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Pinball FX2 - animated instruction cards


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I've downloaded from the FTP the set of ShoryukinToTheChin table guides that open6l converted to swf, but I'm missing some instructions for some of the newer releases.

Inspired by this topic:

http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/14212-format-instructions-swf/#entry118960

I captured the table guide for Pinball FX2 - The Walking Dead to make a set of animated instruction cards in swf format. Instead of making one long video, I edited my capture down to separate clips for each table feature. That way I can bump up the quality.

I've just done the one table for now to see if I want to continue doing this. I uploaded to the FTP in the "Other Uploads" section. I'm also making it available here for a little while:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45430846/Walking%20Dead%2C%20The.zip

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u got anymore mate.

Not at the moment. Let me know how this set works for you.

I've found that it works pretty well on my test bed (a laptop). Not so well in the cab. Can't switch to other screens in the instruction set. I still need to track down if it's a bug. I'm running an older 1.87 beta on the laptop and the cab is running 1.88.

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My test bed is 1280x1024. I didn't really notice it when I was reviewing it but, yeah, it's letterboxed because the aspect ratio of 1920x1080 (16:9) is not the same as 1280x1024 (4:3)

I don't see how I can crop those videos without cutting into the images or the text.

This leaves adding black borders using Avidemux if white borders are unsightly for you. Avidemux is free. Tutorial here:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mOkacIGQE3E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The other alternative is to change the game resolution to 1280x1024 0 deg orientation and then capture the table guide. If you have a 600 series or greater Nvidia card, then you can use the Shadowplay feature to capture game video. The output file is huge, but then I cut out pieces with Avidemux.

Problem is that the game may not look all that good when the native resolution of the playfield monitor is 1920x1080. It may be possible to change your screen configuration so that the game shows up on your backglass monitor just so that you can record the table guide. You can change it back after you are done.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42107/how-to-quickly-cut-a-clip-from-a-video-file-with-avidemux/

Finally, I convert each piece to swf with ffmpeg, also free.

Get the static build

http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

http://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows

Open a command prompt (Enter cmd in Windows Start/Search programs and files)

Enter this command:

ffmpeg -i file.name -r 20 -qscale:v 20 file.swf

Where "file.name" is the input file (you may also need to include the path to that file) and "file.swf" is the name of the output file.

I'll do Guardians of the Galaxy as there is no official walkthrough for it yet. Everything else is here:

http://blog.zenstudios.com/?page_id=637

For Deadpool, it may just be easier to do screen captures into png and just use those. Not as fancy as video but they are pretty thorough. I think everything else is already on the FTP.

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Hi,

I really liked this idea ..seeing as the thread was pretty old I decided to give a try to make them after getting some help from both Andy and Carny_Priest.

So far I only have one made as they really do take a bit of time but I like they way they look in my cab so I hope someone else will enjoy them too :D

Please have a look and let me know what you think

South Park - Super Sweet Pinball

https://app.box.com/s/72gqti4jkxb72tn5q04kj1ju82x9nzkq

You can also find my most current work on the FTP in the Other Uploads/Fulltilt/Instructions folder

Thanks,

FT

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You really gotta love communities for this reason .. several people working together to reach a common goal!

Nice work .. added them to my cab :D

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Here is another one ..

World War Hulk

https://app.box.com/s/obqb0b1ooyuvzj36dmhcpxtw2b7aw5ad

You can also download all of these at once from the FTP

/Other Uploads/Fultilt/Instructions

or

/Other Uploads/Andyco/Pinball FX2/animated instruction cards

Enjoy :D

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