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[neilmclean]

Hi all,

 

Just installed VP8 from https://github.com/v...-.VPX8setup.exe

 

I have downloaded about 5 tables from the VP8 Desktop Tables from this website but I cannot get any of the tables to work.

 

Some end in an error, one of the tables worked but the flipper response was unplayable and when the ball was lost in the gutter the table froze with an error.

 

My question is does the variant of the VP8 setup that I installed only exist primarily as a prerequisite for installing VPX on top of it.

 

I did notice that when VP8 is asking to open a table the default filetype prompted is "Visual Pinball Table *.vpx" which I guess is a VPX table so is the VP8 I installed not really designed to run VP8 tables?

 

I just don't get why I cannot get VP8 to work.

 

Regards,

 

Neil

[robertms]

Hi all,

 

Just installed VP8 from https://github.com/v...-.VPX8setup.exe

 

I have downloaded about 5 tables from the VP8 Desktop Tables from this website but I cannot get any of the tables to work.

 

Some end in an error, one of the tables worked but the flipper response was unplayable and when the ball was lost in the gutter the table froze with an error.

 

My question is does the variant of the VP8 setup that I installed only exist primarily as a prerequisite for installing VPX on top of it.

 

I did notice that when VP8 is asking to open a table the default filetype prompted is "Visual Pinball Table *.vpx" which I guess is a VPX table so is the VP8 I installed not really designed to run VP8 tables?

 

I just don't get why I cannot get VP8 to work.

 

Regards,

 

Neil

 

VP8 is not VPX8. VP8 is an old system circa 2009, superseded by VP9 circa 2012, superseded by VPX (aka VP10) circa 2015. We are currently on the 8th generation of VPX, abbreviated as VPX8, also called VP10.8. Do not attempt to run VP8 tables using VPX8, they're not compatible. Look for .vpx tables, for example these by JP Salas here. 

Edited by robertms, 03 May 2025 - 03:18 AM.

[neilmclean]

It's ok, I figured it out.

 

The Visual Pinball menu shortcut executes the VPinballX.exe file.

 

To run VP8 tables correctly I needed to go to the Visual Pinball program folder and run VPinball8.exe.

 

Regards,

 

Neil