VPX crash report

Technical code : VPX_CRASH_LOG

What it means

A Visual Pinball X crash report is in this folder. It describes the context of the crash, not its cause.

Why it happens

VPX writes "crash.txt" in its working directory; loading or playing a table sets that working directory to the table's folder. The scan looks in the tables folder, beside each detected VPX executable and in each table's folder. It reads the date, the VPX revision, the exception and the first entry of the Call stack. The Call stack gives context, it does not establish the cause of the crash; a third-party module that appears in it is not named as the cause. A report whose readable date is more than 30 days old is classed as Info, the others as Note.

How to fix it

If VPX still crashes, note the table, the module shown and the date from the report, and give them when asking for help (forum, table author or module author).

How Pincab Toolbox detects it

The free scanner checks the following:

A "crash.txt" file in the tables folder, in a table's folder or in the folder of a detected VPX executable starts with the header "Crash report VPX". The scan deleted and changed nothing.

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Covered: Visual Pinball X (10.x) and PinUP Popper. Partly covered, read only: PinballX and PinballY (their settings and game lists). Not covered: Future Pinball, Pinball FX, Visual Pinball 9 and the other frontends.

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