A couple of Pinball Y noob questions

[EVERYlosersHERO]

I’m really liking this front end compared to X, just have a couple of issues.

1- after I edit a table’s info and capture media, how do I redo it if I’m not happy with the results? I have Parkinson’s and hit buttons too many times occasionally.

2- how do I add info and media for original tables that aren’t in the database? There are a few I’d like to do but it’s not letting me.

 

thanks!

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[Thalamus]

1) You pick the table once more and re-record. PBY will rename the old recorderings, instead of overwriting them. So, after you’ve done this a lot. Maybe consider hunting those media files for media named “old” and delete, to free up some HD space again.

2) You can take a template and add that to the xml that controls the tables. For me it is “Visual Pinball.xml” for the VPX tables.

Every game starts with <game name=xxx> and ends with </game> – here is a random table from my xml file, with my unusual table description format. Just put that in between two already existing entries. A backup of the file from time to time is recommended.

…

<game name="3 Angelswip_Beta_0_96a">
<description>VPX__3_Angles__DMD__2018__Original</description>
<enabled>True</enabled>
<hidebackglass>True</hidebackglass>
<hidedmd>True</hidedmd>
<hidetopper>True</hidetopper>
<ipdbid></ipdbid>
<manufacturer>Original</manufacturer>
<rating>3</rating>
<rom></rom>
<type>DMD</type>
<year>2018</year>
</game>
…

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[bord]

If you bring up the exit menu you can go into the operator menu and change info for games that are already set up or not in the database. It is a bit of manual entry but not complicated. From the same menu you can also re-capture new media on a per table basis.

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[EVERYlosersHERO]

Thanks guys. I had just figured out pressing 0 gives me more options.

Now is there a simple way to remove tables I’m overlooking? I deleted the table but it’s still showing up on the wheel.

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[Thalamus]

Normally. I don’t delete tables that are already added to the frontend. I just give them a rating and use filters to see the ones I want to play. My setup is very weird in many ways. I have these odd names, but, I also created maintenance scripts that will cleanup tables that is not referenced in the xml file. Created this a long time ago, since the front ends where lacking this ability. Unfortunately, it is written in perl and well, kind of hard coded for my use only. Deleting a table is kind of the same as I said above. Just delete the entry that starts with <game name=xxx> down to </game> and if you want to clean out the media too. I would for my example delete all files named “VPX__3_Angles__DMD__2018__Original” in the media folders.

I’m sure there are other ways. But, I don’t use them.

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[Badazzwi]

You have to delete game details from the menu in PinballY or it will continue to show even after deleting the table itself.

Hi my name is Barry and I'm a virtual pinball addict.

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[topper-2k]

To delete a table, you need to delete the actual table file from your tables folder and delete the game details from PinballY. Close PBY and reopen and the table will be gone.

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