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[FREE TOOL] Pincab Toolbox — scan your VPX/Popper install and find what's broken (missing ROMs, 64-bit mismatches, backglasses…) Hi everyone, Like many of you, I've spent more evenings fixing my cab than playing it. A table crashing with a cryptic VPinMAME error, a DMD that died after moving to 64-bit, a backglass that stopped showing… and every time, an hour of digging through folders to find the cause. So I built the tool I wished existed: Pincab Toolbox, a free scanner that diagnoses your install in seconds (a bit longer on a large collection). What it checks: Missing ROMs — reads every table script (cGameName), resolves VPMAlias.txt, and names the exact missing .zip in VPinMAME\roms. Original/EM tables are recognized, so it doesn't flag them. Extracted ROMs — a ROM unzipped into a folder won't be loaded by VPinMAME; it flags that. 32/64-bit mismatches — THE trap of the VPX 10.8 transition: it inventories the bitness of every exe/DLL (VPinMAME, dmddevice, B2S, FlexDMD) and flags broken hybrid installs. Windows-blocked DLLs — a file extracted from a downloaded ZIP can be quarantined ("Mark of the Web") and fail to load; it detects that. Missing dependencies — B2S Backglass Server or FlexDMD required by your tables but absent. Backglass & Popper — missing .directb2s files, tables not registered in the PinUP Popper database, PUP-Pack presence. Compatibility — nFozzy/Roth physics signatures and minimum VPX versions declared in scripts. Outdated tables (beta) — checks against the open-source Virtual Pinball Spreadsheet database and links to the official page only. Script Diff — compare two versions of a table side by side before overwriting yours. Ground rules I committed to (because this community rightly cares): 100% local — nothing is uploaded, zero telemetry, no account. Read-only — the scanner NEVER modifies a file, a registry key or a database. Never downloads content — no tables, no ROMs, no media, ever. This is a diagnostic tool, not a downloader. The community sites remain THE source. Screenshot: [insert scan screenshot] Download: https://pincab-toolbox.vercel.app/ (Unsigned exe for now → the usual SmartScreen warning: "More info" → "Run anyway". Code signing lands in the next release.) There's a built-in demo mode if you want to see it in action before pointing it at your real setup. It's a v0.1 and I'm looking for blunt feedback — false positives, exotic tables, confusing messages. I fix fast. If it proves useful, a version that repairs some of what the scanner finds is in the works — always with a backup first, a preview of what will change, and undo. The scanner itself stays free and read-only, forever. Thanks, and happy flipping! Flipsync V

View File Capt. Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (Bally 1976) Music Mod Capt. Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (Bally 1976) 2.0.0 - Music Mod Hi guys, iDigStuff here. I hope you've been enjoying these EM music mods. I have a new method that allows you to apply the music mod yourself in three simple steps in a totally non destructive way. Meaning this will not effect the original authors table at all or change any elements. It can also easily be simply bypassed or even deleted if you change your mind and the table will play in its original state. What is it? Adds jukebox functionality to the table with classic tracks from Elton Adds some sound effects to enhance the experience. DOWNLOAD AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS Designed to work with Leojreimroc's 2.0 version of the table Get it here: Submitter iDigStuff Submitted 09/24/2022 Category Modified (MOD) Games Modified by Original Table Author Dozer, Leojreimroc Link to B2S  

View File Medieval Madness (Williams 1997) VPW "The Castle Burns! Get the Marshmallows!" VPW are proud to present Medieval Madness by Williams. This one has been stuck in development hell since 2021. Sixtoe picked up the project in 2022 and built a new functioning VPX layout with the new playfield scan supplied by ClarkKent, but it had no graphics and we had a load of other projects in work. So, it languished as there was already a nice verion from Tom Tower and Ninuzzu. In early 2024 Tomate built some of the 3D side for fun and Sixtoe worked on the VPX side a bit more before moving onto other projects again (and Sixtoe half jokingly said Medieval Madness shall get delayed another month every time someone asked for it in another table's release). Then, in September 2025 Sixtoe and Tomate picked it up again to finally get it over the finish line with lots of help from Apophis, a VR room from DaRDog, and contributions from the rest of the gang, aided by MajorDrain giving 1:1 feedback against his real machine. It's worth noting that this has been side-by-side tested against 2 separate real machines, so it should be pretty faithful to the real thing. With that in mind; Stuff you'll be annoyed we replicated that aren't bugs Merlin's Magic - Some shots go through avoiding the saucer, this happens on the real machine. Castle Side Door - Some shots bounce off the edges and don't go through the door, this happens on the real machine. It's not an easy machine, the slings can be lethal and slow balls off the right orbit are dangerous. VPW Peasant Sixtoe - Project Lead, Scratch Table Build Tomate - 3D Modeling and Rendering Apophis - Physics, Lighting, and Animation Scripting DaRDog - VR Mega Room and Cab Mcarter - Adding Roth Targets, Tweaks ClarkKent - Playfield Scan Bord - Playfield Scan Color Correction CainArg - Playfield Scan Masks Freezy - Blender 3D Playfield HauntFreaks - Backglass Image MajorDrain - Real table reference, troll trapdoor audio and side by side testing Tyson171 - Real table reference Niwak - VPX and VPinMame support Gedankekojote97 - Early table dev support PinStratsDan - In-depth testing Testers - Studlygoorite, Iaakki, Unsavory, Superhac Castle Animation Scripting - Borrowed from Tom Tower and Ninuzzu's old version. Version Log '0.01 - Gedankekojote97 - nFozzy Flipper trigger and prim resize, flipper adjustments, dynamic Ball shadows added, slingshot corrections added, gi Relay Sound added, Latest scripts from VPW, New environment image '0.02 - Sixtoe - New playfield image, realigned entire playfield and important objects, replaced some parts with correct parts, updated physics and sound scripts, butchered entire table in preparation for toolkit import, removed and simplified loads of things, split into many layers to try and organise and figure out table. '0.03 - Sixtoe - Fixed left ramp losing balls and trolls crashing table. More minor tweaks. Cleaned old images out to reduce file size. '0.04 - Sixtoe - Aligned bolts and screws, aligned ramps to blueprint (adjusted right ramp interface prim), added inrect to actually fix trolls (duh), tweaks from apophis, added/fixed a few other things. '0.05 - Sixtoe - Ongoing alignment, construction and cleaning work, lights hooked up, pretty playable now. '0.06 - apophis - Added TOC and reorg script. Updated flipper triggers and physics scripts. Added tweak options menu. Removed old LUT code. Added PWM functionality for lamps, flashers, and GI. Removed old dynamic shadows, updated ambient. '0.07 - apophis - Set UseVPMModSol = 2 '0.08 - Sixtoe - Rebuilt entire castle physical area, new playfield mesh, various other physics changes. '0.09 - apophis - Fixed draw bridge script (HandleMech=0). Reduced flipper strength to 3000. Fortified some stuck ball areas. '0.10 - apophis - Fixed some ramp trigger locations. Fixed Diverter script. Flipper strength to 3050. Fixed some gate sound effects. '0.11 - Sixtoe - Reinforced entire table layout, walls are on "blocker walls" layer, changed merlin physical primitive scoop, various other minor tweaks '0.12 - Sixtoe - Realigned entire table as dimensions were out, rebuilt catapult ramp, rebuilt spiral ramp to stop ball trap, tweaked castle lock entrance '0.13 - Sixtoe - Redid GI assignments thanks to tyson171, some minor layout tweaks. '0.14 - tomate - 2k batch added, most VPX objects hidden, make some fixes in script to make it playable '0.15 - Sixtoe - Redid trolls physical objects, made other vpx objects hidden, adjusted drain area and wall heights, '0.16 - tomate - flippers animated, slingshots animated (still need some work) '0.17 - apophis - fixed draw bridge animation '0.18 - Sixtoe - Changed spinners to gates, fixed a few other things, tidied up some stuff. '0.19 - tomate - new 2k batch added with blender fixes '0.20 - apophis - Enabled room brightness option. Deleted Prim_Toys layer (and objects). Fixed animations: bumper rings, bumper skirts, castle towers, diverter, slings, trolls, casle gate, catapult, lock door, lock post, wire triggers. Still TODO: Roth stand up targets '0.21 - apophis - Fixed damsel lock. Adjusted desktop POV. Add desktop DMD visibility option. '0.22 - Sixtoe - Remade playfield mesh and combined with moat physical primitive, remade moat vuk scoop and mech, removed and merged redundant assets, converted merlin saucer to physical kicker, remade physical right ramp and physical ramp deflectors on both ramps and ramp entrances. '0.23 - tomate - damsel light added, some fixes on castle model, room light brighter to get mayor day/night range, unwrapped textures for plastic ramps, few other fixes here and there '0.24 - apophis - fixed DiverterP rotx and animation. '0.25 - tomate - new 2k batch added with some new unwrapped textures and fixes at blender side '0.26 - mcarter78 - hook up roth standup target code '0.27 - tomate - fine tune for inserts and flashers, troll bracket separated, some fixes for plastic ramps, new 2k batch added '0.28 - apophis - Fixed troll visuals. Added flasher and insert brightness options. Added outlane difficulty option. Added refraction and relfection probles. Added ramp and bumper cap materials. '0.29 - Sixtoe - Tweaked playfield mesh, rebuilt merlin kicker/kicker area, refactored collidable physics area around the castle and created a huge low poly collidable castle prim, replaced damsel tower, tweaked moat VUK, probably other things, tweaked inlanes, testing turning inserts to linear fading. '0.30 - apophis - Added back sw37 pulse in DoorPortculis_Hit. Fixed zfighting issue on drawbridge. Fixed iron gate down position (was going thru floor). Tweaked target elasticity. '0.31 - Sixtoe - Adjusted flipper angles (I feed on your tears), unified blocker walls and walls, few other tweaks and fixes '0.32 - apophis - Fixed(?) draw bridge initialization. Made post passes a little easier. '0.33 - tomate - 4k batch added, cleaned the file a little bit '0.34 - Sixtoe - Added gate to Damsel tower, reset flipper physics to default-ish williams. '0.35 - apophis - Tinted bumper lightmaps to purple. Adjust plastics material. Enabled reflections for BM_Parts. '0.36 - DaRdog - Added VR Mega room, VR Mimimal Room, VR Cab, Animated buttons, Animated Torches, Lighted start and launch buttons (Thanks Rawd and Apophis for help), VR scripting. Total damage is 35mb for images and 110k polys (includes VR rooms and VR Cab, not bad i think). '0.37 - DaRdog - small vr fix, coindoor key was crooked '0.38 - apophis - Show rails in desktop mode. Make some VR elements respond do day night slider. '0.39 - DaRdog - modified some vr elements material brightness to counteract the day/night slider darkening '0.40 - apophis - Animated VR backglass (thanks HauntFreaks). '0.41 - Sixtoe - Fixed various and numerous legacy sound issues, tweaked vr backglass (Apophis) '0.42 - tomate - few performance improvements and fixes on blender side, new 4k batch added '0.43 - apophis - Adjusted flipper angles (and triggers). Fixed flipper shaddow DB. Added rightmagna and lockbar buttons to plunger launch. '0.44 - tomate - Castle PF protector, ramp decals and dragon plastic fixed in blender, new 4k batch added 'RC1 - apophis - Commented out sw37_Hit to eliminate double pulse on switch 37. Updated table info and added rules card. Adjusted cab POV. A few cleanups for release candidate. 'RC2 - Sixtoe - Added sw37 back so it's only active when castle portcullis is open. Updated credits. 'RC3 - apophis - Increased sling strength (5.1) and lowered sling thresh (1.8). Tweaked sling correction curve . Dropped pf friction slightly (0.22). Lowered ST target mass (0.1). 'RC4 - mcarter78 - Add random rampstop and delayed ball drop sounds to ramp ends, decrease ramp stop bounceback, fix Y alignment between visual/physical flippers 'RC5 - apophis - Adjusted EB insert to be red. 'RC6 - apophis - Updated Trolls mech sound effects (thanks MajorDrain). 'RC7 - Sixtoe - minor tweak to wall, updated credits, changed default ROM to 1.09b as its a bugfix rom, added material for VRCab_LaunchButtonHousing, applied gateflooraccent texture, tweaked left inlane marginally. 'Release 1.0 Submitter VPinWorkshop Submitted 10/08/25 Category VPX - Pinball Tables VPX Standalone Yes  

View File Starship Troopers (Sega 1997) VPW Mod “The only good bug is a dead bug.” This is a tune-up of the already great table created by Clark Kent and team. We gave it a full physics scrub (which was tricky in this case), sound effects updates, VR room, and some other tweaks to give you the best gameplay dynamics without changing the original visual experience. Join the mobile infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship! Do your part. Would you like to know more? VPW Roughnecks: Eighties8: Complete rescale and nFozzy physics rebuild, Fleep sounds TastyWasps: VR room integration iaakki: Physics, lighting, and animation support Aubrel: Lighting adjustments Sixtoe: Table level and target animation fixes apophis: Dynamic shadows, some visual, sound, and physics support leojreimroc and HauntFreaks: VR backglass Special Thanks to: Clark Kent and team for their VPX recreation JPSalas, Arngrim, Vinthar Toxie, Fuzzel and the VPX Dev Team Submitter VPinWorkshop Submitted 03/31/2023 Category VPX - Pinball Tables  

View File Big Bang Bar (Capcom 1996) VPW Hey, pal, there’s a cover charge here! Welcome to the Big Bang Bar, the bangin’est place in the galaxy. We wondered, what table would be a good showpiece for some of the new lighting techniques that have been developed lately and BBB was a clear choice with amazing light shows. Plus, it’s just really fun. Have a drink, hit the mosh pit, and try not to get bounced! Your VPW Big Bang Bartenders Gedankekojote97: 3D rebuild and rendering with light mapper, nFozzy physics and Fleep sounds Apophis: Light mapper script integration, tons of script updates, table rebuild #savetheballs Rawd: New RGB VR room and VR cab setup Leojreimroc: VR backglass (image by HauntFreaks) ClarkKent: 2D and 3D assets, physics tweaks Jsm174: VPX standalone support Toxie: VPinMAME support Sixtoe: Table cleanup nFozzy: Improved alien animation VPW Testers: bietekwiet, Primetime5k, PinStratsDan, HauntFreaks, Wylte, H3RBSKIx, RetroG33k, Lukpcn, Colvert, TastyWasps, Smaug Special Thanks To Niwak for creating the amazing blender toolkit! Steely for the VR backbox hinge model and lava lamp code UncleWilly, Jimmyfingers, Grizz, and Rom, the original team that made BBB in VP9 and FP Ninuzzu and ClarkKent for their VPX conversion The VPX and VPinMAME developers. Without them the party would have never started Installation Notes: The download zip file includes the VPX file and a NV ram file. Place the VPX file in your Tables folder and place the NV file in your >VPinMAME>nvram folder. This table uses many large images, therefore a lot of RAM, so you will most likely need to run it with a 64-bit build of VPX. Follow this guide if you want to update your software to 64-bit. This approach allows you to also run with the legacy 32-bit software if you want to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc_6cr4Fo8k If you want to lighten the GPU load from this table, and you never intend to use its VR capability, then here is a simple hack that may improve performance for you: Open the table in the editor, then go to top menu item Table>Image Manager… Within the image manager, click on the Import Path column header to sort the images by path name. Select all the images that have a path name starting with “C:\User\Rod” and then click the Delete button. Additionally, you can delete the following images “BBB_BG”, “BBB_BG_Fluo”, and “BBB_BG_Lit”. Save the table. Submitter VPinWorkshop Submitted 03/17/23 Category VPX - Pinball Tables