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I'm falling behind on this thread, but a quick reply for now:
Just take a look at the abstract from the Wikipedia article:
IMO the way that's written, it sounds like FP is a long-dead project, unable to simulate modern games, and that people shouldn't bother wasting their time on it.
Yet every single one of those implied issues has been resolved or greatly improved from what I understand. As in: 1) BAM is a robust, active continuation of FP development, 2) PinballBrowser is a powerful, effectiveway work-around to run ROM tables in FP, 3) not stated above, but flipper physics have been upgraded multiple ways, and are still getting better via projects like Shiva's.
It's almost like someone from one of the other virtual pin communities wrote that entry to make FP sound really bad...
Maybe we should implement Nic's ideas on how to improve the perception of FP? The only one I remember is to rewrite the Wikipedia post on FP.
Just take a look at the abstract from the Wikipedia article:
Future Pinball is a freeware 3D pinball editing and gaming application for Microsoft Windows. The software is similar to Visual Pinball but usage of original pinball ROM code is not allowed. The project discontinued and the last version of Future Pinball was released in 2010.
IMO the way that's written, it sounds like FP is a long-dead project, unable to simulate modern games, and that people shouldn't bother wasting their time on it.
Yet every single one of those implied issues has been resolved or greatly improved from what I understand. As in: 1) BAM is a robust, active continuation of FP development, 2) PinballBrowser is a powerful, effective
It's almost like someone from one of the other virtual pin communities wrote that entry to make FP sound really bad...
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