Future Pinball Not working in win 10 and attract mode

[nellino]

Hi everyone, I have a problem running my future pinball correctly with attract mode

as known future pinball must be compatible with windows xp service pack 3 to make the commands work continuously but when I go to do this step the tables no longer start from attract mode, I launch the table and a few seconds it returns to me back in the main manu and it happens to me the same if i put the tick on always start as administrator

I tried to give window 7 as compatibility and the tables manage to start only that the commands do not always work even if I have started the exe fiure pinball as administrator, I am convinced that I need a different command line to make it work with compatibility to windows xp sp3

this is my cfg

# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.2.1
#
executable           N:\Future Pinball\Future Pinball.exe
args                 /open "[romfilename]" /play /exit
rompath              N:\Future Pinball\Tables\
romext               .fpt
system               Future Pinball
exit_hotkey          Escape
artwork    flyer           
artwork    marquee         N:\Future Pinball\wheel
artwork    snap            N:\Future Pinball\video;N:\Future Pinball\Snap
artwork    wheel           N:\Future Pinball\wheel


can anyone help me that i'm going crazy? thank you

[nellino]

this is my changelog if it can be useful

# Changelog #

## Commits from v2.6.0 to v2.6.1

### Andrew Mickelson (9 commits)

* Bump to version 2.6.1
* Fix joystick guard test
* Hack to get MacOS build working on travis (?)
* Fix thegamesdb.net scraping, scrape ratings
* Issue #586 - fix EndNavigation transition when signal handled by script
* Issue #586 - trigger Transition.EndNavigation with fe.signal()
* Issue #579 - added Series, Language, Region and Rating fields
* Issue #566 - Fixed regression caused by https://github.com/mickelson/attract/commit/7dc5c88ca15d756f53ff28e427f8b6be019a1db7
* Added the 'sample_aspect_ratio' property to Image objects in scripts.

### Radek Dutkiewicz (2 commits)

* FPSMonitor and font loading fix (#572)
* Fixed Layouts.md formatting (#589)

[hermine.potter]

Tested it a few days ago on Windows 10.
Didn't have to set any compatibility.

Please start Future Pinball from CMD / command line and tell us, what happens.

[nellino]

it doesn't always work even without giving any compatibility, many times future pinball loses the focus of the commands and I need to click with the mouse on the table, tonight I will try to start FP ca cmd but what should happen?

[nellino]

I tried in every way to start future pinballs from cmd but unfortunately it doesn't start and tells me it is impossible to find the file

[hermine.potter]

I have copied a Future Pinball installation to my usb stick and set drive letter to N:
this command starts the demo table with future pinball successful:

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"N:\Future Pinball\Future Pinball.exe" /open "N:\Future Pinball\Tables\Ramp-VUK-Demo.fpt" /play /exit

[progets]

Some people have mentioned that they need to run AM as "admin" (in exe properties and not just logged in as an admin) on Windows 10. Give it a try.

Here's a recent mention of this with a different emulator http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3547.msg24833#msg24833.



I can confirm that this works for me.

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args                 -open "[romfilename]" -play -exit

Remember on the command line you can't use "[romfilename]" since it's a AM variable. You need to define the full path and table like hermine.potter mentions.

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"N:\Future Pinball\Future Pinball.exe" /open "N:\Future Pinball\Tables\Ramp-VUK-Demo.fpt" /play /exit


[nellino]

the attract mode tables start with this cfg which, afterwards, my problem is only the focus of the commands which is not always taken in the foreground and it is worth clicking with the mouse on the table to make it work but unfortunately as already said if I select the tick run as administrator when i try to launch from AM it doesn't start working anymore

# Generated by Attract-Mode v2 .2.1
#
executable N: \ Future Pinball \ Future Pinball.exe
args / open "[romfilename]" / play / exit
rompath N: \ Future Pinball \ Tables \
romext .fpt
system Future Pinball
exit_hotkey Exit
works
of art flyer works of art marquee N: \ Future Pinball \
snap graphics wheel N: \ Future Pinball \ video; N: \ Future Pinball \ Snap
wheel graphics N: \ Future Pinball \ wheel

[hermine.potter]

Try this setup:

right mouse on 'Future Pinball.exe' > Properties > Compatibility > Compatiblity Mode : Windows XP SP3 > Run program as an Administrator : set hook

and this AM config:

executable           N:\Future Pinball\Future Pinball.exe
args                 /open "[romfilename]" /play /exit
rompath              N:\Future Pinball\Tables
romext               .fpt
system               Arcade
info_source          thegamesdb.net
nb_mode_wait         5
exit_hotkey          Escape

[nellino]

I made a video for you so that I show you where the problem occurs ... at this point I think the problem is the AM version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeiVUQcTQYw

[hermine.potter]

And if you set "Run program as an Administrator"?

if that not work:
goto AM folder > instead starting 'attract.exe', start 'attract-console.exe'
then start rom-file
look to command windows
note any error messages

[nellino]

in the video I had not put the check on start as administrator because it generates the same error, now I tried to put xpSP3 and the check run as administrator and then I place the error that generates me

https://ibb.co/qNfRz5T

[hermine.potter]

do you start future pinball remote?
anydesk.exe in the error message?!

[nellino]

absolutely no, at that time anydesk was started to capture the image that I sent you from my pc and no from the minipc directly .... subsequently noticing that error I also tried to eliminate anydesk but the problem was the same

[hermine.potter]

Sorry, no idea.