[RESOLVED] Game manager Bug? Deletes AlternateExe after adding a new Visual Pinball gam

[vogliadicane]

Hi,

 

my first post here so hello everybody

 

I manage PinballX VisualPinball to open each table with the correct version (Physmod, VPX) by adding manually the AlternateExe tag to the xml file. It works,

but each time I add a new table with the very handy Game Manager, all these tags are deleted and I have to manually insert them again (I do that at the end of each game section).

 

I am not sure, if I oversaw another way to define the correct exe or if there is a way, this deleting can be avoided, so any help would be great.

 

Or, it is actually a bug. Someone got a solution or workaround?

[Draco1962]

I recommend, first, making regular backups of your .xml files before making any changes.  Second,  learn to manage the tables, either via Notepad or Notepad++ (which I prefer, much better than Notepad and it is free).

The Game Manager has a limit to the number of tables it will hold and may be the cause of your loss.

[vogliadicane]

1 hour ago, Draco1962 said:

Second,  learn to manage the tables, either via Notepad or Notepad++ (which I prefer, much better than Notepad and it is free).

The Game Manager has a limit to the number of tables it will hold and may be the cause of your loss.

I manage the xml via notepad (that's, what I mean by managing manually) and I have 24 tables. But anyways, thanks for the reply.

[gtxjoe]

I don't think the Game Manager.exe has been updated to support the <alternateExe> or <exe> tagging.  So if you use that method, then no Game Manager use.  I tried it just now and it deletes the <alternateExe> tag from my xml also

The other option is to setup additional VP systems in the settings.exe and not use the <alternateExe> tagging

[Outhere]

http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=27822&hl=%2Bversions+%2Bvisual

[vogliadicane]

Thank you all for your help. For now, I am backing up the xml file. Not too comfortabel, so maybe I switch to the additional VP systems.

 

Thanks for the hints to solve this.

[Draco1962]

@vogliadicane - You may want to download and install the latest version as Tom has updated the Game Manager for unlimited .xml lengths and alternate .exe's now.

[vogliadicane]

Hey thanks a lot for the info! Tried and works like a charm! Saves so much extra work now for me and the manager is soo handy.

@Tom: Thanks a lot for the update!

 

one more question: is the game manager not available as a seperate download? Would expect it in: PinballX/Databases and management tools?

[Tom Speirs]

I updated the topic to resolved. Its not available as a separate download, sorry. It saves me time to not have to maintain all kinds of different downloads. I believe it gets a better experience too if its all bundled together.