Disable DMD for some tables still showing

[shifters67]

HI all,

I play some tables with directB2S backglass so dont need the DMD displaying in the third monitor (as its already displaying scores etc on the backglass. I have tried setting .hidden = 1 in table and that works fine when playing table directly in VP. When launching the table from pinballX however i still get the DMD popping up.

I have tried clicking on backglass and hidding the DMD, exit restart the DMD and stil the same.

It happens on more than one table - any one any ideas?

regards

Shifters

[shifters67]

HI all,

getting views but no comments!

I have a 3 screen table and so want to disable the DMD some times as its on the directB2S backglass already.

I have set .hidden = 1in script which works fine in VP direct but not when launched from pinballX (with same VP exe as direct!),

I am using 1.91 - any ideas?

Example tables are Genesis, Back to the Future etc

regards

Shifters

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[shifters67]

Hi Draco,

I actually did read that before posting but wasn't sure as this was not a crash!

It happens with all tables on a three monitor cab that do not need a dmd as the information of the DMD is already displayed on the directB2S backglass.

I set the .Hidden = 1 in the script and recompile and that works fine when run from VP itself, its only when launching from PBX that i get the issue.

Example included here was from BTTF

[Display]
Monitor=0
rotate=270
Windowed=False
WindowWidth=480
WindowHeight=720
WindowX=0
WindowY=65
PlayFieldBrightness=230
WheelTextColor=ffffffff
WheelTextOutlineColor=ff000000
InfoTextColor=ffffffff
InfoTextOutlineColor=ff000000
FilterTextColor=ffffffff
FilterTextOutlineColor=ff000000
MenuColor=ffffa500
[backGlass]
monitor=1
x=0
y=0
width=1280
height=1024
[DMD]
Enabled=True
monitor=2
x=0
y=180
width=1366
height=400
AutoPositionPinMAME=True
[FileSystem]
EnableFileMatching=True
[interface]
DesktopModeEnabled=False
EnableAdditionalDetail=True
ShowSystem=True
ShowRatings=True
WheelOverlay=2
EnableDefaultFilters=False
[Audio]
StreamVolume=90
SampleVolume=90
PlaySoundInVideos=True
[startup]
playsound=True
playvideo=True
StartWithWindows=Yes
[KeyCodes]
quit=50
left=86
right=67
select=71
rotate=82
pageleft=33
pageright=34
exitemulator=50
ingame=80
screenshot=83
screenshotbackglass=66
instructions=88
volumedown=49
volumeup=90
[JoyCodes]
quit=10
left=0
right=1
select=2
rotate=3
pageleft=4
pageright=5
exitemulator=6
ingame=13
instructions=14
[Text]
Line1=Free Play
Line2=Press Start
[FuturePinball]
Enabled=False
WorkingPath=h:\-PINBALL-\-FUTURE PINBALL-
TablePath=h:\-PINBALL-\-FUTURE PINBALL-\Tables
Executable=Future Pinball.exe
Parameters=/open "[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]" /play /exit /arcaderender
LaunchBeforeEnabled=false
LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=
LaunchBeforeExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchBeforeHideWindow=False
LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=True
LaunchAfterEnabled=False
LaunchAfterWorkingPath=
LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchAfterHideWindow=False
LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True
MouseClickFocus=True
[VisualPinball]
Enabled=True
WorkingPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball
TablePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables
Executable=VPinball990.exe
Parameters=/play -"[TABLEPATH]\[TABLEFILE]"
LaunchBeforeEnabled=false
LaunchBeforeWorkingPath=
LaunchBeforeExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchBeforeHideWindow=False
LaunchBeforeWaitForExit=True
LaunchAfterEnabled=False
LaunchAfterWorkingPath=
LaunchAfterExecutable=notepad.exe
LaunchAfterHideWindow=False
LaunchAfterWaitForExit=True
[ExitScreen]
Enabled=True
EnableExit=True
EnableShutdown=True
ConfirmExitGameTimer=True
[startupProgram]
Enabled=false
WorkingPath=
Executable=notepad.exe
Paramaters=
HideWindow=true
WaitForExit=false
[ExitProgram]
Enabled=false
WorkingPath=
Executable=notepad.exe
Paramaters=
HideWindow=False
WaitForExit=
[AttractMode]
Enabled=True
Timer=1
ShowFor=30
MuteAudio=False
[system_1]
Name=Pinball FX2
Enabled=False
WorkingPath=C:\Steam
TablePath=C:\Steam\Tables
Executable=PinballFX.exe
Parameters=
SystemType=0
[system_2]
Name=MAME
Enabled=False
WorkingPath=C:\- EMULATORS -\- MAME -
TablePath=C:\
Executable=mamep64.exe
Parameters=[TABLEFILE]
SystemType=0
[AutoExit]
Enabled=True
Minutes=10
[Login]
Enabled=False
[internal]
lastselected=Back to the Future (Data East 1990)Back to the Future (Data East 1990)VisualPinball
filter_year=
filter_company=
filter_custom=
filtername=Tables
lastwheelcachematchsize=625300
[setupWizard]
EmuPath1=C:\Emulators
AssetPath1=C:\Assets
RomPath1=C:\Roms
DefaultPathPrompt=True
DownloadDatabasePrompt=True
DownloadEmulatorPrompt=True
WizardMode=1
CustomArray=
SearchArray=
SavePosition=False
SectionIndex=12
SearchText=
EmulatorIndex=0
EmulatorGroupIndex=0
DaphneIndex=0
HTMLAppsIndex=0
ExternalAppsIndex=0
RadioStationsIndex=0
NewsFeedsIndex=0
MappedDrivesIndex=0
SystemIndex=0
ShowPanel=True
FontSize=1
WindowState=0
WindowSize=650,478
WindowLocation=981,121
[GameListManager]
onlinemode=false

19:23:40.1 22/11/2014: PinballX - Version 1.91
19:23:40.2 22/11/2014: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit (7.9GB)
19:23:40.2 22/11/2014: Loading Settings
19:23:40.2 22/11/2014: Initialize Component
19:23:40.4 22/11/2014: Initialize Display
19:23:40.5 22/11/2014: Start with windows is set so waiting 5 seconds. Boot Time = 22/11/2014 19:23:31
19:23:49.3 22/11/2014: Loading PlugIns
19:23:49.6 22/11/2014: Created DirectX BackGlass Window
19:23:49.7 22/11/2014: Created DirectX DMD Window
19:23:49.9 22/11/2014: Hiding Cursor
19:23:49.9 22/11/2014: Hiding Taskbar
19:23:49.9 22/11/2014: CPU: Intel® Core i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
19:23:49.9 22/11/2014: GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
19:23:49.9 22/11/2014: GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
19:23:49.9 22/11/2014: Displays: 3
19:23:50.0 22/11/2014: Load Game List
19:23:50.0 22/11/2014: Loading Database: Visual Pinball
19:23:50.1 22/11/2014: Loading Custom Database: Night Mods
19:23:50.1 22/11/2014: Loading Custom Database: Specials
19:23:50.1 22/11/2014: Loading Custom Database: VPFx Tables
19:23:50.1 22/11/2014: Loading Custom Database: Work In Progress
19:23:50.1 22/11/2014: Finding and matching artwork and videos
19:23:50.4 22/11/2014: Also Creating and Caching Wheels for Overlays
19:23:50.5 22/11/2014: Loading Game Statistics and Scores
19:23:50.8 22/11/2014: Loading Surfaces
19:23:50.9 22/11/2014: Finished Loading Surfaces
19:23:50.9 22/11/2014: Initialize Audio
19:23:50.9 22/11/2014: Set Keyboard Controls
19:23:50.9 22/11/2014: Initialize Joystick
19:23:51.0 22/11/2014: 1 Joystick Attached
19:23:51.0 22/11/2014: Started
19:24:41.5 22/11/2014: Launch System
19:24:41.5 22/11/2014: Waiting for threads
19:24:41.5 22/11/2014: Disposing display
19:24:42.8 22/11/2014: C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\VPinball990.exe /play -"C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables\Back to the Future (Data East 1990).vpt"
19:24:42.8 22/11/2014: C:\PinballX\vpauto.exe
19:24:47.6 22/11/2014: Hidden Visual Pinball Editor Window
19:24:48.8 22/11/2014: Found PinMAME ROM: bttf_a27.nv
19:24:48.8 22/11/2014: Setting DMD position
19:24:56.6 22/11/2014: Exit System Control Pressed - Timer
19:24:57.8 22/11/2014: Created DirectX BackGlass Window
19:24:57.8 22/11/2014: Created DirectX DMD Window
19:25:04.1 22/11/2014: Exit System Control Pressed
19:25:09.0 22/11/2014: Created DirectX BackGlass Window
19:25:09.0 22/11/2014: Created DirectX DMD Window
19:25:12.7 22/11/2014: Exiting
19:25:12.8 22/11/2014: Showing Taskbar
19:25:12.8 22/11/2014: Unhiding Mouse Cursor
19:25:12.8 22/11/2014: Disposing Plugins
19:25:12.8 22/11/2014: Saving Settings
19:25:12.8 22/11/2014: Bye

regards

Shifters

[shifters67]

Hi all,

SOLVED!!!

Using the settings.exe, Display Settings -> Position PinMame, change from yes to no.

This will stop forcing pin mame to display the DMD when setting .hidden = 1 in the scripts!

However in order to get DMD in the correct location i set up one manually by dragging the DMD. Then used SetDMD.exe to make it the default and copy for all the other DMDs

Hope this is of some help - this has been bugging me for weeks!

I guess a feature request would be to have 'Position PinMame' as an option per tables and set it when adding a game to the lists rather than an entire install setting.

regards

Shifters