Mamewah 1.6.0.8 + Visual Pinball + vplaunch = Joy

[Zeosstud]

***  answers are below, the top part was me crying :-)  ***

Hello,
         I need some help.  Been trying for weeks to get Visual Pinball and Mamewah to play well with each other.  I just have not had any luck.

pinballwrapper.exe  crashes on me
closemul.exe works fine, except for the fact that Mamewah stays on the screen, I hear my table boot up in the background however
vp-launcher5.exe ( 5.1 actually )   honestly I dont even remember what the issue was, I think it worked pretty well but the DMD would not be on the screen or something similar.

I have messed with .ini's until I am sick.  I would just like to copy a working .ini and for finish off my bottle of bacardi.

I have visual pinbal installed in its default directory of  c:\program files\visual pinball  and I can launch table just fine from the a command like like this:
"C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\vpinball.exe" -play -"c:\program files\visual pinball\tables\Eight Ball Deluxe - JP.vpt"

Thanks for your time,

Zeosstud

*** vplaunch.exe saved ---my bottom--- ***

Like to toss a big thank you out to headkaze and his vplaunch.exe utility.  Its the only thing I have been able to get to work with my setup, and frankly, its working VERY well.  Below is my pinball.ini

### Pinball.ini (mamewah v1.68) ###

emulator_title                            Pinball

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  c:\program files\visual pinball\tables
rom_extension                             vpt
dat_file                                  0
nms_file                                  0
catver_ini_file                           0
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             
emulator_commandline                      C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\vplaunch.exe -play -"[rompath]\[name].[romext]"
post_emulator_app_commandlines           
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       0
movie_preview_path                        0
movie_artwork_no                          1
enable_fuzzy_search                       0
history_dat_file                          0
history_dat_artwork_no                    2

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               1
select_random_game                        0
saver_type                                gamelist_slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                0
saver_commandline                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
description_display                       [description]{scroll}

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0


I only messed with the top 2 sections, just enough to try and get the silly thing working, now that it is working I will be myself some screen shots and tidy up a few other settings.  Looking forward to playing some more tables now that I know I can get it working on tables with and without DMD's.

- Zeosstud

[rfancella]

Don't think this will help much.  I am using PinballWrapper.  All works fine for me.
Here is my .ini file...  I load a different layout for the IPac and then load the default after exit.  I am also using LEDBlinky...

### Visual Pinball.ini (mamewah v1.68) ###

emulator_title                            Visual Pinball

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  C:\Emulation\emulators\Visual Pinball\tables
rom_extension                             vpt
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines             c:\emulation\mame\ledblinky\ledblinky.exe "[name]" vpinball;C:\program files\winipac\winipac.exe C:\program files\winipac\templates\pinball.ipc
emulator_commandline                      C:\Emulation\emulators\Visual Pinball\PinballWrapper.exe "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{nosafelaunch}
post_emulator_app_commandlines            c:\emulation\mame\ledblinky\ledblinky.exe 4;C:\program files\winipac\winipac.exe C:\program files\winipac\templates\ron.ipc
general_app_commandlines                 

### Artwork Settings ###
artwork_image_paths                       C:\Emulation\emulators\Visual Pinball\snap
movie_preview_path                       
movie_artwork_no                          1
enable_fuzzy_search                       1
history_dat_file                          auto
history_dat_artwork_no                    2

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
select_random_game                        0
saver_type                                slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
saver_commandline                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
description_display                       [description]{scroll}

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0

[Zeosstud]

Thanks for the reply, vplaunch.exe cured all my ailments!!  Glad pinballwrapper.exe is working for you, these things are pretty darn fun to play on a Mame Cabinet!!

- Zeosstud

[rfancella]

Yepper!!!  I even mounded a button on each side of my CP for 'flippers'...  When VP is selected from MameWAH, LEDBlinky lights the side buttons....  Now I just need to figure out the 'bump'.    Maybe mount my CP on a sled of sorts with reed switches?? Hmmm...  (smoke pouring from ears)

http://pix.rfancella.com/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=52

Ron