[SPECIAL BETA] GameEx Online

[Tom Speirs]

One of the new features of GameEx evolution will be an enhanced online portal where you browse your game library and remote control the software.

This new feature is being released early as it is being piloted and test driven with PinballX.

It will be a permanent feature of PinballX shortly but we are currently looking for you to test it out with a pre release of PinballX here: http://online.gameex.com/pinballxsetup.exe

The GameEx online site is http://online.gameex.com - online.gameex.com

Please give it a try if you consider yourself up to the job and post your findings in this topic.

Thanks. I hope you enjoy this new feature.

I need it tested before it goes into full production so please help.

Tom.

To use the feature set your forum login details in the setup wizard then once PinballX has started and been running for a few seconds it will login. You will see a pop up notification in the front end if login is successful.

Online instances can be remotely controlled live at online.gammex.com and you can also view your instance when PinballX is offline.

[Adultery]

Stellar!!!

Looks like I'll be setting up PinballX tonight then. :-)

[Tom Speirs]

PS: If it was not obvious, PinballX Game Card will be available here shortly.

[Krakerman]

So far so good!

[Censored]

Brilliant, I´ll try it later today!

Login on online.gameex.com does not work for me (because of the beta?)

[zeenon]

I like it!!!!!

Couple of comments/issues:

Comment: Is it possible to move the GameEx evolution login popup to scroll across the PBX bottom info bar?

Issue: On GameEx Online --> My Page - where are the images stored? I see a few that have 'No Image"?

Issue: I did click on a table (Theatre of Magic) and selected "Play This Game" and it started a diff table (Zen: Shaman). I did it a second time and it went to the correct table.

Z

[Censored]

Hmm....

Issue: Can´t login with my login details (GameEx Online AND PinballX)....

[Adultery]

@zeenon: I think the images are hooked into GamesDB, not connected to your local machine.

If there's not a solid way to contribute images and database info to gamesdb, there ought to be. :-)

@censored: It's probably a silly question, but you're using your forum login details right? Did you try clicking the button a couple times? I had to click logon twice before it logged me in finally (on Chrome if it matters).

[Censored]

Nope, does not work... (PinballX does not log me in either)

Am I blacklisted ? ;-P

[Adultery]

As it's an early beta, Tom will have to look at the server logs and see what the deal is. I'm sure it's but a minor hiccup.

I'll un-ban you, I think you learned your lesson about trying to be helpful. :-)

@Tom: I think the user icon is being displayed from the old setup before you migrated your storage, my user icon has been changed a few times since Bowser. Just a heads up, since users who have come along since then are showing no avatar in their user page (like zeenon).

[zeenon]

Is that what that shaded box is for .......I thought it was for the wheel image. Tron doesn't have one so it's blank, I'll start one that does.......

Z

[Adultery]

That gamercard looks real sharp!

Is it one stock background/font or is it skinnable? I was thinking about porting my Game Tagger plugin for GameEx over to PinballX, but if I can skin the stock card I will save the effort.

@zeenon: Of course you would be playing Funhouse...

[Tom Speirs]

@censored. Could you try now please? Do you have anything set or installed such as a proxy server that could be blocking the referrer url being passed?

[Tom Speirs]

@Adultery. I am planning on allowing the user to upload backgrounds for the game card. GameEx will also transition to this new format once Evolution arrives.

[Adultery]

Nice!!!! It's like you answered my prayers. haha!

[Censored]

@censored. Could you try now please? Do you have anything set or installed such as a proxy server that could be blocking the referrer url being passed?

Still cant login on onlime.gameex.com. I´ll try tomorrow if the login in PinballX works (My wife would kill me if I switch on the cab on 00:15).

No proxy or any other blocking things installed

[Tom Speirs]

Could you try resetting your password to alpha numeric only.

[Censored]

Resetted it and changed it to asdfgh - still no luck :-( (The Password was already alphanumeric before resetting)

I changed it again - its not asdfgh anymore ;-)

[Zeiram]

Should I be able to login to GameEx with my username and password from this forum? I created a game card, but it won't let me login to GameEx.

[Tom Speirs]

The login on gameex.com is just for administration of the site.

[Tom Speirs]

@censored could you contact me offline please? Id like to test with your account login.

[Tom Speirs]

I've released an update to the PinballX Beta here: http://online.gameex.com/pinballxsetup.exe

This should hopefully fix issues remotely launching the wrong game.

[Tom Speirs]

Just wanted to let folks know Pinball Images are updated and synced from files on the FTP once a day. So if your images are not showing up online simply upload them to the FTP. You should be sharing anyway

[Tom Speirs]

Could do with a few more testers please. Cheers.

[Zeiram]

The login on gameex.com is just for administration of the site.

Okay. Well my game card isn't updating. The beta ran fine, and seemed to connect okay. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'll try the new version tomorrow to see if that makes a difference.