Pinball FX 2 - bugs/issues and recommendations

[ericleroi]

This bug is still in the game. Sometimes the icon looks odd. Hovering the icon works but the other icon is damaged. Not just Tesla, it occurs on all tables.

I have this too:

[LeanderL]

Barbie, please take a look at this screenshot. The arrow next to "Tesla" looks damaged. It looks strange imo...if you hover this "something" the back arrow is displayed but without hovering it it looks odd. It's like that in all tables (not just in "Tesla").

http://abload.de/img/2013-05-12_00001u6upj.jpg

This bug is still in the game. Sometimes the icon looks odd. Hovering the icon works but the other icon is damaged. Not just Tesla, it occurs on all tables.

[BarbieBobomb]

I've been experiencing two different issues where the balls are completely stuck on the Spiderman table. I have video recorded of the second but not the first.

First ball stuck issue happens randomly when hitting the skill shot increase slot just above the bumpers. Sometimes it will just get jammed and act like its shooting it out over and over and nothing i do will get it out. (tilting). I tried to get video of that but i haven't been able to capture it happening.

Second ball stuck issue was after i got the second ball out of the upper area. I had two balls running for awhile and activated the goblin multiball as well. One of the bombs was launched up into the house and then into the ball hold pin. For the rest of play after they exploded it was empty. Later in play my ball was put into the ball lock area up top. No way to get it out and only ball in play. I have video of this that i can put up later if need be.

I'm running at 1920x1080 at about 60fps. I can put up a more detailed spec sheet if need be.

I really like this game and this is one of my favorite tables. If these issues could be fixed that would be amazing!

Thanks for the report!

Would someone from Zen give me an official response to my problems please?
Officially, do we have to maintain an internet connection to save our settings and local high scores? Is this a problem with windows 8?
Will you please assist me in trying to fix this?
If not, will you please give me a full refund?
Nick

You shouldn't have to maintain a connection. We weren't able to reproduce the problem, but it seems to be an issue with the Steam Cloud. With today's update, the game will also save a backup profile and will load it back in case Steam’s is not available for any reason. So going forward you should not run into this issue.

[Imagamejunky]

Would someone from Zen give me an official response to my problems please?
Officially, do we have to maintain an internet connection to save our settings and local high scores? Is this a problem with windows 8?
Will you please assist me in trying to fix this?
If not, will you please give me a full refund?
Nick

[Reluix]

I've been experiencing two different issues where the balls are completely stuck on the Spiderman table. I have video recorded of the second but not the first.

First ball stuck issue happens randomly when hitting the skill shot increase slot just above the bumpers. Sometimes it will just get jammed and act like its shooting it out over and over and nothing i do will get it out. (tilting). I tried to get video of that but i haven't been able to capture it happening.

Second ball stuck issue was after i got the second ball out of the upper area. I had two balls running for awhile and activated the goblin multiball as well. One of the bombs was launched up into the house and then into the ball hold pin. For the rest of play after they exploded it was empty. Later in play my ball was put into the ball lock area up top. No way to get it out and only ball in play. I have video of this that i can put up later if need be.

I'm running at 1920x1080 at about 60fps. I can put up a more detailed spec sheet if need be.

I really like this game and this is one of my favorite tables. If these issues could be fixed that would be amazing!

[rooter]

For the record, I was having issues with my internet dropping out periodically for about a week and I never had any problems with settings or local scores on PBFX2 that I was aware of. I think a few times the game hung for 5-10 seconds when the internet dropped out while playing. But I was able to continue playing offline.

I wish you would have problems with your local scores. I'm tired of chasing your high scores on every single table!

[Imagamejunky]

For the record, I was having issues with my internet dropping out periodically for about a week and I never had any problems with settings or local scores on PBFX2 that I was aware of. I think a few times the game hung for 5-10 seconds when the internet dropped out while playing. But I was able to continue playing offline.

As for starting the game when offline, it may be best to use Steam's offline mode. But make sure you exit cleanly: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2637550

Thanks Roo. I am exiting cleanly each time.

[Imagamejunky]

Have you tried enabling Offline mode and disabling Cloud saves?

90% of the time when I load up pinball fx2 it is in offline mode by default because I don't usually connect my pinball cab to the Internet. And both checkboxes under the cloud tab are unchecked in steam settings.

How are we supposed to play and save our settings and scores while offline? What am I missing here?

[Roo5676]

Have you tried enabling Offline mode and disabling Cloud saves?

For the record, I was having issues with my internet dropping out periodically for about a week and I never had any problems with settings or local scores on PBFX2 that I was aware of. I think a few times the game hung for 5-10 seconds when the internet dropped out while playing. But I was able to continue playing offline.

As for starting the game when offline, it may be best to use Steam's offline mode. But make sure you exit cleanly: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2637550

[Solitude]

I appreciate you trying to help. But unfortunately this doesn't help.

In the folder you listed I found

Profile.dat which shows a modification date of today 6/19.
And
A savegames folder which holds individual folders for only 4 tables (not all of them). But even these 4 tables don't have my local high scores saved when I open fx2.

My settings are still not saving without an internet connection. Why is this? I shouldn't have to select 270 orientation for example every time I play. Please address this.
Thanks

Have you tried enabling Offline mode and disabling Cloud saves?

[Imagamejunky]

I checked with the team, c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<userid>\226980\remote\ contains the actual profile data

Let me know if you still have issues!

I appreciate you trying to help. But unfortunately this doesn't help.

In the folder you listed I found

Profile.dat which shows a modification date of today 6/19.
And
A savegames folder which holds individual folders for only 4 tables (not all of them). But even these 4 tables don't have my local high scores saved when I open fx2.

My settings are still not saving without an internet connection. Why is this? I shouldn't have to select 270 orientation for example every time I play. Please address this.
Thanks

[BarbieBobomb]

Ok Barbie (and everyone else),

I did a little more "beta testing". This is what I found.

If I boot up my PC and connect to the internet and then load up fx2 then the last used preferences are loaded up accurately (such as the 270 screen orientation).

If I boot up my PC and then try to play fx2 with NO INTERNET connection then I am greeted with a pop-up screen that reads "We hope you are enjoying Pinball FX2 on Steam, thank you for your support......." and the horrible part is that ALL of my preferences are missing. All of the defaults are selected (such as 0 degree orientation). This is exactly how it happened this morning when I booted up and found that all of my local high scores had been erased.

This is ridiculous. I will not connect to the internet every time I want to play pinball. I should be able to play without an internet connection at all. Furthermore, regardless of internet connection, my local high scores MUST be saved!! Please tell me and everyone else for that matter that the local high scores are truly LOCAL, and not stored on the steam servers. If an internet connection is going to be required in order to save preferences or high scores then I will kindly request a full refund of the $62 I spent on all of these tables.

What is really strange is that I have played before with no internet connection and my local high scores were there. So something has drastically changed.

Thanks
Nick

I checked with the team, c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<userid>\226980\remote\ contains the actual profile data

Let me know if you still have issues!

[allmodcons]

That's what happens when you add Steam into the equation. It's an unnecessary necessary evil.

[Imagamejunky]

The plot thickens... And I'm not happy

Ok Barbie (and everyone else),

I did a little more "beta testing". This is what I found.

If I boot up my PC and connect to the internet and then load up fx2 then the last used preferences are loaded up accurately (such as the 270 screen orientation).

If I boot up my PC and then try to play fx2 with NO INTERNET connection then I am greeted with a pop-up screen that reads "We hope you are enjoying Pinball FX2 on Steam, thank you for your support......." and the horrible part is that ALL of my preferences are missing. All of the defaults are selected (such as 0 degree orientation). This is exactly how it happened this morning when I booted up and found that all of my local high scores had been erased.

This is ridiculous. I will not connect to the internet every time I want to play pinball. I should be able to play without an internet connection at all. Furthermore, regardless of internet connection, my local high scores MUST be saved!! Please tell me and everyone else for that matter that the local high scores are truly LOCAL, and not stored on the steam servers. If an internet connection is going to be required in order to save preferences or high scores then I will kindly request a full refund of the $62 I spent on all of these tables.

What is really strange is that I have played before with no internet connection and my local high scores were there. So something has drastically changed.

Thanks
Nick

[Imagamejunky]

One more problem that I have experienced a few times now.
Sometimes fx2 will load up and play but it will remain in OFFLINE mode even though I am connected to the Internet and can access the steam store