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Was this fixed?.. i'm guessing not because using quicklaunch 1.0.4 with pbx 3.28 32bit on win10 64bit i'm getting the same issues - arguments get removed unless added to settings.xml directly and also get the "could not start process!" error when launching a table. Or is a there a later version somewhere?. Thanks

Sorry... i meant 64bit pinballx, should have been clearer. It's an option during pinballx install.

+1 from me!, by table and or system would be good. Default to the current loading screen if no image found. I did try changing the loading.png image via a launch before bat file, but it seems the loading image is loaded before that fires (or at least doesn't honour the wait for exit flag), which i suppose makes sense as you'd want the loading screen there for any long running launch before activities, Edit: 25/02/19 functionality now added via plugin. Would still like 'native' support in pinballx though

Are you using the 64bit version? You have UseB2S=True in the ini file, B2S is 32bit so that could be a problem. If not try turning that feature off and using backglass videos instead.

Yeah, that would be a problem. I've inadvertently shut down power without shutting down windows before, and yes it did corrupt/reset the pinballx config.ini. Don't do it, always shutdown windows first! - you're asking for problems if you don't, even hardware issues.

PinballX\Config\ folder (or it might be configuration folder, i'm going off memory!)

Ok, well if you can't find anything with the hardware there's only a couple of other things i can think of.. Try setting force fullscreen in VPX (you may need to set the DDraw registry flag for game roms too if you do that, can be done in bulk with setdmd), or an autohotkey script or similar to force focus to VPX after table launch https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinActivate.htm

Ok, so it is a focus thing. Have a look at this thread as option 1... (I would rename vpauto.exe rather than delete it so you have a backup). If that doesn't work i'b be tempted to try a batch file in your pinballx Run Program on Startup settings as option 2, something like the below pasted in notepad and saved as a .bat file (amend the tablename to something you have) that will hopefully preload/cache anything in the same way as when you start a game and have the focus issue now before restarting pbx. START /MIN /HIGH "loadvpx" "c:\visual pinball\Tables\tablename.vpx" TIMEOUT /T 10 TASKKILL /F /IM "VPinballX.exe" /T

So it's only the first table loaded, regardless of which one?.. Sounds like a focus issue anyway, if you ALT+TAB to the VPX table does it then work (will confirm focus issue)? Can you also let us know your VPX settings? - fullscreen set in video prefs, running as administrator as well?

Seasons greetings! Try turning off the auto position DMD via Settings or this line in pinballx.ini to False, AutoPositionPinMAME=True

Anything changed, pinballx or windows updates? Everything running as admin?

Somebody will have done this before i'm sure, but my google skills have failed me, i wanted the pinballx navigation sounds to come out of my rear speakers (front of cab) for 7.1 format so i've updated the existing rflipper, lflipper and select sounds in audacity for that. Maybe of use to others, all in attached zip file - drop them into you pinballx\media\navigation sounds folder (after making backups of course!). Not sure how they'll work on multi audio device setups or in 5.1, they probably won't but i can't test that! Edit - updated with better left right positioning across left <- > right speakers. Attachment updated. navigation sounds.7z

Please post your xml, log and ini files... it sounds like you're adding a new program, so tables on a new system list? (and is the system enabled in pinballx settings?)

Nice one.. sounds like your pinballx issues are resolved, who knows how!! For the tables you mentioned not showing the dmd you should probably continue that on another forum, but as far as i know the games you listed have scores on the backglass itself so the dmd may be redundant (but you could still show it if you wanted). There's a few options; 1/ some backglass files are 3 screen compatible and will show a score or a graphic on the dmd themselves, right click on backglass when game is running and set B2S DMD to visible to test that out. 2/ show a dmd, check in vpinmame setup that dmd should be shown and right click backglass to check DMD option is set to visible. 3/ Set the B2S DMD & DMD backglass options to hidden and in pinballx game manager select the game and uncheck Hide DMD so you can show the same DMD image / video as you have in the front end when playing the game. Hope that helps..

customVP - thanks for the info, guessed it was something like that. Alternative might be to add new system lists for other vp versions, but would be a pain moving all the games and media files across. Depends how many older games you run i suppose. auto config - copies pbx key settings to vpinball key settings, if you've got the keys mapped as you want probably can leave disabled. DMD not starting for some vpx tables - have you checked settings on the backglass for dmd via right click, and vpinmame settings (use external dmd / show dmd check boxes via vpinmame\setup.exe -> Test -> rom name, you'll want one of them checked [show dmd if you don't use freezys dll])? Are you still running the 32bit version of pinballx?, that might be a factor with customvp if running 64bit.

Not really a pinballx issue now.. i don't use FP, you might have more luck on a FP forum unless someone else chips in.

If you find a voice that sounds like the terminator i might enable the plugin myself!

Ahh.. you need to change it in the sapi control panel - of course!!, nicely hidden away by MS. Run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Speech\SpeechUX\sapi.cpl

Don't use the speech plugin but i assume it is the windows voice too. Try windows settings -> speech -> text to speech -> voice

Screenshot looks like the Window/Full Screen option in display settings has been set to Windowed, try setting as Full Screen. The posted ini file is before the changes for the screenshot right?.. you want the x & y positions for dmd and backglass = 0, they're a relative position on the screen so by having them offset you're moving them - potentially off screen. Might not fix the problem with the backglass screen not appearing on correct screen, i know on my set up windows has screens 2 & 3 in the reverse order to how i use them in pinballx (from memory they used to match but changing a screen caused windows to change numbers but pinballx didn't, so they're now just out of sync). If you get back to dmd and playfield correct but backglass on wrong screen try all other screen number options in the backglass drop down.

What is customVP.exe?, try pinballx launching vpinpallx.exe instead - at the moment we don't know what it's trying to do! Also there's some errors in the log, i think due to the auto config for vpinball being enabled in pinballx settings, try disabling that to clear that up for now (re-enable later if you want) For the flippers working in both pbx & visual pinball at the same time set the force fullscreen exclusive option in visual pinball video preferences if not set already. Post new logs back after the changes above, and confirm what version of pbx you're running (3.29 32bit?)

I don't use b2s in the front end but i guess pbx isn't killling it correctly. Make sure pinballx is set to run as admin (right click -> propeties -> compatibility)

Might be something as simple as default audio device has somehow changed in windows... Are both monitors using audio over hdmi or 3.5m audio cable edit - sorry, forget that hdmi question... i'm too used to my 'tv' setup! Hopefully the default audio device is the issue anyway.