[RESOLVED] Backglass and DMD not showing in attract/select mode

[Almodo]

Hi,

I have a problem with PinballX 6.11:

Neither the backglass nor the DMD show up in the attract/select mode. Now people tell me that in the settings I should put the "use direct2bs in frontend" option to "no", which I did, to no avail. Then I set it to "yes", also to no avail. I set it back to "no", started up PinballX once again - and suddenly the backglasses are there. But this seems to be totally random, one day I start the machine and it works, the other day it doesn't. I have no clue.

Also, the DMD *NEVER* shows in attract mode! I recorded all tables, and also the DMD clip files are there in their folder so how do I make the DMD clips show up in attract mode? I installed vlc player, ffmpeg, codec package is there. Should the mp4 DMD files be associated with vlc?

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.

 

NB: I hope these are the correct files attached!

 

 

 

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Draco1962]

Please attach copies of your pinballx.ini and log.txt files to your thread when reporting an issue.  As you are reporting 2 separate issues, please open a separate thread for the PBXRecorder issue with the same files attached.

Once we have these files, we will review and advise. Thank you.

Edited October 5 by Draco1962
Moved thread to correct forum - was posted in GameEx General, not PinballX General

[Mike_da_Spike]

I see you use 2 enabled videocards in your system. A 3060 and the intel.

Are the 3 monitors attached to the 3060 only ? If not, can you put all 3 monitors to it and disable the intel ?

[Almodo]

Unfortunately no, since my DMD monitor is an old VGA one and of course newer cards don't have VGA anymore.

Do you think that could make a difference? I should try an adapter VGA--> Display Port/HDMI?

[Draco1962]

If going from the GPU to the monitor, you could try a DisplayPort to VGA adapter.

[Almodo]

I'll ty that and keep you posted, trhanks!

[Almodo]

Like Rudy in "Funhouse" would say: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy......

I just decided to take off my wooden backbox cover (I finally had a hunch) - only to find that the DMDs were there all the time, hidden and squeezed in the upper left screen corner, covered by the wood cover!

OMG.... But how did it get to the upper left corner of the monitor?!  Anyway, with the coordinates from Screenresidentifier I was able to reposition it in PBX Settings.

D'OH!!!

Thanks a lot for your time amd patience here.

[Draco1962]

Glad you got it sorted! Thanks for reporting back!

[Almodo]

Yeah, and you know what? Just started up PinballX - and the backglasses were gone again! Black screen. Bummer.

But then I thought about taking a look at the PinballX.ini - and what do you know? Backglass monitor number was "0"! I mean, WTF?

I changed it to "2", as it should be, and voila, backglasses are back!

No idea how the value can get set to "0"  randomly. Must be a gremlin inside my machine.

I set the.ini file to read-only. Is that a good idea?

 

Plus: I'll send you the log for TNA tomorrow. Thanks again. It's really appreciated.