[RESOLVED] Table 'pauses' when using plunger

[JPS]

Well, it's me again with a very peculiar problem....

 

On certain tables using the plunger results in the table pausing. Meaning sound stops, lights stop, and flippers won't move. A quick tap on the plunger causes and resolves this. However, the ball will keep rolling on the table if it's in, so it's not like the whole thing is paused. It's like the electricity is cut off?

Tables that have this behavior so far:  Alien Poker, Andromeda and Mr. & Mrs. Pacman. I have not checked them all, but most seem to behave normal.

My log and ini are attached. The CustomVP has nothing to do with it, I swapped it out with the regular exe to test. Launching the tables directly, outside of PinballX, does not give me this problem/behaviour.

 

Suggestions, please?

EDIT: It's not the entire ' electricty'  that stops I see now... Ball rolling sound, bumpers etc keep working.... but flashing lights and sound and flippers stop.

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Mike_da_Spike]

Is it the focus that it looses ? When I'm iin vp, and focus another program, it looks like vp is hanging. Dont see anything specific in your log

[scutters]

I agree with Mike, it does sound like a focus issue.

Does it only occur with tables that use a rom or can it be on EM tables too, and it is only on the first use of the plunger when you get the hang?

[JPS]

I don't see it's the focus, because if I alt-tab cycle it doesn't come back and according to alt-tab the active window is still the table. It's also not just the first use of the plunger, it's for as long as the table is running. The ROM/EM thing I am still figuring out, since I have 200 tables installed and so far I see only these 3 doing it. Other versions of these tables make no difference.. 

 

If it would be the focus or something similar, would the plunger and ball rolling sound still work and the ball keep rolling, while other flashing lights, sounds and flippers/buttons no longer function?

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

Are you able to create a video to show your issue, so we have an visual idea of what is happening. ?

[JPS]

I have made an image of my current install and started fresh, with a clean windows and setup. It does not happen there. If in the interest of science you would like a video I can put my image back (since it's less work than I imagined setting up fresh) and get you a video tonight. But otherwise we can leave it and I'll just put my 200 tables back in.

 

[scutters]

1 hour ago, JPS said:

I have made an image of my current install and started fresh, with a clean windows and setup. It does not happen there. If in the interest of science you would like a video I can put my image back (since it's less work than I imagined setting up fresh) and get you a video tonight. But otherwise we can leave it and I'll just put my 200 tables back in.

 

Glad you got it sorted. In the interests of science, did you copy the old config back across for PinballX or start fresh and set everything again manually? Just wondering if there's a subtle difference in the setup of PinballX or VP somewhere now.  If you didn't copy the old config back across can you post a copy of your new pinballx.ini for comparison?. Cheers.

[Mike_da_Spike]

2 hours ago, JPS said:

I have made an image of my current install and started fresh, with a clean windows and setup. It does not happen there. If in the interest of science you would like a video I can put my image back (since it's less work than I imagined setting up fresh) and get you a video tonight. But otherwise we can leave it and I'll just put my 200 tables back in.

 

You are faster than me. I reinstalled my cabinet last saturday with a clean os. And took me 3 days to get all up again  

if you are happy with it, you can leave it like it is. 

[JPS]

8 hours ago, scutters said:

Glad you got it sorted. In the interests of science, did you copy the old config back across for PinballX or start fresh and set everything again manually? Just wondering if there's a subtle difference in the setup of PinballX or VP somewhere now.  If you didn't copy the old config back across can you post a copy of your new pinballx.ini for comparison?. Cheers.

What I did was... ahum... I installed PinUp Popper to have all the Visual Pinball stuff automatically downloaded and set. Then I just installed PinballX besides it and added tables. The only config I copied was the buttons in the first part of the config file. And I only had to set the DMD location and some buttons in VPX. After that it's just adding tables. New config attached:

 

PinballX.ini

[scutters]

Thanks. I can't see much that could account for the problem/resolution there, the only thing is maybe the VP 'autoconfigure' option which was enabled before (maybe that caused some sort of double mapped plunger function in VPX key/button preferences?).  

Time to walk away and just blame windows! 

[Mike_da_Spike]

5 hours ago, scutters said:

Time to walk away and just blame windows!