Deadbolt Don

Thanks I was looking for the alternate exe put completely missed it. That worked for every version I have of VPX CC table! I will have to look into the CCC version I seen a video and it looks like it plays very well! But because I am a gluten for punishment my cabinet is going to be down for at least a few days, I just bought a 4k 43" tv that I need to see if I can fit in my cabinet. On paper it is 4.6mm larger than width inside the cabinet... It is more of a test than anything. May need to figure out a way to shave the MDF 5mm not sure a hand plane will work and router is messy not looking to take cabinet completely apart either. Just thought of this as typing - don't know where the remote sensor is located may be next hurdle. Wish me luck

This is one of the files I am trying to get working. I am running VPX 10.8 final though. Does that table require the p-roc installed? Maybe that is the issue. This will not focus directly in VPX either not just pinballX. Edit: Just used older VPX10-7 exe to run this table and it worked as it should!!! How do I get PinballX to use the 10-7 exe file for this table?

Thanks guys I will look into it tonight a little more. What cactus canyon table are you all using? Where can I find it? I would attempt to try that version if it is working for you.

I don't see any processes set up with quick launch, I tried disabling it and no change. I just tried the bringvptofront tool. It appears to do nothing as I understand it should, but no icon in the taskbar shows up. Has not made a difference yet either. "Window/fullscreen" is set to full screen, "windowed" was set to no I think. I did try changing it to yes and no change. If I changed the windowed/fullscreen option to windowed it opens in a small window with all 3 screens on the playfield monitor. I am out of date and forgotten almost everything about my cabinet. I don't know anything about p-roc but I did a quick search and cactus canyon continued seems toi be one of the tables that needs it. I will need to look into it more. There may be other tables but I haven't got past the "c"s yet. I buggered up my foot and standing at the cabinet is hard to do right now, can only do it in short sessions.

Yes I guess that would be a focus issue. VPX is set to exclusive fullscreen. So far it happens on every version of cactus canyon I have tried. And other tables load right to the playfield.

Sorry I haven't been able to get the table to fail the way that I originally mentioned. Cactus canyon loads but the table doesn't show unless I alt/tab over to it. My full screen windowed was checked already. This is the 2 files after that happens. log.txt PinballX.ini

Well that is weird, I woke up the cabinet and the playfield moved to the backglass etc. Fixed that and tried to get cactus canyon to crash and it actually loaded the game, But it plays the loading table video and then backglass and DMD/rom load My playfield goes black and I need to alt/tab to go back to the visual pinball screen and the playfield is there and game will play. Other tables will load fine. I ran into some other issue and didn't get the files I will mess with it some more in the next day or two and see what I can get to fail again there were a few.

Hello I have not touched my cabinet in over a year and trying to get back into it now that I upgraded my video card. I am using PinballX upgraded to current version and also database manager. I am getting back into the swing of things for adding/removing tables through database manager. I have bunch of tables that don't work for some reason or another. So I am downloading new versions and I open it first using file explorer or visual Pinball 10.xx. then go into the database manager and add the new table/search for media and then hit play table. Then I check my PinballX to be sure it all looks good. I am running into a few table that will load and play fine in visual pinball but in pinballX environments will not load the table. It starts to then drops of right away and goes back to the front end or database manager. Cactus Canyon is one of the tables that I cannot get to work. Any ideas what can cause this?

Mike & Scutters, Thanks for everything so far! It is starting to come back to me (all the outdated info anyway LOL) I never had the Game manager work before and added all 140 tables manually... But I did try the Pinball Database Manager and it seems to be a very powerful piece of software. I should probably post this in the thread for it. But I have been able to use the media FTP to grab info from GameEX. It works okay on alot of tables. But I do get a warning loading media requires plugin enabled in PinballX : <--- or something like that. I have looked around, followed the link in your signatures to the plugins. But I am still unsure how to install or what plugin that it is looking for is. I have other things I need to mess with in pinball database manager but, this will get me moving. The other thing (not sure if related to above). Is it will add the wheel and backglass on some tables (maybe flyers and instructions) but doesn't seem to locate a playfield video and the record your own doesn't seem to work for the playfield or some DMD unless I have set it up right yet. one example is the VP10 Scarred stiff. Such a famous table should be easy to find everything? Maybe I just need more seat time with this new fangled tech you guys worked so hard on.

I Have made alot of progress but as usual one SSD Hard drive set into motion a chain of events that I had been avoiding. Getting everything installed was pretty much fresh installs of Win 10 home (as recommended will try something else for remote desktop for time being) I basically did fresh install of visual pinball full install x.7 (was on 9.02 it think). Fresh install of PinballX. Copied my old files over the new stuff (replace with the backed up files and directories) Then reinstalled.. Whatever it seemed to solve a few things. Set up Visual pinball 995 and Visual pinballx under "other". Treated preferences as if it was all new. Had to set a custom resolution since windows would overscan full page @ full 1920x1080. Nvidia software sets this in windows as something like 1846x1054. Had some issues getting my controls that were working before up and running. By strokes of luck I have the main buttons flippers/magna saves/start and coin/ Launch button and the plunger seems to work in at least 2 games (testing each game will take time LOL) Nudge seems to be working. Will need fine tuning but is SOOO much better than I remember it being before. I do see that the Nudge testing table that came with VPX seems to have the balls "resting" to the righ side, is that normal? I do have the Vitrupin controller V2. Is it telling VPX that it is off level? How do I adjust that, since I do seem to lose more balls on the right outlane (blaming machine LOL) Really think I still want to rewire the cabinet and maybe get away from the logitec 5.1 speaker system. It sounds awesome but sub box is in the way of everything. Been thinking about my computer case and wishing I could make it a much smaller foot print inside cabinet. Maybe a server chassis? I will most likely start a new thread leaning more towards the "what's next" Steps I need to do to get my cabinet guest ready. Mike I blame you (good thing unless wife finds out) I started to look into the pinscape stuff and Zeb has them on his site. I really like supporting my fellow Canadians if I can. Plus the CAN$ pricing and free shipping is no hassle for me Eh'? Seems like a good start to getting some much needed feedback integrated. The two things I would love to get on first is a replay/match knocker and a revolving light for the top. Then some lighting...... I digress, Is there a way to Have the VPX and VP9 tables in separate folders? I see that the VPX tables seem to use all the backglass files I already have for the VP9 stuff. Would all these need to be in the hypothetical "seperate VPX folder" as well? Lastly is there a way to have the VPX & VP9 stuff identified in the Pinball X front end? How do you tell them apart if the wheel info is all the same?

Let me play with the controller for a little before I call any shenanigans' with the controller. But I installed the VirtuCab software and controller gets recognized. In windows game manager pincab controller shows up the plunger does move the axias on the screen. But the virtucab software won't recognize anything. I don't think my controller is a V3 and this may be the issue? I can use the flipper buttons but the launch button and start as well as others are all messed up. Is Joytopin still required? My "plunger" either never got setup right or something since it only worked in a few tables. To the point I would use just use launch button play. But it looses a little WOW factor when visitors are told to just use the launch. I do recall the subwoofer setting of the tilt in some games like Roadshow when the bulldozer would fire up. I just seen something about knockers and solenoids doing this and some work arounds that I will look into.

Happy New Year!!! Made lot of unexpected progress. Firstly the fresh install of windows 10 then the Lav codec. Install Visualpinball 9 & 10 Then Pinball X. Copied over the old files to keep my tables and basics setup. This kind of worked, because I proceed to mess around, and add a power plug and switch for the Back glass tv. As well as USB/HDMI outlets so I can use the backglass as a "smart" tv with a Chromecast or Digital picture frame with a USB stick. I need to rewire my pincab controller one day soon. While I was in the back board I Ran HDMI instead of VGA to the extra DVI port on the 650Ti. With a adapter. This of course messed with all my settings and playfield ended up on backglass and backglass on the DMD monitor. Got all that figured out and now have the back glass in 1080p, Playfield in 1080p, DMD in who knows what... its a DMD.. Now I can play 1080p games on the backglass or play from Bluray drive. The Pincab controller is the next thing to tackle. Off till Tuesday.

Yep Tom, Mike everyone is right a reinstall was the answer to the problem so far. Wasn't pinball X ONLY it was windows in general. I did install the LAV codec and it made some improvement to the PinballX front end and playing. I just wiped the c drive and installed win 10 home from USB made off the Microsoft site. I am installing drivers and stuff tonight and will mess with pinball and game stuff tomorrow. But already I can tell the difference. Night and day. I alway USED to prefer reinstalls for the clean install but that one reinstall and setup of tables had me trigger shy I guess. I did backup the Visual pinball and pinballX directories and other stuff. I am sure I have done exactly what Mike said and just loaded the files over top. But I think I should try to redo some of the tables anyway. Since I could use the practice. I didn't even have Visual PinbalX so that tells you how long its been. Thank for info so far. I will post the results tomorrow.

Ya everything in general is slow! The setup windows for PinballX took much longer than one would expect after clicking the next arrow. I will look into the defender option but I am suspecting something else given the specs this should be opening windows like changing channels on tv. not click and wonder if you clicked it fast enough then click again and finally it loads a window then a second one LOL. Frustrating. Adds to my hatred of Windows 10. As far as a recommendation on what guys are running for video cards. Currently I am using HDMI for playfield, vga for backglass tv (TV has a HDMI input) and DVI for a old computer monitor "DMD". Keeping cost around possibly 300-400 Can$ is it possible?

I can see were it creates issues (separate login and credentials) Won't be using for playing anything just option for the wife to work from home through a computer that should on paper be decent. But regardless of what or why on the remote desktop. No other benifit to going windows 10 Pro? Is this a issue of the older Geforce 650ti not being able to keep up? Back in the day it was "the go to card" But everything gets old. But I am willing to bet that the "backup SSD with windows 7 still works okay-well with a little lag on loading games. Let me play with thing abit. The more I play the more start to come back to me. Just did a PinballX 5.33 install into existing C:\PinballX dir. Should I just skip the setup and everything should still be like it was right?