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Certain games show nothing on the DMD screen after PinballX install and configure

otifrank

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otifrank Advanced Member

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Hello all.

I'm not sure what I have done wrong but, it appears that two games that I wish to play are not showing anything on my DMD screen. I used to see stuff there when playing with hyperpin and but now I do not even see it when playing directly in visual pinball for these specific games.

I am unsure of what to do or how how to proceed.

I'm using the latest version of pinballx from the homepage download link. Downloaded just a day or two ago. Visual Pinball 9.1. There are 3 screens in my setup with playfield on monitor1, BG on monitor 2, and DMD on monitor 3. The cabinet is a 2013 VPCabs mini-combo unit. I did try importing the DMD and REAL DMD from the pinballX gamelist manager and believe that all relevant files are similarly named. I have "File matching" turned "off" in the pinballX options.

I'm not currently at the machine so, I have not yet uploaded my .ini and .log file but hope to reply to this message shortly with that information attached.

Oh yeah, I guess it might help to tell you which games I'm having issue with. ScaredStiff and BigBangBar.

Thanks for any guidance anyone might offer.

otifrank Advanced Member

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As promised, here is my .ini and .log

Also, I forgot to mention that the VPCabs logo does show up in the DMD window during gameplay on these two games. FWIW.



[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

FullScreenWindowed=False

[backGlass]

monitor=1

x=1920

y=0

width=1920

height=1080

UseB2S=True

[DMD]

Enabled=True

monitor=2

x=3840

y=0

width=1000

height=450

HidePinMAME=True

UsePinMAME=True

AutoPositionPinMAME=True

[FileSystem]

EnableFileMatching=False

[interface]

DesktopModeEnabled=False

EnableAdditionalDetail=True

ShowSystem=True

ShowRatings=True

[Audio]

StreamVolume=90

SampleVolume=90

PlaySoundInVideos=True

[startup]

playsound=True

playvideo=False

StartWithWindows=No

[KeyCodes]

quit=67

left=37

right=39

select=13

rotate=82

pageleft=33

pageright=34

exitemulator=27

ingame=80

screenshot=83

screenshotbackglass=66

instructions=73

volumedown=109

volumeup=107

[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

Featuring=Featuring

Tables=Tables

PlayGame=Play Game

Instructions=Instructions

Information=Information

Flyer=Flyer

Gameplay=Gameplay

Tutorial=Tutorial

ExitGame=Exit Game

ReturnToGame=Return to Game

Return=Return

Exit=Exit

Shutdown=Shutdown

[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=VPinball.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=15

MuteAudio=False

[system_1]

Name=MAME

Enabled=False

WorkingPath=C:\- EMULATORS -\- MAME -

TablePath=C:\

Executable=mamep64.exe

Parameters=[TABLEFILE]

SystemType=0

[AutoExit]

Enabled=False

Minutes=10

[Login]

Enabled=True

[PinballFX2]

Enabled=False

WorkingPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam

Executable=steam.exe

Parameters=-applaunch 226980

Process=Pinball FX2.exe

WaitFor=20

[internal]

lastwheelcachematchsize=-1123

lastselected=ScaredStiffScaredStiffVisualPinball

filter_year=

filter_company=

filter_custom=

filtername=Tables

[setupWizard]

EmuPath1=C:\Emulators

AssetPath1=C:\Assets

RomPath1=C:\Roms

DefaultPathPrompt=True

DownloadDatabasePrompt=True

DownloadEmulatorPrompt=True

WizardMode=1

CustomArray=

SearchArray=

SavePosition=False

SectionIndex=4

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=1070,155

[GameListManager]

onlinemode=true

[Plugin_1]

Enabled=False

Name=PlugInLED.dll

[Plugin_2]

Enabled=False

Name=PlugInSpeech.dll

[Plugin_3]

Enabled=False

Name=QuickLaunch (PinballX Edition).dll

[Plugin_4]

Enabled=False

Name=Xpadder Plugin.dll



19:23:53.2 10/27/2015: PinballX - Version 2.05

19:23:53.2 10/27/2015: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit (7.9GB)

19:23:53.2 10/27/2015: Loading Settings

19:23:53.2 10/27/2015: Initialize Component

19:23:53.3 10/27/2015: Initialize Display

19:23:54.4 10/27/2015: Loading PlugIns

19:23:54.8 10/27/2015: Created DirectX BackGlass Window

19:23:54.8 10/27/2015: Created DirectX DMD Window

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: Hiding Cursor

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: Hiding Taskbar

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: CPU: Intel® Pentium® CPU G3258 @ 3.20GHz

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: Displays: 3

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: Load Game List

19:23:54.9 10/27/2015: Loading Database: Visual Pinball

19:23:55.0 10/27/2015: Finding and matching artwork and videos

19:23:55.2 10/27/2015: Loading Game Statistics and Scores

19:23:55.9 10/27/2015: Main display running full screen windowed.

19:23:55.9 10/27/2015: Loading Surfaces

19:23:56.1 10/27/2015: Finished Loading Surfaces

19:23:56.1 10/27/2015: Initialize Audio

19:23:56.1 10/27/2015: Set Keyboard Controls

19:23:56.1 10/27/2015: Initialize Joystick

19:23:56.1 10/27/2015: 1 Joystick Attached

19:23:56.1 10/27/2015: Started

19:24:09.1 10/27/2015: Launch System

19:24:09.1 10/27/2015: Waiting for threads

19:24:09.5 10/27/2015: Disposing display

19:24:11.0 10/27/2015: C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\VPinball.exe /play -"C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables\BigBangBar.vpt"

19:24:11.0 10/27/2015: C:\PinballX\vpauto.exe

19:24:17.5 10/27/2015: Found PinMAME ROM: bbb109.nv

19:24:17.5 10/27/2015: Hiding PinMAME Window

19:24:17.5 10/27/2015: Setting DMD position

19:24:18.0 10/27/2015: Hidden Visual Pinball Editor Window

19:26:16.9 10/27/2015: Exit System Control Pressed - Timer

19:26:18.2 10/27/2015: Created DirectX BackGlass Window

19:26:18.2 10/27/2015: Created DirectX DMD Window

19:26:18.2 10/27/2015: Main display running full screen windowed.

19:26:29.3 10/27/2015: Exit System Control Pressed

19:26:32.5 10/27/2015: Created DirectX BackGlass Window

19:26:32.5 10/27/2015: Created DirectX DMD Window

19:26:32.5 10/27/2015: Main display running full screen windowed.

19:26:54.6 10/27/2015: Launch System

19:26:54.6 10/27/2015: Waiting for threads

19:26:55.0 10/27/2015: Disposing display

19:26:56.4 10/27/2015: C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\VPinball.exe /play -"C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Pinball\Tables\ScaredStiff.vpt"

19:26:56.4 10/27/2015: C:\PinballX\vpauto.exe

19:27:01.6 10/27/2015: Found PinMAME ROM: ss_15.nv

19:27:01.6 10/27/2015: Hiding PinMAME Window

19:27:01.6 10/27/2015: Setting DMD position

19:27:01.7 10/27/2015: Hidden Visual Pinball Editor Window

19:29:17.4 10/27/2015: Exit System Control Pressed - Timer

19:29:18.7 10/27/2015: Created DirectX BackGlass Window

19:29:18.7 10/27/2015: Created DirectX DMD Window

19:29:18.7 10/27/2015: Main display running full screen windowed.

19:29:25.6 10/27/2015: Exit System Control Pressed

19:29:28.1 10/27/2015: Created DirectX BackGlass Window

19:29:28.1 10/27/2015: Created DirectX DMD Window

19:29:28.1 10/27/2015: Main display running full screen windowed.

19:29:33.9 10/27/2015: Exiting

19:29:33.9 10/27/2015: Showing Taskbar

19:29:34.0 10/27/2015: Unhiding Mouse Cursor

19:29:34.0 10/27/2015: Disposing Plugins

19:29:34.0 10/27/2015: Saving Settings

19:29:34.0 10/27/2015: Bye

Thanks in advance

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After a good bit of tinkering, it seems that I have come to resolution of my issue.

For reasons that I do not completely understand, it appears as though the installation of PinballX did something to my system such that it relocated the content of the DMD window to a location on the screen that was not viewable in my setup. This only appears to have happened to these two games initially. The solution that I ultimately arrived at was to change the resolution of my DMD monitor from the default of 1024 x 768 to a resolution of 1280 x 1024. After the resolution change, I could see a tiny portion of the DMD content in the lower right corner of the screen. I spent the next bit of time adjusting the X,Y, Width, and Height settings in PinballX to get the content of the DMD mostly properly viewable within the window. It's not a perfect fit but, it is at least viewable which is a wholesale change from where I was before.

The really odd thing about all of this is that, before I changed the resolution for the DMD monitor, all of the games were displaying their DMD content properly with the exception of Scarred Stiff and Big Bang Bar. After the resolution change, I was able to observe that all of my games DMD content had shifted away from where it was previously displayed.Additional oddity was that, in Visual Pinball I would observe the same behavior with all games except these two, working properly. I was under the impression that the PinballX setup would not alter my Visual Pinball settings. Maybe that was a bad impression?

I'm not really satisfied that this issue is not completely understood by me. I'd really like to have a clear understanding of exactly what happened as well as the solution but, I guess I'll just have to settle for the solution to my particular situation at this point.

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