Pinball Pro FAQ

Once you complete the payment using Paypal, you will receive an automatic mail on the email provided in Paypal with a link to download Pinball Pro. If you dont receive the link in less than 5 hours send a mail to hi”at”andvfx.com. On the link there is a .rar file with a 3dsmax scene for the game (you can play in real time inside 3dsmax), and another 3dsmax scene where pinball plays automatically (you can change any parameter like object position, TP parameters and see how the animation change in real time. Also you will receive all the textures and hdri needed.

You have the scene files in 3dsmax 2015 and in 3dsmax 2012, for better viewport performance I suggest use 3dsmax 2015. For see the pinball working (realtime animation) you need Thinking Particles 5. Works with the demo version of TP5 also, and will work with TP6.

 Bullet Physics use mostly CPU but is not really CPU intensive. Mostly you will need a good graphic card. On the video Im using a GTX 550, in 3dsmax 2015 I have 27fps stables, in realistic mode, with 2K texture resolution, 2k shadow maps, 4X antialias and reflections. You always can lower graphic quality for better performance.

Of course! By default alt materials are standard for better compatibility. You can render with scanline, or use any other third party renderer, just adjust your materials acordingly. And remember that you can play with it using TP5 Demo, but If you want to render it in motion (ball moving and objects interacting) you will need TP5 standard version.

You can change everything!  Create your own textures, change of place or add bouncers, tills, boosts, puntuation system, change the point values, add sparks, change gravity, velocities, create your own rules… Possibilities are endless.

With the version using IA to drive the pinball physics are in realtime and 100% acurate (running at 4 subsamples per frame). When we move to the “game” where you play, thinking particles needs to comunicate with the motion control in 3dsmax and looks like subsamples are lost. Physics still working well but you can expect some interpenetrations during the game.

Is not a videotutorial or a description step by step. However since TP its an open system you can  go throught all the system, experiment and modify the existing to learn some techniques. I use a lot of diferent dynamic sets and there is a lot of techniques that can be aplicable to other projects. For sure you can learn a lot! Also all dynamicsets have a description explaining whats going on.  You found something that you dont figure out how is working? Write me a mail with your question, I will be happy to answer!

To insert sound based on actions diferent plugins are needed, so right now no sounds.  There is two lights casting shadows that move and change intensity when the player lose a ball. However there is no lights inside the table.