
The "generic" media types have their type folders directly under Of compatibility such is the cost of easy migration. PinballX and HyperPin did it, but I carried it over for the sake Have made this distinction if it weren't already the way that Media types are "generic", meaning that they're not differentiatedīy system, and others are system-specific.
Things get a little hairy(ier) here, because some Media type folders: Each "media type" has its own System individually using the options dialog.įor example, Visual Pinball 9's system folder might be The same name as the system, but you can set it for each Program, like Visual Pinball 9 or Future Pinball) has its own Per-system media folders: Each "system" (that is, pinball player
If PinballX is installed on your system, the main media. The main Media folder, which you can configure via your settingsĬan choose a specific folder location in the settings if you wish, but Main media folder: All media files are stored within To the games title, manufacturer, and year. Within those folders, each game has a media file named according The basic hierarchical path for a media file looks like this: Theįolder structure is hierarchical - folders within folders -Īnd each level of the folder path comes from a different You already have installed from one of those programs. PinballX use, to make it easier to use existing files that PinballY uses the same media folder structure that HyperPin and It, is finding the wrong copy, or whatever else seems to be wrong. Will let you figure out what PinballY is thinking when looking forĪ particular file, so that you can figure out why PinballY can't find So, for the sake of troubleshooting, this section gives you theĭetails on where PinballY stores its various files. It backfires when something goes wrong, because it's hard to troubleshoot But "invisible" is only good when things are working. Tries to make all of its internal storage details as invisible as Ideally, you shouldn't have to knowĪnything about these files or where they're stored, because PinballY
PinballY stores a bunch of files to keep track of your list of