Any POV savants out there that would be willing to help?
I built my 2nd vpin a few months ago and have been having a blast! I recently visited an arcade with a ton of real tables and realized that what I thought was decent POV on my home machine was actually way off (hadn't had a chance to play a real table in a few years). I took some pictures from my POV at the real machines just to compare at home and there is a lot of room to make adjustments, however I can't get VPX to do what I want. I have watched all the tutorials on youtube about POV but they aren't really helping.
My cabinet is larger than a normal widebody, but the playfield area is the same. I opted for a 48 in OLED since the 48 dimensions are closer to real pinball table than the usual 43". My last Vpin was a 43" monitor and it felt way too small compared to the real thing. While the 48" isn't "perfect" the ball size and actual playfield size feels a lot closer on the 48 inch.
I also made sure that my TV angle is exactly at 6.5 degree slope (like most real tables) so that, that angle was as close to real as possible.
Issues that I'm having:
The angle on the tables is really incorrect. I have messed with layback and inclination, but it either ends up with portions of the playfield cut off or the top or bottom sections are too large. Basically, I can lay the table back so that the toys and playfield pieces look correct but then the flipper area is way to large or becomes wildly distorted. If I change the inclination to match my actual slope, then the view is looking too top down and kills the realism.
Questions:
Which mode should I be using for POV? I see a lot of people using window but there are far less options in regard to adjusting the view in that mode. However, if that is what I should be using then I have no problem changing.
What should I start with when adjusting? I generally move the scaling to 100% on all the axis and then start by getting the toys looking correct in the angles and then move to adjusting the individual scales (x,y,z) until the table fits.