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This is the latest release of my "Generate loading Videos" from playfield program. The idea started when PinballX introduced loading Videos and @scutters modified his "Loading Video & Image Changer (de-randomiser) " With Scutters his plugin and this program (and a lot of creativity of yourself), you can create your loading video's per table. Version 3 of this program, makes it much easier than the previous version I created. And more flexible. The settings interface can now easily add 'animations' (.gif, .apng or .mp4), you can choose the location where the animation should be added to playfield image And you can choose if you want to use an overlay (Some overlays already included) When set everything up, the program will create from your playfield video , a video with the animation on top (and if you choose an overlay, that will be placed above the playfield video and under the animation) Setup : Download the zip file , and extract all to the same folder Download the individual animations that you want to use as well Run CreateLoadingVideos.exe Select the PinballX system where you want to create the videos for Go to tab 'animations', and setup your Animations path. Put all your animations in that folder. Click on Add to add an entry, select your animation, select the overlay (or use the checkbox to not use an overlay) and set the location where you want the animation Exit the program if all is setup correctly Run CreateLoadingVideos.exe every time you add/modify your playfield videos The program will create missing loading videos and re-create loading videos if your playfield video is newer. It will randomly pick an animation that was setup. A big thanks to @scutters He created some animations, tested the program and helped with ideas on it if you create Videos of your playfield yourself (and with every update of the table), uses Scutters his de-randomizer plugin and this tools to generate the videos, it will look like a seamless start from front-end to the emulator itself. Some examples video's

This is the first PinballX application that can be used in your menu to make some things easy. What is it used for ? With this small program, you can launch through the GameEx online API a random table, or even the correct PINemHI Weekly Challenge Prerequisite : Your cabinet needs internet connection Within Settings.exe (from pinballx directory), you need to setup the Gameex Online section and define a Username and Password You need an API from GameEx Online To use PINemHI leaderboard, you must setup and configure PINemHI. An small tutorial how to setup PINemHI leaderboard can be found here: Setup: First make sure you meet all the requirements. Download the Zip file and extract the PinballXAPILauncher.exe file to your Pinball Cabinet somewhere on the harddrive. Run the file PinballXAPILauncher.exe by doubleclick it. The next Screen appear : Got to https://online.gameex.com/APIinfo.aspx and login with your GameEx account. The blue link in the app direct you to the same location. You can also go to https://online.gameex.com/ (login with your credentials) go to the tab My Page and select on API On the API screen, copy the string under User and paste it into the application User. Do the same for Password This should result like this : Click on the Test API to check your credentials This should result in If you want to setup PINemHI 5 min challenge toggle key Click the Input button to set your Key. This must match the key you setup in pinemhi.ini for value 5min_key= In the Input dialog I press the "period" key on my keyboard That results that the period key is in the program Click on Save & Exit to close the program (if you want to know all the command line parameters, click on the blue question mark icon) Setup in PinballX: Open settings.exe from your PinballX directory Select in the left menu Menu Applications In the right pane of the screen, you can setup Menu applications. Right now you can setup 8 applications , but I'm sure that Tom will extend this How to setup up API access : Use the menu applications in Settings.exe to setup your program Name - Will display the name in the menu within PinballX Enabled - If this application is enabled (select Yes to show) Hide Media - During launch of the program , it will hide or show the media Note : This program doesn't show anything. PinballX will fade away and return. This needs to be adjusted in PinballX by Tom, but takes some time. In a future release this can be toggled Working Path - Path where the PinballXapiLauncher.exe is located Executable - Executable that needs to be launched (PinballXapiLauncher.exe) Parameters - The program has multiple parameters and needs to be setup correctly -r or /r : This will launch a randomized table from your complete collection use above parameter with -s or /s followed by system name : will randomize a table for that system. System name must match the system names in PinballX -w or /w : This parameter will check the Weekly challenge for PINemHI. It will check all your database files and select the database files that are setup for Visual Pinball It will try to match a table If it found a matching table, it will launch it use above parameter with -s or /s followed by system name : will do the same, but only for that specific system . System name must match the system names in PinballX -c or /c : This parameter will check the Weekly 5 min challenge for PINemHI. It will check all your database files and select the database files that are setup for Visual Pinball It will try to match a table If it found a matching table, it will launch it use above parameter with -s or /s followed by system name : will do the same, but only for that specific system . System name must match the system names in PinballX NOTE : THIS WILL NOT ENABLE THE 5 MINUTE CHALLENGE. IT ONLY LAUNCH THE TABLE -5 or /5 : This parameter will toggle the 5 minute challenge Here are some examples I use Random FX3 Table launcher: PinemHI 5 min Toggle: PinemHi Weekly Challenge launcher: PinemHi Weekly 5 minute Challenge launcher: This was the setup part. One time only. Not difficult, but need to check all your steps. How to use it in PinballX: Launch PinballX Wait until your GameEx account is logged in (this should take not long): Go to the menu by pressing the Start/Select button/key. In the menu scroll to Applications and press your Start/Select button/key This will show all the applications you created in settings.exe Just select an option and the program will do the rest ! FAQ: "I select an option for launching a table, and no table is loaded" Check the log file that is created in the same directory (by default) as your application is located "I setup all, but selecting an option in PinballX shows me the settings application instead of launching/toggle" This is properly caused by an incorrect parameter settings Options like -r , -w, -c and -5 cannot be combined Check the log file that is created in the same directory (by default) as your application is located "I run into a problem and don't understand what is in the log file" Close PinballX, launch PinballXAPILauncher.exe again and select the Log tab Set Log Level to Verbose and click Save & Exit Note Never set the logfile level to Nightmare mode ! You've been warned Reproduce your issue and post your logfile/ini file and pinballx.ini in the support thread "Matching of table for PINemHI challenges is incorrect and launches wrong table" Best way is to use the PinballX Databasemanager (not because Scutters and I created it), because the following flow will be done : Read the database XML files Check the weekly table and matching rom(s) Match your XML database file on rom multiple tables found ? It would pick a random table that matches the rom that supports the challenge No rom matching ? This will check the PINemHI tablename against your XML database file if it can match a direct hit to filename or description. multiple tables found ? It would pick a random table that matches the direct hit that supports the challenge No direct matching on filename or description name ? Last option will do a fuzzy search . This will check the PINemHI tablename against your XML database file if it can match fuzzy hit to filename or description. Fuzzy search only matching 65 or higher! multiple tables found ? It would pick a random table that matches the direct hit that supports the challenge Thanks To @Tom Speirs for adding the applications part to PinballX (I hope that he will add the option to toggle the fade the screen when launching, so nothing the application can run in the background ) @Dna Disturberfor PINemHI and creating an 'API' for getting the information for the weekly challenge @scutters for his testing, ideas, mental support and feedback during this whole project (I hope I doesn't forget anybody) Enjoy !

Other 100 Mega Docklets for Future Pinball.

I am creating the Megadocklets for Visual Pinball, I personally like I was doing that type sign. Roughly half of them have done from existing Draco for Pinball Arcade and the other half from scratch, using your template. The other type sign are good to put in the hollow of the DMD when the game has DMD, but these MegaDocklets are more colorful and since I have them in use in PinballFX2, Pinball Arcade and Pro Pinball, because I want everyone to see for same. At the moment I turn up the initial Pack 1 with 44 tables that are in VPX packs that I have uploaded. Later I will go up another pack with the main tables that are not yet in VPX but that we VP9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Estoy creando los Megadocklets para Visual Pinball, personalmente me gustan más que los que estaba haciendo tipo letrero. Más o menos la mitad de ellos los he hecho a partir del ya existente de Draco para Pinball Arcade y la otra mitad desde cero, usando su plantilla. Los otros tipo letrero quedan bien para poner en el hueco del DMD cuando el juego no tiene DMD, pero estos MegaDocklets son más vistosos y ya que los tengo en uso en PinballFX2, Pinball Arcade y Pro-Pinball, pues quiero que se vean todos por igual. De momento subo el Pack 1 inicial con las 44 mesas que hay en los packs de VPX que yo tengo subidos. Posteriormente subiré otro pack con las principales mesas que aún no están en VPX pero sí que las tenemos en VP9. Visual-MegaDocklet-Template.psd

First of all thanks to Tom for making this possible! This is the carbon version of my underlay. I renderd this because i always had trouble to clearly see the wheel images. Now the small ones fit inside the arc and the big one stands out more on the glass / PF shadow. To use this you have to install the newest version of PinballX (4.36 or higher) and change the "Underlay Image Type" in the display settings to "Fill Screen".

First of all thanks to Tom for making this possible! I renderd this because i always had trouble to clearly see the wheel images. Now the small ones fit inside the arc and the big one stands out more on the glass / PF shadow. To use this you have to install the newest version of PinballX (4.36 or higher) and change the "Underlay Image Type" in the display settings to "Fill Screen". This is my first shot at this so feel free to give some constructive criticism!