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+ | ====== 3. How to use the Game Manager ====== | ||
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+ | This chapter will be about adding games, making playlist and adding media. | ||
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+ | Start ‘**PinUP Popper Config**’ (windows Start Button > Pinup> PinUP Popper Config) if you haven’t already. | ||
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+ | You’ll see a screen open, and you need to click on the ‘**Game Manager**’ tab ( | ||
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+ | We’ll be going through steps A - C as seen in the image above. | ||
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+ | ===== A. Games Manager ===== | ||
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+ | The Games Manager is used to add, delete or edit your games. | ||
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+ | 1. In the ‘**Game Manager**’ menu, click on ‘**Games Manager**’. | ||
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+ | There you will find 4 different tabs to choose from: | ||
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+ | The **‘All Games’**tab shows all the games you have in your database. Here you can also edit game information or add several other options. | ||
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+ | In the emulator setup if you have it set to have a screen always On, Then put **NONE** (Example: Using PuPPack) | ||
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+ | You can update the selected table by either drag' | ||
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+ | In the ‘**Lookups**’ tab you set up and add additional game information (Game Types, Categories, Themes, Manufacturer) along with custom parameters used for scripts or launching games. | ||
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+ | The ‘**ImportData**’ tab is used for importing metadata for installed games (such as year, manufacturer etc.). | ||
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+ | We’ll be focusing on the ‘**Add New Games**’. | ||
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+ | 2. Click on ‘**Add New Games**’ tab ( | ||
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+ | 3. Select your desired emulator by clicking ‘**Scan Filter Emulator**’ (in this case Visual Pinball X) ( | ||
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+ | 4. Click on ‘**Include Sub-Folders**’ ( | ||
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+ | 5. Click on ‘**Scan For New Games**’ ( | ||
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+ | Now you should be presented with a list of games (or tables in this case). | ||
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+ | 6. Now you can either ‘**Remove them from list**’, ‘**Select All**’ of them and ‘**Add the Games to the System**’. | ||
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+ | ===== B. PlayList Config ===== | ||
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+ | Here you create playlists for use with PinUP Popper. | ||
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+ | 1. In the ‘**Game Manager**’ tab click on ‘**Playlist Config**’. | ||
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+ | 2. Select (or create) a playlist on the left. | ||
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+ | 3.Click on the games on the right side of the screen and click ‘**< | ||
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+ | 4. You can remove games from a playlist by selecting that playlist and then clicking on ' | ||
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+ | By **right Clicking** on a **playlist** will bring up the option to: -Add \\Playlist -Remove \Playlist -Rename Playlist | ||
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+ | **Right clicking** on a game in a playlist gives you the option to add it as a favourite (it will also highlight in | ||
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+ | ===== ===== | ||
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+ | ===== C. Media Manager ===== | ||
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+ | Here you can set up and manage all your media for your games. | ||
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+ | In the ‘**Game Manager**’ tab click on ‘**Media Manager**’ and you will be presented with the following screen: | ||
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+ | We’ll be going through the different parts of the Media Manager (A - D) as seen in the image above. | ||
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+ | **Basics** | ||
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+ | ==== A. Games List ==== | ||
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+ | Screen you use to select your game (or playlist). When you select a game, the boxes on the right (C) will show what media is (or is not) available. | ||
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+ | ==== B. Type: Changing Media for Games or a Playlist ==== | ||
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+ | You have the option to add (or change) media for either games or for a specific playlist item, that you’ve created in Chapter 3B. You can change this by clicking on either ‘**Games**’ or ‘**Playlist**’ under ‘**Type**’: | ||
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+ | ==== C. Boxes ==== | ||
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+ | When clicking on a game name ( | ||
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+ | **IF a box is yellow ** | \\ | ||
+ | **IF a box is green ** | | ||
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+ | **No media available.** | \\ | ||
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+ | As seen on the image in the previous page, there are boxes available for: Topper, AudioLaunch, | ||
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+ | Box Options** \\ | ||
+ | Right click on a box gives the following options:\\ | ||
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+ | **Find Next Missing**: Goes through your game list and shows the game of which the media is missing.\\ | ||
+ | **Find From Start**: Similar to find next but will start the search not from the current game you have selected, but will start from the beginning of game list.\\ | ||
+ | **Open Explorer**: Go the specific Box location on your hard drive. Handy feature for when you want to copy files. | ||
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+ | By clicking a box there’s a chance you find several possible media files.\\ | ||
+ | In the window mentioned below you can choose which one to use: | ||
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+ | **Rename File**: The file will be renamed to match the game name.\\ | ||
+ | **Make Copy**: Will keep original file and rename/copy file into proper location.\\ | ||
+ | **Preview File**: Shows an example of that selected media file. | ||
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+ | **Adding media** \\ | ||
+ | 1. Open your Windows Explorer and go to where you keep your Media files.\\ | ||
+ | 2. You can either:\\ | ||
+ | A. Drag and drop the media to the specific box you selected (C) and it will automatically be renamed to match the game name.\\ | ||
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+ | B. you can copy the media straight to the specific location on your hard drive using Microsoft Explorer. | ||
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+ | You can also select a box, right click and use the Box Options mentioned [[https:// | ||
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+ | **Creating MediaPacks** \\ | ||
+ | When you Right Click on game, you will get the option to Create a MediaPack containing all the media you have available of that specific table: | ||
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+ | Your Hard drive: | ||
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+ | **Using an existing MediaPack** \\ | ||
+ | To use a MediaPack on a game do the following: | ||
+ | 1. Select a game.\\ | ||
+ | 2. Drag and Drop the Media Pack file on the Playfield box.\\ | ||
+ | 3. Confirm by clicking ‘Yes’. | ||
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+ | It will basically extract the mediapack, take all the media and rename them so they match your game. | ||
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+ | **Adding Media for custom Themes:** | ||
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+ | If you want to have your own " | ||
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+ | If you want to have your own " | ||
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+ | Playlist media only plays when the Playlist is" | ||
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+ | Each and every Table however can have their own media for everything. | ||
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+ | Don't forget that HOME LIST can also have its own default media. | ||
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+ | If you are using multiple wheelbars for example…don' | ||
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