Mike_da_Spike

I don't think the multiple instances will be found in the log

Pinballx set mouse pointer to a small dot, so you won't see it. This can be changed in settings.exe PinballX sets the startup in the users startup folder. Maybe somethong went wrong there. You can always try by renaming pinballx.exe to pinballx_2.exe so it wont start. Maybe the person who sold you the cab did something for loading pinballx as well. You say settings.exe doesn't work? Mine is launching most of the time minimized and I need to right click on the startmenu to open it. Don't uninstall it, but just try to fix your issue.

be aware that 10.8 is still in heavy development and changes almost every week. rev 1514 is pretty old as latest is already 1613 (so you run 100 version behind) Please provide your log.txt and pinballX.ini and also your database file with the alternate exe for your GNR table if GnR (or any other table) needs special settings, don't use alternate exe, but use the specific table options in VP

Did you checked this:

Maybe you can try this program. It is called 'Bring VP to front'. It was created for GL (VR) version, but working for DX version as well. Just launch it once and it will stay in your system try. You can open it bij clickingon the mous eon it and will show you a log screen (don't close it !). Now launch a VP table from PinballX and check if the focus is better BringVPtoFront.zip

If pinballx is crashing (alt-f4 is govong mouse back), and your mouse is 1 dot and taskbar is away, just laun pinballx again and close it. Mouse pointer is back and taskbar is back

My thought is that PinballX is crashing after it launch the fullscreen exclusive mode VPX. The one thing I see is that the full screen hack IS NOT SET in Pinballx.

Whats the status of your issue @duv67?

Pinballx is crashing now with an error descrbed in this article : https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/directx-error-code-88760868/630fff26-dd4c-461a-a42a-ba1692c55346

Your log doesn't show that full screen hack is used. So think you missed something

You started to post it on monday. Their must be something changed Did you follow the steps I mentioned in https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/29056-perdendo-foco-visual-pinball/?do=findComment&comment=213303, because I dont see the fullscreen exclusive hack being activated. i have made a small tool to get focus on vpinball, but that was written for VP VR. It brings back focus to vp. But by default all should work without my 'helper' program

If your backglass is u der the backglass, set it to top. Open dmddevice.ini. i thought there was an option stay on top. Or set the backglsss to behind, but then pinballx will put a black screen on top

I just tested it on my cab (and noticed I'm not on latest release of PinballX -shame- -shame-) I'm running VP 10.8 rev 1514, Pinmame 3.6 SC and noticed that my SMB3.zip had an error (this was changed when moving to pinmame 3.5. After fixing the rom, I was able to launch SMB again. Within PinballX I launch SMB 3 followed by LOTR Both showed a full colorized DMD when game is started Just for your info, I have a real DMD The only difference between you and me (and thank to @scutters who noticed it), my 'Found rom' is smb3 and not Genesis what yours is. 06:19:32.05 10/04/2023: C:\pinball\Visual Pinball vr\VPinballX64.exe -play "c:\Pinball\Visual pinball\Tables\VPX\Super Mario Bros (Gottlieb 1992)_Bigus(MOD)1.1.vpx" -minimized -ini "C:\pinball\Visual Pinball VR\VPinballX64.ini" 06:19:32.10 10/04/2023: C:\Pinball\PinballX\vpauto.exe 06:19:35.97 10/04/2023: VPX Full screen exclusive mode detected 06:19:35.98 10/04/2023: VPX Full screen exclusive focus hack set 06:19:41.19 10/04/2023: Found PinMAME ROM: smb3 attached my full log Note : I put VP 64 bit in a sperate folder called 'Visual Pinball VR' as I was only using 64 bit only for VR, so don't get distracted by the VR in the name. it launches with the normal cabinet ini file log.txt

Strange part is that your log is launching smb, but the rom found is Genie. Thats one I don't understand. I also see you run pinballx as administrator. It will not fix your issue, but it not needed to run pinballx as admin. What is in your dmddevice.log, after you launch the game ?(properly this file exists in the directory c:\Visual Pinball And if your exit pinballx, launch a command prompt and launch : "c:\Visual Pinball\VPinballX.exe" /play -"c:\Visual Pinball\Tables\Super Mario Bros (Gottlieb 1992)_Bigus(MOD)2.0.vpx" Will it work correctly ? What version of visual pinball you use ? And what architecture?

AutoPositionPinMAME is still set to true in your ini. Change the value when pinballx is closed

First try to set AutoPositionPinMAME=false in de settings.exe (or in your ini) to check if your issue will be gone. Thats the only thing thaT PinballX is doing with the 'DMD'(PINMAME) for VP

Open Vosual pinball, go to ideo settings and enable "full screen exclusive " mode. Withing pinbalx (via settings .exe) enable full screen exclusive hack as well. Latest Pinballx version is 6.02. Ease updat If you still got issues, ease attach your new log file and settings file

Nice ! You can always check with a free ftp program if ftp server is available. And if you use DBM (databasemanager), it will give an error message if you have issues connecting to ftp

Solters (who didn't want to you the PinballX site), but was reading this thread, replied to me with : maybe that help as well ?

Cool that the GL version is working fine for you. To be honest, I still don't get why DX version is not working for you one some tables. if it is only VPW tables that is giving issues, try to changes the lightning settings in the table config (via magna keys) for example, this is a settings that could cause issues as well : But also this settings (just taken from my, as @scutters calls is, crappy PC) can be very important can give you extra FPS Just play with these settings (same as Ambient occlusion, reflection mode and lower texture dimensions).

I use a newer version of vp (i though im on rev 1510, that almost 200 revisions newer as yours :p) i use dx version for cabinet as well (only use gl for vr) As there are a lot of cjanges, try one of the latests dx versions as well

I tested today to put my OS set to 4k and set VPX to 2k on 144 Hz PinballX is launching, can star ta table (in 2k) And I can exit. Did it multiple times and all worked Attached is log file as well. What I don't understand, is that you can put VP in a lower resolution, but you don't use full screen mode. (so windows mode) will that not cause an issue when playing in a deferent resolution ? if I set it to non Full screen it will show like this : launching a game from PinballX results to this (even when I turn off full screen mode so not sure what I'm doing wrong (even with the above, I can quit all games and relaunch new ones) EDIT: in newer VPW tables you can also bring up a menu via yhe magna keys. There is an optio "vpw light". Try to turn those off on tables that doesnt run smooth in 4k log.txt

I cannot believe that some tables will not run smoothly when you lower down some settimgs. Is your tv also doing nvidia sync ?

I think scutters means to have the pc in 4k and place vpx in 4k as well. Tweak vpx so it can run all tables. With 10.8 you can have a sett8ngs file per table as well. Maybe lowering the AA for specific tables makes vpx run better. I had in the past a 2070 running at 4k (2 screen setup) and all those tables working like a charm.

Ok I didnt see in your log the full screen exclusive hack enabled. @Tom Speirs, is this something you can fix in code? I have other games (like fx, fx3 and pinball wicked), running on differrent resolution as windows, but they all close fine for me