How not to list tables

[zeenon]

Is there a trick in PBX to have a custom list show up, but not show when viewing all tables. (I know it's ass-backwards let me explain)

I started to play around with the FP Zedpinball tables, I'd like to start them from PBX but I don't want them in the regular rotation with my VP, FP, and FX2 tables. (1) because I'm testing 2) because there is no artwork transferred over so it's just text)

So when starting PBX I have my VP, FP, FX2 tables on the wheel, from there I can narrow it down to VP only, FP, only, FX2 only, etc. Back to the original question now.....is it possible to create a zed.xml but exclude it from the main list, but select it from the custom list screen?

Z

[franzkenstein78]

yop

it's possible if you create a custom ZED list xml and place it in the database directory of FP next to the FP xml. I did this for all the night mods of VP recently.

check this post for more info

http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/13142-sorting-fp-and-vp-games/

cheers

[zeenon]

The problem is, if I create a zed.xml and drop it next to the FP.xml, it will launch the standard future pinball.exe. It would need to launch the zed version of FP.

Z

[evilantal]

You can fix that by using BAM from ravarcade. It lets you load a different set of physics per table using the same .exe by saving an xml with the physics settings in the table directory having the same name as the table.

Check out the BAM website or gopinball.

[zeenon]

How to not show tables under "All Tables" but JUST as a custom list in PBX:

So I finally figured out how to show PBX tables JUST in a custom list and NOT under All Tables. I know you can create custom lists inside PBX that are a subset of All Tables for example.....VP only, FP only, Zen only, Night only, etc. But I wanted to have a list, that was NOT displayed, when you selected All Tables. (Maybe I missed the instructions and this is old news, but this is a great way to list only your night tables, and not have them in your main list of tables)

So here are my Databases:

Visual Pinball

---Visual Pinball.xml

---VP Only

Future Pinball

---Future Pinball.xml

---FP Only.xml

Future Pinball - BAM <-----I did not want this when selecting All Tables

--Future Pinball - BAM.xml

--FP - BAM

Pinball FX2

---Pinball FX2.xml

---Zen Only.xml

So by default PBX creates a database that matches the new system....if you populate that DB those tables will show up on the All Tables list, if you delete it....none of the custom databases for that system will show up.

So my Future Pinball - BAM.xml contains:

<menu>	</menu>

and my FP - BAM contains:

<menu>	<game name="A Nightmare On Elm Street 1.05 ZED">		<description>A Nightmare On Elm Street 1.05 ZED</description>		<manufacturer></manufacturer>		<year></year>		<type></type>		<hidedmd>True</hidedmd>		<hidebackglass>True</hidebackglass>		<enabled>True</enabled>		<rating>-1</rating>	</game>	<game name="Aladdin's Castle ULTIMATE 1.01 (Bally 1976) PHY2.6">		<description>Aladdin's Castle (Bally 1976)</description>		<manufacturer>Bally</manufacturer>		<year>1976</year>		<type>EM</type>		<hidedmd>True</hidedmd>		<hidebackglass>True</hidebackglass>		<enabled>True</enabled>		<rating>-1</rating>	</game>	<game name="Back to the Future 1.02 Ultra (Data East 1990) ZED">		<description>Back to the Future (Data East 1990)</description>		<manufacturer>Data East</manufacturer>		<year>1990</year>		<type>SS</type>		<hidedmd>True</hidedmd>		<hidebackglass>True</hidebackglass>		<enabled>True</enabled>		<rating>0</rating>	</game>etc etc etc</menu>

Now these tables don't show when I start PBX up, and only come up when I goto the FP - BAM tables custom selection item.

Z