scottpe Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Been a long time coming... From Zen's site: On May 10th, Pinball FX2™ will be available on Steam as a free platform download for all users! Pinball FX2 will release with a huge lineup of in-game DLC including tables from*Star Wars Pinball*and*Marvel Pinball*series, as well as Zen Studios originals: Star Wars Pinball Marvel Pinball Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles Pinball FX2 Core Collection Zen Classics XP is supported AND portrait mode at release. Minimum configuration: OS Version - Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Processor - Single Core CPU @ 1.6GHz Memory - 512 MB Graphics - GeForce 6600 / Radeon 9800 Network - Broadband Internet Connection Directx version- Directx 9.0 Disk space - 1200 MB Sound card - DirectX compatible sound card Recommended: OS Version - Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Processor - Dual Core CPU @ 2.00GHz Memory - 1024 MB Graphics - GeForce 8800 / Radeon HD 3850 Network - Broadband Internet Connection Directx version- Directx 9.0c Disk space - 1500 MB Sound card - DirectX compatible sound card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson171 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 This is great news at a perfect time! No need for windows 8! Now just how to figure out how to launch zen and Farsight tables from hyperpin! Part of the kick starter anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circo Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Excellent news!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aupton Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Sweet!!! Hopefully we will be able to launch steam based games through HyperPin some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K3V Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Time to get Steam loaded up on the pin cab. Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvj Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Sweet!!! Hopefully we will be able to launch steam based games through HyperPin some day. My pclauncher has full support for steam and SBP. After HL is out of beta, you can use my code to get this to work. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekim Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Does anyone know if there going to be an issue with navigation and high score entry? as on the version of Zen Pinball 2 that i have on my iMac, you need cursor keys to perform both of these tasks (or a mouse/trackpad for navigation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxsinner Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Now we just have to work out a way to make a DMD and feedback work with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russdx Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 DMD will hopefully be taken care of soonish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson171 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 DMD will hopefully be taken care of soonish Interesting . I'll at least have feedback for my flippers since my contactors work with the button press (mainly for zen and Farsight). I say feed back for Farsight tables will be a lot more feesable since they use the actually rom to emulate their tables. Not sure if we will ever see feedback on zen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyrocket Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Not a steam user myself and notice that an internet connection is needed, is this more to gain the DLC or is it more an activation thing?. I do not want my pincab on any networks, so really am only interested in it if it can be activated locally, anyone know the score?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Edit: I hate online drm, it's becoming more 'popular' unfortunately. Yes I think it should be punished, but it doesn't justify straight out pirating it. If it requires an (always on) internet connection, I'll reconsider buying it and probably go straight to a torrent rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 edit: k, this was just a rant. I think it was a little misleading how they presented it on steam. I'm not advocating just pirating everything, I was just a little disappointed. I thought this post being a bit over the top kinda insinuated this. k, I just decided to pirate this game, actually they made me! I looked it up in on the steam site, and to my surprise it had a green "Play now" button in stead of "Buy now", so I though yes! they'll let you play at least one table for free in the hope you buy more! I install steam on my dads laptop, download & install the game and start it up, Alright here we go! but wait what.... ALL FUCKING TABLES ARE LOCKED, not even 1 is playable. fck this shit, I'm out of here. Why did they let me download this! Why create the expectation! Screw you guys! You'll never see my money! I should've figured when the 1st logo I saw was Microsoft studios..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson171 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I'll actually be buying this with all tables most likely. I want to support Farsight and Zen as much as possible so they keep releasing updates and new tables. No support = no new tables. Wifi is readily available now days so a networked cab really isn't an issue (mine will be hardwired). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonsmith Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I don't think it'll be online only, can't see why. I'm not a online player so all my current Steam titles are available offline. I also didn't expect them to launch with anything for free, that's that way all these company's are now-a-days. I don't want to pay for the same darn titles again but I might depending on how well it all functions. Without DMD support though, I'm not interested. The one thing that does drive me crazy is that these games aren't truly random. I've seen my ball go in directions and get saved from drain lanes etc without any input from myself. I believe the physics have a helping hand to make them more playable for everyone. That's not why I'm here. I want as real as real gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurich Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 k, I just decided to pirate this game, actually they made me! No, they didn't make you. You're just a cheap bastard who doesn't want to pay for the efforts of others and justifies it with childish logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Edit: yes I have a harder time keeping my composure due to some personal issues. I just think calling me a bastard was a little insulting and it made me quite angry. Do you know anything about me? Maybe if you did, you would've read in between the lines a little more. I haven't seen you around before, so that didn't help the case for me Hey, take in mind this is just a rant, I'll probably just end up buying it anyway. You can call me cheap, whatever bro, just go download your roms, or do you actually own all of them?! Well roms are actually a bit of a different story, but c'mon, you're not gonna tell me you never pirated anything, lol, on your high horse. Don't fall off. To calling me a bastard, well thanks & FUCK YOU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonsmith Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It seems as though to get into portrait mode you have to actually rotate your desktop first, there isn't a setting in the app. That will be a pain in the arse I must say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent98 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 You can play offline mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent98 Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 DMD will hopefully be taken care of soonish What does that mean Rus? You talking with the zen guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Added explanation to my two previous, not so well received posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyrocket Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 You can play offline mode. Thats good news!, I have no problem at all buying a licence however if it had needed an always on connection then yes then I would of been using a cracked version to get around this. Would of had to turn on some network related services otherwise, and thats just not something I want to do ( I think thats maybe what THK was saying also). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyrocket Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Ok so I have installed this on my win7 HTPC as a test and wow isnt steam a clunky PITA?. Anyway THK even though the tables have a lock key on the icons you can still play a demo in single player. I caved in and bought the starwars set (less than £7.00) and in normal desktop I think it all looks a bit small but with the desktop rotated its night and day. One thing of interest is an app called irotate that enables you to change into portrait mode and back again with a hotkey find it HERE. So I still need steam installed to start a game, but am thinking that I will just throw another drive in my xp64 cab and install win7 on it just for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredgaming Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 It only took two years. I think i remember posting on zens site what seems like forever ago. Has anyone put up a vid of this playing i'd be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockyrocket Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 No vid but I can offer a screenshot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.