*** FizX Profiles and Early Tests ***
So... I've been busy learning how to add FizX to Sonic Pinball Mania and Star Wars DSA GE. Adding it is the easy part now.... learning what the many new settings and options do is harder for me (I'm not a physics guy). So I've been slowly getting this to a point where its really playing nice (with JLou and AnonTet's help).
Unlike before with FP (where updated physics were mostly the same)... now I have the burden of trying to get physics that most people will like. Something I'm not used to.
===== Testers =====
So I've had some VP guys and authors test Sonic out with FizX.
JPSalas said he only needed to adjust one setting for his own preferences. The rest he thought was perfect and he really liked how it played.
Others have used their own settings as well for how they prefer things.... and once set, they liked it much more. They understand this stuff better than I do
Everyone who has tested it has seen the difference and improvements right away, but now with "options"... everyone can now be picky (whereas before FizX, everyone just accepted FP for being FP).
So how do I try to make most people happy?
===== FizX Profiles =====
Well, I decided to try to see about adding FizX profiles to my releases. This will allow you to simply choose a physics profile, then change the FPS to match (Newton physics fps... not Hz).
This will allow for very different settings to be possible on the same table. This also also allows faster PCs to be able to have even better physics by choosing a profile with higher FPS.
This may not be something others will use on their tables... but its something I'm trying out to see if works better for everyone to have a choice.
Even when I finally start releasing FP tables with FizX... it doesn't mean that's as good as it gets. People will learn better how to tweak everything, and JLou still has more ideas (he's on vacation).
Sonic Pinball Mania - FizX should be coming soon.... with Star Wars DSA GE not too far behind!