yogiholzer
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As Phoenixx decided to remove his VIP, I thought there is a need for anything else to help new and unexperienced users in how to set up/install Visual Pinball and Visual PinMAME.
I just finished a simple batch file that guides through all the steps of setup/installation. I called it "Visual Pinball and VPinMAME setup routine.bat".
It's not meant for experienced users. They would miss the freedom of decision where to install. It does not contain any needed files, but requires needed files to be downloaded before.
It needs 7zip command line version additional (required for extracting files) (see pic from where to get it).
Needed files for Visual Pinball
1. Main application
Visual Pinball 7alpha (full install): visualpinball_7alpha.msi
Visual Pinball 7 (exe only): VPinball-7alpha5.exe
2. Fonts
Font Collection 3.8: fonts_38.zip
Needed files for Visual PinMAME
1. Main application
Visual PinMAME: vpinmame_152.zip (first entry on the top)
2. PinMAME Sound samples
Mechanical sounds: pinmame.zip
Bally sounds: s3250u3.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Flight 2000: flight2k.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Freefall: freefall.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Catacomb: catacomb.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Lightning: lightnin.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Split Second: splitsec.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Orbitor 1: orbitor1.zip (should also work witout this)
3. Additional files
vpvbs files: vpvbs3_23.zip
All of these files need to be named as written and to be in one directory/folder.
Extract the files from the 7zip command line version to the same directory/folder.
Put this batch file to the same directory/folder.
Then run the batch file (*.bat) by doubleclick (you can run the batch file without the other files to get idea how it works).
Please let me know about any errors. I can't promise that it works for you.
There was no "playtest" before. I just run it successfully.
I just finished a simple batch file that guides through all the steps of setup/installation. I called it "Visual Pinball and VPinMAME setup routine.bat".
It's not meant for experienced users. They would miss the freedom of decision where to install. It does not contain any needed files, but requires needed files to be downloaded before.
It needs 7zip command line version additional (required for extracting files) (see pic from where to get it).
Needed files for Visual Pinball
1. Main application
Visual Pinball 7alpha (full install): visualpinball_7alpha.msi
Visual Pinball 7 (exe only): VPinball-7alpha5.exe
2. Fonts
Font Collection 3.8: fonts_38.zip
Needed files for Visual PinMAME
1. Main application
Visual PinMAME: vpinmame_152.zip (first entry on the top)
2. PinMAME Sound samples
Mechanical sounds: pinmame.zip
Bally sounds: s3250u3.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Flight 2000: flight2k.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Freefall: freefall.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Catacomb: catacomb.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Lightning: lightnin.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Split Second: splitsec.zip (should also work witout this)
Stern Orbitor 1: orbitor1.zip (should also work witout this)
3. Additional files
vpvbs files: vpvbs3_23.zip
All of these files need to be named as written and to be in one directory/folder.
Extract the files from the 7zip command line version to the same directory/folder.
Put this batch file to the same directory/folder.
Then run the batch file (*.bat) by doubleclick (you can run the batch file without the other files to get idea how it works).
Please let me know about any errors. I can't promise that it works for you.
There was no "playtest" before. I just run it successfully.