[RESOLVED] PinballX hangs on exit of table

[Mike Iacaruso]

I had version 5.96 installed and working and then all of a sudden when I exit a table after playing, PinballX hangs and I need to forcibly lose the app.  I found the latest PinballX version 6.01, installed it and I am still having the same issue.  Has anyone seen this kind of issue before and how do I get this resolved?

 

Thanks

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

Just a guess as you don't attached your log file and your settings file, but do you use a real dmd ? 

[Mike Iacaruso]

I do not have a real dmd.   Sorry, attached are the logs.

log.txt SetupWizard.log XDMDlog.txt

[Mike_da_Spike]

Can you simulate the issue and post your log.txt again ? Ease so post your pinballx.ini.

What version of visual pinball vpinmame and b2sserver you ise ?

Do you use dmdext? If so,which version ?

 

[Mike Iacaruso]

Thanks for the assistance Mike.  I am running VPinmame 3.5, B2BServer 2.0.2 & DMDExt 1.8.  See the updated attached log files and ini.  When PinballX locks up it also stops explorer.

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Mike_da_Spike]

Thanks for the files.

I don't see anything wrong with the content of the files,but I have some questions/suggestions :

You use a plugin  "FutureDMD PinballX Stats" Version 1 By GauntletLover". I dont know this plugin, but it is  a plugin for futuredmd

 But Future pimball is disabled,.

Is this plugin still needed ? 

Another program I'm not familiar with ; 'DOFLinxMsg.exe'. Whats the purpose of this ? And if you disable the start command whats the outcome of that ?

If you disabled both of the above and still not working,can you try the following: set AutoPositionPinMAME to false (in the ini or through the settings.exe)

If those won't work at all, is an EM table closing fine ?

[marcusvpcardoso]

Same problem here, but when it left Future pinball. Does anyone have an old version for testing?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Old version of ?

[marcusvpcardoso]

Old version of PinballX, I ended up subscribing to my file and I can't find it to download. Everything was working here, it was the update that started this problem, I leave the table and PinballX stops responding and crashes.

[Mike_da_Spike]

Most previous versions can be downloaded.
Think it is even explained in the manual. Step by step

[scutters]

@Mike Iacaruso On top of the other Mikes excellent suggestions please also try setting the 'Use Direct B2S in front end' to No in display settings. All of those settings will be easy to re-enable later if needed, so i'd suggest disabling them all and retesting.. if successful re-enable one at a time to see which is causing the issue, if unsuccessful then please re-attach new log and ini files after the test, and let us know if you did any software (or even hardware) changes when the problem first appeared.

@marcusvpcardoso Please create a new thread for your issue attaching your pinballx.ini and log.txt files and also more info on your issue (is the hang on exit only with Future Pinball, but other emulators exit ok?)

[Mike Iacaruso]

Thank you, Mike, and Scutters.  The setting that resolved the issue was setting the Use Direct B2S to no.  My only inconvenience is when the table loads from PinballX it initially loads on my back glass screen and then moves to the main display screen. I don't see why the table loads on screen 2 instead of screen 1 on startup.  Am I missing anything?

Thanks

[scutters]

31 minutes ago, Mike Iacaruso said:

The setting that resolved the issue was setting the Use Direct B2S to no

Interesting that that setting suddenly caused PinballX to hang. Did you update the B2S server app recently (and maybe moved it to a new location)?. Changing that setting will probably mean you now to need record or download backglass media for PinballX to use in the front end.

33 minutes ago, Mike Iacaruso said:

My only inconvenience is when the table loads from PinballX it initially loads on my back glass screen and then moves to the main display screen. I don't see why the table loads on screen 2 instead of screen 1 on startup.

Not sure what you mean. Is it the Visual Pinball editor you see on screen 2 during the table loading? If so then open Visual Pinball outside PinballX and drag the editor window from screen 2 to screen 1 then close it, it should open on screen 1 the next time then but may still be visible..

So something else you could do instead is just edit your Visual Pinball launch parameters from;

/play -"[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]"

to

-minimized /play -"[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]"

So that the editor window is minimised when launching a game from PinballX 

[Mike Iacaruso]

I have not updated the B2S server software recently before the PinballX issue. when I start a table from PinballX the Visual Pinball editor starts up on screen 1 but the table initially loads on screen 2 before moving to screen1 and then everything is fine.  I will try the new launch parameters for V Pinball and let you know.

 

thanks

[Mike_da_Spike]

3 hours ago, scutters said:

 

-minimized /play -"[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]"

So that the editor window is minimised when launching a game from PinballX 

Extra info (something I didn't know)

-minimized -play parameters, will also close the editor on exit a table. If you leave -minimized from the parameter, it will return to the editor (but PBX should close the exe).

You dont have visual pinball running as admin ?

[scutters]

2 hours ago, Mike_da_Spike said:

-minimized -play parameters, will also close the editor on exit a table. If you leave -minimized from the parameter, it will return to the editor (but PBX should close the exe).

Good point Mike, i'd forgotten that. Maybe without the -minimized flag VP not closing meant B2S didn't close either and that was why PinballX had an issue and hung with the 'use B2S in front end' option (trying to create another B2S instance). Definitely worth having that flag in the launch parameters anyway!

[Mike Iacaruso]

Thanks everyone for the help.  I was able to resolve the issue with these settings.