Fair enough...just the engineer in me thinking thinking outloud

I remember seeing some PF CAD drawings once that showed the design teams comments about potential PF problems...always stuck w/me.

If folks are interested, here's the bare-bones screenshot of the game in its current form.

pinside design screenshot v1 (resized).jpg

Thread bump, since folks have been asking about design programs and this may be a useful example.

I suggest a Sex and the City theme.Could have Big chase the big O.Would probably get more females interested in pinball.

Looks great! Just my $.02 I think the ball will stay up in the left pops area too long, especially if it enters from the top. If the pop is too close to a rubber, the ball tends to rapid fire back and forth off of that rubber and into the pop. I might remove the bands on the right of the pops and move the bottom pop into that area. You could construct a through-pops shot to the upper left area and also create a space that the pops could cause drains. Cool seeing the theoretical thread turn into a development thread!

For this game, VP 9.9 with my own tailored object set. I use what I know works.

I haven't had any such difficulties in the simulator, though a whitewood could produce different results. The rubbers will also be nullified a little by having a third post in the centre of each band, so there is less spring movement. The optimum distance between each pop in my opinion should ideally be no less than 1-1/4 inch between two 3-inch caps; Bally/Williams games followed this example, but some modern Sterns like AC/DC do squeeze them closer together to deliberately create longer bump periods.

So have you played a virtual version of the PF?

ben hur, gladiator, greek mythology with "paragony" type of art would be cool

Yes, that's how it's been built to this point. Accurate sized playfield and components though so a real build should not be an issue. Wouldn't be the first time I've done things this way; digital test first, CAD second.

I think a good table might be to theme it after Gerry Anderson's UFO TV show. He did Thunderbirds and space 1999. The UFO's would be great pop bumpers. Could use their missiles as flippers. Call for interceptors for player position. Have sky diver submarine level play under play field like haunted house. Launch sky one from sub by vux yo a small upper level. Have a countdown timer by having the side call out Increasing speed as sol 1 through 9.