[RESOLVED] Little help. Table launching.

[onlysigingupcauseihavetoo]

I'm stumped on this one. I'm loading tables to PinballX by the Game Manager. 

Everything seems to be going fine and I test launch each table from the Game Manager screen and all is good.

Problem is when I start PinballX I attempt to open a table, but it punts me back to the front end. So I open it again and it opens and plays as normal, but the first time the table did load, so the table opens twice, but only takes me to the second table.

I hope this makes sense, not sure why it won't let me play the first open table.

Cheers, BV3.

[Kustom Kid]

Please post your PinballX.ini and log file. Read THIS toward the bottom of the first post to see how to locate the files.

[onlysigingupcauseihavetoo]

Thank you Kustom Kid for pointing me in the right direction.

I'll follow the link and include the files and copy & paste.  

I have no topper. It is a 3 monitor cabinet, 1 playfield, 2 backglass and 3 DMD (LCD). I'm running Windows 10. I only have VPX 10.3 beta 3088 in my build, no other emu's.

One question I do have is do I need to uncheck the "Hide DMD" and "Hide Backglass" in Game Manager?

Thank you.

Pinball.ini

[Display]
Monitor=0
rotate=270
Windowed=False
WindowWidth=480
WindowHeight=720
WindowX=0
WindowY=65
PlayFieldBrightness=230
WheelTextColor=ffffffff
WheelTextOutlineColor=ff000000
InfoTextColor=ffffffff
InfoTextOutlineColor=ff000000
FilterTextColor=ffffffff
FilterTextOutlineColor=ff000000
MenuColor=ffffa500
WheelAutoCrop=False
[BackGlass]
monitor=1
x=0
y=0
width=1650
height=1080
AutoPositionB2S=True
[DMD]
Enabled=True
monitor=2
x=92
y=140
width=1092
height=273
AutoPositionPinMAME=False
[FileSystem]
EnableFileMatching=False
[Interface]
DesktopModeEnabled=False
EnableAdditionalDetail=True
ShowSystem=False
ShowRatings=True
OneClickLaunch=False
[Audio]
StreamVolume=90
SampleVolume=90
PlaySoundInVideos=True
[Startup]
playsound=True
playvideo=False
StartWithWindows=No
[KeyCodes]
quit=27
left=160
right=161
select=13
rotate=82
pageleft=33
pageright=34
exitemulator=27
ingame=80
screenshot=83
screenshotbackglass=66
instructions=73
volumedown=109
volumeup=107
credit=53
plunger=13
[JoyCodes]
quit=10
left=0
right=1
select=2
rotate=3
pageleft=4
pageright=5
exitemulator=6
ingame=13
instructions=14
[Text]
Line1=Free Play
Line2=Press Start
Featuring=Featuring
Tables=Tables
PlayGame=Play Game
Instructions=Instructions
Information=Information
Flyer=Flyer
Gameplay=Gameplay
Tutorial=Tutorial
ExitGame=Exit Game
ReturnToGame=Return to Game
Return=Return
Exit=Exit
Shutdown=Shutdown
[FuturePinball]
Enabled=False
WorkingPath=h:\-PINBALL-\-FUTURE PINBALL-
TablePath=h:\-PINBALL-\-FUTURE PINBALL-\Tables
Executable=Future Pinball.exe
Parameters=/open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit /arcaderender
LaunchBeforeEnabled=false
LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=
LaunchBeforeExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchBeforeHideWindow=False
LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=True
LaunchAfterEnabled=False
LaunchAfterWorkingPath=
LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchAfterHideWindow=False
LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True
MouseClickFocus=True
[VisualPinball]
Enabled=True
WorkingPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball
TablePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables
Executable=VPinballX.exe
Parameters=/play -"[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]"
LaunchBeforeEnabled=false
LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=
LaunchBeforeExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchBeforeHideWindow=False
LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=True
LaunchAfterEnabled=False
LaunchAfterWorkingPath=
LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchAfterHideWindow=False
LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True
AutoConfigure=False
[ExitScreen]
Enabled=True
EnableExit=True
EnableShutdown=True
[StartupProgram]
Enabled=false
WorkingPath=
Executable=notepad.exe
Paramaters=
HideWindow=true
WaitForExit=false
[ExitProgram]
Enabled=false
WorkingPath=
Executable=notepad.exe
Paramaters=
HideWindow=False
WaitForExit=
[AttractMode]
Enabled=True
Timer=10
ShowFor=90
MuteAudio=False
[System_1]
Name=MAME
Enabled=False
WorkingPath=C:\- EMULATORS -\- MAME -
TablePath=C:\
Executable=mamep64.exe
Parameters=[TABLEFILE]
SystemType=0
[AutoExit]
Enabled=False
Minutes=10
[Login]
Enabled=True
StreamQuality=10
[PinballFX2]
Enabled=False
WorkingPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
Executable=steam.exe
Parameters=-applaunch 226980 [TABLEFILE]
Process=Pinball FX2.exe
Rotate=False
WaitFor=20
[Internal]
lastwheelcachematchsize=0
lastselected=Dr. Dude (Midway 1990)Dr Dude (Midway 1990)VisualPinball
filter_year=
filter_company=
filter_custom=
filtername=Tables
[PinballArcade]
WorkingPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
Executable=steam.exe
Parameters=-applaunch 238260
Process=PinballArcade.exe
WaitForSelect=50
[GameListManager]
onlinemode=true
[RealDMD]
EnableColor=True
Color=ffff1414
[SetupWizard]
EmuPath1=C:\Emulators
AssetPath1=C:\Assets
RomPath1=C:\Roms
DefaultPathPrompt=True
DownloadDatabasePrompt=True
DownloadEmulatorPrompt=True
WizardMode=1
CustomArray=
SearchArray=
SavePosition=False
SectionIndex=4
SearchText=
EmulatorIndex=0
EmulatorGroupIndex=0
DaphneIndex=0
HTMLAppsIndex=0
ExternalAppsIndex=0
RadioStationsIndex=0
NewsFeedsIndex=0
MappedDrivesIndex=0
SystemIndex=0
ShowPanel=True
FontSize=1
WindowState=0
WindowSize=959,749
WindowLocation=523,140
[Topper]
monitor=2
[Plugin_1]
Enabled=False
Name=PlugInLED.dll
[Plugin_2]
Enabled=False
Name=PlugInSpeech.dll
[Plugin_3]
Enabled=False
Name=QuickLaunch (PinballX Edition).dll
[Plugin_4]
Enabled=False
Name=Xpadder Plugin.dll

Log 

21:20:06.6  04-Jun-17:  PinballX - Version 2.36
21:20:06.8  04-Jun-17:  Windows 10 Home 64-bit (15.8GB)
21:20:06.8  04-Jun-17:  Loading Settings
21:20:06.8  04-Jun-17:  Initialize Component
21:20:07.0  04-Jun-17:  Initialize Display
21:20:08.5  04-Jun-17:  Loading PlugIns
21:20:09.3  04-Jun-17:  Created DirectX BackGlass Window
21:20:09.3  04-Jun-17:  Created DirectX DMD Window
21:20:09.4  04-Jun-17:  Hiding Cursor
21:20:09.5  04-Jun-17:  Hiding Taskbar
21:20:09.6  04-Jun-17:  CPU:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
21:20:09.6  04-Jun-17:  GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
21:20:09.6  04-Jun-17:  Displays: 3
21:20:09.6  04-Jun-17:  Load Game List
21:20:09.6  04-Jun-17:  Loading Database: Visual Pinball
21:20:09.8  04-Jun-17:  Finding and matching artwork and videos
21:20:10.0  04-Jun-17:  Loading Game Statistics and Scores
21:20:10.4  04-Jun-17:  Loading Surfaces
21:20:10.6  04-Jun-17:  Finished Loading Surfaces
21:20:10.6  04-Jun-17:  Initialize Audio
21:20:10.8  04-Jun-17:  Set Keyboard Controls
21:20:10.8  04-Jun-17:  Initialize Joystick
21:20:10.8  04-Jun-17:  1 Joystick Attached
21:20:10.8  04-Jun-17:  Started
21:20:15.5  04-Jun-17:  Launch System
21:20:15.5  04-Jun-17:  Waiting for threads
21:20:15.5  04-Jun-17:  Disposing display
21:20:16.5  04-Jun-17:  Writing ScreenRes.txt
21:20:16.5  04-Jun-17:  C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\VPinballX.exe /play -"C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables\Dr Dude (Midway 1990).vpx"
21:20:18.1  04-Jun-17:  C:\PinballX\vpauto.exe 
21:20:18.6  04-Jun-17:  Access is denied
21:20:18.6  04-Jun-17:     at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
21:20:18.6  04-Jun-17:     at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetModuleInfos(Int32 processId, Boolean firstModuleOnly)
21:20:18.6  04-Jun-17:     at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetFirstModuleInfo(Int32 processId)
21:20:18.6  04-Jun-17:     at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_MainModule()
21:20:18.6  04-Jun-17:     at PinballX.Main.q()
21:20:19.6  04-Jun-17:  Created DirectX BackGlass Window
21:20:19.6  04-Jun-17:  Created DirectX DMD Window

 

log.txt

PinballX.ini

Visual Pinball.xml

[onlysigingupcauseihavetoo]

So I saw there was an access denied in the log. I changed the permissions on vpauto to allow for all users and also open as administrator. This did not help.

Just trying something. Otherwise I'm not sure what I should be looking at.

[Carny_Priest]

I would start by making sure all exe files related to your setup (this includes both VP and PinballX) are set to run as administrator. Many users install VP and  PinballX in the root of C: drive rather than Program Files to overcome issues related to User Access Control.

Also, make sure all dll files are unblocked. There are a lot of dll files. Easiest thing might be to uninstall VP and PinballX. Copy the installers somewhere to your C drive. Make sure the installers are unblocked and set to run as administrator. And then re-install this time with file locations in the root of C drive rather than in C:\Program Files (x86)\

This may be the solution for you, but if not then it at least it rules out issues related to Windows UAC.

[rablack97]

Use this as quicker method to unblock your dll's.

 

As suggested make sure all .exe's are set to run as administrator

 move your pinballx folder and visual pinball to root C:

Always run your tables outside of pinball X first directly from the emulator, and ensure they boot and play as expected.  If the table has any errors PBX will kick you back to select screen.

Also make sure if you are testing from Game manager, make sure all of the instances of the emulator are closed before launching from PBX, you might have multiple instances of VPX open.  You must close those out or it won't work.

 

[onlysigingupcauseihavetoo]

Thanks Carney & rablack97 I will do that.

All the tables work before I started PinballX, but I didn't check the dll's for pinballX nor did I have everything set to run as administrator (just vpx.exe).

All instances were closed prior, this is how I found out that I was opening games in PinballX but they weren't appearing until I played the table the second time (and subsequently tried to close it).

I'm sure it will just be an oversight but I'll keep digging. Thanks for your tips and I'll try them tonight. Cheers, blackvulcan3.

[onlysigingupcauseihavetoo]

Thanks again guys, checked the dll's they were fine and I opened up the folder permissions in PinballX. Once I did that Dr Dude worked first time. Then I was able to load ACDC. Pretty happy with that. 

The log showed that instead of having access denied after vpauto line it went straight to VPX Full Screen exclusive mode detected.

Thanks for the help guys. Many thanks.