I've been building this with Google Antigravity for a while to make my own life easier but I wanted to offer it to the community in case anyone else was interested. There's a steep learning curve to Visual Pinball, and the macOS and Linux versions are even more cutting-edge. So I created a package of tools to make things easier for anyone wanting to make a virtual pinball cabinet using either platform.
VPX Manager for ES-DE is a local web server app that runs in your menu bar and makes table management simpler:
- Matches your .vpx files against the VPS database so you know what's out of date
- Walks you through installing ROMs, backglasses, PuPacks, AltColor, and AltSound for each table
- Scrapes artwork from ScreenScraper and VPinMediaDB automatically
- Automatically patches VBS and NVRAM files
- Assists users to set up PuP Pack files; translates Windows .bat files to work on macOS and Linux
- Sets up Visual Pinball as a system in Emulation Station-DE and manages your gamelist.xml file
- Uses a custom backglass art display that works in concert with ES-DE on a second monitor, synced to whatever you're browsing in ES-DE
- Packages tables for VPinball on iOS/Android (with AirSync support in Safari)
It's free and open source, and runs natively on macOS and Linux:
https://github.com/m...nager-for-ES-DE
What sets this apart from other recent projects?
This is focused at macOS and Linux users looking for a front-end to manage their tables and media files. There are very few options for macOS users as a front-end for pincabs. Let me know if you run into issues; open an issue on GitHub or drop a comment here.
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