View Full Version : Random games don't load to wheel.
At first I thought it was my pc causing the problem, but I have noticed this on 3 different pc's now.
Sometimes a table will come up on the wheel with no playfield or backglass image. The game will also not load if you hit start. You have to move one spot over, and then come back, and then it shows up and works.
I have tried to re-create when and why it happens, but it seems completely random. Sometimes It doesn't happen at all. Any ideas?
Well, 8 months later I figured this out. I am running Vista... If I set the HyperPin program compatibility to XP then I no longer have the issue.
I am on XP now and it is happening again. Not sure if I ever really did fix the problem.
This sounds like a possible problem with your XML files. Perhaps a typo, invalid character or something is missing.
This sounds like a possible problem with your XML files. Perhaps a typo, invalid character or something is missing.
hmm.. I don't undrstand why it would only happen sometimes. I will hold the right flipper button and stop on a table and probably 5% of the time, it will be a black screen on both the playfield and the backglass. I can still see the HP wheel, and the wheel picture that I have in place for the table, but the playfield image and backglass image don't show. The table will also not startup. Then, if I move 1 table to the left or right, and move back again, the images are there, and the table starts without a problem. All of my tables work and load just fine.
It has now happened to me on 4 pc's and 2 operating systems. I have not heard of any others having this problem, so it must be something on my end.
That's interesting... The only reason I think it's an XML issue is because HyperSpin acts the same way sometimes when there is a problem with the XML. The & character in an XML will sometimes cause strange things to happen when displaying games.
Post up your VP and FP XML files and I'll give them a shot on my cab.
garwil
05-08-2010, 04:07 AM
I've found this to happen with HS when the boxart doesn't EXACTLY match the name in the XML. HS is case sensitive, and I would imagine that HP is too. I had a wheel that would only show up every now and then, or would load initially but disappear after scrolling through the wheel. Changing the image name to match the XML name exactly completely fixed this problem. HTH
Ok, thanks for the info guys. I will study my XML to see if anything doesn't match.
The thing is... It has happened to most of my 244 tables at least once, I couldn't have them all without capital letters?
Maybe because I have my table name and description the same on most tables? hmmm..
gottifour
05-13-2010, 09:49 AM
244!!:fisheye:
There is your problem, you have to many tables on your end and not enough on my end! :)
Just kidding, I hope your problem is solved soon.
Dustin
unclewilly
05-30-2010, 10:20 AM
At first I thought it was my pc causing the problem, but I have noticed this on 3 different pc's now.
Sometimes a table will come up on the wheel with no playfield or backglass image. The game will also not load if you hit start. You have to move one spot over, and then come back, and then it shows up and works.
I have tried to re-create when and why it happens, but it seems completely random. Sometimes It doesn't happen at all. Any ideas?
as i was checking out xenon in my cab i was having this issue also, the pf would show and the backglass would not. i changed the description using copy and paste in the xml and the images, it was random though, it only happens sometimes for me
lettuce
05-30-2010, 11:30 AM
How many tables do you have on your cab UW, maybe it happend when there is a large amount of tables for HP to cycle through??
unclewilly
06-06-2010, 03:39 AM
right at the moment I only have about 60 tables. I notice it hhapens mostly with tables there are doubles of. I should have the new cabinet done soon and I'm going to rename everything, and will not have any double versions of tables. I'm simply going to pick which ones I feel are the best tables and stick with those. I'm going for quality as opposed to quantity. I'd also like to keep vp and fp seperate, have either all vp showing or all fp, I think that is also an issue.
I think the naming convention I'm going to use will be:
vp.tablename
fp.tablename
this way all the vptables and fp tables will be grouped alphabetically by program. I'm going to do this for all the media also, I know there will be doubles of some like the ics or flyers but will solve the issue of wrong images displaying
tagi3d
09-09-2010, 10:14 PM
Hi, this happens to me from time to time... just randomly.. the image won't load.. if you cycle to the next table and then go back it works. (running xp). Maybe once or twice a week i notice it. Usually some other things happen when i click through tables fast... it's like it can't load it properly... probably a flash bug.
81ramirez
09-10-2010, 07:02 AM
I have this probem too.
But it's not that random, at least with the asterix image. Sometimes is there, but many times, when I'm scrolling the games, the asterix parent is missing(just the parent the others are there). Other images disappear too, but more randomly.
I'm using the official mame xml and it's ok for this game(I found one error one time, don't remember the game, that was making the image don't show. But this is not the case with asterix).
81ramirez - This discussion is regarding HyperPin and Not HyperSpin.
However, in both cases, HyperSpin or HyperPin, this issue really sounds like an invalid character such as a &, mispelled, or even an invalid file. Make sure that there are no other files in the folder with your XML database file. You may also have a filename in one of your image files that has a .PNG instead of .png.
81ramirez
09-10-2010, 09:33 AM
81ramirez - This discussion is regarding HyperPin and Not HyperSpin.
However, in both cases, HyperSpin or HyperPin, this issue really sounds like an invalid character such as a &, mispelled, or even an invalid file. Make sure that there are no other files in the folder with your XML database file. You may also have a filename in one of your image files that has a .PNG instead of .png.
Sorry, i didn't noticed it was an hyperpin thread.
Anyway it seems a similar issue(don't know).
There is nothing wrong with the xml or with the image name, but there are some genre xml togerther with the mame one. I moved those xml to another folder and the image appeared. I'll test latter, 'cause after I reset hyperspin two or three times, the image usually appereas anyway.
Couldn't it be a cache problem?
I'm using win seven 64bit with 2gig of ram.
johnny0646
10-02-2010, 03:23 PM
Olá sou do brazil sera que alguem pode me ajudar meu arcade funciona normal mas as vezes ele trava na seleção dos jogos principalmente no mame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Ap2dtR2L8 como resolver alguem me da uma ideia ?
slydog43
02-02-2011, 09:10 PM
I experience this black table image once and a while. Win XP machine with 200 plus tables.
Fursphere
03-03-2011, 05:36 AM
Check type case missmatch. TaBle.vpt vs tabLE.png (or whatever).