Enthusiast
Posted 12 July 2023 - 01:43 PM
First, sorry for being such a noob... I don't know if it's been answered before...
My setup for playing VP is the simplest of all: desktop, single screen landscape, Windows 11, RTX3060, etc.
I don't want to move permanently to VPX 10.8 while it's still beta, but I'd like to try it's features without having to uninstall VPX 10.7.
What would be the best/simplest way to do it? DX9 or OpenGL? 32 or 64-bit?
Any help is welcome.
Pinball Fan
Posted 12 July 2023 - 02:01 PM
Edited by Mike DA Spike, 12 July 2023 - 02:02 PM.
Try PinballX Database manager as a replacement of PinballX's game list manager
With special thanks to Scutters
Grand Schtroumpf
Posted 12 July 2023 - 02:16 PM
I use the same directory, as all the VP versions can be in the same directory. I just simply rename the VPX8 exe file to VpinballX8.EXE and I overwrite all the other files, and the dll files and the script are always backwards compatible.
You will notice that you already have VP9 and VP8 in the same folder.
I also make a copy of the VPX7 exe file as vpinballx7.exe in case I overwrite the exe file 
Later VPX8 will be the default exe and you have the older vpx7 in case some table need to be run on that version.
If you want to check my latest uploads then click on the image below:
WIP? Cobra, Nuova Bell and Playbar tables, thanks to akiles50000 redrawings
Enthusiast
Posted 12 July 2023 - 02:43 PM
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions! 
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions! 
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Edited by telmoabff, 12 July 2023 - 02:59 PM.
Enthusiast
Posted 12 July 2023 - 07:32 PM
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.
Edited by GordonJames, 12 July 2023 - 07:35 PM.
Ordinary Average Guy
Posted 12 July 2023 - 07:38 PM
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.
There is no installer for VPX8 that I am aware of. It is still in beta testing. Just follow JP's instructions above. It is what I did and all is well.
Check out my website for any latest updates or information on current builds that I am working on.
Enthusiast
Posted 12 July 2023 - 08:24 PM
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.
I came here: https://github.com/v...inball/releases. Downloaded both versions 32-bit, DX9 and OpenGL. Created a separate folder where I decompressed the contents in two separate subfolders (one for the DX9 and another for OpenGL). Double-clicked the exe file and selected the directory with JP's new VPX8 tables. Worked just fine.
Now I have VPX7 and VXP8 beta running alongside.
Pinball Fan
Posted 13 July 2023 - 02:30 AM
Who told you not to go to github ?
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Try PinballX Database manager as a replacement of PinballX's game list manager
With special thanks to Scutters
VPF Legend
Posted 13 July 2023 - 05:59 PM
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.
Use the installer from here for 10.7.2
reason, so you get your reg entries etc created
THEN go to github
grab latest 10.8 from ACTIONS
and unzip it over top of the 10.7.2 installation
The Betas do not have an installer yet
because they are betas
If you feel the need to empty your wallet in my direction, i don't have any way to receive it anyways
Spend it on Hookers and Blow
Enthusiast
Posted 13 July 2023 - 06:44 PM
Who told you not to go to github ?
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
The devs workong from that reposotory.
I was having issues with a fresh install from the vpx turorial here, errors and instant shutdown of vpx when opening a table. I asked if i should go to github and download and install vpx 7.2 and xenonph told me to download a minimal version here instead and when prompted simply overwrite my existing fresh install. It was simple and worked.
"Download version 10.7.3 here...
Note: Pick VPinballX73_Minimal.zip
https://www.vpforums...&showfile=11572
Copy contents of zip file into Visual Pinball folder and overwrite when asked."
Edited by GordonJames, 13 July 2023 - 06:47 PM.
Enthusiast
Posted 13 July 2023 - 06:55 PM
Thank you, both! Worked like a charm! And I feel confident to use both versions!
Right now enjoying the new JP's VPX8 versions!
Edit: The new VPX8 tables play beautifully!
Where did you find the vpx8 minimal installer? I've searched and can't seem to find it. I was told not to go to github a day ago and to download vpx installers here instead. Github has various vpx8 installs. What one is proper? Thanks.
Use the installer from here for 10.7.2
reason, so you get your reg entries etc created
THEN go to github
grab latest 10.8 from ACTIONSand unzip it over top of the 10.7.2 installation
The Betas do not have an installer yet
because they are betas
I already have 7.3 installed. So I head to github, then
choose this? Visual Pinball X 10.8.0 beta 4
Then I have this list, which one?
Edited by GordonJames, 13 July 2023 - 06:58 PM.
Ordinary Average Guy
Posted 13 July 2023 - 07:29 PM
Choose a file with the word "release" in the name. Then you need to choose either 64 bit or 32 bit depend on what version you are currently running. 9 times out of 10 you need the 32 bit. You can then choose the GL version or not. Bottom line....download this one:
Check out my website for any latest updates or information on current builds that I am working on.
Neophyte
Posted 10 September 2023 - 06:47 AM
I use the same directory, as all the VP versions can be in the same directory. I just simply rename the VPX8 exe file to VpinballX8.EXE and I overwrite all the other files, and the dll files and the script are always backwards compatible.
You will notice that you already have VP9 and VP8 in the same folder.
I also make a copy of the VPX7 exe file as vpinballx7.exe in case I overwrite the exe file
Thank you!!!
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