Pinball FX 2 - bugs/issues and recommendations

[allmodcons]

Feature request:

Bouncier rubbers and flippers to make gameplay closer to real pinball. I don't care if I cannot post scores with this setting. If this could be added to a pro-mode which also increases the flipper gap this would be most welcomed, and would make me quad re-buy the tables for my XP steam setup.

[deep]

Feature request:

Bouncier rubbers and flippers to make gameplay closer to real pinball. I don't care if I cannot post scores with this setting. If this could be added to a pro-mode which also increases the flipper gap this would be most welcomed, and would make me quad re-buy the tables for my XP steam setup.

I am always trying to use as many bouncier rubbers as possible on my tables. I love them, it makes the table more like a real one. Try the Star Wars: Episode V for example

[allmodcons]

I am always trying to use as many bouncier rubbers as possible on my tables. I love them, it makes the table more like a real one. Try the Star Wars: Episode V for example

That is interesting to know that the table designers have the choice for these settings rather than it being a Zen policy, and it does explain why some tables feel better (in my opinion) than others. I play your Star Wars table often in my cabinet as it is one of the better ones and I really like the uncluttered layout.

Cheers

[tizerist]

It turns out you can reset the Epic Quest table by clearing all audits in th operators menu. So that, fixes my only complaint about it really. (About it levelling up)

[Imagamejunky]

VERY upset right now

Ok moderators, please give me some good news here. I love pinball fx2. My family and I have been playing a lot this past month on my cabinet. I have purchased ALL of the tables. We have logged a large amount of local high scores on all of the tables.

Today when I opened up fx2 the playfield monitor was in the default 0 degree orientation so I knew something was wrong. I went into the settings and found that all of the defaults were selected. I changed everything back to my personal preferences including 270 on the orientation. Then I realized that ALL of the local high scores are gone. ALL OF THEM!

This is completely unacceptable. Please tell me where these local high scores are stored so that I can find them. There must be a file somewhere that can be accessed.

This exact thing happened soon after the fx2 update which enabled the screen rotation, but I didn't think much of it because I hadn't logged a bunch of local high scores at that time.

I'm running a high end rig in my cab with windows 8 and all quality gear.

Earlier this morning I rolled back my nvidia drivers to a previous version in an attempt to remove ball stutter on future pinball but that should have nothing to do with pinball fx2 and the stored preferences or stored high scores, RIGHT??

Please help out.
Nick

[BarbieBobomb]

Ok moderators, please give me some good news here. I love pinball fx2. My family and I have been playing a lot this past month on my cabinet. I have purchased ALL of the tables. We have logged a large amount of local high scores on all of the tables.

Today when I opened up fx2 the playfield monitor was in the default 0 degree orientation so I knew something was wrong. I went into the settings and found that all of the defaults were selected. I changed everything back to my personal preferences including 270 on the orientation. Then I realized that ALL of the local high scores are gone. ALL OF THEM!

This is completely unacceptable. Please tell me where these local high scores are stored so that I can find them. There must be a file somewhere that can be accessed.

This exact thing happened soon after the fx2 update which enabled the screen rotation, but I didn't think much of it because I hadn't logged a bunch of local high scores at that time.

I'm running a high end rig in my cab with windows 8 and all quality gear.

Earlier this morning I rolled back my nvidia drivers to a previous version in an attempt to remove ball stutter on future pinball but that should have nothing to do with pinball fx2 and the stored preferences or stored high scores, RIGHT??

Please help out.
Nick

Oh NOOOOO! I will check into it--so sorry to hear this

[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

[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

[allmodcons]

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

[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!

[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

[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?

[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

[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?

[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.