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[RESOLVED] DMD Video retains focus over game DMD


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Hi, VPX7. I have a 3 display setup, using PinballX as the frontend. When in the games menu I have DVD videos displaying in the DMD window while browsing tables. This works perfectly.. After selecting the game typically the table dmd would take the place of the DMD video. For some of the tables this works, and for others the dmd video retains focus over the game dmd. Often as the table loads there is a brief second that the game DMD appears and then by table load the DMD Video has focus again. Alt_tab does not bring the DMD to focus. Only thing I can do is maximize it and then resize it and put it in the dmdm window. Reloading the table will not fix the issue. Can't figure out why that's happening for those tables. In VPX the DMD displays correctly. Sometimes if I f1 to bring up the game settings, If I make a change and save, the correct DMD regains focus, but is lost on next table load. Odd

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You are using a version that is pretty old. I think Tom released 200 newer versions. 

Best way is to make a copy of your pinballx folder, and download the xp and 32 bit version and follow the upgrade procedure mentioned in the manual (see download section)

 

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On 8/31/2022 at 9:12 AM, Mike_da_Spike said:

You are using a version that is pretty old. I think Tom released 200 newer versions. 

Best way is to make a copy of your pinballx folder, and download the xp and 32 bit version and follow the upgrade procedure mentioned in the manual (see download section)

 

PinballX.inilog.txt

Updated. Same issue. Just now realized I downloaded the regular version. Should I revert?

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5 hours ago, uxb666 said:

Updated. Same issue. Just now realized I downloaded the regular version. Should I revert?

This is the new .net core versuon, if it works, just use that.

I'm using a real DMD, so not able to test, but as you mentioned that your dmd video is played over the pinmame version, i think you have set pinmame to not put on top (if that is possible, just checked and yes, see below).

As you have the "do not hide DMD" set, pinballx will show your dmd video during gameplay.  If the pinmame won't take presence of ot, you need to check if pinmame can be on top, otherwise for this table uncheck the hide dmd option.

 

EDIT :

this setting in DMDdevice.ini , stayontop, is that set to true ?

; a DMD that renders with nice dots on a computer monitor
[virtualdmd]
enabled = true

; virtual dmd stays on top of all other windows
stayontop = True

and do you use Freezy's DMDdevice.dll or the modified version of Lucky1 ? Maybe that makes a difference as well

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On 9/9/2022 at 7:27 PM, Mike_da_Spike said:

This is the new .net core versuon, if it works, just use that.

I'm using a real DMD, so not able to test, but as you mentioned that your dmd video is played over the pinmame version, i think you have set pinmame to not put on top (if that is possible, just checked and yes, see below).

As you have the "do not hide DMD" set, pinballx will show your dmd video during gameplay.  If the pinmame won't take presence of ot, you need to check if pinmame can be on top, otherwise for this table uncheck the hide dmd option.

 

EDIT :

this setting in DMDdevice.ini , stayontop, is that set to true ?

; a DMD that renders with nice dots on a computer monitor
[virtualdmd]
enabled = true

; virtual dmd stays on top of all other windows
stayontop = True

and do you use Freezy's DMDdevice.dll or the modified version of Lucky1 ? Maybe that makes a difference as well

Thanks for the suggestions. Currently seems to be back to normal. I made changes to that ini file. Was set to false. I also changed the AutoPosition DMD pinballx setting to No. That could have been the issue as well. Not sure which or the combo, but the game DMD is sticking now. 

Thanks again. Now on to the next issues.

 

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Must be your dmddevice.ini that fixed it.

Good to hear.

Don't forget to always post your log.txt and pinballx.ini to an issue post.

 

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