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As usual, Mike, YOU ARE A GENIUS! I have absolutely NO IDEA why or how the settings for the backglass got changed in PBX, but they had it as screen #5! Changed it back to #2 and BAM! Works just like it should! Thank you for always being here with answers. I just can't tell you how much I appreciate it, man.

Sorry for not uploading the files, but I got back pretty late last night and just hit the bed, face first, lol. In Database Manager,I just do one table at a time (as I find new tables I like), and use the "Make Videos" option in the lower right hand corner. It still gets video of the table but no longer captures video for the backglass. Strange behavior considering it was the playfield monitor that I swapped out. Files coming in 3...2...1.... OK, for some reason, I cannot seem to find databasemanager.ini OR log?? PinballX.ini log.txt

Hi guys! It's been awhile since I've been on here to whine about some new issue (I've been reading and experimenting - a LOT, lol). I've had pretty good success in most of my goals, but I'm stuck on an issue with PBX Database Manager at the moment. This issue is 100% connected to the fact that I upgraded to a new cabinet playfield, but ironically, it's the backglass monitor (that I've had from the start) that is now not recording when I install a new game and get vids of for PBX. I'm not at my home office, so I can't provide any of the usual files, but will update with those as soon as I am able. I feel fairly certain that you guys will know what is causing this without having to see those files, but I will upload them when I get back to home base either way. As always, THANK YOU!

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 You guys are THE BEST!!! (I've been accused of being the "grump old guy" myself a time or two, LOL!)

THAT WORKED!!!! Thank you Scutters!!! (and Mike, of course!). I have to say, I have posted various things on "other" vp forums and no one EVER even answers, but here, you guys ALWAYS answer and ALWAYS know what to do to help. I'd have a big, four legged paperweight in my office if it wasn't for you guys! THANK YOU!!!

I'm stuck between whether I should REinstall the PinballX or REinstall the DatabaseManager.

I downloaded the newest PinballX but wasn't sure if I should install it overtop of the existing pinballX folder (I didn't want to lose any games or settings), so Installed it into a temp drive. I was unaware that it was using ANYTHING from that install until I tried databasemanager. PinballX works fine, but databasemanager apparently sees the Temp/installation folder instead of the previous. I tried to delete the temp folder but am getting caught in a circle of "you need to provide administrator permission to delete this folder" (which I can't seem to find a way to do).

I'm not sure what I did, but my pinballxdatabase manager comes up with the two default tables (Road Kings and something else, but NONE of my tables. My tables are all working correctly in VPX and in PBX, but somehow the databasemanger isn't seeing them now. I will copy a few files over and see if that points to what I did - hopefully I can change it back. Thanks guys :/ DBManagerLog.txt log.txt PinballX.ini

I think I might try it again over the weekend when I have more time, mostly because it KILLS me to leave out of here for work if it's not "right" (the idea being that I could come back home and walk right up and play it - which, so far anyway, I NEVER do, because I've gotten into tweaking PBX and especially the specific games I like ) It's funny how quickly I went from "There are THOUSANDS of games I can put on this machine!" to "Delete, delete, tweak, delete, delete, delete". I guess that an easier way to say it would have been quality over quantity, lol. I've realized that it doesn't matter HOW "cool" a game is, if the game play doesn't grab me... DELETE, lol. (Have I mentioned just how much I LOVE this new hobby? lol) Have a GREAT day, guys! (or morning, or maybe a good sleep?? Not sure what time it is where you are!)

I'm not totally sure what you mean when you say "If you set within setting.exe windows to yes?" but I THINK the answer is "yes", lol.

Mr. da_Spik, I moused around ALL OVER that screen and couldn't find a single place to pull, stretch, right click on or move in ANY way :/ Thanks for the suggestion though, definitely makes sense, but apparently not an option on my screen. I appreciate you!

Scutters, I'm trying your POV settings and that FOV setting blows my screen up like I'm looking at my foot with binoculars, LOL!!! I cranked it back to normal with the X/Y setting and gonna give it a play and see how she feels! (yeah, it's a "she" ) Thanks, brother!

Hi Tom! Thank you for answering! I set it at 100% and no luck. I'm fairly familiar with PCs in a general sense, and there was something WAY out of whack with the playfield monitor at the res. My icons were huge, desktop screen was overflowing the borders, just a mess. I switched back to the native 1300X768 and tweaked some color settings, but it's back to (mostly) normal now. I'm honestly trying to determine if swapping out the playfield monitor with a true HD 1080p would make enough difference to warrant the money and effort. Sadly, I'm restricted to 1080p because the 4K 40" TVs that would fit my narrow cab are scarce and expensive. In fact, I'm using this one as a tester for another old cabinet (Stern 1979 - essentially the same size) that I will be converting to a virtual pin cab this summer, and the "look" from that playfield is ALMOST as important as the feel/play, in the overall scheme of things, so I want to be SURE before I start buying components And hey, thank you for answering!

Thank you for replying, guys!!! I've attached all of the files you asked for and screen shots (let me know if I missed anything). I'm also having trouble with some of the pup pack backglass stuff, even though the standard directb2s stuff still fits nicely. I've also noticed that my desktop sizes are quite wonky. The windows (like when you open a folder) are sometimes so big they stretch beyond the edge of the screen, which is odd since I have always known the windows stuff to get much smaller with the higher resolution (obviously). After spending the day away from the pinball machine, then playing it again, I'm not totally convinced that I'm gaining that much in the overall look of the playfield (hard to say). I'm SURE that I have at least SOME of the graphics setting wrong, so that could account for it as well.