VPXSTARTER.EXE Parameters

[jdsabin1]

Looking at the typical VPX script in popper I see: START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” 30 10 60

I thought the 60 number there was the time the popper videos would stay onscreen. When I changed that to 120 (because my pc takes forever to load pinup tables), popper still dumped to the desktop view after exactly 60 seconds.

Is there a way to add time to the popper view to allow for loading to take place without the popper videos ‘going away’?

Thanks.

 

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

[NailBuster]

60 is the default max error timeout… nobody has ever said they needed more than 60 seconds to load a vpx table :)

but theres a custom option  LaunchTimeoutSecs=120  you can set.  you’ll also need to change those vpxstarter parameters too

I’d focus on why your tables take more than 60 seconds to load….

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

1 user thanked author for this post.

jdsabin1

[jdsabin1]

Thanks! I am definitely working on the longer load times. It’s been a real challenge trying to figure out what the heck is going on there.

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

[jdsabin1]

I added the   LaunchTimeoutSecs=120 ; in the Global Settings script but I still drop to the desktop at 60 seconds. Is this where that parameter goes?

My VPX emulator script looks like this:

START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” 10 20 60 “Visual Pinball Player” 2
cd /d “[DIREMU]”
if “[RECMODE]”==”1” (
START /min “” vpinballx.exe “[DIREMU]” -DisableTrueFullscreen -minimized -play “[GAMEFULLNAME]”
) else (
START /min “” vpinballx.exe “[DIREMU]” -minimized -play “[GAMEFULLNAME]”
)

---

Can you help me get this implemented? Aside from popper adding some time to load, which is fine, the shortest I can get the Harry Potter table to load outside of popper is 1 minute and 15 seconds. Inside Popper it’s at 1 minute and 38 seconds. I have spent hours and hours troubleshooting and I just can’t spend any more time on it. The game(s) all play and look killer and run smooth at 4k which is fine for me. I installed popper because PinballX was doing the same thing (dropping to the desktop because of the longer Harry Potter loading times) and I was hoping Popper could just keep the loading screen alive until it loaded. Thanks again for the help.

 

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

[NailBuster]

you didn’t change the 60 to 120 in your vpxstarter.exe line in script.

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

1 user thanked author for this post.

jdsabin1

[jdsabin1]

So I leave that line in the global script and change the 60 to 120 in the vpx emulator script. Hopefully I’m understanding that right. Thanks.

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

[jdsabin1]

Even with the  LaunchTimeoutSecs=120 ; in the Global Settings script and the line: START “” “[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe” 10 20 120 “Visual Pinball Player” 2

in the VPX emulator script, popper still dumps to the desktop after exactly 60 seconds. Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

 

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

[Author]

Posts