Balls of steel running too fast

The Edge · 05-10-2004, 02:49 PM

Today I installed the BOS after a while and it seems to me that the ball runs a bit too fast than it used to be.

My machine is Athlon 2000+ 1,6ghz, 512mb ram, ATI Radeon 9000pro 64mb.

I find this strange since 1,3ver was made in order to play the BOS on W2000/XP. Strange that they didn't "fix" the speed... or maybe it's my illusion, because I haven't played the BOS for some time!?!...

If it's not me - is there a way to slow it down?

But what I don't quite like in v1,3 is that they made the menu full screen. That changes the other XP windows and has a lower refresh rate (however, the table itself is fine!).
Thanks.

Joe Siegler · 05-10-2004, 04:40 PM

Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode?

The Edge · 05-11-2004, 05:48 PM

Hmm... at first I thought the game slowed down, but now I am not so sure. Uh, it doesn't matter now, I got used to it. Balls of steel is my all-time favourite pinball game. And I'm a big fan of pinballs. Too bad that Pinball Wizards didn't last that long.

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Frenkel · 05-12-2004, 06:32 AM

Pinball Wizards still exists. It's just not likely they'll publish another pinball game.

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3D Realms is a DBA of Apogee Software Ltd. (as is Pinball Wizards).

Joe Siegler · 05-12-2004, 09:56 AM

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Pinball Wizards still exists. It's just not likely they'll publish another pinball game.

Or anything. I don't see us doing another pinball game.

The Edge · 05-12-2004, 06:59 PM

Oh yes, compatibility mode did help for the "shrinking windows"! It's now perfectly normal. I guess that should be added in BOS installation help/txt - if Joe didn't tell me about it, I would never guessed it.

Just curious - how come that Wildfire advertises its BOS: Creature attack game with only Mutation & Darkside tables built-in? There's no word about the original 5 table BOS game?

Since Worldscores is now off and defunct - what is your best score? But be honest and fair!

Scotty · 05-12-2004, 10:00 PM

Check out the Tower of Pin.

I posted a bunch of my BOS and Devil's Island scores there as AgentScotty, but most of them have been pushed off the top ten...

Frenkel · 05-13-2004, 06:14 AM

I'm in every high score list of Balls of Steel there, except for Barbarian in Arcade mode

. I should play that game again sometime and I should start playing Devils Island.

The Edge · 05-13-2004, 05:30 PM

Uhh... I almost always play on regular mode.... and I don't remember my old high scores (they are all deleted when I changed the OS to the XP), but I think I was nowhere near or higher than 400 million in any of the pinballs. I'm amazed that some got...uh... 2,795,024,957,160 ......... uh... what are those... billions, trillions?!

05-10-2004, 04:40 PM	#2
Joe Siegler 3D Realms Staff	Re: Balls of steel running too fast Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? __________________ Apogee / 3D Realms Employee: Dec 14, 1992 - May 22, 2009, Oct 23, 2014 - current "Lifting up the Cross to the waiting lost" - Petra \| John 3:16

05-10-2004, 02:49 PM	#1
The Edge	Balls of steel running too fast Today I installed the BOS after a while and it seems to me that the ball runs a bit too fast than it used to be. My machine is Athlon 2000+ 1,6ghz, 512mb ram, ATI Radeon 9000pro 64mb. I find this strange since 1,3ver was made in order to play the BOS on W2000/XP. Strange that they didn't "fix" the speed... or maybe it's my illusion, because I haven't played the BOS for some time!?!... If it's not me - is there a way to slow it down? But what I don't quite like in v1,3 is that they made the menu full screen. That changes the other XP windows and has a lower refresh rate (however, the table itself is fine!). Thanks.

05-11-2004, 05:48 PM	#3
The Edge	Re: Balls of steel running too fast Hmm... at first I thought the game slowed down, but now I am not so sure. Uh, it doesn't matter now, I got used to it. Balls of steel is my all-time favourite pinball game. And I'm a big fan of pinballs. Too bad that Pinball Wizards didn't last that long. (

05-12-2004, 06:59 PM	#6
The Edge	Re: Balls of steel running too fast Oh yes, compatibility mode did help for the "shrinking windows"! It's now perfectly normal. I guess that should be added in BOS installation help/txt - if Joe didn't tell me about it, I would never guessed it. Just curious - how come that Wildfire advertises its BOS: Creature attack game with only Mutation & Darkside tables built-in? There's no word about the original 5 table BOS game? Since Worldscores is now off and defunct - what is your best score? But be honest and fair!

05-12-2004, 10:00 PM	#7
Scotty	Re: Balls of steel running too fast Check out the Tower of Pin. I posted a bunch of my BOS and Devil's Island scores there as AgentScotty, but most of them have been pushed off the top ten...

05-13-2004, 06:14 AM	#8
Frenkel	Re: Balls of steel running too fast I'm in every high score list of Balls of Steel there, except for Barbarian in Arcade mode . I should play that game again sometime and I should start playing Devils Island. __________________ Groeten van Frenkel Visit us at the Official S&F Prod. Homepage

05-13-2004, 05:30 PM	#9
The Edge	Re: Balls of steel running too fast Uhh... I almost always play on regular mode.... and I don't remember my old high scores (they are all deleted when I changed the OS to the XP), but I think I was nowhere near or higher than 400 million in any of the pinballs. I'm amazed that some got...uh... 2,795,024,957,160 ......... uh... what are those... billions, trillions?!