Pinball HD Collection working on my cabinet (with table selection in frontend)

[joyrider3774]

Hey,

Did something with the pinball cabinet again, i saw @susoarkangel requesting it and as far as i'm aware noone got this working on their cabinet, so i created once more an autohotkey script to make it work even with table selection from within a frontend.

The script works by accepting 1 (table) parameter and then it launches the games, waits for the game to become visible / active and then in the menu it will first move left about 16 times so i know i'm on the 1st table and then depending on the table parameter move right X Number of times to select the correct table. I also remapped keyboard controls as the game buy default comes with no keyboard remapping and no support for joypads as far as i'm aware (although you can use steam input remapping to make a joypad work by assigning keyboard keys to your joypad inside steam input config). One last nasty thing the game has is high score entering screen, you can not input anything using the flipper buttons, the game only accepts Escape to cancel the dialog but this posed a problem as i also use escape with pinballx to quit a game. I found a way around it by using a different button than escape inside to send escape a few times  so it first cancels input, then cancels the high score list then brings up the main menu (so 3x escape) and then pressing enter to play again so it works like a restart button.

I tried documenting the script a bit and you will need to change a few values depending on your system (like keyboard shortcuts remapping) and possibly the timeout value for launching the game and becomming visible. I will not provide an executable so you will have to compile the script yourself using autohokey and adapt where needed. You also need to use this launcher script instead of the game's exe to launch the game. The script will remain running as long as the game is running, you can place the script anywhere you'd like. You will also need to make sure the game is running in portrait mode before launching the launcher, i personally use irotate in a launch before and launch after script to  do this. you will also need to start the game once normally from within steam to change the camera style to fixed instead of flyby and exit the game.

So here is a screenshot my settings in pinballx.. 

 

and here is the script :

LaunchPinballHDCollection.ahk

and here is the pinball x Database:

Pinball HD Collection.xml

 

The script accepts the following table names, always in lowercase exactly as written below:

• wildwest
• fantasy
• zombie
• deep
• jungle
• halloween
• davinci
• snow
• arcade
• pirates
• redplanet
• tanks
• streetracing
• dreamland
• mafia
• vikings

and here is a video showcasing the script running from my arcade cabinet:

 

[joyrider3774]

Guys media is finished and uploaded to ftp : /-PinballX-/Other Uploads/Joyrider3774/Pinball HD Collection

You can see how it looks in this video and i also show dmdext dmd mirroring

 

 

 

[joyrider3774]

Updated database, now with company names and table release dates. I took for years the very first year each table was available on any platform and i used their facebook page, ios app version history, wikipedia etc to find out these years. I also uploaded a company logo and some topper video's, but the logo's are basically the current wheel images as i can't find any seperate "text" logo's, but you can find it here also

Pinball HD Collection.xml

[halen]

Joy,

is it possible to show the commnad of DMDext to pinball HD? I tried this command: start "" /min dmdext.exe mirror --source=screen --position=200 2 295 113 --destination=virtual --virtual-stay-on-top --virtual-position=1430 575 600 130. Works to Malzibie but not to Pinball HD.

[Mike_da_Spike]

22 minutes ago, halen said:

Joy,

is it possible to show the commnad of DMDext to pinball HD? I tried this command: start "" /min dmdext.exe mirror --source=screen --position=200 2 295 113 --destination=virtual --virtual-stay-on-top --virtual-position=1430 575 600 130. Works to Malzibie but not to Pinball HD.

I dont think i have this system, but do you have a dmd displayed at 200 2 295 113 ?

[halen]

Yes I have.

[halen]

In my case, for DMDEXT to work, the game must be in fullscreen mode unchecked. Is it also necessary in your case?

[susoarkangel]

On 18/8/2021 at 23:16, joyrider3774 said:

Los medios de chicos están terminados y subidos a ftp  : /-PinballX-/Other Uploads/Joyrider3774/Pinball HD Collection

Puedes ver cómo se ve en este video y también muestro dmdext dmd mirroring

 

 

 

How can I download this with ftp I have FileZilla but no matter how many I put
/-PinballX-/Other Uploads/Joyrider3774/Pinball HD Collection

it gives me an error

[Draco1962]

1 hour ago, susoarkangel said:

How can I download this with ftp I have FileZilla but no matter how many I put
/-PinballX-/Other Uploads/Joyrider3774/Pinball HD Collection

it gives me an error

What error do you get? 

[Mike_da_Spike]

Download is working for me 

[susoarkangel]

On 8/18/2021 at 4:03 AM, joyrider3774 said:

Hey,

Did something with the pinball cabinet again, i saw @susoarkangel requesting it and as far as i'm aware noone got this working on their cabinet, so i created once more an autohotkey script to make it work even with table selection from within a frontend.

The script works by accepting 1 (table) parameter and then it launches the games, waits for the game to become visible / active and then in the menu it will first move left about 16 times so i know i'm on the 1st table and then depending on the table parameter move right X Number of times to select the correct table. I also remapped keyboard controls as the game buy default comes with no keyboard remapping and no support for joypads as far as i'm aware (although you can use steam input remapping to make a joypad work by assigning keyboard keys to your joypad inside steam input config). One last nasty thing the game has is high score entering screen, you can not input anything using the flipper buttons, the game only accepts Escape to cancel the dialog but this posed a problem as i also use escape with pinballx to quit a game. I found a way around it by using a different button than escape inside to send escape a few times  so it first cancels input, then cancels the high score list then brings up the main menu (so 3x escape) and then pressing enter to play again so it works like a restart button.

I tried documenting the script a bit and you will need to change a few values depending on your system (like keyboard shortcuts remapping) and possibly the timeout value for launching the game and becomming visible. I will not provide an executable so you will have to compile the script yourself using autohokey and adapt where needed. You also need to use this launcher script instead of the game's exe to launch the game. The script will remain running as long as the game is running, you can place the script anywhere you'd like. You will also need to make sure the game is running in portrait mode before launching the launcher, i personally use irotate in a launch before and launch after script to  do this. you will also need to start the game once normally from within steam to change the camera style to fixed instead of flyby and exit the game.

So here is a screenshot my settings in pinballx.. 

 

and here is the script :

LaunchPinballHDCollection.ahk 3.8 kB · 27 downloads

and here is the pinball x Database:

Pinball HD Collection.xml 5.01 kB · 18 downloads

 

The script accepts the following table names, always in lowercase exactly as written below:

• wildwest
• fantasy
• zombie
• deep
• jungle
• halloween
• davinci
• snow
• arcade
• pirates
• redplanet
• tanks
• streetracing
• dreamland
• mafia
• vikings

and here is a video showcasing the script running from my arcade cabinet:

 

forgive my heaviness but no matter how hard I try it doesn't work, where is the file Pinball HD Collection Launch before.bat and Pinball HD Collection Launch after.bat

[susoarkangel]

 

On 10/8/2023 at 5:43, Mike_da_Spike said:

Me funciona la descarga 

ya logré descargarlo

-------- 13/08/2023

My hard drive died I bought another one and started again and now I don't know how I got the fpt but now I can't log in

I don't know what server name or if I should put my password or what it was

Edited August 13, 2023 by susoarkangel

[susoarkangel]

On 18/8/2021 at 4:03, joyrider3774 said:

Hey,

Did something with the pinball cabinet again, i saw @susoarkangel requesting it and as far as i'm aware noone got this working on their cabinet, so i created once more an autohotkey script to make it work even with table selection from within a frontend.

The script works by accepting 1 (table) parameter and then it launches the games, waits for the game to become visible / active and then in the menu it will first move left about 16 times so i know i'm on the 1st table and then depending on the table parameter move right X Number of times to select the correct table. I also remapped keyboard controls as the game buy default comes with no keyboard remapping and no support for joypads as far as i'm aware (although you can use steam input remapping to make a joypad work by assigning keyboard keys to your joypad inside steam input config). One last nasty thing the game has is high score entering screen, you can not input anything using the flipper buttons, the game only accepts Escape to cancel the dialog but this posed a problem as i also use escape with pinballx to quit a game. I found a way around it by using a different button than escape inside to send escape a few times  so it first cancels input, then cancels the high score list then brings up the main menu (so 3x escape) and then pressing enter to play again so it works like a restart button.

I tried documenting the script a bit and you will need to change a few values depending on your system (like keyboard shortcuts remapping) and possibly the timeout value for launching the game and becomming visible. I will not provide an executable so you will have to compile the script yourself using autohokey and adapt where needed. You also need to use this launcher script instead of the game's exe to launch the game. The script will remain running as long as the game is running, you can place the script anywhere you'd like. You will also need to make sure the game is running in portrait mode before launching the launcher, i personally use irotate in a launch before and launch after script to  do this. you will also need to start the game once normally from within steam to change the camera style to fixed instead of flyby and exit the game.

Así que aquí hay una captura de pantalla de mi configuración en pinballx.. 

 

y aquí está el guión :

LaunchPinballHDCollection.ahk 3,8 KB · 27 descargas

y aquí está la base de datos pinball x:

Colección Pinball HD.xml 5,01 KB · 18 descargas

 

El script acepta los siguientes nombres de tablas, siempre en minúsculas exactamente como se escribe a continuación:

• salvaje oeste
• fantasía
• zombi
• profundo
• selva
• Víspera de Todos los Santos
• davinci
• nieve
• arcada
• piratas
• planeta rojo
• tanques
• carrera callejera
• país de los sueños
• mafia
• vikingos

y aquí hay un video que muestra el script que se ejecuta desde mi gabinete de juegos:

 

The tables appear with their averages and everything, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I select the table that selects a black screen and nothing loads, I attach the files in case you can help me, I don't know what else to touch

LaunchPinballHDCollection.ahk PinballX.ini

[Mike_da_Spike]

On 8/11/2023 at 12:23 AM, susoarkangel said:

 

ya logré descargarlo

-------- 13/08/2023

My hard drive died I bought another one and started again and now I don't know how I got the fpt but now I can't log in

I don't know what server name or if I should put my password or what it was

Here are the ftp settings : https://forums.gameex.com/forums/ftp/

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

51 minutes ago, susoarkangel said:

The tables appear with their averages and everything, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I select the table that selects a black screen and nothing loads, I attach the files in case you can help me, I don't know what else to touch

LaunchPinballHDCollection.ahk 3.97 kB · 0 downloads PinballX.ini 6.47 kB · 1 download

Did you install steam on your harddrive and download pinballhd as well from your steam library?

Also post your pinballx.log

[susoarkangel]

no it's not steam version

I have o pinball fx3 and I used your launcher with player selector without steam too and it works very well for me

Edited August 13, 2023 by susoarkangel

[Mike_da_Spike]

On 8/13/2023 at 12:16 PM, Mike_da_Spike said:

Also post your pinballx.log

can you post your pinballx.log after you launched a table ?
 

[susoarkangel]

I think you ask me for this file

log.txt

[Mike_da_Spike]

Yes , i did.

I dont see a launch table in the log file, did you try to launch a table from pinball HD ?

[susoarkangel]

if directly from Pinball HD I can launch tables and play but from pinballX I can't and it only loads a black screen for about 15 seconds and PinballX returns to the system selection menu, maybe it's because my Pinball HD is not Steam?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Idk, i dont have pinball hd.

But I didn't see an attempt to launch Joyrider his launcher in your log file.

You can try to launch the commands froma command line. As described in the PinballX documentation,  pinballx will not magically fix any issue. It just launches stuff, and that needs tobe working outside pinballx.

So, if you open a command line on your pc, type the executable, including the path (with double quotes around it) and the parameters with a table name from your xml (or from the list that joyrider provided)

If this give the same result, you need to fix it. If this works, something not correctly within pinballx configuration

[susoarkangel]

On 18/8/2021 at 4:03, joyrider3774 said:

Ey,

Hice algo con el gabinete de pinball otra vez, vi@susoarkangel solicitándolo y, por lo que sé, nadie consiguió que esto funcionara en su gabinete, así que creé una vez más un script de tecla automática para que funcione incluso con la selección de tablas desde una interfaz.

El script funciona aceptando 1 parámetro (mesa) y luego inicia los juegos, espera a que el juego se vuelva visible/activo y luego en el menú primero se moverá a la izquierda unas 16 veces, así que sé que estoy en la primera mesa y luego, dependiendo del parámetro de la tabla, muévase a la derecha X Número de veces para seleccionar la tabla correcta. También reasigné los controles del teclado, ya que la compra predeterminada del juego viene sin reasignación de teclado y sin soporte para joypads, que yo sepa (aunque puede usar la reasignación de entrada de vapor para hacer que un joypad funcione asignando teclas del teclado a su joypad dentro de la entrada de vapor configuración). Una última cosa desagradable que tiene el juego es la puntuación alta que ingresa a la pantalla, no puedes ingresar nada usando los botones flipper, el juego solo acepta Escape para cancelar el diálogo, pero esto planteó un problema ya que también uso escape con pinballx para salir de un juego.

Intenté documentar un poco el script y necesitará cambiar algunos valores dependiendo de su sistema (como la reasignación de atajos de teclado) y posiblemente el valor de tiempo de espera para iniciar el juego y volverse visible. No proporcionaré un ejecutable, por lo que tendrá que compilar el script usted mismo usando autohokey y adaptarlo donde sea necesario. También debe usar este script de inicio en lugar del exe del juego para iniciar el juego. La secuencia de comandos seguirá ejecutándose mientras se ejecute el juego, puede colocar la secuencia de comandos en cualquier lugar que desee. También deberá asegurarse de que el juego se esté ejecutando en modo vertical antes de iniciar el iniciador, yo personalmente uso irotate en un script de inicio anterior y posterior para hacer esto.

Así que aquí hay una captura de pantalla de mi configuración en pinballx.. 

 

y aquí está el guión :

LaunchPinballHDCollection.ahk 3,8 KB · 29 descargas

y aquí está la base de datos pinball x:

Colección Pinball HD.xml 5,01 KB · 20 descargas

 

El script acepta los siguientes nombres de tablas, siempre en minúsculas exactamente como se escribe a continuación:

• salvaje oeste
• fantasía
• zombi
• profundo
• selva
• Víspera de Todos los Santos
• davinci
• nieve
• arcada
• piratas
• planeta rojo
• tanques
• carrera callejera
• país de los sueños
• mafia
• vikingos

y aquí hay un video que muestra el script que se ejecuta desde mi gabinete de juegos:

 

I downloaded everything from ftp but I can't find these .bat files and I don't know how to create them, you could put them on ftp or here to download them

[Mike_da_Spike]

 

1 hour ago, susoarkangel said:

I downloaded everything from ftp but I can't find these .bat files and I don't know how to create them, you could put them on ftp or here to download them

Which .bat file you refer to ?

When I read this, you need the ahk file and set your own setti gs in it. Compile it and use that exe.