PBX 3.12 / 64: error loading plugins

[Joppnl]

Hello,

 

(first a word of thanks for all the PBX releases, the new functionality and the great support nowadays....great, thanks!)

Now...

Running VPX/32 bit is working fine now: including pin2dmd support.

However, re-installing it as a 64 bit program gives some problems (machine is W7/64).

I do see that PBX does execute my defined startup-command (changing resolution and orientation of the pf screen) so PBX is launching but after that, just a windows screen as nothing happened: PBX crashed fully.

Looking into the log it gives an error on loading 2 plugins.    That might be the problem then (may-be these plugins are not 64 bit?)  but...how can I tell/read from the log which 2 plugins are giving this problem?

 

(so, to make clear: ... running pbx AND these plugins in 32 biit do work fine).

 

Thank you!

 

log.txt

PinballX.ini

[Draco1962]

I am not at my machine nor do I run plugins at present with PinballX, but is there somewhere in the \PinballX path a plugin manager? If so, open it and identify what plugins are in the plugin 1 and plugin 2 entries.

13:15:10.3  21-8-2018:  Could Not Load Plugin: 1
13:15:10.3  21-8-2018:  Could Not Load Plugin: 2

Disabling them should resolve the issues you are encountering unless you need the plugins, in which case you will have to revert back to 32-bit PinballX.

[Joppnl]

Thanks for your support Draco.

 

**Update **

Got it non-crashing!

Not sure what it was but....
I was installing the new version over the old one., then it gave me the crash.

Then I decided to empty the PBX working directory (but mot the media and other folders).  I could not delete flash.ocx, the PC says I need rights for it I do not have (although I am admin on this PC...)

But I could rename this file which I did. 

Then installed PBX/64 again and...no crash!!

 

But...also no lights any more.    Now, not a big problem but it would be nice to have them back when changing a table.

These plug ins are installed as the manager tells, the first 2 are enabled normally and normally with the /32 these give me the DOF-lights.

 

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I must say that the /64 works a lot faster then the /32 on my machine, wheels are being displayed much faster now so that is an advantage.

Do I need an other plugin for having some DOF-effects?

 

BTW: when I run the plugin manager now seperately and I click on the LED-plugin manager and I say 'test' then the lights are on so the plugin seems to work as a stand alone (so it works on /64) but not within PBX 3.12)

Not a very big issue but...would be nice-to-have-them-back

Thank you!

 

 

 

[Tom Speirs]

There have been performance improvements in the latest releasew this week for 32 bit as well.

Unfortunatly, running 32 bit plugins on a 64 bit PinballX is not something easy to resolve. 

This was all explained when I made the 64 bit version available a few months ago.

[Draco1962]

This pretty much means that those plugins will need to have 64-bit counterparts written by their respective authors in order to work with 64-bit PinballX.

[Joppnl]

Got it, thank you.

 

now...is there a 64-bit plugin for PBX which enables DOF- functionality when browsing tables?

 

As I see it here: LED-plugin is the one doing this and it was written by Tom...

 

However...this does work on my 64 bit machine as stand alone...only not within PBX...

 

Thank you!

[Tom Speirs]

Im told it should work if not I am sure the author will be happy to work on it - LedBlinky.

[Joppnl]

Ok, thank you for the support.

 

I will see if PBX /64 has benifits over the /32, now I experience a faster response (my pc is not that fast) but may-be the new version (I'm on 3.12) will also be faster in /32 and then I have best of both worlds.

Only thing I can not explain is that the plugin in the plugin manager and test mode runs fine in Win /64  but not in pbx/64 so (for me) it seems that the plugin itself is capable running in /64 mode.

 

But, it's fine, no issue, either I can choose /32 with led's or /64 without, both are fine. Thanks!

[armyaviation]

don't know if this was resolved but updated to 64 bit pinballx and my plugins don't work either.  is this a known problem?

[Draco1962]

Yes it is. Not all plugins are 64 bit compliant. Solution is to install 32 bit version of PinballX until the plugin authors update their plugins for 64 bit.