[RESOLVED] Multiple versions of Visual Pinball (again)

[nwwoods]

I am trying to enable support for multiple versions of Visual Pinball (in my case, 9.9.5 and 10.4).  I have:

• verified all 9.x and 10.x tables work standalone.
• enabled Visual Pinball in Settings and set the exe to the 9.9.5 image.
• defined VPX as an Other System in Settings, enabled, and pointed to the VPinballX image.
• used Game Manager to populate the "databases" with the set of tables for each version.
• verified all tables launch from within either the Visual Pinball or the VPX section in Game Manager.
• Manually inspected each of the "databases" (Visual Pinball, VPX) and verified they each have the correct list of tables.
• Reviewed the Youtube video linked from a prior post on how to setup multiple version support.
• Unrelated, created and populated media subdirectories under VPX.

If I enable the Systems List, then I can pick one or the other at PinballX startup, I can see all the tables in whichever version I picked, and can play any of them.  BUT... if I want to exit out of that "System" and switch to the other, PinballX just exits.  I would expect it to go back to the System choices.

If I disable the Systems list, then I only see the tables from whichever "System" was used the last time PinballX ran.

I tried setting PinballX itself as a Launch After program as a workaround, but that didn't work.

So it seems there is no way to either --

1. paper over the different underlying systems and have a single table list to pick from, or
2. navigate between systems within the same PinballX session

Ideally, the user would see a single table list and not care whether one table or another is VP, VPX, FP, or whatever.  I must be missing something.  Hope you know what I missed!  Thank you for your consideration.

log.txt PinballX.ini

Edited September 27, 2021 by nwwoods
added log and ini files

[nwwoods]

I should also mention I can launch any table from within Game Manager in the appropriate System section, and it works fine.

[scutters]

Please attach your log.txt and pinballx.ini files so we know more info about your setup.

I'm guessing but it sounds like you may have 'one click launch table' enabled in settings, so you don't see the menu appear for navigation when selecting a table?.

If that's the case then you could disable the system menu and just select the 'All Tables' list from there (after changing the one click launch setting)

 

[nwwoods]

Added log and ini files to the base post of the thread.  Sorry, I do not have one-click launch enabled.

[scutters]

Do you see a menu like this when you select a table for launch?

Edit - if not are you using a button mapped as Launch or Select to make selections? (use a button mapped as Select)

[Mike_da_Spike]

According to your log, you have 2 databases.

As I understand your request, you want just want to see all tables.

You can use Scutters said, your all tables option in the menu.

When you want all visual pinball tables combined, you can group them together,  and that will be added to the list.

5 hours ago, nwwoods said:

BUT... if I want to exit out of that "System" and switch to the other, PinballX just exits.  I would expect it to go back to the System choices.

There is no option to 'quit' a system. You need to select the system list from menu again

[nwwoods]

Ohhh I see now.  I'd not noticed those choices after selecting a table.  As we used to say in the old days, "Bad User on Device".  Marking resolved.