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Olivier Galibert
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Re: Pinball Progress
10/02/14 10:22 AM


> > Question: Would MAME use outside parts like Newton Mechanics or would it be built
> > from the ground up (for lack of a better understanding)? I would also assume it
> would
> > take a monumental amount of work to MAME as it exists today. Correct?
>
> I'd imagine ODE or PhysX hooked to real 3D modeled pinball tables. Then some shaders
> and HDR image-based lighting to make it photorealistic. One can dream, right? :P

Friction is extremely important in pinballs, so I'm not sure you can use existing libraries. And curves are also extremely important, so you probably need to handle bezier stuff. OTOH, the objects themselves tend to be not bad, so there's that.

The lighting, though, that's going to be a pain.

O "my TODO list is bigger than yours" G.







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* Pinball Progress Antny 09/28/14 04:32 AM
. * I want to point this out to all. Dullaron  10/02/14 12:25 PM
. * Re: I want to point this out to all. Anonymous  10/04/14 10:18 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress TafoidAdministrator  09/28/14 09:26 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Comboman  10/03/14 08:04 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Antny  10/02/14 01:26 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Ville Linde  10/02/14 02:14 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress R. Belmont  10/02/14 09:44 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Ville Linde  10/03/14 06:18 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Olivier Galibert  10/02/14 10:22 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Antny  10/02/14 02:40 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress R. Belmont  10/02/14 09:39 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Ville Linde  10/03/14 06:30 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Antny  10/03/14 02:30 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress R. Belmont  10/03/14 05:53 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress RATMNL  10/02/14 09:34 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress RobbbertModerator  10/01/14 03:29 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress MooglyGuy  10/02/14 12:36 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress B2K24  10/01/14 05:26 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress RobbbertModerator  10/01/14 08:02 AM
. * Re: Pinball Progress R. Belmont  10/01/14 07:09 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Dullaron  10/01/14 08:15 PM
. * Re: Pinball Progress Traso  09/30/14 05:01 AM

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