Noob question, adding games, online option?

[herringaid]

Hi, I bought a virtual pinball table with PinballX along with various emulators like Visual Pinball, FX2, etc. most of the 103 tables loaded appear to be Visual Pinball tables.

Anyway, once I found out that Pinballx was the frontend, I found the game manager and I saw an online option. Clicking on it prompted me to get a Gameex account. I did that and went into the Pinballx settings and entered in my gameex accont info. I went a step further and paid for the lifetime account and applied the reg file.

When I click on add new game and then on import, I just see a blank window. If I click on import for a game that's already installed, I get a list of associated files.

So my question is a rather simple one, how do I add games? I was hoping I'd be presented with a list to choose from and would be able to do a single click install.

Thanks,

Dave

[zeenon]

Dave,

Congrats on the table purchase and welcome!!!

The quick answer to your question....Goto vpforums.com and/or vpuniverse.com and download....the table (FS version), the rom, the BG and the media pack for a table you want. The tables and BG go in your tables folder, the rom goes in your Vpinmame\roms folder, and the media pack usually get's broken apart into various directories in your pinballx\media folder.

Unfortunately, there is no magic program (yet) to download all the required files and place them in the right directories. Once you have the files in the correct directories you can go into Game Manager and add it to the correct XML file. The Import button pulls in the graphics, but not the table/rom/BG.

Z

[herringaid]

Thanks Z, I'll dive head-first into this tonight. Do you know if a one button install from Pinabllx is on the roadmap?

Thanks,

Dave

[zeenon]

Dave,

As you progress more and more into this hobby, you will see it's a very touchy subject........ http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=27426&page=1

Between the two sites above and of course this one....you're 95% covered in the world of Virtual Pinball.

Z

[herringaid]

I managed to add a table, yay. Now when I look at other tables I usually only see some of the files and it's a bit of a rat race. Here's an example, I found the 24 table at vpuniverse and it had links to the backglass, vpt and media pack and had the rom name listed but no link. So I searched for the ROM name twenty4_150. No dice.

Without the one click install option, what's the reason for not including all files for download? I don't get it.

[herringaid]

Eureka! I was able to do an advanced search at IPDB for "rom" and it came up with a rather reliable list. [REMOVED]

Thanks again for e help and guidance,
Dave

Edit: Nevermind, found a long list at vpforums. I think I need to find the roms I want first and then hunt down the vpt, mediapack, etc.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Draco1962
Please do not ask where to find ROMs. Against the rules! Thanks!

[Draco1962]

Please refer to the Forum Guidelines and Rules. Don't ask and don't tell equally apply. Thanks!