Pbx 2.06 - Animated GIFs

[Draco1962]

I was not aware that this was a feature. How would we set it up to cycle through multiple Loading.gif images?

[Tom Speirs]

It should be auto. Ill take a look but if something could confirm its not working it would help motivate me

[Draco1962]

Windows won't allow multiple files of the same file name in the \PinballX\Media\Loading Images path. Or does it look for whatever files are there and automatically cycle through them regardless of file name?

[randr]

It does randomize! Just tried it loading.png and loading001.png and works!

[Draco1962]

Cool deal! Thanks for testing!

[Fulltilt]

This is a cool idea, works perfect ..thanks for sharing these

Would it be possible to have these specifically for a table so for example ..I can have an inside pic of a star trek for the loading of a star trek table .. or a pic I would like to use for that table and only that table?

the other one at 1080

>>>> Fullsize Link<<<< now rotated

[Viktory2k1]

Uploaded to the FTP a version of this rotated for cabs

Hi, I really like this but I cannot find the rotated version, it has been a while since I have been on here. I can't seem to find it in the FTP rotated. Nice!

WOW, I can't even remember how to get to the FTP site to get the rotated download. I think my brain is fried from my 5-8 hours everynight working on the pinball scripts.

[Itchigo]

As far as I know PBX does already randomize them. Is it not working?

I have even seen it use subfolders too.

Loading image.gif

New Folder

Hauntfreaks, do you have one without the animation?

[Jas-o-n]

Hmm...using the gifs as loading images does'nt work for me...the animation works well but the table does not come to front after loading. The animation does'nt stop and the only chance to end it is to kill pinballx.exe via task manager. Any ideas about that ??? See Ya....Jas

[stigzler]

I wonder how long it takes until the first bikini girl gifs show up

Just......can't........resist.....it.......

(surprised it took so long really..)

[neohusky]

Hey hauntfreaks

Great job on the gifs. The first of the 1080p links appears broken. Are you able to re upload, or even upload them to the FTP?

Thanks

[freneticamnesic]

http://i.imgur.com/NkhkB6f.gifv

[gtxjoe]

[koolywiz]

Anyone have any others they would like to share? Also anyone have some cool dmd video ones similiar to the pinballx one?

[TerryRed]

So, is the Loadig screen meant to only last for a small amount of time in Pinball X? I noticed that when I launch PC Games from PBX, that the loading GIF works fine, but then PBX closes that screen after about 15 secs or so. Doesn't happen with images.

I was hoping to have something cool to look at on that screen while playing PC Games.

[Draco1962]

The loading image for my machine closes fairly quick as well. While some may wish to control this with a user-input delay perhaps, I'd rather not intentionally slow down any loading and would prefer a faster sequence so as not to need it altogether.

[YMS]

I created a startup video from one of the GIFs that hauntfreaks posted here before, combined with the sample from The Who's "Pinball Wizard" that plays as PinballX' startup sound by default. The reason I made this is that I like that song (on its own and in particular in its function as a pinball startup song), but using it as a startup sound doesn't really work if you're using table audio (as the sound then plays for maybe two seconds before it stops and the table audio begins). Now with using the video instead, the whole startup of PinballX obviously is delayed by the 9 seconds the sample.

Low quality a) because the full-size version of that GIF is no longer on Flickr, and b) to be able to upload it here. Good enough for my purposes anyway. Only portrait mode, cause the tool I used sucks ;), but if anyone would be interested in a landscape version, it sure can be done.

(The video goes to Media\Startup Videos, and the startup video feature has to be enabled in the settings explicitly. My recommendation is to have the Media\Startup Images folder empty then, as otherwise first an image is displayed and then the video.)