Help...please. Maximum resolution issue

[chooka1]

Good morning,

Long time VP player...love it. It lead to the purchase of 2 real pinball machines. :)

I downloaded a couple new tables (Diner, Cyclone) and I noticed the file size was quite a bit larger. When I went to open the tables to play (I use VP Man as a front end), Visual pinball began the load and the following message popped up:

"The maximum size for imported images is 1024 x 1024" and then I get the "Visual Pinball has encountered a problem and needs to close...."

Any advice?

I am using Visual Pinball version 7.7012. If I need a newer version, can anyone advise?

Thank you!

Chooka

 

[Hanson2]

Hi chooka1, try this Update: Visual Install Pack 8.1_2.1+NT, maybe it solve the problem!

 

[chooka1]

I downloaded and installed but, I think, it only updated Visual Pin Mame and I believe the problem is with Visual Pinball and not Visual PinMame. Any other ideas?

I cant find a link to the newest version of Visual Pinball.

Thanks!

 

[Phoenixx]

I downloaded and installed but, I think, it only updated Visual Pin Mame

Have you read the Features List of that download?

 

[chooka1]

I thought it was a one-stop download but the only file that seemed to install was VP MAME. After that installation, the install ended.

Any advice orlink to an update Visua Pinball update?

Thank you.

Chad

 

[Phoenixx]

This download installs everything you need.

(Like i said, read the features list.)

When the VPinMAME Setup window appears, the rest has already been installed. (Yes, its that fast.) All you need to do after that (meaning after the VPinMAME Setup is complete and the installer quits) is to put your table and ROM files into the 'Tables' and 'ROMs' subfolders of the 'Pinball' directory. All the other files you need are already where they belong. (Samples, VBScripts, NVRAMs, etc.) The Pinball directory is wherever you have installed the Visual Install Pack to, by default that would be C:\Programs\Pinball.

After tables and ROMs are in the folders, use the shortcut that has been created on your desktop to start VPinball or simpy doubleclick the file of the table that you want to play.



TIP: If you have old installations of VPinball and/or VPinMAME on your system, uninstall them and then start over with the Visual Install Pack. (You just need to keep your tables and ROMs.) When you run the VIP installer, and the VPinMAME Setup comes up, click the 'Setup Paths' button and in the new window press 'Reset'. This should automatically set all paths to the subfolders of the 'Pinball' Folder. After that close the VPM installer, put tables and ROMs in the folders, (like i said above), and you are good to go.

NOTE: The 'Pinball' folder also contains a folder named 'NanoTech Executables', which contains a VP9 and a VP8.1 executable by NanoTech. Note that the 8.1 executable is only for people who use the NanoTech PinballWizard Controller, and that the VP9 executable can only be used with tables that have been explicitely made for VP9. Currently this is only a handful of tables. Tables that have been made for 8.1 wont function correctly with it. Since using both VP8 and VP9 from within the same directory might lead to problems i suggest to leave these executables alone unless you know what youre doing. Otherwise you might screw up your installation. The executable installed by the VIP (8.1 by Randy Davis) is good for 99.99% of tables and shouldnt give you any troubles. The VIP might support a safe VP8/9 dual-setup in a future version, but i need to do more testing first.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask,...

 

[Phoenixx]

P.S.: Regarding keeping Tables and ROMs:

You may keep your entire ROMs folder and replace the one created by the VIP with it. But you shouldnt do this with the Tables folder because the Tables folder installed by the VIP will already contain the needed VBScripts.

Therefore i suggest to copy all files from your Tables folder except those with a .vbs extension into the new Tables folder. You can easily filter out the .vbs files by setting explorer to sort the folders content 'By Type', and then highlighting all files except the .vbs ones. Then simply move the highlighted files over.

(Of course how you do it is not important, the important thing is not to overwrite/loose the .vbs that are in the VIPs Tables folder.)

 

[chooka1]

Thank you! Works like a charm.

However, I accidentally copied over the vbs files to the new tables folder. I then deleted them in the tables folder and the tables wouldnt run. I put the vbs files back in gthe new tables folder and the tables worked again.

Thank you!

 

[Phoenixx]

So that practically means that you have your old vbs files in the new tables folder now, did i understand that right? If thats in fact the case you will probably not have any trouble with your older tables, but you might very well run into problems as soon as you add any new ones.

(Especially if your last vbs files update was as long ago as your last VP update, which is also why i thought installing the VIP will do you a better favor than just downloading a new VP executable since the VIP will bring everything up to date at once.)


Therefore i suggest the following:

1.) Move all vbs files out of the tables folder

2.) Run the VIP installer again and choose the 'Repair' option

Wait until its done - when the VPM Setup window comes up just quit out of it without doing anything. After that all vbs files that are normally installed by the VIP should have reappeared in the tables folder,...

 

[chooka1]

Thank you...followed your advice. I really appreciate your help!

I dropped out of the VP scene for a few months and it appears AJ's pinball tables site is no longer up. Is that right?

Thanks,
Chad