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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Rubik" data-source="post: 141439" data-attributes="member: 2280"><p>Apologies for geeking out on this, but I'm having so much fun with this, I've hardly played TPA for a week. </p><p></p><p>Really excited to try a new idea out... </p><p>The older reel Backglass Widget's shown above are done using the Backglass bitmap as the rearmost object, with fake blank reels on top of that, then a fake number on top of the blank reel. </p><p></p><p>But for ultimate authenticity, i've found this website. </p><p><a href="http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/" target="_blank">http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/</a></p><p>On here you can get repro instruction cards but also, manufacturer specific reel cards with carefully recreated fonts. </p><p>The Gottlieb one is shown below. </p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/04/a3u2ypet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So the new idea is, mod the Backglass with Photoshop to put transparency masks over the reel cutouts and save as a png format. </p><p>Cut the reel font above to be a single strip bitmap file, having one bitmap strip per window. </p><p>Reel strips are background objects, with Backglass as foremost object, and use Zooper to move the bitmap strips in the y axis only through an (oy) statement conditional to an output figure. </p><p></p><p>If it works, and it should from initial tests, the genuine font reel strips slide around behind the Backglass windows with only one number per strip being visible, just like the real thing! </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Edit - (it's alive) </p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/06/ase5y6av.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And done. </p><p><img src="http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/bu7ameva.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Eldorado(4x4recc) - <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8tergsl6nc471fi/El-Dorado.zw" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/8tergsl6nc471fi/El-Dorado.zw</a></p><p></p><p>Sterns 'Iron Maiden' next I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baron Rubik, post: 141439, member: 2280"] Apologies for geeking out on this, but I'm having so much fun with this, I've hardly played TPA for a week. Really excited to try a new idea out... The older reel Backglass Widget's shown above are done using the Backglass bitmap as the rearmost object, with fake blank reels on top of that, then a fake number on top of the blank reel. But for ultimate authenticity, i've found this website. [url]http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/[/url] On here you can get repro instruction cards but also, manufacturer specific reel cards with carefully recreated fonts. The Gottlieb one is shown below. [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/04/a3u2ypet.jpg[/IMG] So the new idea is, mod the Backglass with Photoshop to put transparency masks over the reel cutouts and save as a png format. Cut the reel font above to be a single strip bitmap file, having one bitmap strip per window. Reel strips are background objects, with Backglass as foremost object, and use Zooper to move the bitmap strips in the y axis only through an (oy) statement conditional to an output figure. If it works, and it should from initial tests, the genuine font reel strips slide around behind the Backglass windows with only one number per strip being visible, just like the real thing! :D Edit - (it's alive) [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/06/ase5y6av.jpg[/IMG] And done. [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/bu7ameva.jpg[/IMG] Eldorado(4x4recc) - [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/8tergsl6nc471fi/El-Dorado.zw[/url] Sterns 'Iron Maiden' next I think. [/QUOTE]
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