I suppose that this is probably obvious to some, but I certainly overlooked it.
There are a number of things that I like about Pinball FX, like support for over 60 FPS.
However, the tables also display a number of animations. One has to stop play and wait for them to be performed, sometimes they obstruct one's view, and they just generally kill my enjoyment of the game.
I just learned that it's possible to...actually turn those animations off, at least for Williams tables, thanks to a Steam thread. As users in the thread had suggested, I'd looked in the graphics settings, hadn't seen anything and had given up; the setting is not very obvious.
On Williams tables, there's a dedicated button
on controllers, "B"
which will toggle "Visual Mode". What that actually does isn't very clear, and I'd skipped over it in the controls section. It toggles all of the obnoxious animations.
Suddenly, the Pinball FX implementions of Medieval Madness, Tales of the Arabian Nights, and The Addams Family are fun for me again!
Just a heads-up to anyone in the same boat.