7.11 VP Foreground Timeout on GL

[DJO Maverick]

This is an oldie but a goodie that has seemingly raised from the dead.  I remember fighting this at length in the past, pointedly on Dark Chaos at that point.  It appears to be a bit more general applicability now.  When using 10.8 GL (whether windows or exclusive fullscreen, doesn't matter which), loading time is terrible as it will wait for Visual Pinball Foreground Timeout, on just about anything I run.  It doesn't appear to have the same issue on DX build.  However, without a frontend, GL loads the same table demonstrably faster.  It still is loading the backglass faster than DX, even in PBX...  and presumably is loading the table in the background, but is just never being brought to the foreground until it times out.

 

The same workaround from long ago is still in my ini (as far as launch command goes), but it is seemingly no longer effectual on GL...

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Mike_da_Spike]

Not sure if it will help, but try changing the setting within VPX: "window" or "exclusive fullscreen."

As a workaround, I made the following tool for VR (also GL) as it also could lose focus when starting VP GL. Just run it, and it will appear in your system tray. Launch a GL game from PBX and check if it gains focus on the screen quicker (just for you, not for PBX).

BringVPtoFront.exe