Visual Pinball

[milesady]

Hi Guys I Have Visual Pinball Fine By itself but in game-ex its a different story firstly the vpauto.exe is not closing after i exit playing a table and just keeps on loading every time i open a new table

secondly if i run it with show desktop = false I can only see the score bit and if i set it to = true i can only see the table and not the score all bit it playable

this is my ini

[Emulator_11]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=Pinball

TITLETEXT=Pinball

StartPageLogo=Pinball

ROMFilter=*.vpt

RomPath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\Tables

RomsInFolders=

SnapPath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\snap

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=

ControlPanelPath=J

InstructionsPath=

TVAdPath=

MusicPath=

ImageNotFound=

WorkingPath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball

MapKeys=False

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=False

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=vpauto.exe

Command=VPinball912.exe -play -"[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]"

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

configFile=Visual Pinball V6

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

UseDbName=

GamesIn7Zips=

MergeSets=

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=True

RandomMostPlayed=False

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

CustomArtName1=

CustomArtPath1=

CustomArtName2=

CustomArtPath2=

CustomArtName3=

CustomArtPath3=

CustomArtName4=

CustomArtPath4=

CustomArtName5=

CustomArtPath5=

GameExtenderCustomArtPath=

GameExtenderConstants=

any help would be really appreciated as this is the closest i will get to haveing a real pinball machine

[Adultery]

For the second problem, you can reset the table (I think it's F5 or 5) and the DMD will pop up.

I actually use Tempest's Visual Pinball loader to get around having to do this. If I use it the table loads properly every time, if not I have to reset the table for the DMD to come up.

Also you have to set ShowDesktop=True for this emu.

[milesady]

where can i find tempests loader and could you post your .ini for visual pinball

[Adultery]

For starts, here's Tempest's Loader Post:

Click Here!

I'll jump on the cab and snag my INI and edit this post in a minute.

.:EDIT:. Here ya go:

[Emulator_17]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=VISUAL PinMAME

TITLETEXT=Pinball

StartPageLogo=Visual PinMAME

ROMFilter=*.vpt

RomPath=F:\Pinball\Tables

RomsInFolders=

SnapPath=F:\Pinball\artwork\Snap

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=F:\Pinball\artwork\Manual

ControlPanelPath=D:\Images\Controls\Emulators\Visual PinMAME.png

InstructionsPath=

TVAdPath=

MusicPath=

WorkingPath=F:\Pinball\Tables

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=False

ReplaceUnder=False

Capitals=False

RemoveBrackets=False

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=""F:\Pinball\VPinballLoader.exe" "[ROMFILE]" "[WORKINGPATH]""

LaunchBefore=F:\xpadder\Xpadder.exe PinMAME1 PinMAME2 /M

LaunchAfter=F:\xpadder\Xpadder.exe Default1 Default2 /M

configFile=[Mapping Off] Exit (ESC+Q)

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=Back - Visual PinMAME.png

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=False

PlaySelectionMusic=True

SelectionMusicFolder=D:\EmuMusic

PCGame=

DATABASE=[Pinball] Visual Pinball

UseDbName=

GamesIn7Zips=

MergeSets=

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=True

RandomMostPlayed=True

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

CustomArtName1=Backglass

CustomArtPath1=F:\Pinball\artwork\Backglass

CustomArtName2=Playfield

CustomArtPath2=F:\Pinball\artwork\Playfield

CustomArtName3=Flyer

CustomArtPath3=F:\Pinball\artwork\Flyer

System=Pinball

Category=Pinball

Emulator=Visual PinMAME

Version=2.1

Rating=

DownloadUrl=http://www.gamesdbase.com/setupwizard/emulators/download/pinmame.7z

RequiredFiles=

Website=http://pinmame.retrogames.com/

Info=Emulator for the roms that Pinball machines use for scoreboard and display animations.

OLDatZip=

ImageNotFound=D:\Images\no_img.png

lastgame=

I use the latest VPinball build (9.0.8 I think?) and just renamed it to VPinball.exe to make for easier updating. Also if using VP9+ make sure you use VP9+ tables.

[milesady]

nah it aint working for me i may just have to live with how i had it before thanks for your help though

[Adultery]

What's not working for you? A little detail and I can probably help. Tempest's loader takes a little tweaking to get just right.

[R-DUB]

I use the latest VPinball build (9.0.8 I think?) and just renamed it to VPinball.exe to make for easier updating. Also if using VP9+ make sure you use VP9+ tables.

FYI

The latest VP is version 9.12

[Adultery]

Haha! Oh my. Now I gotta look and see which one I have.

.:EDIT:. Damn, time for an update!

[rockyrocket]

Hi, have a look at this...

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=9152

it may help with the dmd problem.