Could a list or system of horror tables be made?

[DakotaPinball]

Yes, Future Pinball works outside of PinballX.

But I can't put a Horror Pinball horror.ini file in VPX and Future Pinball.

 

Yes, Future Pinball works outside of PinballX.

Yes, Future Pinball works outside of PinballX.

But I can't add a Horror Pinball horror.ini file to both VPX and Future Pinball.

I've included a video that you'll see better than images. It also shows that with the Horror.ini file and Data Manager 26.2.26.0, it says I can't have two horror.ini files.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wh5kzJ0BWvJIGwStyWIE0Kbn-uCEuQ9c/view?usp=drive_link

[Mike_da_Spike]

14 hours ago, DakotaPinball said:

Yes, Future Pinball works outside of PinballX.

That’s not what I mean.
Does Future Pinball work like the normal system?
From your system menu, select Future Pinball, and you should see all your Future Pinball tables.
Launch one and check what’s going on.

14 hours ago, DakotaPinball said:

Yes, Future Pinball works outside of PinballX.

That’s not what I mean.
Does Future Pinball work like the normal system?
From your system menu, select Future Pinball, and you should see all your Future Pinball tables.
Launch one and check what’s going on.

14 hours ago, DakotaPinball said:

Yes, Future Pinball works outside of PinballX.

That’s not what I mean.
Does Future Pinball work like the normal system?
From your system menu, select Future Pinball, and you should see all your Future Pinball tables.
Launch one and check what’s going on.

 

14 hours ago, DakotaPinball said:

I've included a video that you'll see better than images.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wh5kzJ0BWvJIGwStyWIE0Kbn-uCEuQ9c/view?usp=drive_link

I can’t connect to your drive, so could you upload it to YouTube instead?
But first, get the Future Pinball system working.
I thought this thread https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/31771-resolved-future-pinball-bam-edition-black-screen confirmed that Future Pinball as a system was fixed.
If your horror table loads from this system (so within PinballX running as frontend), it should also load the same table from the filter, since the filter just narrows results and combines systems (if you have the checkbox "all systems" selected).
 

14 hours ago, DakotaPinball said:

It also shows that with the Horror.ini file and Data Manager 26.2.26.0, it says I can't have two horror.ini files.

Thats what I tried to explain in this post https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/31372-could-a-list-or-system-of-horror-tables-be-made/#findComment-227691 

23 hours ago, Mike_da_Spike said:

Action plan for you:

• Delete 1 of the horror filters and just keep 1
• Make sure your Future pinball system works from the frond end
• If FP works from frontend, mark tables in the future pinball as horror, via the description
• Also marks your Visual Pinball tables that you like to see as horror

This should show the filter in the frontend with tables from all systems that you marked as "horror" in the description.

If you got any questions, please let us know

Edit :
Although I don't have Future Pinball installed, I created 2 horror.ini as you had
1 in the visual Pinball directory and 1 in the Pinball FX directory (created via DBM). Attached 1 of the fles (only 1 is needed, but wanted to test)
My Visual Pinball Directory Already had a load of filter files for testing


Within Visual Pinball, I commented 1 table as horror:

I did the same for Pinball FX (just ATFM)


PinballX loaded and my list showed 2 horror filters :


Both filters shows the same result :
ATFM from system PinballFX

Dracula from Visual Pinball

When I click Dracula it loads Visual Pinball and when I click on ATFM , it launches my ZenPinball FX system 
See log file :
 

07:00:57.72  16/05/2026:  Started
07:01:01.57  16/05/2026:  Launch System
07:01:01.57  16/05/2026:  Hide Topper
07:01:01.57  16/05/2026:  Not Hide Backglass!
07:01:01.57  16/05/2026:  Waiting for threads
07:01:01.65  16/05/2026:  Disposing display
07:01:01.75  16/05/2026:  Set Plugin data
07:01:02.23  16/05/2026:  C:\pinball\Visual Pinball\VPinballX64.exe -play "C:\Pinball\Tables\VPX\Dracula (Stern 1979).vpx" -minimized  -ini "C:\pinball\Visual Pinball\Config\vpinballx64.ini"
07:01:08.96  16/05/2026:  Visual Pinball Player Foreground
07:01:10.17  16/05/2026:  Visual Pinball Player window foreground: 6
07:01:13.36  16/05/2026:  Found PinMAME ROM: dracula
07:01:19.19  16/05/2026:  Exit System Control Pressed
07:01:19.52  16/05/2026:  Found Visual Pinball editor window
07:01:20.29  16/05/2026:  Process Closed
07:01:22.21  16/05/2026:  Getting high score
07:01:22.30  16/05/2026:  Writing high score
07:01:22.46  16/05/2026:  Created DirectX BackGlass Window
07:01:22.48  16/05/2026:  Created DirectX Topper Window
07:01:36.74  16/05/2026:  Launch System
07:01:36.74  16/05/2026:  Hide Topper
07:01:36.74  16/05/2026:  Hide Backglass
07:01:36.74  16/05/2026:  Waiting for threads
07:01:36.74  16/05/2026:  Disposing display
07:01:36.99  16/05/2026:  Set Plugin data
07:01:37.28  16/05/2026:  C:\pinball\Tools\PinballX\Launchers\FXLauncher\PinballFXLauncher.exe -table 119
07:02:00.36  16/05/2026:  Exit System Control Pressed
07:02:02.21  16/05/2026:  Created DirectX BackGlass Window
07:02:02.23  16/05/2026:  Created DirectX Topper Window
07:02:38.31  16/05/2026:  Exiting
07:02:38.89  16/05/2026:  Disposing Plugins
07:02:38.89  16/05/2026:  Saving Settings
07:02:40.01  16/05/2026:  Bye

If a table is not loaded from your a filter. check the log file and I'm sure your system is not setup correctly
attached my log and filter file :

log.txt horror.ini

[Draco1962]

A novel idea here and, at the very least, a sanity check - how about testing a Future Pinball table directly from the menu (and not from the filtered list) and confirm it launches? No matter the filter, my guess is there will be no joy found until he gets the Future Pinball via PinballX configured properly, but at least it takes the list out of the equation.

[DakotaPinball]

The Future Pinball black screen issue IS fixed.

The issue of launching FP from PinballX IS fixed, although it takes a long time (video attached)

https://youtu.be/Oh2QheAgrUI

I was really looking forward to having the Pinball Horror system with the VPX and FP tables, but no matter how much I try, I can't seem to get it working. I know I'm doing something wrong, but I've looked and looked and I can't find the problem.

[Draco1962]

Did you look back through the suggested changes here?

 

 

[DakotaPinball]

Hace 5 minutos, Draco1962 dijo:

¿Has vuelto a revisar los cambios sugeridos aquí?

 

 

Yes, I did everything. And modify what I didn't have

[Mike_da_Spike]

I watched your videos and it looks like some tables load faster than others.
My last experience with tables from TerryRed was that they could take about 3 1/2 minutes to load on my machine.
It would be helpful to have a video like this along with your log file, so we can see what PBX is doing at that moment.
I also don’t see a table that loads fine from the Future Pinball system being loaded from the filter.
That would be nice to see in the log file as well.
Thanks for sharing the videos on YouTube.

[Draco1962]

8 hours ago, Mike_da_Spike said:

I also don’t see a table that loads fine from the Future Pinball system being loaded from the filter.
That would be nice to see in the log file as well.
Thanks for sharing the videos on YouTube.

That might be in response to me asking to launch outside of the filter - 

On 5/16/2026 at 6:56 AM, Draco1962 said:

A novel idea here and, at the very least, a sanity check - how about testing a Future Pinball table directly from the menu (and not from the filtered list) and confirm it launches? No matter the filter, my guess is there will be no joy found until he gets the Future Pinball via PinballX configured properly, but at least it takes the list out of the equation.

Agreed about having the log files from each scenario - one from the FP table launched via PinballX from the main menu and one launched from within the Horror menu.

[DakotaPinball]

I have good news! I know I'm a bit slow to reply, but between work and other commitments, I haven't been able to do much. To get to the point, I've managed to create a new system that opens Visual Pinball X and Future Pinball tables from Pinball X. It's somewhat complex, but having all the tables from both systems together is fantastic. Give me a few days, and I'll post a step-by-step guide and a file showing how I'm doing it.

Thanks to @Mike_da_Spike and @Draco1962 for your help. It all seemed impossible, but I didn't want to give up, and so far, the tests with two tables from each system have gone well.

[DakotaPinball]

I hope I do it right.

Here's a YouTube link where I uploaded my "terrible" system, which uses VPX and FP BAM tables.

https://youtu.be/TgAuOA6p4yU

It's made with .bat files because PinballX doesn't allow you to have two systems in one with tables. I've attached the .bat file for what I set up for Future Pinball, the VPX .bat file, and the .ahk file to close the process.

If it can be improved, which I'm sure it can, let me know so I can polish it even more.

Cerrar_horror.ahk Class of 1812 (Gottlieb 1991) v3.0.21.bat ClassicPanicSE.bat