Sorry for the new guy questions, but I have limited internet access to google the vp forums and don't have access to a machine:

1. Is there a generally preferred front end between PinballX and Hyperpin? Pros/cons?

2. If I download the latest version of Visual Pinball X, will I still be able to play games built for VP 9?

Cool, thanks. Ultimately, I wanted to load whatever table I wanted without going back and forth. Sounds like PinballX will handle that.

The newest VPX tables look fantastic.

I'm very excited to get to play my VirtuaPin. I can experience all the 80s classic Bally games with some rad WPC titles. Hopefully it will scratch the itch of constantly rotating games.

I picked up a VirtuaPin, but unfortunately it was loaded with older software (XP). Going through the slow process of updating everything, so I'm basically starting from scratch.

I finally got Windows 7 installed along with Visual Pinball. After some trial and error, tables are running! No backglass or DMD yet, but we'll get there. PinballX is next, then I update the plunger.

Sounds good Paul, and thanks for the help so far. I know there's only so much you can do.

Got B2S working, next is the DMD, then the frontend.

I've gone from a semi-bricked XP machine to a fully working and wifi enabled Windows 7 machine running tables, so I'm kind of proud of myself because I'm such a nitwit.

For anyone running Pinball Arcade on their cabinet, is there a preferred program to allow re-mapping controls? I can't get the installed buttons to work with my cab yet.

I'm kind of all over the place. Visual Pinball works, but no DMD yet. Pinball FX2 is installed, but I'm waiting on my cabinet code.

Anyway, after searching last night I found NoEX's PA camera mod, but I couldn't get it to work (kept crashing). For some reason, my cabinet buttons are tied into something that won't talk to PA.

Update: Paul let me know about a program called XPadder that allows me to map my extra buttons to keyboard commands. PinballFX2 is now working like a champ, but Pinball Arcade keeps crashing.

Once I solve that, I'll fix my DMD, then the plunger/nudge.

After that, I'll finish the playfield, backglass, and wheel logos for PinballX. Lots of work, but it's fun.

DMD up and running. My Mot-Ion board is all whacked out, so next up is installation of the virtual plunger V3 for better nudging and mechanical plunger.

Anyone running DMD with PinballFX2 or PBA? I downloaded the code to make it work but have been unsuccessful so far.

Yeah, it's Freezy's program. I messed around a little bit, didn't troubleshoot too much. My DMD read 'dmdext' but I was getting some weird errors. I'll continue to dig.

The vp forums have been indispensible.

Yeah, I used 'dmdext test' on the command line and the image popped up on the DMD, but the displayed text said 'found DMD, but not pinDMD2' or something like that. I have a pinDMD 2.

Will updating my C++ have any effect?

Cool, thanks for the info. I'll take another look tonight.

Got my plunger and nudge working. The Mot-ion is a bit wonky, but I'm hoping the V3 will work better.

I'll try that, thanks!

It's Whack-A-Mole with VP stuff. I fix one thing, 2 more things pop up.

Lots of frustration, but also lots of fun. Absolutely appreciative of the guys that write this software I'm trying to fumble through.

After some setup shenanigans, the V3 plunger is up and running. The nudge is fantastic. Plunge requires some table specific settings, but works great for the most part.

Still having issues getting my DMD to work with Pinball FX2, so that's next on my list.

Does anyone tweak table slope or friction on VP? Some of the tables are awesome, but I find the ball zips around way too fast.

Weird. Did you set 'Set Controller' to 'B2S Server' on the script?

Just purchased a GTX 750TI SC video card and still kind of messing with it.

Basically, I'm still getting stutter. I tried plugging both monitors into the new video card as well as using the 750 for the playfield and 560 for the backglass. Still stutters... not bad at all, but noticeable.

Any ideas or workarounds?

Solved the stuttering (too many open updates to Win 7) and the new video card smoothed out the ball big time.

Now I'm playing with Freezy's DMD support to PinballFX2. I got it working with Steam, but it crashes PinballX when run in tangent.

Anyone have PinballX successfully going with dmdext?

Paul has always been helpful to me, even sending things to me at his own expense. I don't know the whole story, but I hope everything works out.

Can anyone point me to the best way to get dmdext to work with PinballX?

I've searched vpforums, github, etc. with no luck. I can play one PBFX2 game and then it crashes. I have the latest dmdext version.

I'll try that out, thanks.

TPA doesn't work with force feedback, i.e. analog nudge. I've heard some folks somehow tied an XBox 360 controller to the cabinet nudge with not good results. Visual pinball works great with analog nudge.

Bottom line, TPA was not designed with cabs in mind. Some folks have done their best to work around the software, but it's not elegant.

When I started, I wanted all TPA tables. Several months in, I'm running all VP9 and Pinball FX2 tables. TPA was too big of a pain.

You can tie a physical button to nudge with TPA, but you won't be able to shake the machine as with Visual Pinball. I can't physically shake the machine with PinballFX2, so I tied physical buttons to nudge.

Can you share the command prompt you use? I'm not sure how that would look if it started with every new table, especially with PinballX.

That's the script I use, too. No worky. I'll keep troubleshooting.

How well does the 360 controller work with nudge on PBFX2?

What are some good VPX tables? I went to all VP9 tables because VPX felt 'off.' Nice graphics but physics were wonky. The ball seemed to lean and jump around at random. VP9 is better.

Am I doing something wrong, or does anyone have suggestions?

I turned off physical nudge but didn't recalibrate. I'll research. Thanks for the info.

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I'll have to try those. Since I own Kiss it will be a good method of comparison.

Make sure the volume setting isn't too high in the actual table. This will cause distortion. Set it two notches below full.

http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=5220