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[flyingeek]

I could not play with smanve_101c rom, I had to switch to sman261. 

[DnaDisturber]

Hey Buddy,
 
The romfind.ini file contains some incorrect entries.
I observed this a few weeks ago but assumed it was an error on my part.
Today, I achieved an impressive score in the 5-minute challenge on Spider-Man, but it failed to upload to the website.
 
The log entry shows:

detected game with rom description :  Spider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01) (Colored MOD)matching romname :  sm.nve_101c

but the rom isnt sm.nve_101c, but smanve_100.nv
The Romfind.ini has the following entries :

Spider-Man Vault Edition (V1.0)=sm.nve_100.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.0)=smanve_100.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01)=sm.nve_101.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01)=smanve_101.nv

I think the following entries could potentially have an issue :

New Star's Phoenix (French Speech, Free Play)=nstrpffpNew Star's Phoenix (French Speech, Free Play)=nstrpffp.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.0) (Colored MOD)=sm.nve_100c.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.0) (Colored MOD)=smanve_100c.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.0)=sm.nve_100.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.0)=smanve_100.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01) (Colored MOD)=sm.nve_101c.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01) (Colored MOD)=smanve_101c.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01)=sm.nve_101.nvSpider-Man Vault Edition (V1.01)=smanve_101.nvSpirit=spirit.nvSpirit=spirit0.nv

Hi Mike,

 

Thanks for letting me know

I'll check those ones

probably went wrong with replacing text in the file (.nv)

 

[flyingeek]

By deleteting all sm.nve_101.nv lines from ini. Leaderboard now recognize smanve_101c on my side.

[davy33]

Hi everybody! I have an issue...i updated to 3.6.3 this monday... everything work except sending scores to pinhemhi leaderbord! I try weekly challenge several Times ans no scores in leaderbord ( even in top 10 personal score) i install 363 in a New folder and modify the pinhemhi.ini with my paths and my login. Somebody have an i idea where i'm wrong? (My login "davy33")! U Can answer me in french

[DnaDisturber]

Hi Davy,

 

No reply in French that would be too hard for me (although we have google translate now)

Sorry for the late response.

I've sent you an email with a link to v3.6.2 as well if you want to downgrade it for now

Will need some more info to troubleshoot this

need the log and also what you are using (vpinmame version, frontend and vpx for instance)

 

[DnaDisturber]

New version PINemhi & PINemHi LeaderBoard is out (version 3.6.4)

You can download it from http://www.pinemhi.com

 

If you upgrade from version 3.6.3 then you don't have to overwrite your pinemhi.ini
Upgrade from earlier version(s) than 3.6.3 should overwrite their pinemhi.ini and copy the values back into it as changes have been made to pinemhi.ini

Best is to make a backup from your old pinemhi.ini so that you can copy the values into the new pinemhi.ini

 

Whatsnew:

 

**********************
PINemHi Version 3.6.4
**********************
Added the following games to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
Romless games (needs code in table script to work and romsub.exe to be placed in tables directory):
Aerosmith
The Goonies Never Say Die
Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast
The Munsters
Nightmare before Christmas

* Removed Games of Thrones from romless games (not working right)

Added the following roms to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
sc_18n11   (Safe Cracker)
sc_18ns2   (Safe Cracker)
sc_18s11   (Safe Cracker)

PINemHi LeaderBoard Bugfixes:
fixed issue with romless games not submitting scores using GL version of VPX (mostly used for VR)
fixed some issues in romfind.ini (a couple of not correct names of nvrams) thanks to MikeDaSpike for reporting it
fixed issue with activating/deactivating 5 minute mode right after a game , this caused the score
to be registered as a 5 minute score when it wasn't and vice versa

[DnaDisturber]

New version PINemhi & PINemHi LeaderBoard is out (version 3.6.5)

You can download it from http://www.pinemhi.com

 

If you upgrade from version 3.6.3 or 3.6.4 then you don't have to overwrite your pinemhi.ini
Upgrade from earlier version(s) than 3.6.3 should overwrite their pinemhi.ini and copy the values back into it as changes have been made to pinemhi.ini

Best is to make a backup from your old pinemhi.ini so that you can copy the values into the new pinemhi.ini

 

Whatsnew:

**********************
PINemHi Version 3.6.5
**********************
Added the following games to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
Beavis and Butt-Head: Pinballed
Big Bang Bar *
Breakshot *
Airborne *
Pinball Magic *
* capcom games do not support 5 minute mode and you can only submit scores from a fully completed game

Added the following Romless games to PINemHi LeaderBoard (needs code in table script to work and romsub.exe to be placed in tables directory):
Space Cadet Galaxy Edition
The Big Lebowski
Pirates Life
Captain Spauldings Museum of Monsters and Madmen
Willy Wonka
Spongebobs Bikini Bottom Pinball
Blood Machines
Jurassic Park (Stern)
Halloween MM Edition
Men in Black Trilogy
Secret Agent
The Mandalorian
Great Houdini
Pulp Fiction
Superman and the Justice League
John Rambo

*code inserts for tablescript can be found here http://pinemhi.com/code.php
 or go to http://pinemhi.com/ and use the "rom-less code snippets" link on the right


added the following roms to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
all the roms from the added games above (that use a rom of course)
xfiles304 (X-Files) *
batmanf5, batmanf501 (Batman Forever) *
bay_401 (Baywatch)   * this was added in an earlier version but forgot to put it in the database but works from now on
lw3_300, lw3_301 (Lethal Weapon) * these were added in an earlier version but forgot to put it in the database but works from now on
*These are all unofficial roms by Pinballcode.com (scoring is different then other official roms)


Badges added to PINemHi Leaderboard:
Scores
-------
All of the above (new) games

Special scores
--------------
Aerosmith (Medley)
The Goonies Never Say Die (Do or Die)
Iron Maiden Legacy of he Beast (Loop Champion, Power Jackpot Champion, Spinner Master, 3 Bank Champion, Playfield X Champion, Supersling Champion, Combo Champion)
The Munsters (Herman Champion, Grandpa Champion, Lily Champion, Spot Champion, Raven Champion, Munster Madness Champion, Zap Champion)
Big Bang Bar (Underground Elite, Weak Kidney Club, Big Bang Regular)
Breakshot (Cutthroat Champion)
Pinball Magic (Member of the Cabal)
Airborne (Flyby Kings, Loopsters)


PINemHi LeaderBoard Bugfixes:
Fixed a bug when you used the sendbutton or f3 under 5 minute mode the score was sent to normal score database

Overall changes PINemHi LeaderBoard:
Warning message added at the start of the capcom games that only fully completed game scores are being submitted
Warning message added in 5 minute mode at the start of the capcom games that it doesn't support 5 minute mode
Capcom games will automatically switch to regular mode when in 5 minute mode (no timer and scores are being sent to the normal scores database)
Extra nvram update check after score not submitted in log to see if nvram was updated within 2 minutes after vpinball exit or send score button pushed


PINemHi Changes:

Added the following roms:
lw3_300, lw3_301 (Lethal Weapon 3)
trek_300 (Star Trek 25th Anniversary)
xfiles304 (X-Files)
batmanf5, batmanf501 (Batman Forever)
stwr_104, stwr_106, stwr_107, stwr_107s (Star Wars)
kpb105 (Kingpin)
beav_butt (Beavis and Butt-Head: Pinballed)


 

[DnaDisturber]

New version PINemhi & PINemHi LeaderBoard is out (version 3.6.6)

You can download it from http://www.pinemhi.com


If you upgrade from version 3.6.3 or 3.6.4 or 3.6.5 then you don't have to overwrite your pinemhi.ini
Upgrade from earlier version(s) than 3.6.3 should overwrite their pinemhi.ini and copy the values back into it as changes have been made to pinemhi.ini

Best is to make a backup from your old pinemhi.ini so that you can copy the values into the new pinemhi.ini

Whatsnew.txt:

**********************
PINemHi Version 3.6.6
**********************
Added the following games to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
BMX
Centaur
Lost World
Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom
Xenon

Added the following Romless games to PINemHi LeaderBoard (needs code in table script to work and romsub.exe to be placed in tables directory):
Dark Chaos
Wizard of Oz
Scarface - Balls and Power
Three Angels
Thundercats
Daredevil and the Defenders Multiverse Mayhem
Big Trouble in Little China
Rush
Dune
The Godfather
IT - Pinball Madness

Added the following roms to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
all the roms from the added games above (that use a rom of course)
kisse (Kiss (Bally))

Badges added to PINemHi Leaderboard:
Scores
-------
All of the above (new) games

Special scores
--------------
Scarface (Max Pelicans Killed , Easter Egg High Score)


PINemHi LeaderBoard Changes:
Additional checks in logging when scores don't get submitted to server
Rom based games, checks are nvram directory exists, nvram updated within 2 minutes after vpx exit or send button
Rom-less games, checks are romsub.exe in table directory ,user directory exists, .pmh file created , content of .pmh file

PINemHi LeaderBoard Bugfixes:
Added line "Rollergames (LA-2)=rollr_l2.nv" in romfind.ini
fixed supersling champion on Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast (should be 6.000.000 to get ,it was 65)
fixed kiddie and leaderboard challenges not leveling up on webpage (happened when you didn't start a new challenge right away)


PINemHi Changes:
Added support for rom-less games using VPREG.stg
no extension needed anymore for vpinmame rom games (.nv) , but you still can put .nv behind it
no extension needed for rom-less games , but will also work if you put .nv behind it
extension still needed for Future Pinball though (.fpram)

added the following roms to PINemHi:
robo_a29, robo_a30 (Robocop)

added the following rom-less to PINemHi:
Most vpreg.stg top 5 scores should work, use the tablename/cgamename (found in the tablescript) to show the hiscores e.g. pinemhi b66_orig
Special scores added for:
Aerosmith
Batman 66
Game of Thrones
Guardians of the Galaxy
Iron Maiden - Legacy of the Beast
Scarface - Balls and Power
Stranger Things 4
The Goonies Never Say Die
The Munsters

Bugs fixed PINemHi:
robo_a34 (Robocop) Initials not handled correctly , making PINemHi crash (happened when you put your initials in the hiscore table)
eballchp, eballch2, ladyluck, motrdome, beatclck, beatclc2 scores not handled correctly after a hiscore reset using vpinmame when hiscore being set is less than 7 digits long

[DnaDisturber]

New version PINemhi & PINemHi LeaderBoard is out (version 3.6.7)

You can download it from https://www.pinemhi.com


If you upgrade from version 3.6.3 or 3.6.4 or 3.6.5 or 3.6.6 then you don't have to overwrite your pinemhi.ini
Upgrade from earlier version(s) than 3.6.3 should overwrite their pinemhi.ini and copy the values back into it as changes have been made to pinemhi.ini

Best is to make a backup from your old pinemhi.ini so that you can copy the values into the new pinemhi.ini

Whatsnew.txt:

 

**********************
PINemHi Version 3.6.7
**********************
Added the following games to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
Fire!
Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World
Dale Jr
Grand Prix
Nascar
Aaron Spelling
Millionaire (Williams)
NBA Fastbreak
Beat the Clock
Cybernaut
Fireball Classic

Bugs fixed PINemHi Leaderboard:
-Roms dm_lx4 and dm_lx3 (demolition man) not sending scores 
-When using pinup system exit key (to get back to the frontend after a game in 5 minute mode) focus was not on PinUpMenu anymore
-First cycle of screens with personal best ,friends, badges etc off-centered
-Code copied in for rom-less games causing pupplayer not to stop in frontend (pinup system)
 *You will need to copy the new code in for the game from code snippets on the website to make it work properly  

Information: From now on the pinemhi_leaderboard.exe is running with .net 4.7 because of the transition to https instead of .net 2.0 
This could cause it not to work on very old computers (with OS windows 8.1 and below)
pinemhi.exe will remain at .net 2.0

Edited by DnaDisturber, 30 December 2025 - 11:29 AM.

[DnaDisturber]

New version PINemhi & PINemHi LeaderBoard is out (version 3.6.8)
 

New feature : Ability to display your pinemhi scores in your frontend while browsing

 

https://www.pinemhi.com/pinemhi scores in frontend.mp4 (example of the new feature)

 

You can download the new version from https://www.pinemhi.com



You should overwrite your pinemhi.ini and copy the values back into it as changes have been made to pinemhi.ini

Best is to make a backup from your old pinemhi.ini so that you can copy the values into the new pinemhi.ini

 

Whatsnew.txt:

 

**********************
PINemHi Version 3.6.8
**********************

PINemHi LeaderBoard Changes:

Added the following Romless games to PINemHi LeaderBoard (needs code in table script to work and romsub.exe to be placed in tables directory):
Blizzard of Ozz
Bud Spencer & Terence Hill
Game of Thrones
Kiss (Stern)
Americas Most Haunted
The Matrix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Added the following roms to PINemHi LeaderBoard:
ft_l5p
*bay_402   (Baywatch)
*tmnt_200   (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
*These two above are unofficial roms by Pinballcode.com (scoring is different than other official roms) 
------------------------------------------------------------------
Badges added to PINemHi Leaderboard:
Scores
All of the above (new) games

Special scores
Kiss (Stern)   (combo champion 3x)
Game of Thrones   (stark, baratheon , lannister , greyjoy , winter has come,. hand of the king , iron throne)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
New features PINemHi LeaderBoard:

Feature *1*
You can now select how many scores you want to see in the popups and also if you want to see them with or without the datetime or time
This can be set in the pinemhi.ini file (1 is on and 0 is off for the nodatetime and time option, top can be a number between 1 and 10)
[online]
nodatetime=0
notime=0
top=5

Feature *2*
Showboard.exe
Ability to display your pinemhi scores in your frontend while browsing (pinemhi_rom_monitor must be running).
You can set the display to :
personal   (your top x scores on pinemhi leaderboard)
friends   (your highest score + best scores of your friends on pinemhi leaderboard)
best   (the highest scores on pinemhi leaderboard)
badges   (the badges you achieved on pinemhi leaderboard)
local   (shows the hiscores from the table itself)

Usage in PINUP:
First set up a screen in Pinup which one you want to use , topper, other or dmd (i believe best thing is to set it on Forcepop)
Find the corresponding directory to the images for that screen , for instance d:\vpin\Pinup\Media\Visual Pinball\Topper
then set this line in  closescript in emulator VPX
"d:\pinemhi\showboard.exe" "[GAMENAME]" "d:\vpin\Pinup\Media\Visual Pinball\Topper" personal round 100 5 notime
This is just an example of course ,you should change the full path to showboard.exe(must be in your pinemhi directory) and  also the full path to where you want to display it
And also of course activate the selected display window in pinup (for instance topper)

Explanation about the commandline
the first part: "d:\pinemhi\showboard.exe" (alter the path to your pinemhi directory , put this in quotations marks as there are maybe spaces in the path)
the second part: "[GAMENAME]" (leave this as is , Pinup will revert this to the actual gamename, again in quotations marks as there are maybe spaces in the gamename)
the third part: "d:\vpin\Pinup\Media\Visual Pinball\Topper"  (alter the path to where you want to use the scores/badges , put this in quotations marks as there are maybe spaces in the path)
the fourth part: personal (alter this to the output you want to see , see list above for your options, you must have it enabled in pinemhi.ini also otherwise it won't work)
the fifth part: round (gives you rounded edges , change it to square for squared edges)
the 6th part: 100 (this is the percentage of opacity for the text, lower this to see some background through the text)
the 7th part: 5 (this determines how many scores you want to display 1 to 10 can be used)
the 8th part:  notime  (you can select if you want to have the hiscores with or without  the datetime or time, options are notime and nodatetime * if you leave this blank you get the date and time with your scores)

You can also select one background for all your screenshots for showboard.exe, simply by putting a background.png in the pinemhi\pinemhi leaderboard\backgrounds directory
You can also have a different background for each game by naming a background the to gamename in your frontend, so for instance Attack from Mars (1995).png in the pinemhi\pinemhi leaderboard\backgrounds directory
The gamename background for instance Attack from Mars (1995).png will be selected if you also have the default background.png in the directory
This will of course only work if you have the option  no_background=0 set in pinemhi.ini and of course for badges no_badges_background=0 (otherwise they are transparant and no backgrond will show up) 

*You have to play a game first after you put in the closescript to get it displayed (data needs to be retrieved of course after closing a game)

This can also be done in Pinballx (set as closescript)
instead of "[GAMENAME]" it should be "[TABLENAME]"
"d:\pinemhi\showboard.exe" "[TABLENAME]" "d:\pinballx\Media\Visual Pinball\Topper" personal round 100 5 notime
*Note that there also is a Pinballx plugin made by Scutters that lets you display the pinemhi leaderboard scores , you could also try that one out 

Pinbally should also be possible I think to make the new feature work but Ihaven't investigated it yet 
------------------------------------------------------
Bugs fixed PINemHi Leaderboard:
-hiscores cycle of screens on cabinet/pc didn't start with first one
-gamenames that had an ampersand ( & ) in it weren't displayed properly in popups
-Dr. Who names were changed in newer vpinmame , also included Doctor Who names in romfind.ini
------------------------------------------------------

PINemHi Changes:

Added the following roms:
rab_103it  ,  rab_110be   (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends)
mav_404g   (Maverick)
rollr_ta2   (Rollergames)
rollst21   (Rolling Stones)
grgar_l2   (Gorgar)
hs_p4g   (High Speed)
ngndshkm   (Nitro Groundshaker)
wildfyrc   (WildFyre)
bcats_f1 , bcats_tcm , bcats_tcm12 , bcats_tcm13   (Bad Cats)
wrldtou3 , wrldtou4   (Al's Garage Band Goes On a World Tour)
diner_l4fr   (Diner)
polic_lx5   (Police Force)
tsptr_l3fj , tsptr_lx4 ,  tsptr_lx4b   (Transporter the Rescue )
bay_402   (Baywatch)
tmnt_200   (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
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added the following rom-less to PINemHi:
Most vpreg.stg top 5 scores should work, use the tablename/cgamename (found in the tablescript) to show the hiscores e.g. pinemhi b66_orig
Special scores added for:
Kiss (Stern)   - uses kiss_original_2016 as cgamename
The Matrix  - uses matrix as cgamename
-------------------------------------------------------

 

 

Edited by DnaDisturber, 18 March 2026 - 01:54 PM.

[DnaDisturber]

New version PINemhi & PINemHi LeaderBoard is out (version 3.6.8)
 

New feature : Ability to display your pinemhi scores in your frontend while browsing

 

https://www.pinemhi.com/pinemhi scores in frontend.mp4 (example of the new feature)

 

You can download the new version from https://www.pinemhi.com



You should overwrite your pinemhi.ini and copy the values back into it as changes have been made to pinemhi.ini

Best is to make a backup from your old pinemhi.ini so that you can copy the values into the new pinemhi.ini

 

 

 

To anyone who downloaded pinemhi version 3.6.8 , i made a boo boo 

I forgot to put the pinemhi_rom_monitor.exe in the zip file

The right zipfile is on the website now

 

Please download the zip file from the website again , if you already installed the version without pinemhi_rom_monitor.exe then you can just extract that filefrom it and overwrite it

https://www.pinemhi.com

 

Sorry for any inconvenience,

 

Dna Disturber

Edited by DnaDisturber, 20 March 2026 - 01:08 PM.