Deadbolt Don

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 It is starting to come back to me (all the outdated info anyway LOL) I never had the Game manager work before and added all 140 tables manually...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?

I am ticked at the Chrome remote desktop being removed, and while I am not completely apposed to the idea. Feel that using another 3rd party software to remote desktop. Plus the computers at work use the remote desktop so I can log into it an tinker during lunch (installing any other 3rd party software is a no-no. As far as reinstall fresh goes. Is there UP TO DATE tutorials that I could use to get reacquainted with? Leaning more to the "based on windows 10" side of things. For me I guess it is more a order of operations to redo everything. I will work on the INI files and start with the LAV codec since I'm unsure if I do.

Take it easy on me... I haven't really touched my cabinet for over 2 years. So I have a 240 GB SSD that has windows 7 home and all my pinball stuff. As well as a Plex media server setup. The issue I have is everything else has windows 10 and file sharing/remote file management has ceased to be easy for me. So I Started a chain of events that should put me in a better situation. Bought 1TB SSD split into 2 partitions. Had heck of a time getting a proper clone of the 240gb done but it is done. Removed the now "backup 240gb SSD" and did a windows 10 upgrade on 1TB SSD but this only gives me home edition. (I will need the remote desktop that the PRO version offers). <-----Problem one. Yes I know a fresh install is the best way but had to redo everything once and hope to never need to do that again. Everything kinda works. The USB pincab controller doesn't always get recognized on start up, and needs to be unplugged and plugged back in. But everything is so slow.... lag just moving over in the pinball x menu take for ever to load a table. (At this point the system is mostly to blame. Was a 650w power supply AMD 10 processor with a geforce 650Ti GPU only 4gb of Ram, did the trick for a few years anyway). So I did what anyone would do... System upgrade LOL! Bought a 2 month old used Gigabyte Z490 mainboard and Intel 11700F processor. Scored a really good deal on 32gb (x2 16gb) DDR4-3200. Started to install everything and the system wouldn't post.... This is used and I was feeling pretty sick thinking the stuff is D.O.A. The guy that sold it to me stayed in contact so I wasn't believing he knowingly sold me bad stuff. But it ended up that the mainboard wouldn't work with my existing 650Ti GPU. So the new system is a Asus prime Z590 mainboard, Intel 11gen.11700F processor , 32GB DDR4-3200 ram, Geforce 650Ti video card, 650w power supply. And it is still so painfully SLOW! The only thing I can think of is that the multiple installs and the conversion from AMD to Intel stuff plus windows 10 has the system all bunged up. Also not up to date versions of pinball stuff. I don't remember anything about how or where or what is involved in setting up everything. I know that everything is out of date. But not even sure I know how to tell what version of pinballX and visual pinball I have running? So I am thinking that a complete reinstall is in order. I would need to start with windows7 PRO and upgrade from there to Win10 PRO. Or purchase a windows 10 pro key.. rather do the free upgrade. In the past I have backed up visual pinball and pinballx files and just copied over the one that got "reinstalled" this would replace the INI files and my menus/controls/tables etc. and most of the time everything works. What advice can you give for a guy that is so out of date the stuff he does remember only confuses him more when trying to start with new stuff. What are the main info files that could still save me day/weeks/months of redoing?

Hey everyone, Long time user, first time poster. Have always been able to find most answers I need in other posts but I am sort of stuck with this query and don't know where to direct to...any mods please feel free to move this topic elsewhere! My g/f thought she was doing us a favour by 'upgrading' the passes I had (have been paying for two accounts up until recently but I think I have that sorted out now) by choosing the 'Convert It" option when deciding to upgrade. She thought she was converting them to lifetime passes for GameEx online. Now both of the passes that are on my account are showing as "Convert It' passes with no options of changing back...Can anybody please explain what the heck she did? Do I still have my life time GameEx pass? And do I still have the option of getting a lifetime GameEx Online pass to go with my GameEx Lifetime pass? We couldn't connect to GameEx on the pinball forever (haven't updated or used pinball in over a year), and we just installed GameEx Evolution. Installed the latest version of PinballEx overtop of the old one (don't know what version), went through settings, seems to be connecting now. So what caused GameEx to be working again...the install or what she did? Is what she did going to screw up any part of our memberships? Thanks folks