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well I'm finding out I have to wait 24 hours between each download of pinballx, which is fine I understand the pay wall, It will just take a while. In the mean time I wrote an AutoHotkey script to mute all audio on 5 mins Idle, but the problem is ahk doesn't detect joystick input, but it does let you map joy buttons to keyboard. So in order for it to work I have all my buttons sending the letter k all the time just to properly detect idle. or If anyone has better ahk know how, I think there is a way to use the getkeystate function, but I've failed to figure it out. It would be great to get this working as a 3rd party app, because Pinballx is the only frontend I know of that uses the Mute during Attract mode feature. (Well I assume Gameex Does but honestly have never used it. I currently use Launchbox/Bigbox for my arcade setup.) I have found three apps that mute during idle: IdleMute - Made using Autohotkey Tur-Another Idle Volume Adjuster - Has lots of features System Silencer - very simple just option to set idle time All of these programs do not detect Pinscape input or Joystick input

are you using windows 7 or 10

I just installed PinballX 2.42, and the mute during attract mode is working again. I'll try seeing what the latest version that works for me is....

Sorry to bother, I can't seem to find the archive for PinballX past versions for download.

I just tried 3.97, same thing. Yeah I'll try an earlier version.

No just installed 3.95 over my old install, which broke it. then I fresh installed it to new folder and moved media and databases over to new install. then updated it to the new 3.96. I've tried 3rd party apps that mute after a certain idle time but, the ones I've tried don't recognize joystick input. I'm lost what did you update. I think the last version I had was 2.9x something, has there been dependency changes or folder names or anything? I really would like to keep this updated version because of the video loading and table with gif loading, performance updates and such.

I did a fresh install and installed over 3.95 with the same results. doesn't mute during attract mode.

I installed, and rebooted and problem is still there. I checked the pinballx.ini and went into settings to double check and it's set to MuteAudio=True

Ok, sorry won't happen again. Can I just install over the 3.95 install

16:43:05.9 11/9/2019: PinballX - Version 3.95 x64 16:43:05.1 11/9/2019: Windows 7 16:43:05.1 11/9/2019: Loading Settings 16:43:05.1 11/9/2019: Initialize Component 16:43:06.0 11/9/2019: Initialize Display 16:43:06.2 11/9/2019: Testing Flash engine. 16:43:07.3 11/9/2019: Loading PlugIns 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Created DirectX BackGlass Window 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Looking for startup images 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Hiding Cursor 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Hiding Taskbar 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Getting GPU and CPU Information 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: 4 cores, 4 threads 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Displays: 2 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Loading Font 16:43:07.4 11/9/2019: Load Game List 16:43:07.6 11/9/2019: Loading Database: Pinball FX2 16:43:07.6 11/9/2019: Loading Database: Pinball FX3 16:43:07.6 11/9/2019: Loading Database: Pinball Arcade 16:43:07.6 11/9/2019: Loading Database: Future Pinball 16:43:07.7 11/9/2019: Loading Database: FX3low 16:43:07.7 11/9/2019: Loading Database: FX3med 16:43:07.7 11/9/2019: Loading Custom Database: Pinball FX2_old 16:43:07.7 11/9/2019: Initial load gamelist took: 125ms 16:43:07.8 11/9/2019: Finding and matching artwork and videos 16:43:08.7 11/9/2019: Took: 889ms 16:43:08.7 11/9/2019: Loading Game Statistics and Scores 16:43:08.8 11/9/2019: Main display running full screen windowed. 16:43:08.8 11/9/2019: Loading Surfaces 16:43:08.9 11/9/2019: Finished Loading Surfaces 16:43:08.9 11/9/2019: Initialize Audio 16:43:08.9 11/9/2019: Set Keyboard Controls 16:43:08.9 11/9/2019: Initialize Joystick 16:43:09.0 11/9/2019: 1 Joystick Attached 16:43:09.0 11/9/2019: Started 16:47:30.5 11/9/2019: Exiting 16:47:30.6 11/9/2019: Showing Taskbar 16:47:30.8 11/9/2019: Unhiding Mouse Cursor 16:47:30.8 11/9/2019: Disposing Plugins 16:47:30.8 11/9/2019: Saving Settings 16:47:30.8 11/9/2019: Bye

I use table audio not video audio, it used to mute after starting attract mode, then unmute once I pressed a button.

[Display] Monitor=0 rotate=90 Windowed=False windowwidth=812 windowheight=457 windowx=543 windowy=752 PlayFieldBrightness=230 WheelTextColor=ffffffff WheelTextOutlineColor=ff000000 InfoTextColor=ffffffff InfoTextOutlineColor=ff000000 FilterTextColor=ffffffff FilterTextOutlineColor=ff000000 MenuColor=ff0080ff FullScreenWindowed=True ShowExitImage=False ShowExitImageFor=3 [BackGlass] monitor=1 x=0 y=0 width=1024 height=768 AutoPositionB2S=False [DMD] Enabled=False monitor=1 x=0 y=0 width=900 height=300 AutoPositionPinMAME=False [FileSystem] EnableFileMatching=False [Interface] UseTableLoadingMedia=False GIFbackgroundcolor=ff000000 DesktopModeEnabled=False EnableAdditionalDetail=False ShowSystem=True ShowRatings=True OneClickLaunch=True EnableDefaultFilters=False [Audio] StreamVolume=40 SampleVolume=70 PlaySoundInVideos=False [Startup] playsound=False playvideo=False StartWithWindows=Yes [KeyCodes] quit=27 left=37 right=39 select=13 rotate=82 pageleft=33 pageright=34 exitemulator=27 ingame=80 screenshot=83 capturevideos=86 instructions=73 volumedown=109 volumeup=107 credit=53 plunger=164 launch=50 [JoyCodes] quit=10 left=2 right=1 select=0 rotate=11 pageleft= pageright=4 exitemulator=3 ingame=13 instructions=14 launch=17 Credit=15 Plunger=16 [Text] All=Todo PlayGameTwoPlayer=Two Player Game Line1=Juego Gratis Line2=Presiona Inicio Featuring=Presentando Tables=Mesas PlayGame=Play Game Instructions=Instructions Information=Information Flyer=Flyer Gameplay=Gameplay Tutorial=Tutorial Promo=Promo ExitGame=Exit Game ReturnToGame=Return to Game Return=Return Exit=Exit Shutdown=Shutdown Favorite=Favorite Favorites=Favorites FavoritesAdd=Add To Favorites FavoritesRemove=Remove From Favorites MostPlayed=Most Played LastPlayed=Last Played Lists=Lists CapturingVideos=Capturing videos. Please wait. This will take several minutes. Ratings=Ratings HighScores=High Scores RateTable=Rate Table NotRated=Not Rated Systems=Systems RecentlyAdded=Recently Added [FuturePinball] Enabled=True WorkingPath=C:\Future Pinball\Emulator\Future Pinball\BAM TablePath=C:\Future Pinball\Emulator\Future Pinball\Tables Executable=FPLoader.exe Parameters=RunWait, /STAYINRAM /open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit /arcaderender,,hide UseErrorLevel LaunchBeforeEnabled=True LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=C:\Tools LaunchBeforeExecutable=Coin_Start.ahk LaunchBeforeHideWindow=False LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=False LaunchAfterEnabled=False LaunchAfterWorkingPath= LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchAfterHideWindow=False LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True MouseClickFocus=True FPRAMPath=C:\Future Pinball\Emulator\Future Pinball\fpRAM [VisualPinball] Enabled=False WorkingPath=h:\-PINBALL-\- VISUAL PINBALL - TablePath=h:\-PINBALL-\- VISUAL PINBALL -\Tables Executable=VPinball_9_0_2.exe Parameters=/play -"[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" LaunchBeforeEnabled=false LaunchBeforeWorkingPath= LaunchBeforeExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchBeforeHideWindow=False LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=True LaunchAfterEnabled=False LaunchAfterWorkingPath= LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchAfterHideWindow=False LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True AutoConfigure=False [ExitScreen] Enabled=False EnableExit=False EnableShutdown=False [StartupProgram] Enabled=false WorkingPath= Executable=notepad.exe Paramaters= HideWindow=true WaitForExit=false [ExitProgram] Enabled=false WorkingPath= Executable=notepad.exe Paramaters= HideWindow=False WaitForExit= [AttractMode] Enabled=True Timer=1 ShowFor=15 MuteAudio=True [System_1] Name=MAME Enabled=False WorkingPath=C:\- EMULATORS -\- MAME - TablePath=C:\ Executable=mamep64.exe Parameters=[TABLEFILE] SystemType=0 [AutoExit] Enabled=True Minutes=5 [Login] Enabled=True StreamQuality=10 [PinballFX2] Enabled=True WorkingPath=C:\FX2 Executable=Pinball FX2.exe Parameters=-applaunch 226980 [TABLEFILE] Process=Pinball FX2.exe Rotate=False WaitFor=-1 [PinballArcade] WorkingPath=C:\TPAFCM Executable=TPAFreeCamMod.exe Parameters=-table [TABLEFILE] Process=PinballArcade11.exe WaitForSelect=50 Enabled=True WaitFor=7 [GameListManager] onlinemode=true [RealDMD] EnableColor=False Color=ffff1414 [PinballFX3] WorkingPath=C:\FX3 Executable=Pinball FX3.exe Parameters=-applaunch 442120 "-table_[TABLEFILE]" -offline Process=Pinball FX3.exe Rotate=False WaitFor=-1 Enabled=True [Topper] monitor=2 [VideoCapture] KeysStartRecord=82 KeysEndRecord=83 Seconds=45 UseGPU=False SavePath=C:\Users\pinball\Videos [Internal] lastwheelcachematchsize=-1123 lastselected=PrometheusPrometheus (Original) (1.2)FuturePinball filter_year= filter_company= filter_custom= filter_favorites=False filter_lastplayed=False filter_mostplayed=False filtername=Mesas filter_rating=0 filter_system= filter_recentlyadded=False [Plugin_1] Enabled=False Name=PlugInLED.dll [Plugin_2] Enabled=False Name=PlugInSpeech.dll [Plugin_3] Enabled=False Name=QuickLaunch (PinballX Edition).dll [Plugin_4] Enabled=False Name=Xpadder Plugin.dll [Apron] monitor=8 [SetupWizard] EmuPath1=C:\Emulation\Emulators AssetPath1=C:\Emulation\Assets ROMPath1=C:\Emulation\ROMs DefaultPathPrompt=True DownloadDatabasePrompt=True DownloadEmulatorPrompt=True WizardMode=Custom SavePosition=False SearchText= EmulatorIndex=0 EmulatorGroupIndex=0 DaphneIndex=0 HTMLAppsIndex=0 ExternalAppsIndex=0 RadioStationsIndex=0 NewsFeedsIndex=0 MappedDrivesIndex=0 SystemIndex=2 ShowPanel=True FontSize=1 WindowSize=656, 478 WindowLocation=265, 1042 WindowState=Normal CustomArray=General Settings~Display Settings~Audio Settings~GameEx Online~Startup Settings~Keyboard Input Settings~Joystick Input Settings~Text~Future Pinball~Visual Pinball~Pinball FX2~Pinball FX3~Pinball Arcade~Other Systems~Video Recording~Attract Mode~Auto Exit~Exit Screen~Exit Program SearchArray= SectionIndex=3 [frmInfo] Size=378, 313 Location=396, 629 WindowState=0 [System_2] Name=FX3low Enabled=True SystemType=0 WorkingPath=C:\FX3low TablePath= Executable=Pinball FX3.exe Parameters=-applaunch 442120 "-table_[TABLEFILE]" -offline WaitForProcess=Pinball FX3.exe [System_3] Name=FX3med Enabled=True SystemType=0 WorkingPath=C:\FX3med Executable=Pinball FX3.exe Parameters=-applaunch 442120 "-table_[TABLEFILE]" -offline WaitForProcess=Pinball FX3.exe TablePath=

I just updated to 3.95 and the mute during attract mode no longer works, everything else works great and faster than before. But I really like it being silent until I go touch a button. (well really the wife is the one who likes it the most, lol.) Is anyone else having this problem?