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[Outhere]

I have it working with VP using one quote on each side

This line GAME_FLAG_FILE=”[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]” delete the quotes and put your own in, there is something wrong with them and start out with one on each side

Edited by Outhere, 13 August 2017 - 05:35 AM.

[jevansoh]

what do you mean delete the quotes and put my own in?

I tried it with just one set first and that added commas where there were supposed to be spaces, so it didn't work.

 

DDH69 is trying to replicate the problem now.  With two sets of quotes, the commas are gone, but there are extra characters before and after the path which is weird.

 

Thanks for your input,

 

--J

BTW, you say you have it working with one set of quotes, but what is the path to your tables directory?  Are there any spaces in it?

[Outhere]

Are there any spaces in it? Yes

They are causing those additional characters

[jevansoh]

Wait, yours has the additional characters too?  But you say it's working?  I'm sorry, I'm confused??

[Outhere]

No I don't have any additional characters any more, After I deleted the quotes and retype them in

[jevansoh]

Ok, I'll try that.  Literally just delete them and retype them?  Do I need to delete them, exit out of setup, then go back in and add them in?

I will need two sets of double quotes though, according to DDH69 because I have spaces in my path.

[Outhere]

Yes delete quotes and retype them and exit out of setup and try it out

I have spaces in my path Me to but one per side worked

[DDH69]

All working just fine for me.

 

Those extra characters are being inserted as part of the parameter being constructed for the Launch Before from PinballX.  They are non printable characters, so you wouldn't see them in the PinballX setup box.  Did you cut & paste the Launch Before Parameter from the guide screen?  If so, I wonder if you've also unintentionally grabbed some extra non-printable control characters.

 

I would go into PinballX settings, delete the Launch Before Parameter, then save.  I would then go back in and manually type (do not cut & paste) the required text with the two sets of double quotes.  Then produce a new DEBUG.LOG

[jevansoh]

Ok, I will try this out and let you know...

[DDH69]

Ha, you guys overtook me while I was testing and typing

 

Definitely extra characters in there.

[jevansoh]

I did copy/paste so I wouldn't get it wrong.

[DDH69]

I did copy/paste so I wouldn't get it wrong.

 

Correct idea, just none of us expected this result. 

[jevansoh]

Deleted it, retyped it manually with two sets of quotes...Here's the log.

 

13-Aug-17 01:58:37.033 - Shutting down
13-Aug-17 01:58:37.054 - Program close
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.146 - DOF Linx for Pinball Emulators - DOFLinx by DDH69
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.186 - Starting up - version 5.01
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.286 - 1 Pinscape device(s) found
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.286 - DOFLinx device: 1 Initializing as Pinscape #1 with name=Pinscape Controller
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.356 - DOFLinx device:1 Pinscape setup with 14 outputs
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.406 - 0 LEDWiz device(s) found
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.406 - 0 FTDI (Sainsmart) device(s) found
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.406 - DOFLinx device: 2 Initialising as PacLed64 #1
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.446 - DOFLinx device:2 PacLed64 setup with 64 outputs
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.466 - Reading DOFLinx.INI startup config file details
13-Aug-17 01:59:10.486 - Reading DOF config file
13-Aug-17 01:59:42.764 - Shutting down
13-Aug-17 01:59:42.786 - Program close
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.355 - DOF Linx for Pinball Emulators - DOFLinx by DDH69
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.395 - Starting up - version 5.01
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.485 - 1 Pinscape device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.485 - DOFLinx device: 1 Initializing as Pinscape #1 with name=Pinscape Controller
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.575 - DOFLinx device:1 Pinscape setup with 14 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.625 - 0 LEDWiz device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.625 - 0 FTDI (Sainsmart) device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.625 - DOFLinx device: 2 Initialising as PacLed64 #1
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.665 - DOFLinx device:2 PacLed64 setup with 64 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.685 - Reading DOFLinx.INI startup config file details
13-Aug-17 02:00:15.705 - Reading DOF config file
13-Aug-17 02:01:10.998 - Processing incoming message - GAME_FLAG_FILE=C:\Program,Files,(x86)\Visual,Pinball\Tables\Sabbath70s_VP912FS.vpt
13-Aug-17 02:01:11.005 - Processing parameter 'GAME_FLAG_FILE' with data 'C:\Program,Files,(x86)\Visual,Pinball\Tables\Sabbath70s_VP912FS.vpt' in real-time
 

This is what I typed...

 

GAME_FLAG_FILE=""[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]""

[Outhere]

 I copied and pasted from the post here and when it wasn't working, I dropped the the same statement into an email blew it up and they like commas so I deleted them , put in quotes and everything worked

[DDH69]

OK, odd characters gone - excellent.  Commas back - not good.  Now its time to go back to one set of "double quotes" as we expected originally and restest.

[Outhere]

Try one set

[jevansoh]

One set of "double" quotes?  You mean just " before and after or "" like I have it??

Ok, will try one set.

13-Aug-17 02:07:32.118 - Shutting down
13-Aug-17 02:07:32.140 - Program close
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.684 - DOF Linx for Pinball Emulators - DOFLinx by DDH69
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.714 - Starting up - version 5.01
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.814 - 1 Pinscape device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.814 - DOFLinx device: 1 Initializing as Pinscape #1 with name=Pinscape Controller
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.894 - DOFLinx device:1 Pinscape setup with 14 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.944 - 0 LEDWiz device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.944 - 0 FTDI (Sainsmart) device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.944 - DOFLinx device: 2 Initialising as PacLed64 #1
13-Aug-17 02:08:06.984 - DOFLinx device:2 PacLed64 setup with 64 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:08:07.004 - Reading DOFLinx.INI startup config file details
13-Aug-17 02:08:07.024 - Reading DOF config file
13-Aug-17 02:08:36.389 - Shutting down
13-Aug-17 02:08:36.413 - Program close
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.666 - DOF Linx for Pinball Emulators - DOFLinx by DDH69
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.706 - Starting up - version 5.01
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.806 - 1 Pinscape device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.806 - DOFLinx device: 1 Initializing as Pinscape #1 with name=Pinscape Controller
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.896 - DOFLinx device:1 Pinscape setup with 14 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.946 - 0 LEDWiz device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.946 - 0 FTDI (Sainsmart) device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.946 - DOFLinx device: 2 Initialising as PacLed64 #1
13-Aug-17 02:09:08.986 - DOFLinx device:2 PacLed64 setup with 64 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:09:09.006 - Reading DOFLinx.INI startup config file details
13-Aug-17 02:09:09.026 - Reading DOF config file
13-Aug-17 02:09:29.126 - Shutting down
13-Aug-17 02:09:29.148 - Program close
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.050 - DOF Linx for Pinball Emulators - DOFLinx by DDH69
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.090 - Starting up - version 5.01
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.190 - 1 Pinscape device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.190 - DOFLinx device: 1 Initializing as Pinscape #1 with name=Pinscape Controller
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.270 - DOFLinx device:1 Pinscape setup with 14 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.320 - 0 LEDWiz device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.320 - 0 FTDI (Sainsmart) device(s) found
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.320 - DOFLinx device: 2 Initialising as PacLed64 #1
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.360 - DOFLinx device:2 PacLed64 setup with 64 outputs
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.380 - Reading DOFLinx.INI startup config file details
13-Aug-17 02:10:03.400 - Reading DOF config file
13-Aug-17 02:11:10.059 - Processing incoming message - GAME_FLAG_FILE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables\Sabbath70s_VP912FS.vpt
13-Aug-17 02:11:10.062 - Processing parameter 'GAME_FLAG_FILE' with data 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables\Sabbath70s_VP912FS.vpt' in real-time
13-Aug-17 02:12:05.600 - Processing incoming message - GAME_FLAG_FILE=
13-Aug-17 02:12:05.602 - Processing parameter 'GAME_FLAG_FILE' with data '' in real-time

[Outhere]

Question For DDH69

Now the only thing you can do with VP is have flipper feedback and RGB activity?

Edited by Outhere, 13 August 2017 - 06:16 AM.

[jevansoh]

This time every time I restarted my computer, PinballX crashed... I restarted 3 times and it crashed on boot every time.  Finally I just double clicked the desktop shortcut without rebooting and it loaded, but no success.  Don't know if that's related or not.

Are you asking me what it will do and what it's capable of?  I have no clue as it hasn't worked yet lol.

I have the blank flag file set too, and it isn't working...

[DDH69]

Now the only thing you can do with VP is have flipper feedback and RGB activity?

 

This setup means that when you add a files names [TABLEFILE].DOFLinx to the VP\tables folder you will get keyboard monitored flipper feedback and under cab lighting.  If you do not create the .DOFLinx file then VP just behaves as per normal, ie a table with its own DOF.

This time every time I restarted my computer, PinballX crashed... I restarted 3 times and it crashed on boot every time.  Finally I just double clicked the desktop shortcut without rebooting and it loaded, but no success.  Don't know if that's related or not.

Are you asking me what it will do and what it's capable of?  I have no clue as it hasn't worked yet lol.

I have the blank flag file set too, and it isn't working...

 

I cannot see how.  The bit you are editing isn't used until you select a VP table.