable." And I have been working on Future Pinball and Visual Pinball (plus commercial physics engines) for probably a couple decades or more. So... I don't want to completely deter you, but it could be overwhelming if you expect an experience like FX3 without a lot of trial and error. [/QUOTE]
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