This is really great, thanks for the vid. I'm just starting to build mine and most of the videos on RU-vid are "Look at my cool virtual pinball machine! It's sooooo awesome!" without any instruction on how to actually set the dang thing up. This is going to help immensely, thanks for taking the time to show us.
My virtual pinball cabinet will be here Friday, just so excited like you very grateful for these setup videos.not many showing full cabinet mode being setup.
I really should've gotten a 4:3 aspect monitor for the translite/backglass. Will be re-watching this one, for sure. Lots to do. Wanted to use Pinball Arcade, and Pinball FX3 in cabinet mode, but those two have lost cabinet mode support, unfortunately. So, looks like Future Pinball, and Zaccaria are among the few which still support our cabinets. Thanks for the video.
Hi Thomas! Yes a 4:3 or 5:4 back glass monitor just seems to look right I think. The PinballX front end can use the back glass but, as you point out, current versions of the games you mention no longer do. Good luck Thomas!
@@arnoldj.rimmer5116 Seems I spoke a bit too soon. I've just heard back from Farsight Studios, and it turns out, you have to buy a key for $150 from the Arcooda site, in order to run Pinball Arcade Steam in cabinet mode. Zen Studios supposedly will send you a free key, but I've not heard back from them, regarding my request for over a week, now. Glad you mentioned 5:4 aspect. I think that's even more fitting for back glass emulation.
Thanks a lot!! Helped me thought I did something wrong but the part about the NUMLOCK key to move the playfield 👍 one question what’s the key combination to save without exiting? I run hyper spin and it first save my setting. 😢
Hi Pete sorry I'm working away from home and not able to check. Hyperspin key combination? I'd check on the hyperspin forums first - it might be a while before I can get back to mine...
I see that you’re still running Future Pinball as a stand alone. You should really look into Future Pinball + BAM. It helps in making tables look much better as it opens up a host of graphical options
It can be done for under $300, Old Pc Dual Core or better, 8g Ram, 2 x Screens/old TV/old Monitor's, work with what you have, Zero Delay Encoder $10, Buttons and Acc $20-$30, Wood Mdf about $40, Paint $20, and a piece of alloy trim $8 Software set-up is very time consuming if you want all Artwork, Music & Extra's, DMD set it place, to make it look Complete
This helped me a lot. The problem I have now is that when launching though pinball x the playfield gets hidden behind the launcher. Is there a way to force it to stay on top?
Hi Richard I'm not exactly sure why that would happen as it hasn't happened to me yet. Take a look at the pinballx install video I uploaded and this one again to check something wasn't missed. If it still happens I'll try to replicate the problem. Cheers!
Arnold J. Rimmer I cannot figure it out. Only the playfield loses focus. Either way I switched to PinballY as a front end. Works great. Your video really helped. Everything clicked into place in my mind with your explanation. I had to do an additional reg edit. But your video pointed me in the right direction. THANK YOU!
Hi im looking for someone to possibly do a repair on my table. The right flipper button is very hit and miss. Not sure if its the button swicth or a program error. Its not been played for a while but was working perfect last time i played it. Any help or info would be great thanks
Hi, if the button works intermittently, I'd look at the wiring first. Check the cables to the button aren't loose and then trace the cable back to the encoder board and check there too. If it looks ok, try replacing the cable (it could be broken beneath the insulation). If that doesn't help, test another button on the same cable to eliminate the cable or see if the button could be at fault. I think it's unlikely to be a program error on a single button. Let me know how you get on. Cheers!
Hi Chirag, sorry but I'm working away from home at the moment & can't get back because of Covid so it might be a while. You might find some help here vpinball.com/forums/forum/future-pinball-discussion/fp-tables-2/
Arnold - I am having a dickens of a time trying to get this to work on my cab config. I do not rotate my Display1 and 2... however my Display1 = 1920x0180 and the Display2 is 1360x768 I have them in Windows where display2 is above display1 they are both horizontal and both X/Y 0,0 are aligned to eachother so their leftmost sides are in alignment but display2 is above display1. When I configure the Future Pinball for display and backglass configs... I set the main display rotate 270 and I set the resolution I then set the Backglass to its resolution, set to arcade and full screen... when it launchs the Backglass is perfect... however the main display is shifted up to the left corner and the Future Pinball logo is on the lower right and screen is black... thoughts?
Hi James, unfortunately I'm working away from home at the moment so i don't have access to the cab to try. But, I think if you have your screens set horizontally aligned rather than vertically (Sc1 @ 0,0 & Sc2 @ 1360,0), you should find setting them up easier. Also try the playfield at 0,0 and the backglass @ 1920,0 - I recall using any negative references caused problems. I also found rotating the screens in Windows much more preferable for the Future and Visual Pinball programs as well as FX2/3 and Pinball Arcade if you intend to use those too. When I get back home (it might be a while with Covid lockdowns here), I'll be able to provide you with more better guidance...
Sorry missed this - If there's an image in the PinballX/media/Visual Pinball/backglass images folder it will be displayed - ensure it has the same name as the table file. This image is overridden by a video if one exists in the backglass videos folder. Check the PinballX display settings are correct if you're not seeing it.
Hi the screen I used for this is a Benq 2220 (only because I had it already), but I wouldn't recommend buying it for this project because the control button panel and cable connection layout makes it somewhat difficult. I'd recommend an Acer K242HL which is nice and square, and also has better cable connection locations for easier cable management. Cheers!
Can you help with this? I'm building a mini pinball cabinet. So far I have all set up the software, hide all window 10 pro and running a bat from shell instead of explorer.exe. The only thing left is the loginscreen with accent color but is not a problem, since I made the account picture transparent. The little problem left is the console window of the bat file that starts pinballx, how can I run the bat hidden or minimized from the shell? Thanks
Hi, I'm not sure it's especially pinball related, but look here for possible help running a batch file silently www.raymond.cc/blog/hidden-start-runs-batch-files-silently-without-flickering-console/ hope it helps.
@@arnoldj.rimmer5116 Yeah, I've checked all the options, I'm asking directly in dedicated forums, even if I think the solution may be quite simple. I'm trying now to launch the bat shortcut minimized from startup folder, the thing is that I still have my shell registry modified with my batch file, maybe I can set that empty? Or put explorer.exe again?
Hi Gordon, yes - this is just a pinball shaped box with a PC inside. Installation is simple - this clip can help ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jMin3p_lWUQ.html
Hi I don't really know enough about the Raspberry PI to give an informed decision. I'd ask on the pinball forums to see if anyone else has already done it. Cheers!
Arnold J. Rimmer thanks if any info does pop up could you let me know I have looked all over I’m shore it uses windows ten but needs a duel core and a graphics card was hanging the out until the pi 4 is available what are the requirements to run a pinball program
haribo stinky you won’t be able to run pinball on an SBC computer like a Pi as they can’t handle it. The softwares are all dependent on DirectX and GPU intensive. Also software like visual pinball relies on vpinmame which is a windows based software.
Hi. I did a video of sourcing the parts I used here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lsyn_yKI5zE.html. I hope it helps. Let me know if you need any help. Sorry for the slow reply too... Cheers!
thanks for the thorough vid and for the plans in the comments! Do you ever utilize other virtual pinball platforms on the same pc? (thats the hoarder in my asking) :) :) :)
