Open up Visual Pinball and make sure you setup your Video Options under preferences as shown below and make sure you pick the correct resolution in 32bit or else you might not see any flippers
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Now go get your favorite table and rom to start playing. I am going to use The Simpsons Party Pinball.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=122&g2_serialNumber=1)
Now take the The Simpsons Party Pinball.vpt file and copy it to C:\Visual Pinball\Tables folder. I renamed the file to look clean and match my XML configuration files for HyperPin which I will explain in my later posts. Then copy simpprty.zip to the C:\Visual Pinball\Roms folder. Make sure you don't rename it and keep it zipped. You can change the file name but then you will have to find the reference in the table script so always leave the default naming for any roms that you download from ipdb.org.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=575&g2_serialNumber=1)
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Now I have to mention a point here if you are running Vista or Windows 7 is make sure you right clicked on the VPinball.exe and ran it as an Administrator. I have forgotten to do this and for some reason the table wouldn't load or you get an error even though you have all the required files for the table. A simple way so you don't forget this is to simply right click on the
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Once that is done, go to the Table menu and select Play or hit the F5 shortcut key to start the table. Now you might can an error that looks like this:
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=458&g2_serialNumber=1)
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=461&g2_serialNumber=1)
Don't freak out or get pissed like me, it either means your video card sucks or the table doesn't require HD rendering. To turn it off just uncheck it or if you don't see it click on the options button on the left to display the panel.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=581&g2_serialNumber=1)
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If all goes well you should get prompted with this "nag" screen, check off Yes I am and click OK.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=133&g2_serialNumber=1)
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Now we are talking
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Notice the DMD on the top left corner, resize and drag it out of the way or to your 2nd or 3rd display.
Now here is some advanced information on how to manually change the size and position of the DMD using the windows registry editor. If you are not familar or comfortable with working with the registry then I suggest you stop reading.
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Click on the Start button and select Run. Type in regedit to open the registry editor.
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Navigate yourself to the tree node HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freeware\Visual PinMAME. Everytime you run a table once for the first time it will create a subfolder usually the same name as the name of the rom. In this case we have a simpprty for The Simpsons Party Pinball. I have highlighted the attributes for the DMD size and position.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=582&g2_serialNumber=1)
To change these values simply double click it and the window above will appear. Make sure you check off decimal when keying in your coordinates or size. 100 in decimal is 64 in hexidecimal. This is only if you want to change the DMD position or size for all of your tables without having to actually load them in Visual Pinball and VPinMAME. Now when you drag the DMD when the table is loaded it will save these settings in the registry if you are using the cabinet version of VPinMAME.dll. Also another thing to look for is some tables in the script the size or coordinates are hardcoded which will reset everytime you start the table so check there is you notice the size or location of your DMD is not saving.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=142&g2_serialNumber=1)
Now lets say you have loaded all your tables and setup your DMD the way you want it. To make a backup of all these settings right click on the Freeware node shown above and select Export. Now select a location and filename you want to export to.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=144&g2_serialNumber=1)
Now to show you how this works I have deleted the Freeware node as you can see above.
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To restore my settings I simply double click the file I exported earlier.
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Don't worry about these nag screens from Windows, you will get them regardless if you are running XP, Vista or 7.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=150&g2_serialNumber=1)
Once the registry keys have been imported you will get a message like this to let you know.
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=152&g2_serialNumber=1)
Now if you go back to registry editor and tree node HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freeware\Visual PinMAME you will see the Freeware and all subfolders have been restored.
This pretty much covers all the setup I did to get Visual Pinball and VPinMAME working. Here is my hardware specs for reference and everything is running at stock speeds:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor E8400
ASUS P5K Deluxe Black Pearl Edition
8GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 1066MHz "Reaper" (4 x 2GB)
XFX Nvidia 250GTS + BFG Nvidia 8800GT
Samsung 750gb SATA HD
HP 15" LCD @ 1024x768 (DVI)
Samsung 24" LCD @ 1920x1080 (DVI)
Vizio 37" 1080p LCD @ 1920x1080 (DVI to HDMI)
![](http://mwong168.webuda.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=487&g2_serialNumber=2)