Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 15, 2021 Content Provider Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) The "Baller" Installer (made by Nailbuster) is an easy "all-in one" installer (that is virtual pinball community friendly) that will install FP / BAM / VPX / Pup / PinEvent / Popper, and two PuP based tables (1 VPX table and 1 FP PinEvent table). It's created in a way that will automatically install and setup everything based on what you tell it during the install in regards to your layout (desktop / cabinet / 3 screen, 2 screen, etc) and resolution (4K or HD). More info and link to the Baller Installer is here: https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=baller_installer This guide is now completely updated and renamed as the Popper and Baller Installer Tips Guide I discuss the basics of how Pinup Popper works with Future Pinball, how to customize your launch script and Games Manager options, how to use Popper to make PinEvent tables automatically work correctly with PuP-Packs, and how to use the files from the Future Pinball and BAM Essentials AIO package. I now have all my guides and tutorials in PDF format this new guide has been created to be used with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package all my guides and tutorials are now only included with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package You can download the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package (and the Popper and Baller Installer Tips Guide) here: https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=51600&st=0&p=520783 A video tutorial that walks you through this guide can be seen here: Chapters 00:00 Start 00:50 What is Popper and Baller Installer? 03:30 Desktop users 05:14 DMDExt, DOFLinx, FP Backbox 07:23 Popper Launch and Close Script 07:54 Launch Script Options Examples 09:58 REG ADD commands 11:46 Lookups 12:21 How Launch Script works with Games Manager 18:22 Add a new Option in Launch Script, Lookups, Games Manager (Reflections on/off) 26:48 Close Script 28:42 Keep Displays ON (Games Manager) 30:43 How to Install and setup a PinEvent table and PuP-Pack to use with Popper 42:24 PinUpdater 44:42 Closing Edited December 6, 2023 by TerryRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outhere Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Terryred The guide master - Thank you for all the nice Guides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted April 15, 2021 Author Content Provider Share Posted April 15, 2021 Added examples of how to NOT use DMDExt or NOT use DOFLinx on a per table basis for PinEvent tables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludespeedny Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Hey Terry, love your guides! I found issues with recording in pinup player and fixed some things in the bat file to get OBS working. Is there somewhere to submit the changes so it can be in the next versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpio1968 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 thank you Terry great as always 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H3RBSKI Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) i followed this today and got, sonic 1.2, halloween and jaws all working great. turned the cab off, came to play tonight and tried loading all 3 tables and now the pup dmd/ssf isnt working at all. nothing has changed from when i turned the cab off this morning. Is there anything i can check to see what may be stopping it working? pup packs on my vpx tables work fine still Edited April 10, 2022 by H3RBSKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted May 26, 2022 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 26, 2022 I have updated this page: - changed launch and close script examples to have "PinEvent" in Games Manager disable the FP Backglass / Arcade mode as well as now "closing" DOFLinx by using Taskkill. There is no need for a separate NO_DOFLinx entry using this method. - it's better to completely close DOFLinx for PinEvent tables, as using DOFLinx commands (to "disable" DOFLinx) have been causing it to crash creating other problems and still preventing DOF from working in PinEvent tables. Taskkill works for everyone everytime. - close script will re-run DOFLinx when exiting a FP table (if DOFLinx was already running this won't have any effect or cause problems) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 21, 2023 Author Content Provider Share Posted June 21, 2023 Baller Installer Future Pinball Tips page has been updated: - added new info about the "FP and BAM Essentials AIO" package - updated DMDExt info and Popper launch examples - removed outdated info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 30, 2023 Author Content Provider Share Posted June 30, 2023 Small change in the example launch script, to be more in line with the Baller Installer launch script. Old example was: START "" "[DIREMU]\FPLoader.exe" /open "[GAMEFULLNAME]" /play /exit /arcaderender /STAYINRAM Updated example is now: START "" "[DIREMU]\BAM\FPLoader.exe" /open "[GAMEFULLNAME]" /play /exit /arcaderender /STAYINRAM Note that [DIREMU] (which is Launch EXE Folder) will point to the FuturePinball folder (based on the drive letter and location it was installed), not the BAM folder Neither is right or wrong. It just depends on your setup and settings. As I've always said, you must always check your drive letter and directory paths for where your apps are installed when using "any" example, as not everyone will always have the same setup. In this case I wanted to have the examples match the pics and Baller Installer. So if in doubt... try the updated examples with Baller Installer setups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 30, 2023 Author Content Provider Share Posted June 30, 2023 Updated DMDExt launch script example to use the Future Pinball folder's path to run dmdext.exe There should be a copy of dmdext.exe and DmdDevice.ini installed in the Future Pinball folder (this gets installed when you install the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted September 3, 2023 Author Content Provider Share Posted September 3, 2023 Do NOT use Windows 8 Compatibility! In the past, previous Windows updates caused Future Pinball to crash for some people. The easy solution was to set FPLoader.exe to Windows 8 Compatibility. Newer Windows updates and newer BAM updates have long since solved that issue. In my guides, I have only ever recommended to set this to FPLoader.exe "if having crashing issues". Since that is no longer the case, I no longer recommend that as even an option. If you are having crashing issues, update your Windows, update your GPU drivers, sound drivers, etc. (disable the Nihamic driver / services if you have them installed, as it causes problems) I have found that enabling Windows 8 compatibility causes FP-BAM to have serious performance issues! (ball stuttering, etc) Make sure you do NOT have this set on either FuturePinball.exe or FPLoader.exe (and in BAM Open VR folder if using that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider TerryRed Posted December 6, 2023 Author Content Provider Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) This guide is now completely updated and renamed as the Popper and Baller Installer Tips Guide I discuss the basics of how Pinup Popper works with Future Pinball, how to customize your launch script and Games Manager options, how to use Popper to make PinEvent tables automatically work correctly with PuP-Packs, and how to use the files from the Future Pinball and BAM Essentials AIO package. I now have all my guides and tutorials in PDF format this new guide has been created to be used with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package all my guides and tutorials are now only included with the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package You can download the FP and BAM Essentials AIO package (and the Popper and Baller Installer Tips Guide) here: https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=51600&st=0&p=520783 A video tutorial that walks you through this guide can be seen here: Chapters 00:00 Start 00:50 What is Popper and Baller Installer? 03:30 Desktop users 05:14 DMDExt, DOFLinx, FP Backbox 07:23 Popper Launch and Close Script 07:54 Launch Script Options Examples 09:58 REG ADD commands 11:46 Lookups 12:21 How Launch Script works with Games Manager 18:22 Add a new Option in Launch Script, Lookups, Games Manager (Reflections on/off) 26:48 Close Script 28:42 Keep Displays ON (Games Manager) 30:43 How to Install and setup a PinEvent table and PuP-Pack to use with Popper 42:24 PinUpdater 44:42 Closing Edited December 6, 2023 by TerryRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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