redpiper1 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Hi Guys, I'm sorry this has probably been asked a million times but I'm not actually hitting anything specific to my issue / issues. OK so I have a pile of parts and getting ready to start building a wide-body Future Pinball cabinet using this amazing software PinballX. But...I'm having a couple problems getting BAM's menu to even show up. #1. When I fire up PBX and load a table I'm hitting either the ~ key or q to bring up the BAM menu but nothing happens. I'm at a loss so I've taken a bunch of screenshots and I'll add my config file. #2. As you can see in the screenshot of the ACDC table running I have a grey DMD screen in the upper left corner but the table shows it as the familiar reddish orange. I plan on adding a 3rd monitor for the DMD display so I'm trying to nip that one in the bud in advance. The version of PinballX shows as 2.04 in the log txt which I know needs to be updated because when I fire up PBX while online it tells me so. I'm running in desktop mode for now simply because I'm setting up as much as I can in advance to help with a smoother transition to the cab. I know I'll NEED that BAM menu to scale the tables to the 42" led playfield when ready. Not to mention going to try to take full advantage of the head tracking or IR tracking for the 3D effect. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks much ! Dave My system specs are: Intel i7 2600K OC'ed @ 4.4ghz CPU Nvidia ( MSI ) GTX680 4gb GPU 32gb 1800mhz RAM ASUS Maximus ExtremeIV motherboard 256 GB SSD hdd / 1 tb hdd Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate Future Pinball Folder: PinballX Folder: PinballX settings: And obviously the ini :-) PinballX.ini log.txt Edited May 12, 2016 by redpiper1 wanted to add more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 You need to update PinballX to the current version. According to your ini, you are not getting the BAM menu because BAM is not getting loaded. Take a look at my Future Pinball settings in an extract from my ini. It is also how you should set up FutureDMD for third screen DMD support when the time comes for you to add it. Spoiler [FuturePinball] Enabled=False WorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball TablePath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\Tables Executable=BAM\FPLoader.exe Parameters=/STAYINRAM /open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit LaunchBeforeEnabled=False LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball LaunchBeforeExecutable=FutureDMD.exe LaunchBeforeHideWindow=True LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=False LaunchAfterEnabled=False LaunchAfterWorkingPath= LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchAfterHideWindow=False LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True MouseClickFocus=True FPRAMPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\fpRAM LaunchBeforeParameters=table="[TABLEFILE]" close=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redpiper1 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 7 minutes ago, Carny_Priest said: You need to update PinballX to the current version. According to your ini, you are not getting the BAM menu because BAM is not getting loaded. Take a look at my Future Pinball settings in an extract from my ini. It is also how you should set up FutureDMD for third screen DMD support when the time comes for you to add it. Hide contents [FuturePinball] Enabled=False WorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball TablePath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\Tables Executable=BAM\FPLoader.exe Parameters=/STAYINRAM /open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit LaunchBeforeEnabled=False LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball LaunchBeforeExecutable=FutureDMD.exe LaunchBeforeHideWindow=True LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=False LaunchAfterEnabled=False LaunchAfterWorkingPath= LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchAfterHideWindow=False LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True MouseClickFocus=True FPRAMPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\fpRAM LaunchBeforeParameters=table="[TABLEFILE]" close=1 Ah this is very strange because I was trying to get BAM working yesterday but I did have it set to FPloader as the exe and was getting the same result of no BAM menu. I'll try switching things around and report back. thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redpiper1 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Carny_Priest said: You need to update PinballX to the current version. According to your ini, you are not getting the BAM menu because BAM is not getting loaded. Take a look at my Future Pinball settings in an extract from my ini. It is also how you should set up FutureDMD for third screen DMD support when the time comes for you to add it. Reveal hidden contents [FuturePinball] Enabled=False WorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball TablePath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\Tables Executable=BAM\FPLoader.exe Parameters=/STAYINRAM /open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit LaunchBeforeEnabled=False LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball LaunchBeforeExecutable=FutureDMD.exe LaunchBeforeHideWindow=True LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=False LaunchAfterEnabled=False LaunchAfterWorkingPath= LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchAfterHideWindow=False LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True MouseClickFocus=True FPRAMPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\fpRAM LaunchBeforeParameters=table="[TABLEFILE]" close=1 1 hour ago, redpiper1 said: Ah this is very strange because I was trying to get BAM working yesterday but I did have it set to FPloader as the exe and was getting the same result of no BAM menu. I'll try switching things around and report back. thanks ! 1 hour ago, Carny_Priest said: You need to update PinballX to the current version. According to your ini, you are not getting the BAM menu because BAM is not getting loaded. Take a look at my Future Pinball settings in an extract from my ini. It is also how you should set up FutureDMD for third screen DMD support when the time comes for you to add it. Reveal hidden contents [FuturePinball] Enabled=False WorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball TablePath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\Tables Executable=BAM\FPLoader.exe Parameters=/STAYINRAM /open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit LaunchBeforeEnabled=False LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball LaunchBeforeExecutable=FutureDMD.exe LaunchBeforeHideWindow=True LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=False LaunchAfterEnabled=False LaunchAfterWorkingPath= LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe LaunchAfterHideWindow=False LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True MouseClickFocus=True FPRAMPath=C:\Games\Future Pinball\fpRAM LaunchBeforeParameters=table="[TABLEFILE]" close=1 OK so I downloaded the newest version of PBX and set everything up again and well I tried loading it with it with FPloader and all it does is go black for a second and then back to the wheel without ever loading up the table. I thought to try to rename the FPloader exe to Future Pinball as I've seen in the past but when I try to rename it it says I need the authors permission. Seems I'm getting myself into a deeper hole haha. So anyway, yep, I'm totally lost now. Here's my new ini and log: PinballX.ini log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I think that you may be trying to load Future Pinball BAM using the integrated Future Pinball setting vs. setting it up under Other Systems. While this document is a little dated, I think you need to set it up as illustrated on page 32 of the PinballX Start to Finish guide found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redpiper1 Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 15 hours ago, Draco1962 said: I think that you may be trying to load Future Pinball BAM using the integrated Future Pinball setting vs. setting it up under Other Systems. While this document is a little dated, I think you need to set it up as illustrated on page 32 of the PinballX Start to Finish guide found here. Thank youi sir, I'll look into it. Not that it matters now but after restarting my computer I was able to rename the fploader exe to future pinball and it worked as far as allowing the rename and table load. No BAM menu though which was my original issue. Thanks again for the help and I'll start studying :-) Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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