Hello,
rooftop35;Apologies if most of what I say is too basic/obvious/fundamental (or even wrong!
), but as you've tried multiple times to cover all the bases, there's a good chance that something simple is the culprit---and if 50,000 pinhead brains keep at it, we're bound to stumble onto it
. QUOTE (rooftop35 @ Jan 10 2012)
and now when I attempt to open up a table in the tables folder, a black window opens and closes real quick.
Do you mean, clicking on a table icon
in the folder? 
VPTablesFolder.JPG 87.28KB
4 downloadsI tried that, and all it does is open the Editor---and unless you have changed the setting, default is the
VP8 version
; click on 'Help' > 'About...' and the message box will give the
VP version
. The only way I know of to get a table rendered is to open the editor (choose the correct one for the table you want to play) and click
File in the upper left
. Then pick your table from the list of eight most recently played ones in the bottom of the box
; if it's not in the list, or there
is no list yet, then click
Open for your complete roster
.As to opening the editor; it can be done from within the Visual Pinball folder,
VPFolder.JPG 97.97KB
2 downloads or via a shortcut on the desktop, if you created it/them
.Note that unlike the
VP9.x.x versions, the
VP8 icon is not numbered---but you can change that (rename) if you wish
.By the way
; any more black windows flashing by?
And when it comes time to opening a table, I still get the blueprint screen and not the table itself.
Selecting a table loads it into the editor and renders the blueprint, as you well know
. To render the full table, click the
Play icon (third one down in the inner column on the left)
.Maybe I am misunderstanding, but the blueprint screen is supposed to come up when you load the table.
What happens after you press F5 to start the table?
sorry, i meant THIS TIME the gray screen with a double row of icons that are also gray came up.
Once before the blueprint came up.I didn't know that F5 brought up the table. I'll remember that next time.
The gray screen with the icons is, of course, the Editor---and they all look alike
. If you lose track of which one is up, click 'Help' > 'About.....', as mentioned earlier
.And,
I wasn't aware that '
F5' meant 'Play'
* either---all it does (on my
DMD tables, anyway) is toggle the
DMD between small and large, as
Dedrok_V mentioned earlier---Starting is by the '
1' key
.*EDIT: Sorry about that---I've just never used it, but
'F5' does indeed render the full table as does
'Play'.The only thing that leaps to mind is that somehow you are getting the .exe for
VP9 to run instead of the .exe for
VP8.
Or perhaps the reverse (
VP8 when
VP9 is desired)?
Vision is blurring and the couch looks better by the minute---Happy Pinballing (someday)
.GSG
Edited by GSGregg, 14 January 2012 - 10:15 AM.
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