directb2s backglass and table not exiting pinballX

[jaharr01]

Okay here is my problem. I had pinballX setup with the prior version of pinballx and it was working fine exiting properly with FP and VP. I set up DOF and upgraded to the latest version and then I started having problems. the db2s back glass wasn't closing but the pinball x menu would come up the table in vp was minimizing , but when I would start another table the back glass wouldnt ecit and it would start another VP instance o top of that one, which screws everything up. I have got to fix this it is driving me craxy.

My set up is an A8 with windows 8.1, 8gb ram with an ssd. It is a 3 screen setup. I have FP and VP running in pinballx.I have a nanotech plunger board as my encoder.

SetupWizard.xml

log (1).txt

Visual Pinball.xml

[Tom Speirs]

Please try the attached:

PBX.zip

[jaharr01]

i'll give it a shot Tom, thanks for all your hard work.

Jay

[jaharr01]

Hey Tom It appears to be a failure of pinballx not exiting VP.Whatever it is causing this,whether the pinmame support or whatever it doesn't shut down VP, when u load another game the prior backglass comes up. I put an led clear file in the scripts and run it on exit. Also I used the hold exit button down feature and that didn't work.I hate to leave 1.87 because of the online integration that saves time finding artwork, but the frontend is unusable in this state. Could you give me a link to 1.85 so I can revert or do I have to uninstall and reinstall. I know its not a problem that is just mine from reading the earlier posts. It may have something to do with DOF and pinballx because thats when the problem started. I ran the file you gave me it made no difference.

Jay

[Tom Speirs]

Providing old versions halts progress but I need to know if 1.85 has the issue. It is attached.

Please let me know.

Cheers.

PinballX.zip

[jaharr01]

Hey Tom, do you care to give me a link to the full install of 1.85. That flash exe program didn't change it back,or i'm not doing something right, I need to uninstall and reinstall the full version. I'm going to systematically uninstall and reinstall the software till I find out what it was. I will reinstall 1.87 first and make sure it just didn't need a reinstall. then I will uninstall and reinstall VP, Finally if that doesn't work then I will uninstall and install 1.85. Thanks for your prompt response. I hope I get it fixed.

Jay

[Tom Speirs]

Hi,

There should be no need to do a reinstall. Everything PinballX does pretty much is in that exe. There are no other dependencies that have changed.

So it didn't fix it right?

[jaharr01]

no. and I have thought about this from every angle. The root problem is that VP is not shutting down with 1 keystroke. VP is designed to return to the menu i.e. return to editor,resume game, and debug.before pinballx bypassed this with one key stroke from pinballx. That is the issue. There is a commonality with other pinballx users since the last release, although that could be coincidental. Regarding my setup something caused pinballx to not exit to properly via the exit command . Whether it is pinballx or vp , I am unsure. I think the only route is to start unistalling and reinstalling each part one at a time,

[Tom Speirs]

Well the other issue with VP not shutting down properly in the latest release should now be fixed if you look in the 1.87 LedWiz topic. However the issue was not present in 1.85 so I don't think your issue is directly related to a PinballX bug in at least the last two releases.

[jaharr01]

Well I'll put a Fresh install of of vp and 1.87 and maybe that will fix it

[jaharr01]

I know from experience if software gets tweaked enough it will eventually screw up

[Tom Speirs]

Ill have 1.88 out shortly with that other fix so you might want to hold off a few hours. I just need confirmation.

[jaharr01]

I will Tom. Thanks for your help

[jaharr01]

fixed with 1.88 thanks so much Tom, I'd buy u a beer if I could.Since I can't I'll drink one in your honor.

[parabolic]

Tom, Ive been having this problem as well. Just found the update to 1.88 and installed it. Still gives me a virtual pinball has encountered a problem error upon game exit. I DO notice this is when exiting with a usb controller instead of the esc key on the keyboard. With the ESC key I can exit all day with no issues. but EVERY TIME I use my exit button (wired to buton 9 on my controller) it fails.

Is there any way to change the script to function the same way when hitting the exit button?

Thanks

Para

[sliderpoint]

Tom, Ive been having this problem as well. Just found the update to 1.88 and installed it. Still gives me a virtual pinball has encountered a problem error upon game exit. I DO notice this is when exiting with a usb controller instead of the esc key on the keyboard. With the ESC key I can exit all day with no issues. but EVERY TIME I use my exit button (wired to buton 9 on my controller) it fails.

Is there any way to change the script to function the same way when hitting the exit button?

Thanks

Para

Is your controller also mapped to keyboard commands? ie: through joy2key or something like that? If that is the case, I recommend removing the joystick input setups from the pinballx settings.

-Mike

[jaharr01]

straight up it fixed mine.yes i'm running joy2key but since its not broken i'm not messing with it.But if it acts up again i'll try to remove game key from pinballx

[B2K24]

I occasionally have this issue running VP990 without any Front End even.

[jaharr01]

vp has too many variables, one little break in the chain and it acts weird.Although I have not had much problems with it lately, but I only have about 40 tables in VP