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+ | ====== General Troubleshooting Emulators ====== | ||
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+ | I tried to run XXXXX with XXXX and it doesn' | ||
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+ | The best way to troubleshoot problems in starting games is to determine EXACTLY what Popper is trying to run based on your emulator script. | ||
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+ | Follow these steps to help you find out why launching doesn' | ||
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+ | 1> try and run game/table in Popper. if it doesn' | ||
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+ | 2> file explorer. browse to the folder pinupsystem\launch there is a file called **curlaunch.bat** that is the last game script it tried to run. | ||
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+ | 3> examine the batch file for typos that you may have or forgot a cd\ or something in your script. | ||
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+ | 4> edit the curlaunch.bat and add a pause at the end and remove @echo off from first line if there is one, and then run the batch file manually directly from this folder (do not move curlaunch.bat) | ||
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+ | you will usually find/see errors on why the game/table doesn' | ||
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+ | **"but it works when i run something manually, but not when launched in PinUp Popper?" | ||
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+ | PinUP Popper doesn' | ||
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+ | There are only a couple of things that are different when you run outside of Popper: | ||
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+ | 1> Your launch script is configured to run VPX (or other emulators) via command lines that are different than how you run via manually. | ||
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+ | 2> windows security, if you run outside of popper you may be running it as ' | ||
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+ | 3>your launch script could be wrong/ | ||
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+ | 4> focus issues. if you need to click with a mouse on the emulator to start having your keys working then its a windows focus issue. [[: | ||
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+ | and the only other thing that could be different is ' | ||
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+ | **PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE**. | ||
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+ | Note: If the game has a FULLDMD or PuPDMD make sure you don't forget to set to NONE the keep-on display setting on game as you could be wasting resources cpu/gpu playing media behind it for no reason. | ||
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+ | You can put taskmanager (set with always-on-top) on your BackGlass during play to see if there' | ||
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emulators.txt · Last modified: 2024/01/26 11:20 by pinupadmin