Awesome! Thank you very much for your kind words! I try my best to make good quality content for your guys so it's always nice to hear back from your guys. No if only I could share my content with more people out there.....Cheers!

Awesome! Glad my video could help you figure this out. It's a daunting process for sure when you start. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!

Awesome, glad you like the video! Cheers!

lol, yeah the bullet mic picked up the key presses pretty loud. Glad I was able to help ya out. Thanks for the watch!

You're very welcome! Yeah VPX feels way more real than FX3 tables to me, not sure I'm even going to install it....unless it's just to show people how to set it up. Thanks for the watch!

You're very welcome! Glad you found the video useful ad easy to understand. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for supporting the channel!

Google is your friend. The community at vpforums.com or vpuniverse.com is pretty awesome and can help you out with everything you need. You will have to become a member in order to access those sites. Good luck.

That's great news! Glad I could help you out so much, this was my ultimate goal with this video. Cheers!

Sweet! Glad to have helped you out and inspired you to try making one. This hobby is simply too much fun to not share. Cheers!

Wow, thanks Scott! I can't take all the credit though, all of the vpin community guys out there were how I learned a lot of my vpin knowledge....so hats off to them. I just tried to take it all in and make it my own so it could be easier to learn because to be honest, vpin is a lot to learn but sooo worth it. If you like my presentation style, you'll love all of my videos as it is kinda my niche on KZfaq. I'm a tech ed teacher slash tradesperson who loves to make stuff and learn new skills (which I'm happy to share on KZfaq). If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch and the kind words!

Glad you found the channel dude! Yeah I hear ya, I have a love hate relationship with computers too. They're amazing when they work and soul crushing when they don't. I'm actually dealing with a software issue right now as Pinvol doesn't seem to work with Future Pinball.....I've spent 2 weeks trying to get it to work. Some kinda screen exclusivity takes the focus away from Pinvol in the background. Thanks for the watch!

Ya I tried to make this pretty all inclusive for what you need to know so installing tables would be easier. Glad you found this info! You should build a cabinet!

Awesome, glad I could help you with your build. How far along are you on your cabinet?

@@wayofthewrench Hey good question. My brother gave me for free a Swords of Fury pinball that worked great up until 1994. He moved that year into a new house and disassembled this machine...he took off the back of it instead of just folding it down. So all the ribbon cables were unplugged and there are like 35 of them.. Anyhow this pinball machine has sit in his basement for about 26 years...right next to his furnace and sump pump. I found out that that room flooded a couple of times over the years. He never set it back up probably because he doesn't know where the cables plug into since he never labeled anything. He is moving again this year and I am into building arcades so he figured I might want it. I took it home and realized this cabling issue. Not to mention the legs were off of this thing for 26 years and the wood sat in water and did some damage. So now I have this deteriorating mess and wanted to get it working but it is dingy, the metal parts are starting to rust and I do not the money or knowledge to replace parts like the capacitors which deteriorated, the plunger is broken, all the rubber is dried out, etc. This so my first pinball table ever and I do not know where to start. I am a hobbiest woodworker and could build a cab not problem but I was thinking about gutting this thing and make a vpin out of it. It is actually a rare game I have been told... Williams brand...but the money I will have to put into it to fix and get someone who knows about how to fix seems kind of insane. So I was thinking about repurposing for a vpin unless anybody on here has any suggestions where I could maybe sell the parts from it or fix it somehow. I am kind of confused right now. As far as having a pc and graphics card I am good there

Yeah I hear you, it's really hard to not get sucked into a nightmare where you spend way too much and end up not being able to find parts. I would look up the value of a restored version and see if it's even worth it. If the wood cabinet is gross but everything electrical is good, it might be worth it to build a new cabinet. If there is extensive issues or missing parts and it's not a sought after pinball table, then maybe sell what good electrical parts you have, toss the wood, and keep the metalwork and trim pieces like the coin door, lock bar, stainless trim, glass, buttons legs, etc and make a vpin. I'm thinking down the road I would like to restore an old pinball machine but I gotta finish some current projects first. Sounds like you have a cool project either way you choose. Keep me posted and I would love to see some pics if ya wanna dm me on Instagram. Cheers!

Thank you very much! I hear ya but I found people are skipping past to find the info and end up not learning how to do it properly. I was thinking about adding timestamps for my videos in my Patreon though as a perk. I'll have to think on it. Were you able to install a vpx table using the video? Thanks for the advice and the watch!

Yeah I enjoyed playing vpx on 2 monitors on my living room floor for like 8 months.....good times.

My pleasure! I'm just glad people are enjoying the series. Are you building a vpin? How's it going? Thanks for the watch!

Thank you very much Rod, I really appreciate the props! Yeah I'm making these tutorial videos so I can contribute to this awesome vpin community. I agree, there are way too many people trying to get it all with as little work possible and in my opinion, it cheapens the hobby. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks in advance Rod!

Awesome. glad my video helped you out! Yeah there is more videos coming for sure, just not right yet as I am busy building the cabinet. Thanks for the watch and the suggestion for future content. Cheers!

Awesome, I'm glad I was able to help ya out. These videos are a way of helping out the vpin community that helped me with mine. I'd love to hear more about your cabinet build. Thanks for the watch!

You're welcome Troy! Glad it helped ya out. Yeah I haven't messed with fx3 on the pc yet but have been playing a lot of fx3 on my ps4. I still tend to gravitate to the Williams tables though....Cheers!

Yup...desktop pinball mode isn't the same, ya gotta rotate the play field. Thanks for the watch!

Awesome! I know it can be tricky to figure all this out from scratch and requires many hours of research to get things working properly so that's why I am making this series. Glad it helped ya out. Enjoy your vpin!

No worries! Glad I was able to help ya out. If ya haven't already, you should check out the orbitalpin tables. I just got Stranger Things and Harry Potter working. Cheers!

No worries James, glad you are liking the series! I know when I started this hobby, it was so confusing that I didn't even know where to start. So my contribution to the vpin community is to make this series in order to make it easier for people to enjoy everyone's hard work on these programs and tables. Yeah even I will probably use these time stamps in the future as it is hard to remember absolutely everything years later. Thanks for the watch!

Happy to help! If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Cheers!

You're very welcome! If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch and your support for the channel!

Sweet! No worries, just glad to help out in the vpin community. All of these things I had to research to get mine going properly so why not make it easier for people just starting out. Thanks for the watch!

Thanks dude!

Thanks for the sub bruh, I really appreciate it! Yeah I had to research all of these things for my own build so I figured it would be good to have a video with timestamps to find these things nice and fast. Thanks for the watch and the sub, cheers!

@@wayofthewrench no worries bro

I remember how overwhelming it was for me to start this process so I thought I would create this video so most of the common things that you need to do were in one place and timestamps to jump to the info you need quickly. Pinball y, Pinup Popper, Visual Pinball, Future Pinball, FX3, DOF, SSF, registries, batch files, settings, dmd settings, backglass not visible, volumes too low, extra/missing dmd, 2 screen/3 screen setups, pup packs, dmd rotations, Ultradmd, file types/where they go, naming protocols, zip files/unzip files, vpx/vpt playfield view adjusts........it is very daunting to someone new to this hobby. Thankfully there are lots of helpful people contributing to the vpin community. Thanks for the watch!

You're welcome dude! Hopefully this was able to get ya going with some tables and get them setup quickly. Thanks for the watch!

You try left clicking and holding the bottom right corner? That's usually where you have to adjust it. Then right click to save for the table.

You're welcome, glad I was able to help ya out! Thanks for the watch!

No worries Coby, hope it helps ya get sucked into building a vpin cab! If ya have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks dude! Glad you enjoyed it and got something out of it! Thanks for the watch.

Ah cool, I'll have to check out Pinball Emporium. I didn't even know about this. I've just messed with vpx and future pinball before baller installer came out. Yeah it was pretty easy to install....and then the process of setting up the tables start. Thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench yes there a KZfaq video of it he show you what to do . it installed everything and it comes with like 200 pinball tables VPX,Future pinball. it come with FX2 and FX3 and Zaccaria but you have to own the tables through steam. . and it installed all the software from one program VPX,Future pinball..BAM,PinEvent,DOFLinx. here is video if you want to watch kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJado9KjmreXZWg.html it good for people are very new to virtual pinball but i do like baller better .one thing i like about Pinball Emporium is it comes with a lot of tables you don't have to look for .

No I haven't made one yet but will in the future. Maybe with my next build I'm planning! Thanks for the watch!

Yeah personally I wouldn't want to mix other programs and personal info with all of the vpin programs. That way if stuffs not working, I don't have to re set up everything plus all of my other stuff. Keep it simple....keep it vpinball. Thanks for the watch!

You're welcome! Glad I was able to help you out. Thanks for the watch!

Thanks Jackie! Glad you liked it.

Yeah there can be different set ups for different tables but generally they are all the same. Vpx and b2s file must have matching names and go in the tables folder. Zipped rom files go in the rom folder. Everything else is usually stuff for extras like pup packs. The best advice I can give you is when you download the table, read the author's instructions carefully and and read me files. They usually tell you everything you need. Beyond that, Google is your friend. There are other systems like pinball x and pinball y or Launchbox but Pinup Popper is the best in my opinion. Thank for the watch!

Glad I could help! There is an entire playlist to help with all of the other aspects of this build too, you should check them out. Thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench I got the first game working!! It only took four hours of trial and error 😂😂😂but now I know what and where to look. Thanks to your video! It really helped!!

I'm getting back to you 5 days later but I bet I know how it's going. You proabably are already hooked and have got a bunch more games ready to play. What was your first vpin table you got going? My favorites are Monster Mash, TOTAN, and Fish Tales. Glad ya got it going!

@@wayofthewrench Yes! I just took a table and it was Lotr. I found the tables I played when I was young(BSD,Whodunnit,T2,Afm) I also found Metallica which I used to play alot but can't figure out the rom. Going to explore more because there some other tables I really like but haven't had the time to do so yet. I am building a house right now so that is taking all of my time. Going to build a cabinet later at some points 😀 I am just amazed that people actually do this for free!! This keeps pinball alive! The few places where I could play pinball got closed down because of covid and that really sucked. So kudos for all the people who make virtual tables and software! Thanks to you I can continue to play.

Are you on Instagram? If ya send me a dm, I'll help ya with the Metallica table.

You're very welcome! Glad you're enjoying the series! Oh weird, I'm not sure why that wouldn't open. Maybe when you downloaded popper, you didn't Rick click and unblock the zip file? Try that. Or check if a firewall is stopping it from opening. Or press alt+tab to see if it did open but it's hidden behind another program. Good luck.

​@@wayofthewrench OK sorted, FYI the window was opening off the screen, where I had been using different monitors, had to get help, but all sorted thanks

Perfect! Glad you got it sorted out. Cheers!

You're welcome bruh!

I haven't notice this, I'll have to look at mine once it's all setup again. Maybe your setting can be tweaked to fix this issue? I know certain tables can have issues if your gpu is struggling to keep up. Cheers!

Happy to help!

@wayofthewrench i have a pincab since 1 week.. fx3 works perfectly... but futur pinball.... many bugs... pinup popper 1.4.... what should i do... instal a new futur pinball ... some games ok... many games not ok.. indiana jones lock middle game.. can not even go out and exit .. how to fix this please? Thank you very much. Antoine

I would look at the newest pinup popper and the updates and then go for vpx first in my opinion. With the newest pinup popper, future may be more stable too.

Yeah I tried looking for a broken pinball cabinet but everything was working and $1,000 plus so I decided to make the cabinet instead.

No not really but you can look into vpin studio where it can help you with all the links for a table, backglass, altcolour, altsound,etc file. I just started messing with vpin studio so expect a video in the future. Cool, send me a video to instagram DM when you're done. Thanks for the watch, enjoy your build!

Yes I will eventually do a pup pack video. Funny enough I haven't tried one yet and I hope that my gtx 770 will be able to keep up to them. I downloaded a He man pup pack today and plan on trying it out next week. Cheers!

@@wayofthewrench they are great but I can't find an all in one crash course in them. I have tons of games using them but a few don't run right etc. If one person can make it simple that would be you. Keep up the great videos!

Thanks for the tip, I will have to do a final tweak of everything once it is all setup and running in the cabinet. My previous vpin computer build had everything setup but I must have missed that on this baller installer setup. Do you have a virtual pinball cabinet? Thanks for the watch!

@@wayofthewrench Yes I have a VPin, I built a 3/4 scale. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles. 3 screen cab with tilt bob, plunger and nudge as well exciters (will add solenoids later). Limited space so I didn't want to over do it with toys in this 3/4 scale (plus a shaker motor may over kill). It is themed with TimeShock! Ultra as the marquee game so I can just boot as a TimeShock! only pin (if some company would only make a real TimeShock! pin, I would buy that in a heartbeat. But it does have Popper installed for other emulators/tables as well. It was my starter VPin as I now embark on full size with every toy I can get for it.

Nice! I've never heard of Timeshock, I'll have to check it out since you spoke so highly about it. Are you going to keep the 3/4 scale vpin or sell it to recoup the money for the full size?

@@wayofthewrench Keeping it. It's to nice to sell lol! I will post pics soon if you want.

Is it a new build? Yeah Id love to see your vpin cab, just send me a link or dm me some pics to my instagram (in video description).

Thanks Paul! I will probably make a video for this once I get the cabinet closer to complete as mine is still on 10.6 too. Thanks for the suggestion for future content. I know that you can install 10.7 and add it as an extra emulator in popper so it shouldn't be too hard. I heard it is better to do this instead of updating in case it interferes with current software. Cheers!

No worries. I just took all of the little things I had to figure out/search online for and put them into a video so it is all there for someone just getting into virtual pinball. It can be very daunting at first because there is soooo much to learn and sort out. Thanks for the sub!

@@wayofthewrench yup I'll be making a backbox shortly and diving into the software aspect. Looking at using Pinup front and ensuring it's simplified for the age 70 owners of the machine. I know there's prob easier options for them but I like the customization

Yeah bruh, the customization with pinup popper is pretty awesome. Add whatever you want for videos, audio clips, etc. Once it is all setup, it is super easy to play. Turn on the power switch, left/right flipper buttons to select system/table, a green button to start/select, a yellow button for coins, a plunger/launch button to get ball started, a red to exit table/system.....pretty easy for anyone, especially with instructions near the lockdown bar. You making a full dmd on your backbox?

@@wayofthewrench they own an atgames legends pinball but I'm looking at advancing it with its own OTG capabilities via the vibs board I installed. The audio is subpar and otg works using the 2 screens it has, but I want to utilize a dmd into it. So I'll be gutting original atgames backbox. A 3rd party sells them with a 22" and 15" at $550, but I already have a 27" monitor. The stock 15" will be moved to bottom as a dmd and I'll design the top to have a 27" with futureproof to a 32" hole via magnetic bezel. On top of that will be a bitpixel marquee. The stock 3" 3w speakers I'll swap for either 4 or 5". I want to create it taking flavors of jersey Jack's and spooky pinballs backbox. The bottom half like a Spooky, will be a push release panel I can drop down with a second tier board mount behind the dmd to hold the pcb so 30 pin cable is not bent. The top will be like a Jack's with my 27" mounted to a swing arm I'll pull out. From there I can remove a bezel to expand it to a 32" monitor. This way everything is serviceable from the front without having to move the machine. I'll be able to access the amps from backbox once monitor is swung out. I'm an unemployed semiconductor fab robotics tech with on job engineering experience which is a blessing yet curse. Blessing I have the time to do such a marvel projects. Cursed with zero income right now to actually do it lol. So everything will be on a slim budget what I can get done when I start it shortly. In mean time I have a Bally 1984 playfield sitting in my bedroom stripped top and bottom for restoring. I wish one of these pin manufacturers were on West coast NorCal and I'd put my application in to them immediately. I enjoy designing things, better

@@Roadsurfer2k11 Sounds like a cool project. I have considered adding my own monitor to an atgame's topbox. Are you going to document this somewhere?

Glad I was able to help ya out! As far as I know, in media manager you just select a full dmd image with the blank area for the dmd. Then you would move the dmd over to that area and alter the size and position to fit in that area. Then save it globally or per table by right clicking on it. Now individual tables will have there own full dmd template so you may wanna do per table. There is also pup packs which I haven't explore too much yet but I know that some will use/can use a full dmd screen for alternative screens,video clips, etc. Best thing is to mess around with the media manager and see what is there and try playing around with some pup packs to see what you want. Thanks for the watch!

Welcome to the channel Danny! This is actually a big no no in the community. You gotta remember that these tables are thousands of hours of work collected over decades by people who made the programs, created the tables, etc. When people collect these tables and package them up for people, it usually turns our free hobby into a money grab which is highly frowned upon. Plus each table requires a bunch of tweaking to run properly for every cabinet. Plus when things don't work, you won't know how to fix the issues. I recommend downloading the files one by one and figuring out how to set them up, you'll get more from the hobby doing this. Cheers!

@@wayofthewrench Thanks...

No worries!

No worries, I'm happy to help! I'm not familiar with Pinball Emporium but I don't see why you couldn't install pinup popper and add pinball emporium as an emulator much like you would add mame. There should be a video out there on how to add mame to popper and it should be much the same. If it doesn't work, you could just manually start either front end separate from each other whenever you want to play them. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the gang!

@@wayofthewrench Thanks for the reply and info!

lol...that's the end of the video. I guess it was that good eh? Thanks for the full watch!

Thanks Amanda! Welcome to the channel! Enter key on keyboard is launch ball and left and right shift key is flippers. z and ? are left and right nudge and space bar is up nudge. 5 is coin in. Q is quit to editor. All of the keys are in the preferences pulldown in the editor and look for keys. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the hobby!

Awesome, thanks for the watch. If you open the table and save it, it shouldn't give that error again. Cheers!

@@wayofthewrench Thank you very much for the info and the fast response. Your videos alleviate most of tire frustratios. Keep up the great videos.

Thank you very much. It worked.

You're welcome! Will do!

Cheers! If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks in advance!

Easy peasy. Download table and start it. It'll tell you what room it is looking for. Then download it and put it in your room folder in vpinmame folder. Done. Hope that helps. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!

I have a video where I set up vpx and I go through how to set nudge up and what all of the options mean. Thanks for the watch!

Thanks dude! No I haven't had any issues but maybe it was down or something? Maybe try to send an email for support? Thanks for the watch!

I had the same problem @danielbart2889@@wayofthewrench is there any other sites you recommend to download the basics? I am starting this on a ALP machine.

Vpin builders group on Facebook, VPUniverse.com, VPForums, Orbital to name a few. Cheers!

Which table? I would try another table to see if its the table or vpx.

@@wayofthewrench i fixed it it just needed a computer restart and i forgot to delete the comment

I only have fx3 on my ps4 but I feel vpx is way better and there are hundreds of tables with more coming everyday. Plus it's free! If I had to choose....vpx all the way. Cheers!

Yes there is a Virtual Pinball Cabinet playlist which will show all of the process. I'm in the middle of cutting up the cabinets so look for that video soon. Cheers!

Yeah I hear ya, I had my 2 tvs on my living room floor for like 6 months and had a ton of fun playing on just a keyboard. My new build is about $1500-2000 total and I'm building everything myself. If you stick around, I am filming the entire build as a diy tutorial so you could watch & learn and you could build one for yourself. As for the error, I bet when you set it all up, you probably selected a 2 or 3 monitor setup and so it's looking for the monitor. You might have to reset it up for 1 monitor. If there is no one monitor option, I would select 2 monitor and tell vpx that the display is the same for play field and backglass and then in pinup player just select always hide. That way it is displaying it but your not seeing it on the playfield. There is also an option to play with a desktop mode which allows you to play on a monitor/tv like it normally sits (landscape). If you get an error, send me a pic through Instagram of the error so I can help you out better. Thanks for the watch!

As far as I know there will be tables that will pop an error saying no b2s file found so that would be annoying. The backglass going to the wrong monitor is either an incorrect display numbering or the settings in vpx are telling it the wrong monitor. Look in video graphics options in vpx and see what monitor you have selected there for your playfield. There is also a screen res file that you can change during baller installer. Check this video out, it might help kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7qeoJiHtNm3cZc.html

​@@wayofthewrench Thanks for sharing the video link, that was totally my issue. Thanks again!

Glad I was able to help ya out. Cheers!

I would start with the basics first. Rewatch the video and double check everything....If it still doesn't work, check if it starts just in visual pinball. If this doesn't work make a quick video of where you put your rom, where your b2s file is, the names of both those files, and what happens when you start the game. Send it to my instagram dm and ill try to help ya out.

You using pinup popper or just vpx? are the tables that dont work visual pinball or future pinball tables?

You using pinup popper or just vpx? are the tables that dont work visual pinball or future pinball tables?

@@wayofthewrench I used PinUPBallerInstaller so I have vpx and future pinball emulators. All of the tables, are in vpx.

where did you put the.b2s files and are they named EXACTLY like the .vpx file?

For Williams/Bally tables, you press the end key on the keyboard to bring up the coin door open dmd screen and then press the number 8 or 9 key on your keyboard to change the volume. Hope that makes better sense, let me know if it didn't. Cheers!

I have a pdf of my vpin plans in the video description below. Not sure if that will fit a 50" but it should fit a 48". Thanks for the watch!

Are you talking about the free tables? Yes, baller comes with lephrachan and retro flair. Otherwise, this video is on how to install additional vpx tables.

@wayofthewrench I meant the demo vpx files. I'll watch video again maybe I missed something.

Yes you get 2 demo tables with Baller Installer.

Yes, it is possible and quite easy. Just use baller installer and pick 1 monitor, either desktop or landscape. Both work, just depending on what style you like. Cheers!

Thank you so much I will go ahead with the project😀

Awesome! DM me some pics or a video when you're done, I'd love to see it! Good luck on your build and if you have any questions, feel free to ask! Cheers!

@@wayofthewrench I will do that and thanks for the response🤘😎

What kinda theme are you going to do?

This is a no no in the vpin community as there are lots of issues doing it this way. When you join the forums and download/install all the files where they need to go in order to work properly, you will learn how it all works and how to troubleshoot when they don't work. This is important to do/learn because every game/rom/b2s file/pup pack/music file will be different and need to be tweaked to work properly for your system. If you download a massive dump of files, you will have lots of issues plus they usually have lots of malware/trojans thrown in there too. The other thing is anyone who has all these files is usually trying to sell it which is a big no no and could cause this hobby to be ruined. I recommend vpforums and vpuniverse as a great way to start learning about the vpin community. Thanks for the watch!

I would agree that some have issues or need tweaking to get running but in general, they do work. What vp versions are you downloading? The originals are great too! Thanks for the watch!

Tried beavis and butthead today done all that they told in the cfg keep getting line 78 error i indeed stick to original games that works atleast :(