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Shameless plug, we're working on a next-gen pinball simulator called Visual Pinball Engine[1]. It's free and open source, using Unity, and will eventually suppo

Shameless plug, we're working on a next-gen pinball simulator called Visual Pinball Engine[1]. It's free and open source, using Unity, and will eventually support importing FP's table format. It's still WIP, but we've put a lot of focus on tooling, so anyone can easily create tables. Quick video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfZImFl1ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfZImFl1ME [1] https://github.com/freezy/VisualPinball.Engine https://github.com/freezy/VisualPinball.Engine

sysrpl 4y ago
Do you guys plan on out of the box support Linux with VPE?
- phreezie 4y ago
  Yes! Our CI builds for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
anthk 4y ago
>It's free and open source, using Unity :S Useless for OpenBSD, sadly.
cush 4y ago
This is awesome! Do you know if any of these simulators emulate wear and tear on the table? I feel like the lack of variability in the table is why they've all felt like playing in the uncanny valley to me.
- phreezie 4y ago
  Thanks! :) What we're doing is adding adjustable randomness to the collision resolvers, which results in more or less control over where the ball goes. You can also adjust many parameters of the flipper bats, e.g. you could make the coil less strong, which would be the case for many worn machines. Finally, as you can see in the Volley video, texturing is a big part of adding visual wear, and it makes the whole thing a lot less uncanny.
  - cush 4y ago
    So cool! Don't forget the inconsistent launch out of the scoop! :)
JonathanFly 4y ago
Any chance you will support VR? Having tried a flat screen virtual pinball table, the VR experience just blows it away. Or PS5 DualSense force feedfack for haptics and feeling the ball?
- phreezie 4y ago
  Yes, definitely. I did some tests with my headset, and while a few usability and performance issues need to be resolved, it looks incredible, specially the reflections.

sysrpl 4y ago

Do you guys plan on out of the box support Linux with VPE?

phreezie 4y ago
Yes! Our CI builds for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

anthk 4y ago

>It's free and open source, using Unity :S Useless for OpenBSD, sadly.

cush 4y ago

This is awesome! Do you know if any of these simulators emulate wear and tear on the table? I feel like the lack of variability in the table is why they've all felt like playing in the uncanny valley to me.

phreezie 4y ago
Thanks! :) What we're doing is adding adjustable randomness to the collision resolvers, which results in more or less control over where the ball goes. You can also adjust many parameters of the flipper bats, e.g. you could make the coil less strong, which would be the case for many worn machines. Finally, as you can see in the Volley video, texturing is a big part of adding visual wear, and it makes the whole thing a lot less uncanny.
- cush 4y ago
  So cool! Don't forget the inconsistent launch out of the scoop! :)

JonathanFly 4y ago

Any chance you will support VR? Having tried a flat screen virtual pinball table, the VR experience just blows it away. Or PS5 DualSense force feedfack for haptics and feeling the ball?

phreezie 4y ago
Yes, definitely. I did some tests with my headset, and while a few usability and performance issues need to be resolved, it looks incredible, specially the reflections.