Pinball wicked working in my cabinet

[Snaptick]

Can I edit the PinballWickedLauncher.ini  or LaunchPinballWicked.ahk to skip the player/mode select menu altogether? I really only want to launch into single player Action mode.

I added this before the SkipNagScreen snippet in the LaunchPinballWicked.ahk to see if I could circumvent the menu with an auto select, but it didn't work so I reverted to my backup. Changed WaitForMenu to 3000.

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;Added by SNAP

;enter key AUTO Single Player Action
SkipModeSelect() {
    global KeyDelay
    Sleep, %KeyDelay%
    Send {Enter down}
    Sleep, %KeyDelay%
    Send {Enter up}
    Sleep, %KeyDelay%
    Sleep, 7000
    Return
}

;end of SNAP addition

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It's not a game ruiner, still loads just fine but I have to be quick on the enter key after selecting the table or I may miss the 12-sec timer I have the autokey set to. We tend to play single player games at home and let our high scores compete for themselves.

[DakotaPinball]

Congratulations on this great website, it's helping me a lot, although I'm desperate with Pinball Wicked.
I'm following all the steps, but I must be doing something wrong because the DMD isn't showing up on the back.
Another problem I'm having is that screen 1 where I have the table appears to be loading, but it will rotate -90 degrees while it says loading. Once the table appears, it's correct, so my three problems are:
Scoreboard screen: How do I put the DMD on my second monitor? This second monitor has a resolution of 1024 x 768.

Can I make monitor 1 (tables) not rotate 90 degrees while it says loading (Wicked Pinball)?
Once it loads, it doesn't pay attention to the players. It always shows 1 even if I put 2 or 3. What's more, it loads the table but doesn't start. I have to press enter 3 times for it to start.

And this is the most important one. I don't know why. When I return to the pinball X menu, Pinball Wicked stays open.
I'm leaving some screenshots and an ini file.
Thanks for your patience. I know this may be silly for some of you, but I'm just starting out, and this is the first pinball game I've been having trouble with. I have Visual Pinball, Future Pinball, and Pinball FX2-3.

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[Draco1962]

Have you seen this thread?

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

  On 4/4/2025 at 12:13 AM, DakotaPinball said:

How do I put the DMD on my second monitor? This second monitor has a resolution of 1024 x 768.

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Be aware that pinball wicked isn't made for multi monitor setup, but @joyrider3774did a good job to make it workable.

First: do you see a dmd on your playfield? Make sure it is on the playgoeld.

Second, within the batchfile "pinball wicked launch before.bat' the last lines is dmdext.exe. this is freezy's dmdext.exe. you can download from github.  Make sure the coordinates of the dmd in game are correct with "--source=screen --position=93 46 328 83". This could be differrent if monitor resolutions are differrent. Also check the destination coordinates :  "--virtual-position=1084 530 656 166".

What I should do is to run the command just in Windows and check if it won't errors. You can also see if the dmd is mirroring on the 2nd monitor

  On 4/4/2025 at 12:13 AM, DakotaPinball said:

And this is the most important one. I don't know why. When I return to the pinball X menu, Pinball Wicked stays open.

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Try to set the "process to monitor" to 'PinballWicked-Win32-Shipping.exe' this is the exe from steam, and I use that.

  On 4/4/2025 at 12:13 AM, DakotaPinball said:

Can I make monitor 1 (tables) not rotate 90 degrees while it says loading (Wicked Pinball)?

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Not sure. Didn't check for a while. If the program needs to rotate 90 or 270 degrees, you can also use a 90 or 270 loading image and use @scuttersde-randomizer plugin :https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/23127-plugin-pinballx-loading-video-image-changer-de-randomiser-v2/

I hope it helps

[DakotaPinball]

@Mike_da_Spike I'll try to answer in order.

First: Do you see a DMD in your playfield? Make sure it's in the playfield.
If it appears on screen 1 where the table is (I've attached a screenshot).

Second:
Yes, I have these files and they're exactly the same (I've attached them in case they help).

3. What I should do is run the command only in Windows and check if it generates no errors. You can also check if the DMD is reflected on the second monitor.
If I run it, everything is correct, no errors appear, but the DMD is not reflected on monitor 2.

I've also attached a screenshot of my settings in PinballX.

pinball wicked launch after.batFetching info... pinball wicked launch before.batFetching info... PinballWickedLauncher.exeFetching info... PinballWickedLauncher.iniFetching info...

[DakotaPinball]

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[Mike_da_Spike]

  On 4/4/2025 at 5:16 PM, DakotaPinball said:

If I run it, everything is correct, no errors appear, but the DMD is not reflected on monitor 2.

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If you run the following command in a command box, and no errors are shown, the virtual position is likely incorrect.

start "" /min dmdext.exe mirror --source=screen --position=93 46 328 83 --destination=virtual --virtual-stay-on-top --virtual-hide-grip  --virtual-position=1084 530 656 166

is Pinball Wicked closed after you changed the 'process to monitor' ?

[DakotaPinball]

I put this text in CMD and it runs without error, the logo appears for a second in the taskbar (DMDEXT) and disappears but without errors
but the marker does not appear on the second screen and if I do the same with pinballX running and entering Pinball Wicked it does not close or anything

[Mike_da_Spike]

Remove all text before dmdext.exe in your command prompt. The part befor dmdext. Exe means, launch a new command box and close when finished.

[DakotaPinball]

@Mike_da_Spike

This is what appears to me but honestly I don't know what all this means or even if I have something configured wrong.

 

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[Mike_da_Spike]

  On 4/5/2025 at 8:04 PM, DakotaPinball said:

@Mike_da_Spike

This is what appears to me but honestly I don't know what all this means or even if I have something configured wrong.

 

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It means that there is something wrong 
It looks like that the option --virtual-hide-grip is not a valide parameter
if you remove this, it would do something 
So this will be your command :

dmdext.exe mirror --source=screen --position=93 46 328 83 --destination=virtual --virtual-stay-on-top --virtual-position=1084 530 656 166

For me it would show this :

with CTRL+C in the command box, you will stop dmdext.

if this command is working and show something, You should change it 

[DakotaPinball]

  On 4/6/2025 at 5:32 AM, Mike_da_Spike said:

It means that there is something wrong 
It looks like that the option --virtual-hide-grip is not a valide parameter
if you remove this, it would do something 
So this will be your command :

dmdext.exe mirror --source=screen --position=93 46 328 83 --destination=virtual --virtual-stay-on-top --virtual-position=1084 530 656 166

For me it would show this :

with CTRL+C in the command box, you will stop dmdext.

if this command is working and show something, You should change it 

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First of all, sorry for not answering sooner, but due to work issues, I've been unable to check anything or reply.

Thanks to your help, the scoreboard mirror now appears. The only thing is that now, as you can see in the attached image, the scoreboard mirror appears gigantic. I've tried making it smaller by touching the numbers, but everything has gotten worse. I have no idea how to make everything look good. My scoreboard resolution (screen 2) is 1024x768 (4:3), in case it helps, since this monitor I have doesn't support a higher resolution.

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

It's do e by the parameter: 

--virtual-position=1084 530 656 166

The first number is the starting x-position, the second is the starting y-position, the third is the width, and the fourth number is the height.

Play with those numbers to adjust them to your preference.

Edit : I read it incorrectly.  Your destination is fine, but your source isnt:

position=93 46 328 83

This means the mirror part, so adjust those to your screen's input. (It is best to take a screenshot of your playfield and use a tool like Paint.NET to get the coordinates.)

[DakotaPinball]

  On 4/17/2025 at 5:39 PM, Mike_da_Spike said:

It's do e by the parameter: 

--virtual-position=1084 530 656 166

The first number is the starting x-position, the second is the starting y-position, the third is the width, and the fourth number is the height.

Play with those numbers to adjust them to your preference.

Edit : I read it incorrectly.  Your destination is fine, but your source isnt:

position=93 46 328 83

This means the mirror part, so adjust those to your screen's input. (It is best to take a screenshot of your playfield and use a tool like Paint.NET to get the coordinates.)

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If the coordinates I think they are good, it is centered what if you look it looks giant inside let's say that the mirror does not do it well or I don't know how to make it appear smaller in that space

[Outhere]

  On 4/17/2025 at 5:58 PM, DakotaPinball said:

If the coordinates I think they are good, it is centered what if you look it looks giant inside let's say that the mirror does not do it well or I don't know how to make it appear smaller in that space

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Adjust your Source numbers bigger that way it will capture more of the DMD.
Then the output will look correct

[DakotaPinball]

  On 4/17/2025 at 6:34 PM, Outhere said:

Adjust your Source numbers bigger that way it will capture more of the DMD.
Then the output will look correct

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Thanks to @Mike_da_Spike and @Outhere, if it weren't for your help, I would have thrown in the towel because I didn't know what else to do.
You are great people!!!!

Now I'm still having problems with Launch. It launches the table, but it doesn't fit directly, not one player, not two, or anything, no matter what selection I make.
The screen always stays with OK (screenshot attached). I think my launch is correct. Well, I must have something wrong because if it were correct, it would fit directly
with one or two players.

pinball wicked launch after.batFetching info... pinball wicked launch before.batFetching info... PinballWickedLauncher.exeFetching info... PinballWickedLauncher.iniFetching info...

[Mike_da_Spike]

in your PinbakkWickedlauncher.ini your path is set to 
 

PATH=P:\Sistemas_Pinball\Pinball.Wicked.Build.6974541\PinballWicked\Binaries\Win32\PinballWicked-Win32-Shipping.exe

but the original file has :
 

PATH=LaunchPinballWicked.exe

This AHK executable performs a remarkable task. It retrieves your Steam directory from the registry, launches it, and executes the necessary key presses to automatically navigate to the correct settings.

[DakotaPinball]

  On 4/18/2025 at 3:55 AM, Mike_da_Spike said:

in your PinbakkWickedlauncher.ini your path is set to 
 

PATH=P:\Sistemas_Pinball\Pinball.Wicked.Build.6974541\PinballWicked\Binaries\Win32\PinballWicked-Win32-Shipping.exe

but the original file has :
 

PATH=LaunchPinballWicked.exe

This AHK executable performs a remarkable task. It retrieves your Steam directory from the registry, launches it, and executes the necessary key presses to automatically navigate to the correct settings.

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I already got it to load directly but always one player and one game mode, let's say that the ahk goes crazy (which will be because I have it wrong but here I was already lost with the launch with this I don't understand anything. I attach a video that will be better than my explanation, I selected 2 players but when it starts it is only 1 whatever the mode is

link capture video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nhV4JWMrUARdsklbXG6LewVxQskfgDwC/view?usp=sharing

 

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[Mike_da_Spike]

I checked your video and is indeed something in the ahk.im  Not at a computer now.

Try the ahk from the first post again. Maybe that willfix it. 

[DakotaPinball]

Solved!!! I downloaded the ahk LaunchPinballWickedNewBetaMenu.zip from page 3 and just replaced it, and it finally worked.
This wonderful community helps me so much, even though I have almost no knowledge of this. Thanks to your help, I can slowly get the systems up and running.
You are a unique community.

[Mike_da_Spike]

Nice one ! glad all sorted out