LOL…. it always comes down to “make it easier” for new guys…. if someone cant use the “all-in-one” installer…. they need to move on to TPA because he or she isnt meant for this hobby…. short version of my story, when i first “tried” to install VP years ago… I tried over and over… and gave up… so I used future pinball for a while… and was talked into trying one more time by pinball shawn somehow I got it to work, I couldnt tell you what i did different…. anyway…. i know how hard it used to be, it isn’t like that anymore and now with so many tutorials even if you install everything one piece it still not that hard ok so that takes care of the programs so what about tables/b2s/wheels, blah blah blah again this isn’t rocket science…. but lets say it is…. now with the spreadsheet of every table possible… there is NO reason people can get and find what they want…
I really must challenge this. Yes it really does come down to make it easier for the new guys, but that also makes it easier for all of us and I don’t understand why people in this hobby think that’s a bad thing. Why should people that struggle to get VP working or struggle to find the time to set things up correctly have to make do with TPA? If it was easy no one would need to pay idiots trying to sell other peoples work. Everyone would have more time actually playing and enjoying all the effort put into VP and the tables. We absolutely need to make this hobby easier, but we need to break the mentality that says because it wasn’t easy for me why should other people get it easy! I feel like I have wasted months of my life getting my VP set-up right and would want people to benefit from my experience so it’s easy and quicker for those that follow, not have them have to go thought it all again. I could give lots of examples of thing that could be improved or help. Some improvements have already be made (PBXrecorder, Wheel Logo Packs, All in one installer) but we have a long way to go. Why is it ok for sites to offer rom downloads, but not verified rom sets that match the current version of Vpinmame? I have a two screen setup so DMD position is different for each table depending on the backglass. First time I reinstalled Visual Pinball after upgrading my pc and doing a fresh install I wasted hours setting up all the DMD positions again. Why? Now I know to back up the registry files for Vpinmame etc and can restore them in seconds, but this should be an easier process for people not wanting to mess with registry files. Why can’t the backglass provide the correct position for the DMD? Why are backglass not packaged with the tables? Monsterbash made progress putting all the files for each table together. Why do some authors deliberately leave their tables with really poor full screen settings? i.e. not even correctly rotated? No consistent version control of tables or backglasses. Do I have the latest version of this table? I don’t know as table info is rarely updated by authors. We all want table authors to get the credit they deserve, but I have some tables with no table info completed so I have no idea who to thank for their efforts! The tables are amazing 
but lots can be down to improve how it all pulls together.
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