when I right click on the dmd window I do have way less options than you. One of these is the "show window border" and I don't understand why. My DMD Extensions by freezy version is the 2.2.1 (the most up to date). Thank you for yout help!
Thansk this is amazingly helpful! I am having trouble with a couple tables where the DMD board doesn't show up in a 2nd window it seems embedded on the Table window. Tales of the Arabian night 4k is one of them. Usually I just put my video mode to cabinet mode to rotate the table to vertical but it isn't working for this table either. I have 2 monitors a 19" and a 27" on arms that I put in a table configuration to play pinball. It's easy enough to swap back. Any ideas on how to deal with tables with this issue? I have the same issue with a monster bash table.
Thanks for the video. Is there a way to "rotate" the DMD on the playfied such that you can place it in the lower-left corner for games that have a PUPPack DMD? Thanks!
Hi Kevin, you can use the commands below in the table script to manipulate and rotate the DMD. .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_x")=0 'DMD WINDOW TOP/LEFT X POS .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_y")=0 'DMD WINDOW TOP/LEFT Y POS .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_width")=192 'DMD WINDOW WIDTH .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_height")=96 'DMD WINDOW HEIGHT .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("rol")=0 '1=ROTATE DMD WINDOW LEFT - ("ror") rotate to right Copy and paste them into the script above the .HandleKeyboard=0 command. Note that if you want to reset the rotation, the DMD won't always rotate back just by deleting the line - you may have to actually put the command to rotate it back the way it was... Hope it helps!
Hi Arnold, Brilliant videos explaining perfectly what to do and why. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge. Interested in what brands and models your 40” playfield and 32” monitors are? Cheers, Ian
Hi Ian, the playfield is a Samsung UA40N5000AKXXT, and backglass is Aconatic 32HD511AN. Really, the backglass is a bit too wide for a 40" playfield - I should have gone for 42/43. The Samsung can be set to switch on automatically with the power in the user menu, but this needs to be enabled in the Service Menu for the Aconatic. These aren't being decased - the Samsung rear cover forms part of the structure and it will all fall apart if removed without care (no internal steel shell as with older models), but the remote sensor sits proud of the bevel edge and needs to be moved to fit it neatly in a cabinet, which requires the back to be taken off temporarily to do this. The back of this tv is also heavily contoured (where the speakers are) so I've had to 3d print some clips to use with the vesa mount holes to attach it to a support/pivot. The Aconatic is thin enough to fit in the backglass cabinet without modification. No complaints about the picture quality. Hope it helps mate, cheers!
Hi, many if not most tables aren't created with the same dimensions, but take a look at www.pinballbulbs.com/files/setdmd.html to set up DMDs for all tables. I found it occasionally produced undesired results, but hopefully it'll help you. Good luck & cheers!
Hi Arnold. Nice video. I am struggling to get the "options" window to appear when i go to the backglass view in VPX to rotate my tables. Do you know how i get the options to appear? I have been through all the menus and cannot see an option. On the right of my backglass view I have 2 boxes that say "Properties" and "Layers" but nothing clickable to open another menu. Thanks in advance! Keep rocking the pinball!
Ignore that. I found that the "Layers" box is dragged over the "properties" box. I dragged it and hey presto, the rotation was behind. Thanks for the visuals so I knew where to even look. A lot of forum posts indicate the fields but if they are hidden behind another window, its hard to work out where!
Hi Arnold! First thanks for share these videos with us. One question I'd like to check if its PC config is enough to running Future Pinball, Virtual Pinball in Cabinet mod. The configure is core I5 3.2Mhz 8Gb Ram and GPU is GeForce GT 1030. Thank
Hi Marcelo! I don't think you'll have any issues running this software on that spec PC. Check out my $100 budget cabinet build video - the spec I used was purposefully very low (much lower than yours), to show you don't need an expensive rig. Cheer!
Question, and apologies if it has already been asked before. Can this virtual pinball setup also be used to play retro arcade (pac man, etc) games in the same machine? It seems like it should be able to do both functions.
Hi Jason, if you don't move the DMD box around properly, it can revert to it's previosu settings as you say. Move the DMD into the approximate position you want, enable the DMD window border, resize the DMD box as you want it, THEN drag the resized window back into the other screen, disable the window border (it should remain the new size), move the DMD window back to your preferred location, save the table within VPX when you exit (it should ask you if you want to save because it knows you've changed something). I do this every time and it works - you must move the box back into the other screen and in again for it to register the changes you make - it's a pain but it works. Cheers Jason!
@@arnoldj.rimmer5116 I figured out what it was. Some tables have a fixed dmd on the playfield you can only move in the editor. I had to right click on the backglass to open a menu and enable the dmd from there.
If you disable exclusive full screen in the program video options then your mouse will come back. I personally leave this option disabled all the time go some people say you shouldn't but it makes it much easier when you're setting up.
Please do more tutorials. You explain and show how to do things very well. Top job ! Glad to see you are safe and doing well.
Some are calling me Mr Mumbles but cheers!
Thanks, now on to my first adjustment. 😀
Thank you, that was incredibly helpful.
Glad it helped!
hi from argentina , very good video!!!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍
You're welcome Alex, cheers!
when I right click on the dmd window I do have way less options than you. One of these is the "show window border" and I don't understand why. My DMD Extensions by freezy version is the 2.2.1 (the most up to date). Thank you for yout help!
Thansk this is amazingly helpful! I am having trouble with a couple tables where the DMD board doesn't show up in a 2nd window it seems embedded on the Table window. Tales of the Arabian night 4k is one of them. Usually I just put my video mode to cabinet mode to rotate the table to vertical but it isn't working for this table either. I have 2 monitors a 19" and a 27" on arms that I put in a table configuration to play pinball. It's easy enough to swap back. Any ideas on how to deal with tables with this issue? I have the same issue with a monster bash table.
Awesome video.. So helpful
I'm glad it helped. Cheers!
Thanks for the video. Is there a way to "rotate" the DMD on the playfied such that you can place it in the lower-left corner for games that have a PUPPack DMD? Thanks!
Hi Kevin, you can use the commands below in the table script to manipulate and rotate the DMD.
.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_x")=0 'DMD WINDOW TOP/LEFT X POS
.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_y")=0 'DMD WINDOW TOP/LEFT Y POS
.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_width")=192 'DMD WINDOW WIDTH
.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_height")=96 'DMD WINDOW HEIGHT
.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("rol")=0 '1=ROTATE DMD WINDOW LEFT - ("ror") rotate to right
Copy and paste them into the script above the .HandleKeyboard=0 command.
Note that if you want to reset the rotation, the DMD won't always rotate back just by deleting the line - you may have to actually put the command to rotate it back the way it was...
Hope it helps!
Hi Arnold,
Brilliant videos explaining perfectly what to do and why. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge.
Interested in what brands and models your 40” playfield and 32” monitors are?
Cheers,
Ian
Hi Ian, the playfield is a Samsung UA40N5000AKXXT, and backglass is Aconatic 32HD511AN. Really, the backglass is a bit too wide for a 40" playfield - I should have gone for 42/43.
The Samsung can be set to switch on automatically with the power in the user menu, but this needs to be enabled in the Service Menu for the Aconatic.
These aren't being decased - the Samsung rear cover forms part of the structure and it will all fall apart if removed without care (no internal steel shell as with older models), but the remote sensor sits proud of the bevel edge and needs to be moved to fit it neatly in a cabinet, which requires the back to be taken off temporarily to do this. The back of this tv is also heavily contoured (where the speakers are) so I've had to 3d print some clips to use with the vesa mount holes to attach it to a support/pivot.
The Aconatic is thin enough to fit in the backglass cabinet without modification.
No complaints about the picture quality.
Hope it helps mate, cheers!
@@arnoldj.rimmer5116 great help Arnold! Many thanks will look into those brands and models....👍
Tank you, you rock...
F6 allows you to move the playviewtable easier
Do you have to do this for each table? Or is there some kind of default settings for new tables that auto fits the dmd to the desired position?
Hi, many if not most tables aren't created with the same dimensions, but take a look at www.pinballbulbs.com/files/setdmd.html to set up DMDs for all tables. I found it occasionally produced undesired results, but hopefully it'll help you. Good luck & cheers!
Hi Arnold. Nice video. I am struggling to get the "options" window to appear when i go to the backglass view in VPX to rotate my tables. Do you know how i get the options to appear? I have been through all the menus and cannot see an option. On the right of my backglass view I have 2 boxes that say "Properties" and "Layers" but nothing clickable to open another menu. Thanks in advance! Keep rocking the pinball!
Ignore that. I found that the "Layers" box is dragged over the "properties" box. I dragged it and hey presto, the rotation was behind. Thanks for the visuals so I knew where to even look. A lot of forum posts indicate the fields but if they are hidden behind another window, its hard to work out where!
Hi Andy, glad you got it sorted. Cheers!
Hi Arnold! First thanks for share these videos with us. One question I'd like to check if its PC config is enough to running Future Pinball, Virtual Pinball in Cabinet mod. The configure is core I5 3.2Mhz 8Gb Ram and GPU is GeForce GT 1030. Thank
Hi Marcelo! I don't think you'll have any issues running this software on that spec PC. Check out my $100 budget cabinet build video - the spec I used was purposefully very low (much lower than yours), to show you don't need an expensive rig. Cheer!
Question, and apologies if it has already been asked before. Can this virtual pinball setup also be used to play retro arcade (pac man, etc) games in the same machine? It seems like it should be able to do both functions.
Hi, yes. Look at this video ua-cam.com/video/jVHkaD42C18/v-deo.html - this machine runs Mame too.
I would like to know, what table is displayed at the beginning of the video?
Hi David, it's "Earthskaher". Cheers!
As minhas mesas no vpx estão com alguns milésimos de segundo atrasada pode me dar alguma dica pra resolver
For some reason my dmd returns to its previous position. It doesn’t save the new location..?
Hi Jason, if you don't move the DMD box around properly, it can revert to it's previosu settings as you say.
Move the DMD into the approximate position you want, enable the DMD window border, resize the DMD box as you want it, THEN drag the resized window back into the other screen, disable the window border (it should remain the new size), move the DMD window back to your preferred location, save the table within VPX when you exit (it should ask you if you want to save because it knows you've changed something). I do this every time and it works - you must move the box back into the other screen and in again for it to register the changes you make - it's a pain but it works. Cheers Jason!
@@arnoldj.rimmer5116 I'm having the same issue, i've moved it around and resized the dmd and move it back once again just as you said. no dice :(
@@WayneCorp16 You can right click the dmd and save it either globally or just for that game.
It doesn't let me drag/right click. Anyone know how to fix that?
First check that Exclusive Fill Screen isn't enabled in the GFX preferences.
@@arnoldj.rimmer5116 I figured out what it was. Some tables have a fixed dmd on the playfield you can only move in the editor.
I had to right click on the backglass to open a menu and enable the dmd from there.
@@OfflineGamerNL Awesome glad you sorted it, cheers!
I exactly what you did... my dmd has disappeared now…🤦♂️😖
Smoke me a Kipper.
My mouse doesn't show on my playfield. Only the backglass. How can i get my mouse on the playfield to move the dmd?
If you disable exclusive full screen in the program video options then your mouse will come back. I personally leave this option disabled all the time go some people say you shouldn't but it makes it much easier when you're setting up.