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Yes......I just added a topic. After three days of troubleshooting I can positively reproduce Windows recent update/updates causing operational issues with PinballX. I worry new users in future will not be able to get PinballX functioning cleanly. Please see Windows update topic I posted for complete description.

Good morning I want to bring the communities attention to an issue that may pop up. Some of you are aware my PinballX quit cooperating with DOFLinx/DOF this week. I’ve spent an ungodly amount of time getting it working again. Here is what I have discovered. Let me preface the description by admitting I should have had Windows update turned OFF! The symptoms are no feedback devices working in PinballX but they do work perfectly when tables launched outside of PinballX or when launched with another front end. Positive confirmation is the PinballX log stating “Swiss Lizard DOFLinx plugin failed to initialize - plugin stopped” I tried many repairs up to moving PinballX off the computer and performing a new install. I grabbed fresh plug in dlls. I tried running earlier versions of PinballX etc..... If I restored my hard drive to a January 9 restore point everything works great. I discovered 5 Windows updates between January 9 and present day. 2 are systems updates and 3 are security updates. I let Windows reinstall the updates and PinballX had the previous issue. I did a manual uninstall of the five updates and PinballX reverted to working great. My concern is that this issue will affect others. Especially users who install PinballX going forward and get frustrated without knowing why. I suppose everyone on the forum is smarter than myself and already turned off updates but new users may come along with new computers that have the update and are prone to same error. I wish I could tell you guys which of the five updates is the culprit but now that it is working and updates are turned off I hate to open the can of worms. I checked for blocked files and could find no obvious ones but somehow one of those updates is screwing things up with the plug in for DOFLinx/DOF. The plugin tester will still find DOFLinx framework and say everything is OK.

Man, looking at his log I see his PinballX DOF plugin is "not initializing" just like mine was doing the last two days. Lane

Whew! After a solid day of work I have it all working. After discovering that as late as January 9th Pinball X was using DOF, I just restored my computer from the January 9th restore point. I had made a restore point and a hard drive backup on January 9th. Lucky for me! After the restore PinballX is using DOF and addressable light strips as it should. Tables are opening with DOF and addressable lights perfectly. This all began with the "project of the week" which was installing speaker lights which were my first RGB's in the cab. I think when I installed the Teensy software I must of screwed something up with PinballX or created a conflict. Once I restored back to the 9th I would up with a flashed Teensy and no Teensy software on the C drive so there are no C drive files to conflict with anything in regards to the Teensy setup. Just a guess but it is the only significant changes I can think of since January 9th. This twelve hours of troubleshooting gave me a sore back and the opportunity to see how PinballY works. I think they are too similar to warrant moving away from PinballX. I really like this front end, I am comfortable with it and the support is great. I have it tweaked just right with toppers and color DMD videos, loading GIF's etc. Thanks for trying to help me today. I'm taking a break from innovating and going to play some pinball after a nap! Lane

I found a Pinballx backup from 1/9/2020. Its log shows that the PinballX DOF plug in initialized correctly. I traded the PinballX files with that backup (4.03) and it still did not initialize the plug in so the problem is not with the PinballX revision. It is I suspect with the plug in target. What exactly is the plug in doing when PinballX launches? Does it just point to the dll in the DOF folder?

When I test the plug in using the PinballX P;ugIn Mangager it say everyhing is OK. I'm not sure what you mean by Pinball X DOF settings. I have the file GlobalConfig_PinballX in the DOF config folder and I have the PinballX PlugIndll in the DOF config folder and the Pinball X folder. I am sure it is something simple as it has worked before and the log is plainly saying 12:43:32.00 2/13/2020: Loaded Plugin:"DirectOutput PinballX Plugin" Version 1 By Swisslizard 12:43:32.15 2/13/2020: PlugIn Did not initialize. Disabling PlugIn Maybe you have an idea. Im open to suggestions. PinballY is working. I just installed it today to see if it would use DOF. However, it really jacked up the media import and I like PinballX better. I just got to get the DOF working or else my lights don't work when I launch from PinballX

Good morning I am having trouble getting PinballX to work with my DOF/addressable LED's. I had DOF working in PinballX and then over the last few weeks it became intermittent and now doesn't work. You can see from the logs that it is not initializing and it is aborting. I stayed up all night trying different things. I have replaced the dll for the Direct Output PinballX . I have cleared the registry etc. and yet I can not get it to initialize. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am at wits end. log.txt [SETTINGS].log DirectOutput.log

Thanks for the AC DC GIF. It is great!!!

Thanks so much! I just got home from a work trip and look forward to setting this up. Lane

Yes! I didn’t see the AC DC theme in the GIF thread. That’s probably my favorite table and Angus cracks me up in his uniform!

Yes, once I selected “all tables” PinballX remembers to show all tables on launch. Previous described bug is really no bug at all, just the way PinballX works.

(solved) I didn't know 4.10 was out until you mentioned it. I just upgraded to 4.10 and the problem still exists. Using Windows 10. Log seems OK to me also. They just are not on the wheel even though the info is in game manager and they are enabled in game manager and settings. If I go to the systems list they are there under FX3 and will launch! The problem narrows down! They just are not showing up on the master wheel that is launched as the default. Gotta be a bug I think. Are yours showing up on the top wheel or do you go to a list to launch? solution: I went to the wheel menu and selected "all tables" and there they are. I guess in the upgrade to 4.09 Pinball X defaulted to only showing VPX tables. I never use the list feature so I didn't think to check there. Whew!

I wish I could talk you into using your AC DC video and creating us a loading GIF in "light" format for center of screen!

I lost my FX3 tables on wheel menu when I upgraded to 4.09. I checked and the settings has FX3 enabled and the game manager still has them listed and enabled. I'll attach logs. I am thinking this might be a bug and not a problem with your set up. log.txt [SETTINGS].log SetupWizard.log XDMDlog.txt

Hmmm. I’ll check task manager next instance and report back. It may be a while because both times it was after it was in attract mode for a few hours. We’re headed out on a sailboat Saturday for a week. Can’t get the cab on the boat even though I would like it!

Attached are three logs from the LOG folder. However, the frontend was behaving normally when I captured these logs. I will try to capture a log the next time I see the wheel moving several spaces with each press of the flipper button. I regret to say I am using the VirtuaPin controller. Controller works superb but accompanying plunger is giving me grief! Lane [SETTINGS].log log.txt SetupWizard.log

800 tables! When I started on this hobby I remember telling my wife that "I only want a few, really good tables loaded". Now six months later I am at 90 tables. Loading new tables is addictive! However I hope I don't get close to 800. Just going around the wheel would get tough the more tables that are loaded. I am intentionally not doubling up on tables. I stay away from two versions of the same table and just pick the one I like best and get rid of the culls. Right now I am on the fence with my FX3 tables. I love the graphics but get bored with the game play. I currently have about six on the wheel just because it is fun to show the graphics off to newbies. Same with VP9. I have one table (Kiss/Scooby Doo) that I really love. All the others I have deleted as VPX versions are created. Like I said earlier it is all so very addictive! Good luck with your trimming down. Lane

I have noticed twice this week that after PinballX runs in attract mode for a length of time the game selection becomes erratic. When I press a flipper button the wheel will jump forward several games at a time. If you launch a game and then exit back to the front end the bug is removed and a flipper press only moves forward one game as it should. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? I am using 4.06 version. As an aside I am really enjoying Pinball X. I have gone through and added topper, audio ect. to all my games. It is really a slick streamlined front end in my opinion. Keep up the great work! Lane

Love the new loading GIFs. Thanks so much. Were getting quite a variety. Very talented work.

The new "light" GIFs are absolutely perfect. You nailed it! Lane

Private message sent. Thanks for all the work on this. They are a great addition to the table! Lane

I am using these GIFs and they are working great. I wish that they were a little more visible on the playfield but that is probably a function of the overlay software and not your images. Lane

Are the playfield images coming up randomly for you guys using the new option? I tried it yesterday and today and for example when launching spiderman I might get a playfield image of KISS table. For the time being I am back to using the derandomizer plug in and table image folder option.

I installed the latest version and am using Loading images (png) that I created through PinballX recorder. I have activated PBXLoadingImage in the PBX plugin manager. I still am getting random table image displays while loading. I have attached the two logs. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Lane Edit: I got it fixed. I had "use loading images" in the general settings when i really needed "use loading folder" selected. As a side note the new "use loading images" selection was giving me random table images. I would have thought that new setting would use the table image for the table that was loading at the time. O well. Your plug in is working great. I just need to teach myself how to layer a gif on top of the table image and merge them. PBXLoadingImage_log.txt log.txt

Great! Thanks, Lane