I have a Hyperpin virtual pinballmachine, and were advised to switch to PinballX, can you advise me how to do it?

[Rent-a-Pinball]

I need help, i can work with a PC, but this is my first virtual Pinball
i am wondering if it is just installing, and will all extra's what is installed work after that?

i appreciate your help

[scutters]

Wrong forum!. @Draco1962 can you move it PinballX\General please?

 

@Rent-a-Pinball i'm not familiar with hyperpin but i can't think of any reason you wouldn't be able to install PinballX in parallel to start with while you configure PinballX and add the tables etc, that way you'd still have hyperpin available.

There's a document covering most stuff included with the PinballX install.

I'd also recommend adding PinballX Database Manager at the same time, once you have configured the emulators (not sure what you have) in PinballX settings you can then bulk add all the table entries, and grab or create media in bulk as well.

23 hours ago, Rent-a-Pinball said:

and will all extra's what is installed work after that?

Not sure what the extra's are but yes they should, there's plugins available to extend the core PinballX functionality for stuff like DOF.

[Draco1962]

Moved - please refer to the index below before opening a new thread to ensure a prompt response:

 

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

On 5/29/2025 at 12:10 PM, Rent-a-Pinball said:

I need help, i can work with a PC, but this is my first virtual Pinball
i am wondering if it is just installing, and will all extra's what is installed work after that?

i appreciate your help

It sounds a bit cliché, but read the manual. Not for not helping you, but to know what PinballX can do for you. It makes it easier to understand how to use and setup underlays, overlays etc. 

I thought in one of the old manuals, there was a section how to migrate from hyperpin., but I would say, make a fresh install.

if your cabinet is running with emulators, you can set them up in pinballX. Gamemanager can help you to setup the tables for it. You can also use DataBaseManager, as @scuttersmentioned. Great tool which can add tables and media as well.but you need toread another manual.

 

[Draco1962]

Contents of this thread entry pretty much summarize the effort involved - https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=28656&p=276527

Definitely RTM! Lot's of effort went into it for just this kind of thing. Get the basics running well first. Worry about "extras" after.

[Rent-a-Pinball]

Thanks for your reply's i will read the manual

[Mike_da_Spike]

2 hours ago, Rent-a-Pinball said:

Thanks for your reply's i will read the manual

If you have questions, you can always ask !