Virtual Pinball: "Software" Essentials - START HERE (Bookmarks are in the Description!) 

I built my machine roughly 2 years ago using all these tutorials and it worked great. Last week my hard drive failed and I had no backup and I am painstakingly starting all over again. Word of advice once you get it working make sure you backup your machine

TerryRed you are a legend....pup packs, addressable lighting, future pinball, tutorials, etc....when do you sleep?? Very much appreciated!!

Congratulations. Finally, I found a video that showed in detail the tools needed for virtual pinball.

I had no idea VP even existed. Been wasting too much time on PS3/4 pinball. I have no idea how you guys have come up with this but this is truly amazing work. You have made it super easy with articulate instructions. Thank you for this. Cant wait.

Thank you sooo much for this video, I was looking for that for long time. It's a jungle to found the good info for starting.

Im planning a cabinet build. I have saved this. By far the best step by step video for virtual pinball. Hope everything works! Thanks so much for your time

Thank you. Just literally, started this this week. Really want to build a virtual table and needed a step-by-step instruction series. Had a bunch of tables running (on the PC) but there were a few that would not work, hopefully, this will fix that or help me understand why.

I bought a computer, PInDMD3, and that nudge board to get started. I will be following your videos to a T to get set up. Thank you for putting this out there

Thank you, for all you're doing. I'm just getting into this and I'm not sure I could have done it without this and your knowledge.

The whole pinball popup installer process is confusing and overwhelming.

Man I love what you do. You inspired me to build a big cab. Just got the adressable leds and matrix working. Folloing along your stuff to get it to work with fp Masters of the universe. Keep up the great work.👌👍

Thank you so much for walking thru this. I couldn't do this without you and I'm loving my cabinet build.

Thank you sir, your a lifesaver. Very clear and easy tutorial. I had to watch this other video done by Arnold rimmer lol a red dwarf fan witch i love the dwarf, but i had to watch about 3 times to get a little info he wasnt clear on anything, he was stumbling for words the entire video. It took him an entire minute to come up with the word "Table". I was screaming mad and almost gave up. I will be putting my setup in an empty Gotlieb Panthera, witch is a wider cabinet I think i can fit a 50 inch vizio led into it once i router a 1/4 groove in both cabinet inside sides and remove the trim from the tv. Thanks again

Very nice, great overview, even for those who have done it before!

Thank you! Video was excellent, easy to follow. Moving on to the next, can't wait to get everything going!

It took a corona virus to let me spend the time to watch this.. I'm hopeful I'll finally get to play VP! Thanks for the video!

Thank you so much TerryRed, worth it's weight in gold, appreciate your time with this.

Thank you Terry, you are very much appreciated in this community. Great video. I just got a 43” full vpin cabinet kit and started constructing it yesterday and going to finish it up tonight...PC setup will be next week, your videos are going to help me. Thank you again 🤘🏻

TerryRed I want to thank you for your hard work with these videos thank you very much

This was awesome! I was stuck, frustrated and gaveup on Dof required tables- turns out easiest install- Led Zep table here I come!! WHOLE LOTTA LOVE TO TERRY RED ! Thx bro

Thanks a lot dude i have many hours in putting together my arcade but this is 1 step beyond I'm going to give it a go because it will be worth it to play my favourite table again sttng btw

Amazing! Thank you for all the work you do on this stuff - incredibly helpful

Terry...thank you sir! I am so happy you did this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for this. Exactly what I needed.

BLESS YOU! (For the sneeze and for the walkthrough of this!)

Im new to this hobby. What a great video to get started. Thanks

Thanks for the video. I’m just getting into the virtual pinball stuff so this was great. Subbed!

Fantastic tutorial Terry, you rock...thank you. Greetings from Portugal.

Thanks for the info and explaining what things are and why they're needed. not just saying "because you need them" Liked and subscribed because of that. thanks!

wow thank you for the info, I'm fired up and ready to run and start now, thanks again

Excellent video! Thank you very much. Am making headway at last! :)

Mind Blown !!!! Excellent Resource , Thank you, Thank you

absolutely brilliant video thankyou

Hello Terry. Ty for this tutorial. I was wondering, whats the best size of speakers for the cabinet backglass? I'm buying everything I need before building the williams widebody cabinet. Ty.

Greeting from Auckland New Zealand, Terry i will continue to watch your amazing videos, very inspiring, i don't have an extra 10K to purchase a virtual pinball, but hopefully one day soon, make one from scratch lol Awesome Video!!!!!

thanx great video ! Can't wait for the color rom install instructions

Great video. I will start over after watching this! New sub

Great! Now I really want to build a table now😁

that was so helpful :) thanks for all your effort!!

Best how to video to date.

Any reason why the b2s server files were installed in my main vpx folder instead of the tables folder?

Bro this tuts its just amazing...thx for that

How do you resize the backglass image? I'm only using a single screen which is my computer and the Spider-Man table I'm using I want to have the Black-Suited backglass but it takes up almost my entire screen!

I downloaded everything this morning and I'm not seeing "hidegrip = true" in my dmddevice.ini (29:46). Has this been removed on more recent ini files?

Thanks TerryRed, I followed everything step and downloaded two tables. I get the same issue on both playfield. Flippers not working and no ball. The plunger and tilt are working. Seems like visual pinball can't locate the Roms. I downloaded the right roms for those tables and they are in the folder ''roms''. Any idea what could be wrong? Big thanks for this video, it got me that far and that is pretty cool already.

I have a single monitor Vertical build. How do i turn off all the back glass pics and just use a small DMD in the corner , just like STEAM does?

Thanks Terry ...

Greetings TerryRed! Maybe I missed it, but assuming we are successful with the initial installation stages of the software essentials, what games would actually run on this? Doing some research for a DIY cabinet.

Great Video these are a huge help!!

Does the B2S Server still need to be installed even though I used the Pinup Popper Baller Installer?

Question. Baby Pacman for example. How do I get this to display the Mame rom on the backboard for the table?? The same question for the scores on other tables. They are not being displayed. Just using 1 monitor. What option am I looking for in this ocean of options....?

Really appreciate you taking the time to make this video! You're a legend!! Thank you :)

can you put up the url adresses you use in your video's as well?

Can you do a Video on where to put all the files for the Games and Backglass etc for Desktop . Thanx for the great videos and Channel

Thank you ! Your the best!

hi i am following you videos i set every thing up as you did in this 1st video and the kiss and acdc table showed up on both my monitors i now have nvapi.dll error windows 10 so i now have multiple tables showing up on one screen please help,

it looks like the baller installer is only on FB pinup popper installer?

Thanks a lot for all the hardwork. Do you know whether I can install on my test comp vp 10 ans then copy the folders into my pinbab which has no internet connexion ? Mandy thanks

i've been able to get a few tables running, (atgames pinball) but i cannot seem to figure out how to use my fulldmd i added. I know not all tables HAVE fulldmd, but say i want the stranger things videos to go to my fullDMD and to have a backglass. How would i do that? Adding the BG and full dmd in popper doesn't work. The 2 screen mode works by default with the pup, but i'm really struggling to understand how to use my fulldmd.

Done it again Terry. :)

terry can you please help me , with the displays , the blackglass is much to big , en i got no playfield . caus it s after the blackglass , can you help me with teamvieuwer? greetings from the netherlands

I'm very new to this I'm little confused how can i tell what DMD do i have I'm using a 3 screen setup and my DMD is a LCD 7" screen . if you wonder why my DMD is so small i have a atgames legends pinball machine

You are a saint!

Hey TerryRed!. Is VPX7setup still not recommended?

Thanks Terry..

can you just put your visual pinball folder up for download? im having many issues still...

Amazing!!!

If you download the latest version, why do you need the updates?

This would of been great a year ago. But since the web site wiki has changed right the initial install and then falls apart. And I'm not smart enough to piece the updates or after words . And while I'm at it, what happened to the second installment, where to get the pinball games I guess? You did a great job, but

Terry, Still can find the sambuld VP MAME should I just install the VP MAME 3.0 ? Do i install MAME first or VPX

Thank you Thank You Thank you !

sam build link not working

Wow I might get in to vpx for when I get a laptop.

I see that you left PinDMD3 set to True. Was this just an over sight when adjusting the DMD ini file?

is there another option than vpuniverse? I'm constantly getting bad gateway when i try to update stuff.

Thanks

I really appreciate your contributions to the VP community Terry!!

Been watching your videos for several months i have most the pup tables working a couple of tables i have to click on the playfield with mouse to start the table any sugestions Masters of Universe and XMen and i beleive one other

thanks.... terry

This just raises a lot of questions on why the emulation end isnt packaged better. roms are illegal to distribute without ownership of "the original phonographic record" the emultor has no such restrictions.

show tks!!! from brazil

Thank you for all the hard work to make it easier for newcomers.I have Just 1 question I Recently got a virtual Pinball cabinet with Pinball X as a frond end,do I still have to install “Future Pinball”and “BAM”or is it included?

Do I have to have windows 10?

No way can i build one of these lol. I can see why people opt to go with the Atlegends and mod it. Even that looks scary to me, getting it to run on a PC with the backglass and all that. . . i found a solid retailer you probably heard of him. Pinball King. He seems to have good tables at a fair price and they come preconfigured i believe. Basically set it up, and play. Seems like this hobby is moving fast and a lot of options recently opened up the past 12 months or so! Very exciting stuff. I'm saving now to get a 32 inch either $2,500 or stepping it up to the $3,400 model. Shipping really hikes those prices up though and with this war going on i expect shipping to only get worse and worse. I need to act fast. JUST last year his shipping was $150, it's $350-$450 depending on options now ! ! !

Sambuild 3.3 is not available....where can I find it?

This tutorial is why I prefer Future pinball. 🥵🥵🥵

I tried and still couldnt do it wish i could pay someone to download all tables for me

Are the screen layouts in this video still valid if you are also setting up Future Pinball? On some of your older videos (3 years+) you used a different layout where you "extended" the second monitor onto the 3rd monitor. I have VPX using the monitor locations in the video, but don't want to have to switch everything to run both VPX and Future Pinball.

For a cabinet version, are you recommending windows 7 or windows 10 ? May be Windows 10 have some issue with drivers, or the reverse ?

Hi Terry, just following your instructions and we have got to the part where we download VPX installer 10.6.0 but it gives us 7 downloads, do we need to download them all and unzip them all?

Appreciate the video. Unfortunately, I got stuck registering for vpuniverse. Can't register an account no matter what I try, wondering if it might be ok to skip this step. A little googling reveals this is a common problem. My only gripe with what I've seen so far of the virtual pinball world is how spread out the community is. Edit: went back a while later and the server issues seem to be fixed. Back on track!

Thank you SO MUCH for this. I have a 2 screen mid sized table thats been gathering dust because I can't seem to get it running the way I want. Any suggestions (or maybe I missed it or it's in another) for setting up 2nd screen to be backglass and dmd at the same time? Sorry if I missed it. It seemed to talk about full backglass or desktop modes. Again. A million times. Thank you!

If i have No Plans in running any Toys/ Lights on a Mini 2 Screen build, do i need DOF Installed ?

The all in one installer is no longer available on the two links. Where can you get it from now please?

if you didnt choose "install B2S" during the initial visual pinball install, what do you do to rectify? reinstall visual pinball and choose it or can install easily as an add on?

Where you have it written "exceptions" did you mean "exclusions" under the anti virus section?

I am trying to be on your level with everything but I have two important questions. I need to get rocket launcher to work with pinball x for Windows PC games but I don't know what exacutable, parameters etc... To put to make them communicate. I sat up pinball x in rocket launcher and can launch games from the rockect launcher ui also in the rocket launcher folder in databases I have a PC games folder which has a xml document where I properly added in my games. I did everything I could do and I know I am so close I just need that last bit of info to get me going....ohh and yes pinball x is both set as active and default front end Edit: any info would be appreciated since I have been trying this for several days now and I am going nuts trying to figure this all out. I did find a work around thought but I still want to run them through rocket launcher. So here is my work around if u or anyone is interested. I just used other systems as separate games entirely. I have about four pinball x in total so since you can only have ten other systems I use 3 of them to play all the Tate games I have. Each pinball x is a list of ten games and one pinball x is for make all together. One good thing about this is that it doesn't over clutter the main pinball menu and slow it down. The bad side is that u can have to navigate to find then so I put them in the beginning of the alphabet using number so the are before any pinball table. Also I know this has nothing to do with the video but I know u are the man that can help me. U are a guru and I am a hard-worker in need of help.I work on this a total of 20+ hours a week and will have a cab that will make even u be in aww. I will achieve all that u have accomplished.

Is this still valid for 02/2023?

Amazing. The world is a better place with people like you to help idiots like me.

Just got up to "Upgrading PinUP System to use the new FreezyDLL v1.7.1 (DMDExt 1.7.1)". Followed the link to github and found release 1.8. Your wiki says to use 1.7.1 as 1.7.2 has issues, however now 1.8 is available. Do you recommend going straight to 1.8 and ignore the 1.7.x releases?