Mike_da_Spike

Not 100% sure, but isnt this a plugin ?

Is your visual pinball set to 'force full screen exclusive' mode ?

Same behaviour for me as well

Sorry, dont use it (yet). Waiting until you write the documentation for it

Thanks buddy, getting slowly there.

I finally got the cab closed again. Because I was not able to remove the front frame of the monitor, I put some black tape on it to mask the white colored frame. Intention was to brush it black, but this was a cheap and easy fix as well. Time to play again

I have 1000+ vpx tables, so no limit on tables. Not sure about the minimum requirements of pbx. You have an i7 , but 3rd gen. Not sure about your video card. Do you have any errors in eventlog ? My assumption is that it is somewhere a limitation on a hardware component

@scuttersand myself released a small update. It a bug fix release that was found by @MrGrynch (thanks for that) Issue was that when checking an instruction card with multiple pages (SWF file) that the preview didn't show the selected instruction card. This could also happen with the "overwrite" dialog. We also discovered that some PC's didn't show the instruction cards during the overwrite file dialog (just 2 black screens) Going through the code, we speedup the preview of showing swf files with 425% (calculation was done before and after fix) Something that bothered me for a long time, was that the Icon didn't show correctly in explorer for 'medium' icons : This is fixed now as well, and icon should be shown correctly NOTE : be aware that Windows has an icon cache, so could take some time before you notice anything See https://neosmart.net/wiki/clear-icons-cache/ for clearing the cache Big thanks for @scuttersfor his help again and also to @MrGrynchfor reporting the bug

I will check that as well, but at the moment I tested, I had the "all tables" filters. Maybe it is easier to read all xml files and the result shows the system - table ? +1 . And also search on unicode ? EDIT : Tested it with my Visual Pinball System : In your log : Error when reading the file C:\Pinball\PinballX\Databases\Visual Pinball\Visual Pinball.xml : System.Xml.XmlException: System does not support 'Windows-1252' encoding. Line 1, position 31. ---> System.ArgumentException: 'Windows-1252' is not a supported encoding name. For information on defining a custom encoding, see the documentation for the Encoding.RegisterProvider method. (Parameter 'name') at System.Text.EncodingTable.InternalGetCodePageFromName(String name) at System.Text.EncodingTable.GetCodePageFromName(String name) at System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(String name) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.CheckEncoding(String newEncodingName) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args, Exception innerException) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg, Exception innerException) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.CheckEncoding(String newEncodingName) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseXmlDeclaration(Boolean isTextDecl) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace) at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader) at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename) at PinballX.PinballXDatabases.GetTablesInfosFromDatabases(SystemInfoFromConfig systemInfos) this is my XML : Visual Pinball.xml

I gave it a try as well, but this is not for cabinet users I asume ? Only works for keyboard (not joy buttons). the search was blank for me and didn't show any results. I could not close the window anymore and needed to force the process to quit. Dialog was on playfield, but not rotated. but, I like the idea PinballXSearchGame_logs.txt

If you create an extra system, the extra system name will change as well. Old mame willstay. You can create custom database as well. That willbe a subset of the main Mame and can be selected via the menu -> lists . Another option would be to create a filter. Add allshooters to the Mame, set for example the 'type' field to Shooters and create a filter on "type"= shooter. This will be availabe in the Lists menu as well (all is in the pinballX manual). I think the database manager manual will also explain filters , groups and custom databases

You can setup a new system called mame shooters (or whatever) and only add the shooters to that database

Start settings.exe and and set system list to enabled. See chapter 4.1.3 of the documentation

I received all parts within a week, but because of health issues, I was only able to spend just 1 hour a day to build and configure it. I made 2 mistakes. When ordered the parts the 980 pro was on sale at amazon and only 30 euro extra than the 970 evo plus. But at the time I realized, the sale was over. But 3300mbps isn't bad for a SSD drive as well. 2nd one was the case. Because it is in my cabinet, I ordered a cheap case. According to the specs, the GPU should fit in it. But was a hell of a job to get the GPU in it. Also the connectors for the leds etc. are all just behind a bracket, that cannot be removed from the case. So I needed to wire all when MB was not in the case and hope that all was fine. Here you see a pic that the back of the GPU is a bit under the case and also the power connector of the card is a bit under the case But spending some time, all fits in the case Next step is replacement of the PC (and monitor) I bought a new W11 pro license (as my W7 and W10 keys didn't work during install) and installed Windows 11 directly on the SSD. Added TeamViewer host and configured that only local could access it. I removed via powershell some bloatware that is directly installed, installed latest drivers for chipset and GPU. And swapped the PC Ok .. my cabinet is on the inside not as nice as some others have, but all is working. I'm glad when I build the PC, that all my components (even external fans) has an external connector so I could easily disconnect everything and connect it again for the new PC. This MB has around 12 external USB ports, so no need for an USB anymore. In the meantime, I also bought a monitor to replace my TV. I bought the LC-Power 39" It is a QHD curved monitor with a refresh rate of 165Hz. I was a bit afraid that a 4K tv would look better than a QHD monitor, but this was the best choice I made. (I should have this done much earlier) The monitor support AMD's freesync. Enabling on TV and in the Nvidia GeForce settings, showed that the tv is also G-Sync compatible : As the back case of the monitor was 'leaning' on my left flipper buttons, it didn't fit well, so I removed the back panel case of the monitor. (Sorry for the blurry pic) I forgot to detach 1 led strip of the back, so that connector is broken now After removing this, the panel is pretty thin and could mount it just above the flippers This gives a better look and feel experience as the flippers on screen are almost on the same place as an physical table As one if the exciters is next to my flipper buttons, it really feels if yo uplay on a real cab Setting up VPX again and re-configured that it should use V-sync, runs almost all the tables at 165FPS I thought that the curve would screw up the playfield, but that's not true. It looks a bit strange as most tables has ramps there, but if you get used to it, it looks pretty awesome. And a huge difference between a TV and a monitor. The viewing angle is much better. Colors are more real and the speed of the ball .. AMAZING ! My old cab had a I7 (7700) in it with a RTX 2070. All the Tables runs on 60HZ, but got a lot of times that I loose the ball out of sight, because it went so fast. I don't have this issue anymore. I'm still in progress to setup everything, but I can play all my VPX tables, DOF is working, SSF is working (noticed that one excitor had a loose cable and fix that too) , PBX setup (setup all new start scripts), Pinemhi is working, Zen FX3 with doflinx is working and Zaccaria pinball is mostly working. The only issue I have now, that one of my cats 'claimed' the glass to close the cab again .... My plan is to make a separate thread to show how I setup my cabinet with all my scripts and running PinballX as a front end

Wow ! Your cabinet looks pretty 'clean' on the inside. Did you build this cab from scratch ? But very good job ! (did the GPU didn't fit, that the card is outside the case ?)

will 43" fit in your cab ? If so, lucky you Mounting not a real issue i guess. Just some wooden slats , to keep the monitor/tv in place

I've never seen these.

That's really odd behaviour. And I'm able to reproduce it. Thanks for letting us know. Will be on our list to be fixed.

Only 2 times ? Ha ! Countless times for me

Open the file in notepad.exe (should be available on all windows versions). Press ctrl+h (=replace) On the search : <hidebackglass>True</hidebackglass> Replace with <hidebackglass>False</hidebackglass> hit replace all save the file

Bought new PC parts, and installed windows 11. My Pinscape controller works fine, but Zaccaria from Steam still has the same issue as when I installed Windows 10 from scratch. So here some screenshots to do the same for Windows 11 Right click on your Windows 11 start button and select Settings From the settings menu , select 'Privacy & security' From the right pane, select 'Windows security' Select the 'Virus & threat protection' Scroll down to 'Ransomware Protection' and click 'Manage ransomware Protection' Toggle the Controlled folder access to ON If you still got UAC enabled, you will receive the following UAC message and click 'Yes' Click on the 'Allow an app Through Controlled Folder access' click on '+ Add an allowed app' Select 'Browse all apps' Navigate to your folder, highlight the executable file and select 'Open' ZaccariaPinball.exe is now added and can write to the users documents directory

Databasemanager doesn't require an installation. It only need files to work. But good that you reinstalled pbx on top! This is because @scutters, @Draco1962, @Tom Speirs, myself and the rest of the GameEx forum user/admins are just friendly people and willing to help. At work people always called me the 'grumpy old guy' but thats because they dont listen if I help them

I know. Must we do a crowdfunding or donations, so you can buy a 240Mhz screen to test all ? I've setup the cab now for 144Hz as it runs smooth as well (and much better than my 60Hz TV !)

@Tom Speirs Hey Tom, sorry to bother you, but setting my monitor to 165HZ causes this issue. Putting it 144HZ will return fine to PBX. There was another post where the monitor refresh rate was set to 240 HZ and PBX didn't show anything Is this something where you can update the playfield function for higher refresh rates or something ?

Did you update pinballx by installing it to c:temp and copy the files to another location ? Or do you have both pinballx(.net core and pinballx vista/xp version) on your pc ? If so, switch in the settings to the other version to get the other databases