How to Build a Virtual Pinball Cabinet: The Main Components Explained
A beginner-friendly overview of the displays, computer, controls, software and feedback hardware required for a virtual pinball cabinet.
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Two-Screen vs Three-Screen Virtual Pinball Cabinets
A two-screen virtual pinball cabinet is simpler and usually the better value. A three-screen build adds a dedicated DMD display and a more convincing backbox, but it also demands more space, hardware and configuration.
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What Size Virtual Pinball Cabinet Should You Build?
Choose a virtual pinball cabinet around the exact playfield display, available room and required service clearance—not the screen diagonal alone.
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What Are B2S Backglasses in Visual Pinball?
A B2S backglass is the companion backbox display for a Visual Pinball table. Here is how directB2S files, B2S Server, DMDs and cabinet screens fit together.
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What Is DOF in Virtual Pinball?
DOF is the software layer that makes a virtual pinball cabinet’s contactors, lights, shaker motors, and other physical feedback devices react to gameplay.
