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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. VPX emulator config can be set to disable or enable full screen exclusive or even run a different EXE via alt-launcher. | ||
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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**. When i run outside of Popper it runs better than via Popper. Again, see above section as popper doesn' | ||
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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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