mjrgh

1. How are you launching the program? 2. Have you tried any other methods of launching, and if so, does the same thing happen?

You might check to see if it's leaving a log file behind (PinballY.log in the same folder as the program EXE file). If not, you might have to literally debug...

You might want to take a look at the "Development Environment Setup" notes in the Notes folder before compiling - that might help you get it going with less work....

I've seen that a few times, but so far I haven't been able to find a pattern to what triggers it. If you happen to observe a pattern, and you...

> For the reproducible error with the table "Surf n Safari (Gottlieb 1991)" deleting the nv-file in the NVRAM folder of VPinMAME worked. After the file was recreated by a...

> Sometimes (like once a month) after I startup my cab I'm afraid I don't have any ideas off-hand. If Settings.txt is getting erased on you, it could be due...

> It's unclear why the built-in TerminateProcess() call is unable to force Pinball FX3 to terminate... Glad you found a solution. At a guess, maybe FX3 is launching multiple processes...

Before I merge this, could you try something for me? I want to see if it's really needed or if it was just an oversight in the original formulation. The...

> The exit code 9 was a throwback to SIGKILL That's what I was guessing. :) With Win32 TerminateProcess, of course, this isn't that sort of signal code, it's just...

Great - thanks for giving that a try. I'll go ahead and merge this. One additional experiment I'd be keen to try, if you have a chance at some point,...