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[Thalamus]

I don't run Win10 myself. But, what about downloading or running the web installer by right clicking and then choose "run as administrator" ?  Do you have that option ? If you do - try it. And this should not really be needed. But, any antivirus - please stop them.

Edited by Thalamus, 01 January 2019 - 12:15 AM.

[Pintrepid]

For quite some time, I was hesitant to switch to VP 10 on my Win 10 machine. I had had previous issues, other than DirectX, with anything above VP 9.1.5. 

 

I've since discovered that if I set the Compatibility Mode to an earlier version of Windows then VP not only runs, it runs beautifully! This has really been a revelation to me as I can now enjoy VPX, which is a far better game than previous versions, both in beauty and game performance. 

 

1. Right-click on "VPinballX" (C:\Visual Pinball\VPinballX.exe). Choose "Properties ...".

2. Click on the "Compatibility" tab.

3. Under "Compatibility Mode", check the "Run this program in compatibility for:" checkbox. 

4. Select the version of Windows you want to use. If you're having major issues, I'd suggest trying "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"

 

Give this a try. Hope you can get things running.

 

Cheers! Happy New Year!

 

-PeterMac

[4EVERBOOTS]

Awesome news Pintrepid thanks and Happy New Year you too and yours.    

[Outhere]

You Should not have to run VP10 in compatibility mode or VP 9

I do not run as administrator or compatibility mode And I run windows 10

[jpsalas]

You Should not have to run VP10 in compatibility mode or VP 9

I do not run as administrator or compatibility mode And I run windows 10

I agree. Those compatibility modes are for older programs. VP9 and VPX have been updated to be aware of the "new" security and user account control from Microsoft. So they can be run in normal mode. There is no need anymore to run them anymore as administrator or in compatibility mode. (I wrote "new" with " since it is already 10 years old )

 

But, as all the windows programs that need to be installed and they need to write to the registry (unless it is only to the user registry) or you want them in the Program Files folder, they must be installed with elevated privileges, and you do that by running them as administratror (right click and select Run as Administrator). This also applies to the Setup.exe of vpinmame.

[Pintrepid]

Hmmm ... it seems that all VP is running on my Win 10 machine withOUT setting the compatibility down to XP. 

I've been away from VP for awhile ... but I remember trying to install VPX and the later VP9 versions and having nothing but issues. I must be thinking of my older Win 8.1 laptop. VPX would either throw all kinds of script errors or, if the table loaded, there were video issues that made the tables unplayable. I then set the Compatibility on all VP versions to XP SP3 from vers 8.1 thru VPX. Everything ran ... except VPX. 

 

So I don't know what happened there ... I'll have to dig out the old machine and check it out. 

 

I am SO HAPPY that VPX is RUNNING on my i7 Win machine, though! It's a substantial improvement over previous versions. Most tables look spectacular! And the game physics are VERY responsive! I'm thoroughly hooked on VP again, back to stay awhile! 

[4EVERBOOTS]

Well,after a few days waiting for that miracle,it happened. I'm able to open VPX finally thanks to a .dll file i downloaded and installed from the internet. But now im having some problems with certain tables i can't play due to a ROMS problems or in this case Script errors. I installed the roms to the roms folder and can't open the tables. One of them is Stern's Big Game. "Machine biggame (Big Game) terminated before initialized,check the rom path or rom file".

[Thalamus]

It isn't always true that the problem is the rom. If you have the option, force exclusive fullscreen. When it crashes it kind of fools you saying it is a rom problem, even if it not. If you run with that option. Make sure that you've set ddraw = 0 in the registry for that rom. Just look it up, should be plenty of articles explaining how to set it. I should add though. That I haven't seen Big Game being one of the tables people have been struggling the most with. So, maybe it is the rom after all. Please download a new one from Universe and delete the nvram to be on the safe side.

Edited by Thalamus, 07 January 2019 - 03:49 PM.

[4EVERBOOTS]

I just went to PInball Universe and no downloads section.

[Thalamus]

Check you PM.

[4EVERBOOTS]

Whoops,there's no Pinball Universe. It's VPUniverse instead lol.

[4EVERBOOTS]

Thanks for the help Thalamus but how do i send those files into the roms folder.I tried copy & paste but it didn't worked.

[Thalamus]

You just have to click the download button and then move the file that is downloaded into your roms folder.

[4EVERBOOTS]

Lol!!! I got lost. What was the website i was earlier?

Oh yes. Pinball Universe.