Can Popper Loading Screen Stay Visible Until Future Pinball Table Is Fully Loaded?

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find out if this is possible or if it's simply a limitation of Future Pinball/BAM.

My setup:

PinUP Popper 1.5

FP & BAM Essentials AIO

BAM 1.5-409

Future Pinball launched via FPLoader.exe

Standard TerryRed launch script using VPXSTARTER

Everything works perfectly. The only thing I'd like to improve is the loading experience.

When I launch a Future Pinball table from Popper, the Popper loading screen appears as expected. As soon as Future Pinball starts loading the table, the table-specific FP loading screen appears on top.

The interesting part is that the Popper loading screen is still running in the background (the animation continues), so it doesn't appear to be closing. It is simply covered by the Future Pinball playfield window. The backglass display is also taken over immediately by Future Pinball during loading.

So this doesn't seem to be a timing issue—it looks more like a window Z-order / TopMost issue.

 

My question is:

Has anyone found a way to keep the PinUP Popper loading screen visible until the Future Pinball table is completely loaded, instead of showing the Future Pinball loading screen?

I'm not trying to disable or modify the Future Pinball loading screen itself. I'd simply like the Popper loading screen to remain on top until gameplay starts.

Is this currently possible, or is it just a limitation of how Future Pinball/BAM creates its loading window?

Thanks in advance!