VPinball 8 RC4 and the latest Retobat

Hello,

Trying the new VPinball RC 4 and it works well with Retrobat but on exit the table does not close properly.  I know prior versions used the command argument "-ExtMinimized" and the tables properly closed.  It appears with this current set-up that command line is not passed.

This is what it does pass that does not close the window:

D:\RetroBat\emulators\vpinball\VPinballX64.exe -play "D:\RetroBat\roms\vpinball\PinballTable.vpx"

This command will close it out properly:

D:\RetroBat\emulators\vpinball\VPinballX64.exe -ExtMinimized -play "D:\RetroBat\roms\vpinball\PinballTable.vpx"

Will this functionality return or is there another way to handle it?

I appreciate any help or insight.

Thanks

Extminimized should be passed correctly, what version of Retrobat are you using ?

same problem here, using the latest vpinball 10.8 RC4 (Retrobat  6.2.1)

looking at the code the flag is being passed only for 10.7, it should be added to 10.8 I think. Probably the "if" condition is not getting the version correctly and that flag is being added only for 10.7 and not 10.8.

Are you able to fix that for this RC or we need to wait for next RC or final version, thanks for the support!

tartifless wrote:Extminimized should be passed correctly, what version of Retrobat are you using ?

Thanks I am on the latest Retrobat 6.2.1 with the latest VPinball 8 RC4 release.  Sorry I was not clear on the VPinball Version.

I had been using VPinball 8 RC 1 and that seemed to work just fine with Retrobat 6.2.1 and this issue did not occur.

howlerbr wrote:same problem here, using the latest vpinball 10.8 RC4 (Retrobat  6.2.1)

looking at the code the flag is being passed only for 10.7, it should be added to 10.8 I think. Probably the "if" condition is not getting the version correctly and that flag is being added only for 10.7 and not 10.8.

Are you able to fix that for this RC or we need to wait for next RC or final version, thanks for the support!

The code is actually good, as it sends the command if version is superior to 1.7.

The issue is not with RetroBat but with the version number of the Vpinball executable : as it is still a release candidate and not a final version, the VPinball team is adding a suffix in the version number :


So unfortunately, except if you update the product version from the executable, it will not work.

We'll see for next version if we move to 10.8, hoping they will release stable soon !

For information, we have fixed it so that in next version it will correctly send the right command line:

For example:

Code:

C:\RetroBat\emulators\vpinball\VPinballX64.exe -ExtMinimized -Ini C:\RetroBat\emulators\vpinball\VPinballX.ini -play "C:\RetroBat\roms\vpinball\Aerosmith-FRK-(Original 2019)v1_1.vpx"

tartifless wrote:For information, we have fixed it so that in next version it will correctly send the right command line:

For example:

Code:

C:\RetroBat\emulators\vpinball\VPinballX64.exe -ExtMinimized -Ini C:\RetroBat\emulators\vpinball\VPinballX.ini -play "C:\RetroBat\roms\vpinball\Aerosmith-FRK-(Original 2019)v1_1.vpx"

Thanks I appreciate the response and follow-up!

Thank you for the fix in the updated Retrobat and ext-minimized!

Follow-up question. I used the latest VPinball 8 (RC4). I used a single screen set-up and I notice that if I want backglass (B2S) to show up it won't let it. I have backglass enabled in retrobat but it seems to change the setting in the VPinballX.ini, to ForceDisableB2S = 1 which causes it not to show. If I change it to 0 it works but it always overwrites the setting.

Curious as to why the ini file is needed when it seemed to work well without it? Is it to pass settings from retrobat?

Please let me know if I need to try something else. As always I appreciate any thoughts and assistance. Really enjoying the latest update!

The ini is required as it's the settings file we want to use to keep it portable and to pass settings, else the file would be created in appdata/roaming

And yes, if retrobat detects only 1 screen it forces the value to 1

We'll add forcing to 0 if the option is set to enabled in retrobat, and if it is set to auto we'll keep the current setting.

tartifless wrote:We'll add forcing to 0 if the option is set to enabled in retrobat, and if it is set to auto we'll keep the current setting.

Thanks very much! Look forward to testing it out!