PBX Monitor Assignment Changing

[BamBam963]

I am ready to cry. ;-)

I had posted this problem before and thought it was resolved. 

I am running Windows 10, VPX, VP9X, VPPhysMod5 and Pinball FX2

I have my monitors assigned as follows:

Monitor 1: Play-field (AMD R9 HDMI output) 1920x1080 Landscape

Monitor 2: Backglass (AMD R7 HDMI output) 1366x768 Landscape

Monitor 3: DMD (Shared with Backglass on AMD R7 VGA output) 1080x1920 Portrait  

Monitor placement within Windows is left to right with Monitor 1 on the left, Monitor 2 in the center and Monitor 3 is on the far right.

Vanilla Win 10 drivers with no AMD Catalyst software  is installed.

B2S is configured correctly and Backglass is functioning properly in VPX, VP9X and VPPhysMod5. E.g. Display 2 @ 1366x768. DMD values all set to 0

SetDMD and UltraDMD configured and DMD is properly displayed in VPX, VP9X and VP Physmod5.

Pinball FX2 is set to display the DMD only and Backglass is turned off so that the video Backglass keeps playing within PBX and while playing Pinball FX2.

PBX is set to use B2S Backglass and DMD videos  and the settings have monitor assignments set as above.

PBX is set to play Pinball FX2 video Backglass in the front end and in game.

Everything works fine , however, PBX infrequently changes monitor assignments for VPX, VP9X, VpPhysmod5 and Pinball FX2.

To rectify this, I change a line in B2S Setup to change the XPosition of the Backglass to a value of -1366.  This fixes the problem for VP tables temporarily, but gets buggered up again after a reboot of the PC or restart of PBX.  I then have to reverse the process by changing the X Position of the Backglass to 0 .

Sometimes, going into the PBX setup and switching the monitor assignment between monitor 2 and 3 fixes the issue for the Pinball FX2 Backglass videos.  Sometimes I need to place a -1366 X Position value in the PBX setup program.

It seems the issues are with PBX and B2Ssetup or Windows 10.

I am considering a switch to a 2 screen cabinet, but it seems like a drastic step backwards to have a peace of mind to have this system run consistently.

I am sure it must be something simple.  

 

 

[Draco1962]

I'm ready to cry as well, having to move threads to the correct forums, sometimes repeatedly for the same person. Anyways, can you attach copies of your pinballx.ini and log.txt files for review? That will help me dry my tears. Thanks.

[BamBam963]

Which forum was this supposed to go under?  I thought this was the PBX General forum.  My bad Drako.  Next beer is on me. ;-)

[Draco1962]

I had moved it from the Convert-It Support forum. I'll settle for your pinballx.ini and log.txt files.  

One thing to keep in mind is that Windows Updates to the GPU drivers or automated GPU driver updates can also cause your monitor identity and display orders to go wonky. I have had this happen on several occasions with my pincab and nVidia GPU updates.

If it is Windows updates or driver updates from Radeon or nVidia, there isn't anything that PinballX can address.

[BamBam963]

Here are the files.  I moved the backglass monitor onto the R9 card with my playfield and kept the DMD dedicated to the R7 video card.  That has remedied the B2S issue in PinballX.  Pinball X however, still changes what it thinks Identity 2 and 3 are.  It keeps reversing them.  Each of the VPin.exe are holding steady with the DMD and b2S assignments so it looks to be a Pinball X issue of recognizing the monitor assignments.  I surmize that as the backglass video and dmd for Pinball FX2 are on the wrong screens, but the b2s is correct, but the dmd is not for the VP games.

On a side note, after launching Pinball FX2 from within PBX, I get kicked back to PBX, but Pinball FX2 is still running in the background.  I can Alt Tab back to it, but it seems to initiate a new PBX event.

I am going to kill the automatic updates once everything starts working as it should.  The cabinet will no longer be tethered to the internet, once I figure out how to get Pinball FX2 to work in offline mode.

Any ways enough of that.  here are my two files.

PinballX.ini

pinDMD_log.txt

[Tom Speirs]

Sounds like the "auto position" backglass setting is causing issues for you.

[BamBam963]

I will disable it and try that.  Thanks.