Your videos are the only english one's to the vpin topic where i (from germany) have no problems to understand the spoken english without looking a scene 3 times😅.My cab is almost finished now. Thank you for all the helpful tutorials.👍
Okay got it working - Thanks for the help Major Frenchy! (detailed info below so read more...) Do everything in the video. I downloaded Freezy 1.7.2 and it seems to be working, but a lot of people have had better luck with 1.7.1. Once you get to the end of the end of the video and you don't see two DMDs, press Alt-Tab and see if you don't seem them then - they might be open in two different places but once you go back to your table view (I'm using cabinet view) the Freezy DMD should be in the upper corner. If you don't see both, you missed a step perhaps. Of course you don't want two DMDs. So you'll need to get rid of the old one (the one you set the default.ini file with DMD height, width, X and Y positions). You'll need that info again so keep it handy. Write it down. Go to Visual Pinball and then into the VPinMame folder. The file you need to edit is called DMDDevice,ini (or you might see DMDDevice). Double click that and it will open in Notepad. Might not be a bad idea to open up a new Notepad file and copy and paste the entire contents of DMDDevice into it - in case you blow it. In the DMDDevice.ini file locate the userregistry line and instead of it being "false" change it to "true" - as in it's TRUE, that you want it to use VPM's registry value when positioning the virtual DMD Use your settings from the default.ini file for DMD Height, Width, X and Y position and enter them into the DMDDevice.ini file (you'll see the lines to do this on, the file isn't that big). Remember to SAVE the file. Load a table that has a DMD (don't load an EM table or something from the 80s) and press ALT-TAB to see both DMDs appear - one should look noticeably cleaner (no dots) - that's the Freezy one you want (if you want a cleaner look). Right click on the Backglass and for DMD select "Hidden" - this will hide the DMD with dots. You have to save this file and reload the table for it to show. Once you do this the Freezy DMD should now be in the place your old DMD was and the other DMD should be hidden or gone. If you're using 3 screens remember to change the Grill to "Hidden" if you don't want to see it - then you'll see the full backglass picture. Might as well do this at the same time if you're switching from a 2 screen setup to a 3 screen setup. You'll have to do the previous steps for each table (load a table, locate the 2 DMDs with Alt-Tab, click on the backglass, select DMD to Hidden, Grill to Hidden if you want to hide it, save, reload the table to see if it all worked out! With the exception of The Addams Family for some reason.... can't seem to locate the Freezy DMD on that one, but I'll keep trying. Also I cannot change the backglass settings on ACDC Luci for the life of me. However most of the tables these steps worked like a charm on, but as we know with VPX, expect the unexpected. Thanks again! Very much appreciated! tl:dr: If you're looking for a tl:dr in VPX, you're going to fail.
Have you ever seen an error stating that the "DMD driver can not be located..."? I cant seem to get this to install I've tried 1.71 and 1.8. Any thoughts would be appreciated
Thank you for this. You have helped to me get rid of the ugly DMD that comes with some tables while the scores displayed on the back glass anyway. Now I set my pinup Popper to display nice Animation in the DMD spot and I set that table's DMD reg file width and height to "0". Ugly DMD is gone. Great video. On further review of this method better to set the dmd_pos_x to a value passed all three screens, I used 5200 for anyone reading this post.
Nice vid! Makes me think that I should probably add a way to save the virtual DMD position to the .ini automatically when moving it around. By the way, the software is called DMD Extensions, freezy is just my alias. ;)
Thanks a lot for this. It enhances the gameplay for thousands of virtual pinball enthusiasts. I really love it when creators add their comments. Thanks for your fantastic work and ongoing development.
Man your are a life saver. I'm just getting into this visual pinball X, and your videos are helping tremendously! I noticed there's a 1.7.2 Virgin on get hub. Should I use that instead of the 1.7.0 that you showed in your video?
Thanks for this walkthrough Major Frenchy! Like others I'm having a bit of trouble and need some clarification if at all possible. I downloaded 1.7.2 and extracted it in VPinMame. I also made sure at the end to run the Setup Defaults and select Use External DMD. Just wanted to clarify those steps. For those who don't see the second DMD (the Freezy "clearer" one without the dots) press ALT-TAB and you'll most likely see it. It should appear in the upper right corner of your table (cabinet mode). So my old DMD is appearing exactly where I set it in the default.ini file so that works like a charm - I have right-clicked on the backglass and selected DMD: HIDDEN - which requires you to save it and relaunch the table. So I did, and my old DMD is gone, and the Freezy one appears on the table in upper right hand corner BUT it doesn't appear in the area where I set the DMD to show up in the default.ini file. ??? I'm assuming there is something missing otherwise I'll just have to go and position every Freezy DMD by hand on the third screen, which would make all the work I did setting the DMD default.ini file useless busy work. Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance (and I'll thank you later too!) Your videos are fantastic and a lifesaver. Thank you for all you do for this community!
In the Vpinmame folder you have a file called pindmd.ini edit this file with Notepad++ and there are a few options you can set. You can use the default registry location ot set your own. if you set your own you will have to set this line to false useregistry = false and set the location of your DMD X and Y ( Now i can not help you with your setup here, depending on your monitor width ... etc.....) you will have to experiment. ; x-axis of the window position left = 0 ; y-axis of the window position top = 0 ; width of the dmd in monitor pixels width = 1024 ; height of the dmd in monitor pixels height = 256 After each test, you must exit your table completely and re-load Hope it helps
@@MajorFrenchy Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I can't find a file named pindmd.ini in the VPinMame folder - but I'll hunt around and see what I can find. I'm assuming I use the same information for DMD X/Y/Height/Width that I used in the default.ini registry - or at the very least start there and see what happens! Thanks so much again! Waitasec! I was reading down in the comments below and someone mentioned dmddevice.ini - maybe that's the file you meant! Easy mistake!
At what point in this video do you explain how to install Freezy? FOUND IT, 10:14 goodness I was getting concerned, first ten minutes is how to move and size ROM DMDs. Ok I followed your instructions, but I don't get X2 DMD's displayed as you explain, how do I know if Freezy is running? I have External DMD selected within my Global settings.
@@MajorFrenchyOk I figured out a few things after doing more research. If you aren't used to seeing FREEZY DMD, the way to tell is on the bottom right corner is a little stretch triangle. I found out that by using the SETTINGs in VPINMAME, that although you select External DMD it does not reflect this choice on already configured and installed game ROM's. It appears that, unless I am doing something wrong, I will need to go into every already installed game, launch the game, F1 and manually select External DMD. After I did that the 2nd Freezy DMD popped up. Then I was able to go to the backglass, right click, hide the DMD save settings and then I can move the Freezy DMD to my DMD window. The only thing now is that it won't stay put. Once I close and re-open the same game it ends up back on the playfield. Getting closer though, really nice difference though. Found a little blurb on one of the forums, if you D/L and install a more recent version of Freezy beyond 1.73 108 (most recent I found was 120 so I used that), there's a feature when you right click the Freezy DMD it allows you to save your re-positioned DMD globally, which worked for me. Just still have to do each individual ROM VIA F1 to use External DMD, and Hide regular DMD. Thanks MFrenchy for the great video.
thanks for sharing your solution. Very often the cause of the dmd not staying at the same place is due by not having the cabinet box checked in the vpinmame settings. I hate dealing with registry entry , something I found after making the video is that you can use the Dmddevice.ini as your location settings for Freezy. look for use registry entry and set it to false and set your X Y and size in the ini.
Thank you for all your helpful videos. For some reason, I cannot get this to work properly. I have a 3 screen cabinet with a virtual DMD. When I change over to use external DMD and re-start the table, I get the "NO external DMD driver found" error message. When I test the ROM, the freezy shows up on the playfield and looks amazing. But when I try to play the table, I get the same error message. I have tried several tables and get the same issue. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I have a two-screen set-up; my DMD heights vary by table. I also have used different colors (colorize DMD) for different tables, to look similar to the color scheme of the playfield. So having one global position isn't going to be a time-saver. Is there a way I can save all of my table-specific DMD positions and colorizations? I fear having to re-do all of that for the tons of DMD-era tables I have. Please help! Thanks.
I am so confused and frustrated. First step and mine is already completely different. If I open a table, I can go to the editor, or I can play the table. The tables that I have, work great, and I can play them without problem. I just can't configure my screens. Mine doesn't go to the screen that yours has. You also show that the DMD is on the side of your table... mine is a separate window, running behind the table. I can't have them both displayed at the same time. You seem to know what you are talking about, but it is really frustrating, when the first step of a tutorial, is already wrong. =(
I feel the pain. Some people spend weeks to tweak their system. Unfortunately there are a lot of things that can go wrong when people miss a step. I don't know what step you missed. I suggest you come and ask in the chat groupdiscord.gg/x32hXek where it will be a lot easier to communicate than a comment on UA-cam.
Hi M/F I have just started to rebuild the software on my pincab and I have stumbled accross a problem. I have been through the process in this video and I set the native DMD and fill my display with it I get the coordinates from the registry and create the entry's in the default registry and all fits ok with the native DMD from any table. As soon as I change to the Freezy 1.7.1 external DMD it is smaller than the original native DMD. I have also tried editing the DMDdevice.ini to reflect the X,Y,Height and width numbers but still the freezy dmd is smaller bu only in the height?? any ideas??? Many thanks, Tony
Trying to follow the video here, but when i load a table to work with the dmd coordinates, I cant bring up just the DMD like Mjr Frenchy does. The playfield monitor wont minimize the table to continue the config. (3 screen setup)
Thanks for the awesome video (and your other videos)! Question for you. You mentioned a little past the 5 minute mark where you have the normal blue monitor outline to set to black, can you help with how to do that please? Thx!!
So I configured the the VPinMAME to use the external DMD and when I start the table as shown in the video, I do not see the dual DMDs. I only see the original DMD. Obviously I am missing something here but I have no clue what. Help!
Did you select the load external Dmd .dll in the vpinmame setup.exe? cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/681816217819938836/681816279799431171/Settings28b.png.07f7738462028b5a16c678edf945e5fa.png
Freezy 1.8 was just released. Most of us have delicate setups where we are fearful of messing things up with an update. I hope you can post a new vid on the install of this new update. For example, is it ok now to use the X64 version or as with this video, you recommend the 32bit version instead. TIA
HELP! Trying to follow along but... whenever I open a table in visual pinball The mouse is not visible. I can see the mouse on my backglass monitor but that's it. If I try clicking on the play field the screen just turns black and freezes. All the games play great if I don't try to click on the playfield. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
You can press F1 while the table is loaded and it will launch VPinMame then use the tab key to go through the checkboxes and the spacebar to change their values then press enter to exit. Then press F3 to reset/refresh the table.
I followed a video to install this and Pin Up Player from the writer himself (as a pre-empt to trying Popper) and got to the point where you need to right click the back glass and check that a button is now available to see it's all working. That button was still greyed out. But I was still getting double DMDs (which was never explained) so I thought it had all gone wrong and just wiped it all off and went back to PinballX.
Awesome information. But can I still individually turn off the freezy DMD for tables like Haunted House. Sorry if this is nooby question but I'm just getting back into this hobby after building a mini cab. Cheers for any info guys...
Freezy will always appear on the table. what i do is i click on the real dmd and select hide dmd. Then if you do not want Freezy, physically move it off the screen. That is the easiest without actually going in the game script
@@MajorFrenchy cheers for that. Hmmm it seems that without getting into script editing pinuppopper isn't going to be as streamlined as I first imagined. I may have to start scratching my head even harder and get into these script files.
You can also just set your dmd positioning by editing the dmddevice.ini......also with freezy you can add the colorized dmd's which look cool but only available on certain games
@@Cappfzr vpuniverse.com/forums/files/category/101-pin2dmd-colorizations-virtual-pinball/ ...you have to make sure you have everything necessary to use already installed
Hello I was wondering how you get your DMD to show on your screen there so that you can adjust it to find out the values, I can’t do that with my cab, or at least I don’t know how to do that. Thanks
@@MajorFrenchy I'm not very computer savvy, I have my 3 screen cab and when I turn it on the table fills my entire screen so I couldn't do anything on the computer ( I have to hit "zz" to back out to the computer). I then put my tables in full windowed so I could at least get to stuff in the task bar. I have seen some of your videos where you can move the back glass around and even "right click" on the back glass to look at settings. I can't find a way to do any of this, lol. So to answer your question, I haven't done much with crap results.
Mmm.. I am not sure what is going on. It is much easier to help people when I know what steps they took to get where they are, if you know what I mean. It is difficult to throw solution when I don't even know the setups, the version software ir anything else that can affect the gameplay. I would suggest you come to our discord group and expose your problems and describe your setup, what you are running etc... and we have over 100 people that can jump in and help you. discord.gg/x32hXek
@@MajorFrenchy I understand thanks, just need to know how you get your playfield, back glass and DMD to show on your single comuter screen like in your video. Maybe you are not standing next to your pinball cab like I am.
Do you install cab tables? You might be installing desktop tables. It should say in the title. if you look on Vpforums in the vpx table section , you will see that there are typically DT witch is Destop and FS full screen.
Hi Major Frenchy, you may have covered this, was wanting to figure out how to program "fake rom registry entries" for games which are custom and did not necessarily have a factory dedicated rom registry entry. (For games such as JP's Minons, Ghostbusters and so on). I think there is a way with FlexDMD/Freezy to program DMD for custom games in the DmdDevice.ini file but have not quite pulled that off yet in terms of letting the "ROM" files have full control over the DMD Positioning .SAMPLE: Commercial Based Rom Entry [elvis] virtualdmd left = -1024 virtualdmd top = 568 virtualdmd width = 1024 virtualdmd height = 200 SAMPLE: User Created Custom Table, No Factory Rom involved. Would need "Fake Rom" entry in registry. [minions] virtualdmd left = -1024 virtualdmd top = 568 virtualdmd width = 1024 virtualdmd height = 200
I have been having an issue with Frezzy that it will not fill the area of my LCD screen I am using for my DMD. I have worked it and worked it and it will just not fill the screen no matter how many times I adjust the numbers. Vpin works fine and fills the screen. Can anyone help?
You need to set cabinet mode in the vpinmame setup.exe and once you have your DMD set to the way you like, right click on the DMD and save the position globally or just for that game
@Major Frenchy Hey Frenchy thank you so much for the quick reply, loving all the videos you and the rest of the community have made. I done already what you said based off of your'res and Terrys vidos, and it is strange the way it works. I do have 1.8 installed and when I try to do what you said to fill it the end up filling the screen it goes into the back glass and or table. So to make it fit in the area I end up having a smaller DMD and I will have empty spaces above and below. It is hard for me to explain, would it be ok to make a video and email it to your mameinabox email so you can see what I'm seeing?
@@MajorFrenchy So I was hoping you had a chance to look at my emails. It seems that I can only move it in a vertical direction and it will not move in a horizontal, which is strange. Is that a setting I messed up, or do you think that is a problem in windows?
So for anyone that is reading this discussion, Major Frenchy did help me through email. It turns out that the problem was that I had to right-click and hit the ignore aspect ratio. Which fixed my issue. Thank you very much, Frenchy you've earned your reputation.
I installed Freezy and I get the two dmd to appear, but the colorized one that looks best doesn't have the dot matrix and looks flat. Can anyone tell me what's wrong?
I remember hearing about someone who had just this issue. He had no dots on Freezy. I never saw an answer for it, mine has dots and i did not do anything special to enable it.
hi Awesome work,ive learnt so much from this channel.how do i make the freezy color rom dmd stay in the correct spot ,where ive orriginally got the dmd?
I forgot to mention that, but on the backglass right click and in the drop down set DMD to disable. There might be a global way to do it, but I have not looked into it yet
It always worked for me fine until i format my pc.. I reinstalled everything but somehow the freezy dmd doesnt show anymore. I tried al versions but nothing works. Any advice ?
It could be so many things... let me throw some ideas. 1- unblock .dll 2- run program as normal user rights, if nothing switch to run as admin 3- make sure you firewall or anti virus are not blocking it 4- run >SAMBuild 32 bit - v3.2 r4707 5- install visual pinball x all in one 6- have use external .dll selected by selecting the back glass and pressing F1
solved it.. the freezy files should be in the vpinname folder..not in the visual pinball folder :).. thx for replying guys. specially thx to MF with his awesomme channel.
@@Boney_M I apologize for not being more specific in the video. I said put the files in the Visual Pinball folder when i should have said Visual Pinball/Vpinmame . I caused some people some aggravations. I just added the info in the description. Unfortunately, UA-cam does not allow annotations in the video anymore.
@@MajorFrenchy i also dont have dots anymore with freezys dll. its like the dots have grown and touch each other, so no dots anymore at all. a bit strange at first but you get used to it.
@@roadrunnermakmak I am really not sure. i always had dots on mine and did not do anything special. What version of Freezy are you using? Hopefully someone will know the answer to this and reply.
If you want me to address some issues that you are having, be more descriptive in your comments. Between the guides, the videos and the chat group, I think i am pretty thorough at pushing out the info.
Why link to specific versions, which are soon to be the old versions, instead of linking to the releases where people will be able to find the latest release. For example, 1.8.0 is out now, but people here may not realize that because the links provided here are for 1.7.1 and 1.7.2 ? github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions/releases
Your videos are the only english one's to the vpin topic where i (from germany) have no problems to understand the spoken english without looking a scene 3 times😅.My cab is almost finished now. Thank you for all the helpful tutorials.👍
Okay got it working - Thanks for the help Major Frenchy! (detailed info below so read more...)
Do everything in the video. I downloaded Freezy 1.7.2 and it seems to be working, but a lot of people have had better luck with 1.7.1. Once you get to the end of the end of the video and you don't see two DMDs, press Alt-Tab and see if you don't seem them then - they might be open in two different places but once you go back to your table view (I'm using cabinet view) the Freezy DMD should be in the upper corner. If you don't see both, you missed a step perhaps. Of course you don't want two DMDs. So you'll need to get rid of the old one (the one you set the default.ini file with DMD height, width, X and Y positions). You'll need that info again so keep it handy. Write it down.
Go to Visual Pinball and then into the VPinMame folder. The file you need to edit is called DMDDevice,ini (or you might see DMDDevice). Double click that and it will open in Notepad. Might not be a bad idea to open up a new Notepad file and copy and paste the entire contents of DMDDevice into it - in case you blow it.
In the DMDDevice.ini file locate the userregistry line and instead of it being "false" change it to "true" - as in it's TRUE, that you want it to use VPM's registry value when positioning the virtual DMD
Use your settings from the default.ini file for DMD Height, Width, X and Y position and enter them into the DMDDevice.ini file (you'll see the lines to do this on, the file isn't that big). Remember to SAVE the file.
Load a table that has a DMD (don't load an EM table or something from the 80s) and press ALT-TAB to see both DMDs appear - one should look noticeably cleaner (no dots) - that's the Freezy one you want (if you want a cleaner look).
Right click on the Backglass and for DMD select "Hidden" - this will hide the DMD with dots. You have to save this file and reload the table for it to show. Once you do this the Freezy DMD should now be in the place your old DMD was and the other DMD should be hidden or gone. If you're using 3 screens remember to change the Grill to "Hidden" if you don't want to see it - then you'll see the full backglass picture. Might as well do this at the same time if you're switching from a 2 screen setup to a 3 screen setup.
You'll have to do the previous steps for each table (load a table, locate the 2 DMDs with Alt-Tab, click on the backglass, select DMD to Hidden, Grill to Hidden if you want to hide it, save, reload the table to see if it all worked out!
With the exception of The Addams Family for some reason.... can't seem to locate the Freezy DMD on that one, but I'll keep trying. Also I cannot change the backglass settings on ACDC Luci for the life of me. However most of the tables these steps worked like a charm on, but as we know with VPX, expect the unexpected.
Thanks again! Very much appreciated!
tl:dr: If you're looking for a tl:dr in VPX, you're going to fail.
That's a pretty good description Moxxi. Thanks you.
@@MajorFrenchy Thanks! I wouldn't be anywhere without your help!
Have you ever seen an error stating that the "DMD driver can not be located..."? I cant seem to get this to install
I've tried 1.71 and 1.8. Any thoughts would be appreciated
May i suggest to come visit the Discord group and post your question in the #dmd channel. I do not know on top of my head. bit.ly/virtualpinball
Thanks for your videos mate, helping me get started with virtual pinball :)
Thank you for this tutorial and all that you’ve helped me understand about this awesome hobby! Take care bud!
Great, thank you! I´v been wondering about this for a long time, now I finally will get rid of my head ache! :)
Thank you for this. You have helped to me get rid of the ugly DMD that comes with some tables while the scores displayed on the back glass anyway. Now I set my pinup Popper to display nice Animation in the DMD spot and I set that table's DMD reg file width and height to "0". Ugly DMD is gone. Great video.
On further review of this method better to set the dmd_pos_x to a value passed all three screens, I used 5200 for anyone reading this post.
Freezy 1.8 latest version is awesome easy to position anywhere for every table!
Nice vid! Makes me think that I should probably add a way to save the virtual DMD position to the .ini automatically when moving it around.
By the way, the software is called DMD Extensions, freezy is just my alias. ;)
Thanks a lot for this. It enhances the gameplay for thousands of virtual pinball enthusiasts. I really love it when creators add their comments. Thanks for your fantastic work and ongoing development.
@@MajorFrenchy My pleasure! :)
Man your are a life saver. I'm just getting into this visual pinball X, and your videos are helping tremendously!
I noticed there's a 1.7.2 Virgin on get hub. Should I use that instead of the 1.7.0 that you showed in your video?
Yes. Some people say there are incompatibilities, but I have been using it for awhile with no issues.
some say there are problems with 1.7.2 - most recommend 1.71. and so do i (but what do i know? ;-)
Yes
Thanks a million for this
Thanks for this walkthrough Major Frenchy! Like others I'm having a bit of trouble and need some clarification if at all possible. I downloaded 1.7.2 and extracted it in VPinMame. I also made sure at the end to run the Setup Defaults and select Use External DMD. Just wanted to clarify those steps.
For those who don't see the second DMD (the Freezy "clearer" one without the dots) press ALT-TAB and you'll most likely see it. It should appear in the upper right corner of your table (cabinet mode). So my old DMD is appearing exactly where I set it in the default.ini file so that works like a charm - I have right-clicked on the backglass and selected DMD: HIDDEN - which requires you to save it and relaunch the table. So I did, and my old DMD is gone, and the Freezy one appears on the table in upper right hand corner BUT it doesn't appear in the area where I set the DMD to show up in the default.ini file. ??? I'm assuming there is something missing otherwise I'll just have to go and position every Freezy DMD by hand on the third screen, which would make all the work I did setting the DMD default.ini file useless busy work.
Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance (and I'll thank you later too!) Your videos are fantastic and a lifesaver. Thank you for all you do for this community!
In the Vpinmame folder you have a file called pindmd.ini edit this file with Notepad++ and there are a few options you can set. You can use the default registry location ot set your own. if you set your own you will have to set this line to false
useregistry = false
and set the location of your DMD X and Y
( Now i can not help you with your setup here, depending on your monitor width ... etc.....) you will have to experiment.
; x-axis of the window position
left = 0
; y-axis of the window position
top = 0
; width of the dmd in monitor pixels
width = 1024
; height of the dmd in monitor pixels
height = 256
After each test, you must exit your table completely and re-load
Hope it helps
@@MajorFrenchy Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I can't find a file named pindmd.ini in the VPinMame folder - but I'll hunt around and see what I can find. I'm assuming I use the same information for DMD X/Y/Height/Width that I used in the default.ini registry - or at the very least start there and see what happens! Thanks so much again!
Waitasec! I was reading down in the comments below and someone mentioned dmddevice.ini - maybe that's the file you meant! Easy mistake!
At what point in this video do you explain how to install Freezy? FOUND IT, 10:14 goodness I was getting concerned, first ten minutes is how to move and size ROM DMDs. Ok I followed your instructions, but I don't get X2 DMD's displayed as you explain, how do I know if Freezy is running? I have External DMD selected within my Global settings.
when you load your table you should have 2 dmd. if you don't re check the steps.
@@MajorFrenchyOk I figured out a few things after doing more research. If you aren't used to seeing FREEZY DMD, the way to tell is on the bottom right corner is a little stretch triangle. I found out that by using the SETTINGs in VPINMAME, that although you select External DMD it does not reflect this choice on already configured and installed game ROM's. It appears that, unless I am doing something wrong, I will need to go into every already installed game, launch the game, F1 and manually select External DMD. After I did that the 2nd Freezy DMD popped up. Then I was able to go to the backglass, right click, hide the DMD save settings and then I can move the Freezy DMD to my DMD window. The only thing now is that it won't stay put. Once I close and re-open the same game it ends up back on the playfield. Getting closer though, really nice difference though.
Found a little blurb on one of the forums, if you D/L and install a more recent version of Freezy beyond 1.73 108 (most recent I found was 120 so I used that), there's a feature when you right click the Freezy DMD it allows you to save your re-positioned DMD globally, which worked for me. Just still have to do each individual ROM VIA F1 to use External DMD, and Hide regular DMD. Thanks MFrenchy for the great video.
thanks for sharing your solution. Very often the cause of the dmd not staying at the same place is due by not having the cabinet box checked in the vpinmame settings. I hate dealing with registry entry , something I found after making the video is that you can use the Dmddevice.ini as your location settings for Freezy. look for use registry entry and set it to false and set your X Y and size in the ini.
10:50 vpinMAME or visual pinball location major? you say visual pinball but on screen shou vpinMAME paste , great channel mate , keep the awesome job
Thank you for all your helpful videos. For some reason, I cannot get this to work properly. I have a 3 screen cabinet with a virtual DMD. When I change over to use external DMD and re-start the table, I get the "NO external DMD driver found" error message. When I test the ROM, the freezy shows up on the playfield and looks amazing. But when I try to play the table, I get the same error message. I have tried several tables and get the same issue. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I have a two-screen set-up; my DMD heights vary by table. I also have used different colors (colorize DMD) for different tables, to look similar to the color scheme of the playfield. So having one global position isn't going to be a time-saver. Is there a way I can save all of my table-specific
DMD positions and colorizations? I fear having to re-do all of that for the tons of DMD-era tables I have. Please help! Thanks.
I am so confused and frustrated.
First step and mine is already completely different. If I open a table, I can go to the editor, or I can play the table. The tables that I have, work great, and I can play them without problem. I just can't configure my screens.
Mine doesn't go to the screen that yours has. You also show that the DMD is on the side of your table... mine is a separate window, running behind the table. I can't have them both displayed at the same time. You seem to know what you are talking about, but it is really frustrating, when the first step of a tutorial, is already wrong. =(
I feel the pain. Some people spend weeks to tweak their system. Unfortunately there are a lot of things that can go wrong when people miss a step. I don't know what step you missed. I suggest you come and ask in the chat groupdiscord.gg/x32hXek where it will be a lot easier to communicate than a comment on UA-cam.
Hi M/F I have just started to rebuild the software on my pincab and I have stumbled accross a problem. I have been through the process in this video and I set the native DMD and fill my display with it I get the coordinates from the registry and create the entry's in the default registry and all fits ok with the native DMD from any table. As soon as I change to the Freezy 1.7.1 external DMD it is smaller than the original native DMD. I have also tried editing the DMDdevice.ini to reflect the X,Y,Height and width numbers but still the freezy dmd is smaller bu only in the height?? any ideas???
Many thanks,
Tony
did you set the use registry to false in the .ini file?
Trying to follow the video here, but when i load a table to work with the dmd coordinates, I cant bring up just the DMD like Mjr Frenchy does. The playfield monitor wont minimize the table to continue the config. (3 screen setup)
A right click on the dmd does not yield a menu. What am I missing?
thank you, very helpful
Thanks for the awesome video (and your other videos)! Question for you. You mentioned a little past the 5 minute mark where you have the normal blue monitor outline to set to black, can you help with how to do that please? Thx!!
You mean the colour of the Desktop?
Yes please
support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/17144/windows-10-change-desktop-background
@@MajorFrenchy Thank you sir!!
So I configured the the VPinMAME to use the external DMD and when I start the table as shown in the video, I do not see the dual DMDs. I only see the original DMD. Obviously I am missing something here but I have no clue what. Help!
Did you select the load external Dmd .dll in the vpinmame setup.exe? cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/681816217819938836/681816279799431171/Settings28b.png.07f7738462028b5a16c678edf945e5fa.png
Freezy 1.8 was just released. Most of us have delicate setups where we are fearful of messing things up with an update. I hope you can post a new vid on the install of this new update. For example, is it ok now to use the X64 version or as with this video, you recommend the 32bit version instead. TIA
always use the 32bit
HELP! Trying to follow along but... whenever I open a table in visual pinball The mouse is not visible. I can see the mouse on my backglass monitor but that's it. If I try clicking on the play field the screen just turns black and freezes. All the games play great if I don't try to click on the playfield. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Uncheck exclusive full screen in the Visual Pinball settings
You can press F1 while the table is loaded and it will launch VPinMame then use the tab key to go through the checkboxes and the spacebar to change their values then press enter to exit. Then press F3 to reset/refresh the table.
I followed a video to install this and Pin Up Player from the writer himself (as a pre-empt to trying Popper) and got to the point where you need to right click the back glass and check that a button is now available to see it's all working. That button was still greyed out. But I was still getting double DMDs (which was never explained) so I thought it had all gone wrong and just wiped it all off and went back to PinballX.
Awesome information. But can I still individually turn off the freezy DMD for tables like Haunted House. Sorry if this is nooby question but I'm just getting back into this hobby after building a mini cab. Cheers for any info guys...
Freezy will always appear on the table. what i do is i click on the real dmd and select hide dmd. Then if you do not want Freezy, physically move it off the screen. That is the easiest without actually going in the game script
@@MajorFrenchy cheers for that. Hmmm it seems that without getting into script editing pinuppopper isn't going to be as streamlined as I first imagined. I may have to start scratching my head even harder and get into these script files.
You can also just set your dmd positioning by editing the dmddevice.ini......also with freezy you can add the colorized dmd's which look cool but only available on certain games
Thank you Mocha Man
where do you get those dmd colour pallettes mate?
@@Cappfzr in the Vpinmame folder, open setup32 and check the colorize DMD box. mameinabox.com/b2s-server/
@@Cappfzr vpuniverse.com/forums/files/category/101-pin2dmd-colorizations-virtual-pinball/ ...you have to make sure you have everything necessary to use already installed
Hello I was wondering how you get your DMD to show on your screen there so that you can adjust it to find out the values, I can’t do that with my cab, or at least I don’t know how to do that. Thanks
What steps have you performed? and what are the results?
@@MajorFrenchy I'm not very computer savvy, I have my 3 screen cab and when I turn it on the table fills my entire screen so I couldn't do anything on the computer ( I have to hit "zz" to back out to the computer). I then put my tables in full windowed so I could at least get to stuff in the task bar. I have seen some of your videos where you can move the back glass around and even "right click" on the back glass to look at settings. I can't find a way to do any of this, lol. So to answer your question, I haven't done much with crap results.
Mmm..
I am not sure what is going on.
It is much easier to help people when I know what steps they took to get where they are, if you know what I mean. It is difficult to throw solution when I don't even know the setups, the version software ir anything else that can affect the gameplay.
I would suggest you come to our discord group and expose your problems and describe your setup, what you are running etc... and we have over 100 people that can jump in and help you.
discord.gg/x32hXek
@@MajorFrenchy I understand thanks, just need to know how you get your playfield, back glass and DMD to show on your single comuter screen like in your video. Maybe you are not standing next to your pinball cab like I am.
Do you install cab tables? You might be installing desktop tables. It should say in the title. if you look on Vpforums in the vpx table section , you will see that there are typically DT witch is Destop and FS full screen.
Hi Major Frenchy, you may have covered this, was wanting to figure out how to program "fake rom registry entries" for games which are custom and did not necessarily have a factory dedicated rom registry entry. (For games such as JP's Minons, Ghostbusters and so on). I think there is a way with FlexDMD/Freezy to program DMD for custom games in the DmdDevice.ini file but have not quite pulled that off yet in terms of letting the "ROM" files have full control over the DMD Positioning
.SAMPLE: Commercial Based Rom Entry
[elvis]
virtualdmd left = -1024
virtualdmd top = 568
virtualdmd width = 1024
virtualdmd height = 200
SAMPLE: User Created Custom Table, No Factory Rom involved. Would need "Fake Rom" entry in registry.
[minions]
virtualdmd left = -1024
virtualdmd top = 568
virtualdmd width = 1024
virtualdmd height = 200
Do you set the position of the DMD first, then install Freezy's files?
You set the Position in the Ini file.
I have been having an issue with Frezzy that it will not fill the area of my LCD screen I am using for my DMD. I have worked it and worked it and it will just not fill the screen no matter how many times I adjust the numbers. Vpin works fine and fills the screen. Can anyone help?
You need to set cabinet mode in the vpinmame setup.exe and once you have your DMD set to the way you like, right click on the DMD and save the position globally or just for that game
@Major Frenchy Hey Frenchy thank you so much for the quick reply, loving all the videos you and the rest of the community have made. I done already what you said based off of your'res and Terrys vidos, and it is strange the way it works. I do have 1.8 installed and when I try to do what you said to fill it the end up filling the screen it goes into the back glass and or table. So to make it fit in the area I end up having a smaller DMD and I will have empty spaces above and below. It is hard for me to explain, would it be ok to make a video and email it to your mameinabox email so you can see what I'm seeing?
@@ShaneDocPuff sure.
@@MajorFrenchy So I was hoping you had a chance to look at my emails. It seems that I can only move it in a vertical direction and it will not move in a horizontal, which is strange. Is that a setting I messed up, or do you think that is a problem in windows?
So for anyone that is reading this discussion, Major Frenchy did help me through email. It turns out that the problem was that I had to right-click and hit the ignore aspect ratio. Which fixed my issue. Thank you very much, Frenchy you've earned your reputation.
So is this infostill the way to do it since its 2 years old ? Nice informative video also.
Yes. Just newer version and if you start from scratch you can have it installed using Nailbuster ' baller installer
@@MajorFrenchy Yep worked on most tables. Couple didn't and the registry showed the proper settings so no clue on that. Thanks for the video.
Any chance of a video for dummies to get to work on pinballfx3?
ua-cam.com/video/xf2kafUfNGc/v-deo.html
Yes, i can do that, mine is not even set up for Fx3 yet.
Mame In a Box subd . Will be waiting
I installed Freezy and I get the two dmd to appear, but the colorized one that looks best doesn't have the dot matrix and looks flat. Can anyone tell me what's wrong?
I remember hearing about someone who had just this issue. He had no dots on Freezy. I never saw an answer for it, mine has dots and i did not do anything special to enable it.
hi Awesome work,ive learnt so much from this channel.how do i make the freezy color rom dmd stay in the correct spot ,where ive orriginally got the dmd?
Yes , set the location in the dmddevice.ini you will see the width, height settings in here.
Pin up Popper ! Applause ! So if I have 2 dmds after freezy. What do I do to the old one ? Or does it automatically cover the old one ?
I forgot to mention that, but on the backglass right click and in the drop down set DMD to disable. There might be a global way to do it, but I have not looked into it yet
if you press f1 after launching table theres an option uncheck show dmd and check external dmd
It always worked for me fine until i format my pc.. I reinstalled everything but somehow the freezy dmd doesnt show anymore. I tried al versions but nothing works.
Any advice ?
It could be so many things... let me throw some ideas.
1- unblock .dll
2- run program as normal user rights, if nothing switch to run as admin
3- make sure you firewall or anti virus are not blocking it
4- run >SAMBuild 32 bit - v3.2 r4707
5- install visual pinball x all in one
6- have use external .dll selected by selecting the back glass and pressing F1
solved it.. the freezy files should be in the vpinname folder..not in the visual pinball folder :).. thx for replying guys.
specially thx to MF with his awesomme channel.
@@Boney_M I apologize for not being more specific in the video. I said put the files in the Visual Pinball folder when i should have said Visual Pinball/Vpinmame . I caused some people some aggravations. I just added the info in the description. Unfortunately, UA-cam does not allow annotations in the video anymore.
@@MajorFrenchy no problem mate...keep up the good work going
How do you get dots on freezy dmd?
what do you mean? don't you get dots on yours?
@@MajorFrenchy i also dont have dots anymore with freezys dll. its like the dots have grown and touch each other, so no dots anymore at all. a bit strange at first but you get used to it.
@@roadrunnermakmak I am really not sure. i always had dots on mine and did not do anything special. What version of Freezy are you using? Hopefully someone will know the answer to this and reply.
@@roadrunnermakmak I just thought of something, make sure that the scaling is set to 100% on your DMD monitor
@@MajorFrenchy well, to be honest, it looks quite good ua-cam.com/video/tW36_5Y8Urg/v-deo.html
If we are to pay attention.
You have to give all info.
If you want me to address some issues that you are having, be more descriptive in your comments. Between the guides, the videos and the chat group, I think i am pretty thorough at pushing out the info.
too busy
Why link to specific versions, which are soon to be the old versions, instead of linking to the releases where people will be able to find the latest release. For example, 1.8.0 is out now, but people here may not realize that because the links provided here are for 1.7.1 and 1.7.2 ?
github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions/releases