Support File Tutorial FP Glossary?

[lees1964]

I'm new here, so be easy on me, lol. I've taken a four day crash course on virtual pinball and have taken a swan dive down the rabbit hole. Recently acquired an older home built cabinet VP game that came with about 30 games installed, all Future Pinball. The method I was shown to start various games was, I believe, f1 on the keyboard, then navigate with the mouse to open game file in FP. Having never heard of virtual pinball (well, not in cabinet style - I've played a great many PC games over the years) I was initially thrilled at having even 30 games available! In an effort to make the interface a little more smooth (which I now know are referred to as "front end" loaders or programs) I was introduced to the VAST, VAST world of virtual pinball and all its resources on the internet. I should say that the purpose of this post is that, in all my searching (and I may be searching incorrectly) I have been unable to find any type of glossary for the acronyms, words and phrases that I see in EVERY forum. Many of these become clear as you do more reading (and I've done a LOT), but it would be incredibly helpful to know these words/acronyms going IN. With that said, I want to say that TerryRed is ALREADY my damn HERO! His guides, videos, answers on forums and just general shared knowledge has been the single light at the end of a long, dark tunnel for me. Had it not been for his step by step help, I almost surely would have thrown in the towel already. So, THANK YOU, TerryRed! (and I am SURE there are many more of you who have done similar, but I've just not happened by them yet). Thanks in advance for any help on this.

 

[xenonph]

Not exacty sure if this is what you are looking for, but you can find a Pinball Glossary here...
https://www.ipdb.org/glossary.php/

You can also look in Visual Pinball folder and look inside "Doc" folder, and there is documentation and a VPinball.chm help file.
(But that is for Visual Pinball)

Here you can find Glossary of terminology for Future Pinball and BAM.
https://pinballnirvana.com/forums/threads/glossary-of-terminology-for-future-pinball-and-bam.19722/

 

[StevOz]

This guide might also be useful.

Pinscape Build Guide

mjrnet.org

 

[GeorgeH]

If you want a glossary of FP terms, then try this:

Tutorial - Glossary of Terminology for Future Pinball and BAM

Table of Contents BAM (Better Arcade Mode) Bump Maps DOF (Direct Output Framework) [video] Dynamic Flippers FizX PUP (Pinup Player) [video] PUP, PuP-Pack, and BAM: PUP Plug-in Shadow Maps SSF (Surround Sound Feedback) [video]

pinballnirvana.com

You might find this tutorial useful also:

Support File - George's Installation and Setup Guide for Future Pinball and BAM (Beginners Start Here!)

Translate to French or Other Language Click on the link on the left and a new tab will open with this page translated into French. Click on the "To:" pull-down option to select a different language. This guide was written to help anyone that is new to Future Pinball. This guide has basic...

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[JonPurpleHaze]

Welcome @lees1964!

I hope you found some answers here (Thanks All), I wanted to let you know that I've changed your thread type to a Question type instead of Discussion.
You can change it back if you wish, it allows Users to up vote replies and allows you or moderators to mark a reply as a solution and it would appear first in the responses. Not a big deal but it could generate more replies.

I have also changed you newer thread to a question type here but don't have answers:

Help - Solved - Pinball Emporium/Joytokey - I've been at this over a week and still can't find the problem

I know how frustrating it is to see someone make a post about something they could have just as easily searched and answered on their own. This does not seem to be the case for my situation. Oh, I'm SURE the answer is out there in the vastness of the internet on one forum or another, but if it...

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[lees1964]

Yes, thank you to all who answered! I appreciate you so very much!