VPin Studio Preferences - syd711/vpin-studio GitHub Wiki

Cabinet Settings

Client Settings

The client settings page offers different options to adapt the appearance of the VPin Studio client, such as enabling/disabling the available emulators:

Emulator Settings

Additionally, the available Table Overview columns and sections can be toggled on/off:

Table Overview Settings

The Network Share

You can configure the system folder buttons (yellow icons) so that these are available on remote clients too.

Server Settings

Automatic Shutdown

The automatic shutdown option is a useful tool when you want to make sure that your VPin isn't turned on and idle for too long. If the VPin does not register a key input for n minutes, it will shutdown automatically. Note that this shutdown countdown is resetted for every HTTP request that is done by the VPin Studio.

Server Options

Controller Setup

The controller setup must be started on the cabinet itself. It configures the keys for the pause menu and overlay.

You can also bind a reset key which will kill all emulators and restart the frontend.

Pause Menu Preferences

The pause menu is a custom menu that is used to pause VPX and show additional information about the table that is currently played.

The menu item are created using the existing assets from the "help", "other2" and "info" folders of PinUP Popper. Note that all assets from these folders are loaded and provided as individual menu items in the menu. These assets can be images or videos. The menu will show or play them once the menu is selected.

Additionally, the Virtual-Pinball-Spreadsheet is used to look up available tutorials for the table and provide YouTube menu entries for them.

Note that it is recommended to have Chrome installed on the VPin in order for the YouTube videos to be played. You can use the internal browser instead but there is currently the issue, that the loading spinner of YouTube won't disappear in this browser.

Pause Menu & Tutorial Videos

The pause menu can embed tutorial videos from YouTube. In order for these video to appear in the pause menu navigation, you have to make sure, that the VPS mapping table is set. You can do that inside the Table Data Manager or in the VPS sidebar section, because these tutorial videos are mapped in the Virtual Pinball Spreadsheet.

Overlay Preferences

The overlay dashboard can be shown on startup of the VPin for via an additional button. The button for the overlay must have been mapped in the Controller preferences.

Overlay Designs

You can choose from different designs for your overlay. The designs differ in the widgets that are displayed. Additionally, you can choose a design with an embedded external URL. This can be used e.g. to embed a iscored.info dashboard.

Notifications

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