How to exit with options

[zeenon]

Well, it's been about a week since I've used HyperPin and switched to PBX and so far it's been rock solid. My only big issue now is, I can not get the exit/pause working correctly.

Let's start with FP:

If I'm in FP and I hit the exit button, the table exits immediately back to PBX. (This works but I'd rather have a menu..Return, Exit, etc.)

If I hit the pause button, I get the FP pause menu AND the PBX menu (Return, Exit, etc) This one is a pain because I have to hit pause like 4 times to toggle the FP pause menu off. The nice thing about the FP pause menu is it shows the leader board. So how is everyone else configuring FP and PBX?

In PBX:

Everything works. Exit brings up the Return, Exit, Shutdown menu

In VP:

Let's get FP working first

Another thing I've notice, and this may be a simple labeling issue, the joy.cpl buttons do not match the Joystick input setting LABELS in PBX. Maybe someone with an iPac can double check. For example, pressing my exit button is button 6 in joy.cpl but button 7 in the joystick input settings. It looks like this is only a labeling bug and not a functionality bug but I'm curious what other users are seeing.

[pocketpal]

Well, it's been about a week since I've used HyperPin and switched to PBX and so far it's been rock solid. My only big issue now is, I can not get the exit/pause working correctly.

Let's start with FP:

If I'm in FP and I hit the exit button, the table exits immediately back to PBX. (This works but I'd rather have a menu..Return, Exit, etc.)

If I hit the pause button, I get the FP pause menu AND the PBX menu (Return, Exit, etc) This one is a pain because I have to hit pause like 4 times to toggle the FP pause menu off. The nice thing about the FP pause menu is it shows the leader board. So how is everyone else configuring FP and PBX?

It seems to me that getting the functionality you desire would be most easily accomplished by setting the PinballX setting "Pause/In Game" to your exit button, so that pressing it brings up the exit menu you desire, while pressing your pause button simply brings up the FP leaderboard and pauses the game.

[imagamejunky]

I recommend using one cabinet "pause/exit" button for both "Pause/in Game" and "Quit" in the PinballX settings. And then set the "exit emulator" button to something else that you probably won't use. You can then press this "pause" button on your cab to pause the game and if you want to exit the table you will select it from the menu with your start button. You will also use this cabinet "pause/exit" button to exit from pinballX .

Then change your "pause" button in the FP settings to something completely different. Right now it looks like your FP "pause" and your PinballX "exit emulator" are both mapped to button 7.

Hope this helps

NIck

[zeenon]

pocket,

Somehow I introduced a bug.......

Quit = Button 7

Exit Emulator = blank <<<<<<READ BELOW this can't be blank>>>>>>>

Pause/In Game = Button 7

In FP and VP, hitting the exit button now brings up the PBX menu, this is what I wanted. (although I think there is a focus bug, because you need to hit start or coin in, before you can exit, you can't go into the table and got right to the exit menu) I'll worry about that later.

The bigger issue is pressing the PAUSE button exits out immediately in FP and VP. (Well in FP I see the leader board then it exits back to PBX) I can not see where to stop the exit at???? In FP the exit is blank and in VP the exit is Q.

Z

[zeenon]

And then set the "exit emulator" button to something else that you probably won't use.

This is the KEY!!!!!! The Exit Emulator CAN NOT BE BLANK!!!! I set the Exit emulator to Button 13 via the ini file, and it no longer exits when pressing the Pause button.

Right now it looks like your FP "pause" and your PinballX "exit emulator" are both mapped to button 7.

That is the way it seems...but it is not. For some reason PBX uses different buttons then joy.cpl. For example pressing my Exit button shows Button 7 in PBX and Button 6 in joy.cpl and FP.

The below screen shot is the way I have it working now. But I would like to see some fixes when Tom has time .

1) When starting a VP table you need to press start or coin in to exit. It seems like the VP table does not have focus when entering the table for the first time. (verified fixed in release .157)

2) I need someone with a cab (and controller) to verify that the labels are wrong in the joystick input settings. This is cosmetic and not a function issue. It's just confusing when Win7 says you are pressing button 6, but PBX says it's button 7.