[RESOLVED] How do I get to activate or see all these table "filters"?

[Almodo]

Hi everybody, 

Maybe I'm the only one with this problem, but after spending literally hours trying everything i'm close to giving up. 

Please, how do I get to activate or see these filters in the tables select menu, like "1980s Tables" or "Lists", or "Instructions" etc.? (see third photo I found online)

No matter what I click in the settings (see the first two attached photos) everything I get is "Return, Exit, Shutdown, Restart". That is it. 

As you can see I deactivated "Basic menu mode" and also "One click launch table", and every combination of "yes / no / enabled / disabled", to no avail. 

As I once mentioned in a similar post long ago, that's what it was always like for me when using PinballX - I never ever got to see these! Of course I'm running the latest version 7.0. 

Please for the life of me, how do I make them visible? 

Any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks in advance as always!

PinballX.ini

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

I think you have a few settings to check. First you habe basic mode enabled.

Accprd8ng to the documentation (which you read offcourse)

Enable: Turns the basic mode ON/OFF
Enabling the basic menu mode, will limit your menu option.
This is including: not the ability to switch to system list, no
favorites list. It just give the ability to launch a game and
show media

2nd enable system lists as well(which will return you to the system.

Or create an filter that will show all 

 

[Almodo]

Thank you very much for your quick reply, but please what do you mean by "First you habe basic mode enabled."? 

--> As you can see I have it "not enabled" (as it should be, right?). Also, the "system list" is enabled.

See, that's the problem: I have everything enabled and still nothing, that's what baffles me...

(and of course I read the documentation!) 🙂

Any more suggestions, maybe?

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

Sorry for my typos.

According to your ini fileithe settings are not set 

Quote

ShowSystem=False

ShowRatings=False

OneClickLaunch=True

EnableBasicMenuMode=True

Thats completely the opposite of your screenshot, but pinballX is using the ini file.

Maybe you didn't save the file correctly, or it is read only?

[Draco1962]

Also, please attach your log.txt file when reporting an issue. Thanks.

[Almodo]

You're right, I sent you a slightly older file, sorry for that. 

But after newly installing it on a different partition of my hard drive, and still with the same results, I have sort of given up. Then so be it. 

But thinking about it, it's not really that big of a deal after all, I guess, because at the moment I have about 60 tables, and even with the occasional new one the total number will never get higher than 100, which is still a manageable number of tables to browse through, and of course I have my handful of favorites so I can live with that. If I had like 1,000 tables, as some guys apparently do, it would get a little difficult to browse through all of them alphabetically to find the one you want to play right now. 

So thanks again for your help. I still would be interested in knowing why it doesn't work on my setup, I have to admit that!, so here are my newest ini and log files. If you have any idea or solution please let me know. 

Thank you very much in advance and greetings

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Draco1962]

Could be you still have an active copy of PinballX in the other partition? Did you copy your pinballx.ini file from the original, then uninstall the old copy of PinballX then install anew in the new partition? Asking as multiple installs can make things a bit janky.

[scutters]

@Almodo can you also let us know what button (number) or key (if keyboard) you use when selecting a table? (just to check in Pinballx key/buttons mappings that it's mapped to Select and not Launch [launch would bypass the select menu])

You then also need to create 'active filters' as you wish, by years or manufacturer etc. It doesn't look like you have any created. Previous post on that here; https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/26442-resolved-search-for-instructions-on-how-to-create-filters-in-the-game-manager-eg-by-year-or-table-manufacturer/

Hope that helps, but let us know if you need more info.

[Almodo]

O.M.G.!!!

Mystery solved! 

Scutters, you know, in all those past years it somehow never occurred to me that "Launch" and "Start" are actually two different commands! 

Even more important here is the fact that I was always under the impression that all these "1980s Tables" etc. filters would appear below the ""Return, Exit, Shutdown, Restart" menu... 

Pressing "Enter" on the keyboard / newly assigned cab button of course brings up those menu selections where I also can introduce new filters via the Game Manager's "New List" procedure. 

The solution was right in front of my nose the whole time... 

So thank you one last time for clearing up that "mystery", and now it's back to hitting the silver ball.

Have a great day and keep up the good work!

[Almodo]

PS: Thanks a lot to you, Draco1962, as well, of course, for your time and effort!

[Draco1962]

You're welcome although I will defer to @Mike_da_Spikeand @scutters as they are the true PinballXperts here!

[Almodo]

You're from Jacksonville, FL?! We will be there again next Christmas, come to think of it! 

We try to visit the States as often as we can and Florida is our absolute favorite state. (especially in the winter) 🙂

Greetings to the Sunshine State from Germany!

[Mike_da_Spike]

2 hours ago, Draco1962 said:

You're welcome although I will defer to @Mike_da_Spikeand @scutters as they are the true PinballXperts here!

 @Tom Speirsis the real Pinballx wizard.  We just try to keep up while he’s out there casting the actual spells. 😜 

And slightly off‑topic: back in the late ’90s, people called themselves Windows experts just because they managed to install Windows 95.  

By that standard, sure, I can “do PinballX” too. But the real magic still comes from Tom..

[Draco1962]

3 hours ago, Mike_da_Spike said:

 And slightly off‑topic: back in the late ’90s, people called themselves Windows experts just because they managed to install Windows 95. 

Why am I getting an "Apple Genius Bar" vibe? There ain't no geniuses at the Apple Genius Bar... And there's no sex in the Champaign Room!