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This page outlines how to set interface pyprocgame to Visual Pinball so you can run your custom software on virtual tables.

=== Install pyprocgame and dependencies ===
* Install the P-ROC software libraries.  Use the libpinproc installer on [http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=63 this page] or [http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/wiki/Windows_build_instructions compile from source].

* Install Python 2.6
* Install the following python 2.6 modules:
** PyWin32
** PyGame
** PIL
** PyYAML
** pypinproc (the self-installing executable resides in <libpinproc>\ext\python\)
* Install [http://github.com/preble/pyprocgame/tree pyprocgame]

* Install Visual Pinball (Available on [http://www.vpforums.org vpforums.org] in the Getting Started menu).
** Download [http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/files/pyprocgame_vp_scripts_v1.zip these VP scripts] and put them in VP's 'Scripts' subdir.  These are slightly modified from the original VP scripts so that VP will work with pyprocgame.
** Download VP's sound samples from [http://www.vpforums.org vpforums.org] (in the Getting Started menu) and put them in VP's 'samples' subdir.
** Find and download/unzip the VP tables you want from [http://www.vpforums.org vpforums.org] (in the Desktop Tables menu).

=== Set up pyprocgame/VP environment ===
* Add the following to your pyprocgame config.yaml file (~\.pyprocgame\config.yaml): ([http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/files/config.yaml Sample here])

<code>
pinproc_class: procgame.fakepinproc.FakePinPROC

log_destination: /P-ROC/pyprocgame/log.text     # Change this to where you want the log to go.

vp_game_map_file: /P-ROC/pyprocgame/vp_game_map.yaml  # Change this to where you create your map file
</code>

* Create a vp_game_map.yaml file and put it where you said it would be in your config.yaml file.  ([http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/files/vp_game_map.yaml Sample here])

=== Run pyprocgame games in VP ===
* Register the pyprocgame/VP interface:
<code> 
python.exe tools\register_vpcom.py 
</code>
* Run VP, open the desired table, click play.

Note - You only need to register the pyprocgame/VP interface once. (unless you are using VP with both pyprocgame and pinmame.  Then you need to re-register the interface after using pinmame.)