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| Jabba:
I'm confused on Visual Pinball. I have download the Tables (Tables, Original Tables, Recreated Tables, etc). I also download VPINMAME. I can't get it to work and I seem to be missing something. I thought the files in the Tables were the ROMS. What am I missing here? One of my Zip files in the Tables Directory has the files depicted in the attached picture. Is there another ROM zip I am missing or do I already have everything? I am using VPINMAME. Am I using the wrong front end for this stuff? What is the .vpt file? Isn't this the ROM? Thanks all for your help on this... |
| GGKoul:
Goto http://www.vpforums.com/modules.php?s=3c135f9d92837aa4728cc9eac7ce4f12&name=FAQ Excellent FAQ |
| Jabba:
Thanks for the FAQ GG... Simple question here folks for those of you using it... Are TWO sets of files needed for a game? One for Table and one for ROMS? Thanks all |
| Howard_Casto:
You should have got this from the faq, but since It's raining and I'm stuck indoors: Yes, No, Maybe :) The roms display the scoreboard, the vpt file displays the actual table. What you need depends on the table. Old tables didn't have any electronics to speak of, so they had a mechanical scoreboard. Those just need a vpt file and visual pinball. Newer tables have a dmd display (set of leds used to make pictures). They require pinmame, visual pinball, as vpt file and a rom. Tables from the late 70's to early 90's used a numeric digital display. Most of these tables use pinmame to emulate the scoreboard, but a few just simulate the scoreboard in visual pinball by using a special font. For some tables, both versions are available. Long story short, try a game, if it asks for a rom, get it. :police: |
| Jabba:
Thanks Howard, that explained a lot for me. In a lot of ways its like MAME, and in a lot of ways its not. I read the Faq this morning with my coffee and it makes a lot more sense now. I found a pretty nice install kit from a guy on the forums called Phoenixx1771 He has kindly bundled every thing up into a simple install kit and even includes two sample tables. Here is the Link for those interested... http://www.nefkom.net/kevin.pecher/EasyInstallKit%203.0.exe Thanks again guys... |
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