B2S not consistently displaying in PinballX table selection mode?

[tominohio]

Has anyone experience a problem where the backglass doesn't always appear on the second monitor as I am scrolling through the list of tables in PinballX?  

When I scroll to a game, I can see the B2Sserver icon appear in the taskbar on the second monitor, but the monitor's background stays black.  This happens most of the time, but once in a while the table's backglass will actually show.

In Pinball X, I tried setting the display to full screen, windowed, windowed with full screen, etc. to no effect.  The backglasses display fine when playing the table.  In B2Sserver settings (by right-clicking the blackglass), I have the "on top" setting disabled so that the DMD always comes to the top when playing a table.

Does anyone know how to make the backglass appear consistently when scrolling through tables in PinballX?  It's a great front end!

Thanks,
Tom

 

[AndyMcDandy]

I have the same problem where some back glass videos do not show up.  It isn't a b2s problem.  I put it down to either a problem with the video or my system not being a top of the line gaming machine.  I do wish PinballX and/or the separate game manager also had a auto image creation option instead of just video record option.

[scutters]

@tominohio Can you attach your Pinballx log.txt file and a copy of your PinballX.ini file?  And just to be clear you are using B2S in the front end (so not video or image files)?. If so try using media files instead, PinballX can record videos if you don't have them.

@AndyMcDandy PbxRecorder does offfer the option of capturing images rather than videos. Having a similar option iin PinballX sounds like a good feature request! https://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/22259-pinballx-enhancementsfeatures-requests/

 

[simbamame]

make sure b2s File is named EXACTLY  the same as table name, once in a while it may pick up a b2s thats similar which is Why it may show now and again

[tominohio]

Thanks everyone for your advice.  To answer your questions, my backglass filename is named exactly as the VPX table filename and it shows when the table is running.

I attached my log file and ini file as requested, I hope that helps, Scutters.

I noticed when the backglass does not show in PinballX, a black screen is shown instead of the backglass.  When I press Alt-Tab to show open windows, it shows three windows: the B2S server window (with the backglass displayed), the PinballX front end, and an all-black window named "Pinball X Backglass".  It's this latter window that is covering up my B2S window.  Any idea how to disable it?

While scrolling through all of my tables in Pinball X, most backglasses that should work show the black screen as mentioned above.  On other tables, the backglass shows properly.  And yet on other tables, I get a generic Pinball X logo.  How weird.

Thanks much for your help!
Tom

log.txt PinballX.ini

[scutters]

This should work for you; https://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/22396-resolved-no-b2s-after-launch/?do=findComment&comment=187413

"Go to you visual pinball\ tables folder and take a backup copy of B2STableSettings.xml. Then add <FormToFront>1</FormToFront> to the top section of the original file."

Although i'd suggest that using / recording videos will work better overall if you have the drive space. The choice is yours though!

 

[tominohio]

Thank you, Scutters; that helped!  I originally told B2S not to force itself to the top as sometimes it would cover-up the DMD.  But now with B2S set to "on top", my DMD is still working OK.  Thanks so much!