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[jpsalas]

hy guys i have a problem with table when i shot the ball ball always go in to the left side of the machine any help?

 

I guess you have some kind of analog controller that needs some calibration. Either disconnect it or adjust the dead zone as shown in the picture:

 

[Outhere]

How do you change an image for the DMD, I tried to do it in Image manager but that did not seem to affect it

[wiesshund]

 

hy guys i have a problem with table when i shot the ball ball always go in to the left side of the machine any help?

 

I guess you have some kind of analog controller that needs some calibration. Either disconnect it or adjust the dead zone as shown in the picture:

 

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Aye

That will happen if there is a gamepad or some kind of joystick plugged in and it isnt calibrated right for nudging
or perhaps not even meant to nudge at all but just forgot it was plugged in

[jpsalas]

How do you change an image for the DMD, I tried to do it in Image manager but that did not seem to affect it

 

If you are running with the FlexDMD, it looks like FlexDMD caches the images at the start of the table, and even if you change the images and run it again, the original images are still cached. To see the change you need to save the table, close VPX,  and start it again.

If you are playing in desktop mode then the images should work at once.

Edited by jpsalas, 04 August 2021 - 07:38 AM.

[wiesshund]

 

How do you change an image for the DMD, I tried to do it in Image manager but that did not seem to affect it

 

If you are running with the FlexDMD, it looks like FlexDMD caches the images at the start of the table, and even if you change the images and run it again, the original images are still cached. To see the change you need to save the table, close VPX,  and start it again.

If you are playing in desktop mode then the images should work at once.

 

 

Wonder if that is a function of flexDMD's native API, or just the way implemented in the table script
You use the same DMD method you've used in other tables in the past except that you are using flexdmd's native API
with ultraDMD's API the above does not happen.

 

Maybe it's an efficiency thing so it doesnt have to keep re-reading the same files over and over?

 

Also does not seem to do it if using an external media source, but i'm not 100% sure on that yet

 

Might be worth mentioning to Vbousquet though
if it is a feature, perhaps he could add a command for editing to flush media cache that you could drop in the table_exit sub
Could be handy if someone is doing a lot of dmd media editing

[Outhere]

 

How do you change an image for the DMD, I tried to do it in Image manager but that did not seem to affect it

 

If you are running with the FlexDMD, it looks like FlexDMD caches the images at the start of the table, and even if you change the images and run it again, the original images are still cached. To see the change you need to save the table, close VPX,  and start it again.

If you are playing in desktop mode then the images should work at once.

 

I am using the FlexDMD and And that sounds like it should solve the problem thanks for popping in --  jpsalas & wiesshund

[kart74]

Here is a picture of the screen with the DMD cut off. It is just a single screen arcade cabinet. I tried clicking it, double clicking, right clicking, but nothing is working to move it. Thanks

 

**EDIT** apparently i cant or dont know how to get the image there. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by kart74, 04 August 2021 - 05:29 PM.

[wiesshund]

 

Here is a picture of the screen with the DMD cut off. It is just a single screen arcade cabinet. I tried clicking it, double clicking, right clicking, but nothing is working to move it. Thanks

 

**EDIT** apparently i cant or dont know how to get the image there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you playing in desktop mode?

If so, your POV may be shoving the the in table DMD off the side

If that is the case, open table in editor

Select the entire assembly of flashers to the left side of the table proper

 

Press control shift L to unlock them
now use the arrow keys to move them.
Make sure you have ALL of them selected so that they all move together.

Move them some and test, until they are satisfactory to you, then relock and save table

 

Is your arcade cab vertical?

[kart74]

That worked! Thank you. Yes it is vertical cab. The DMD is still a little big but now i can at least see 95% of it. Thanks again

[wiesshund]

That worked! Thank you. Yes it is vertical cab. The DMD is still a little big but now i can at least see 95% of it. Thanks again

 

You can scale the DMD components

with them all selected, right click and pick Scale

type in a value like, .95 and apply as many times as needed.

Make sure to UNCHECK scale around origin for this particular purpose.

 

The DMD does not fit due to you playing on a vertical screen.

 

You might consider playing the table more in a Cabinet orientation

and moving the DMD on top of the apron 

If your OS is also vertical, copy the FS POV values to the desktop POV
except for the rotation, and it will be just like a vpin cab basically, except it will maintain the in table DMD display for you
 

[kart74]

Maybe i misunderstood the "Vertical" question. The cabinet is a typical arcade style cabinet with a 19" 4:3 monitor. The monitor is oriented the way it normally would be sitting on a computer desk. So i dont think the screen is vertical now that i see what you are saying. I will try the scaling option. Thanks again

[wiesshund]

Maybe i misunderstood the "Vertical" question. The cabinet is a typical arcade style cabinet with a 19" 4:3 monitor. The monitor is oriented the way it normally would be sitting on a computer desk. So i dont think the screen is vertical now that i see what you are saying. I will try the scaling option. Thanks again

 

 

Ok, some peoples arcade cabs use a vertical screen for rotated games like galaga and pacman etc

[pablo99]

JP, I have a confession.

This table is my favourite by a long way but my skill level means that games are very short.

So I cheated.

I changed the script so that all the multiball modes have ball save active.

Then I went further. In order to test the Disco multiball I reduced the spinner count required to trigger it.

Even worse, I didn't change it back.

Now, I know this makes me a dirty cheat and I'm only cheating myself but this is insane fun, when I get all 3 multiballs working at the same time it goes crazy and when I inevitably lose the last ball I am left a shattered wreck but grinning from ear to ear.

Please don't judge me too harshly, I know I have adulterated your finest work but I just can't stop.

[jpsalas]

JP, I have a confession.

This table is my favourite by a long way but my skill level means that games are very short.

So I cheated.

I changed the script so that all the multiball modes have ball save active.

Then I went further. In order to test the Disco multiball I reduced the spinner count required to trigger it.

Even worse, I didn't change it back.

Now, I know this makes me a dirty cheat and I'm only cheating myself but this is insane fun, when I get all 3 multiballs working at the same time it goes crazy and when I inevitably lose the last ball I am left a shattered wreck but grinning from ear to ear.

Please don't judge me too harshly, I know I have adulterated your finest work but I just can't stop.

 

Remember this is VP, so change it to what you like and suits your preferences.

[makmak]

What I thought lately: A Bonus Multiplier x 1 (!) is not really a multiplier, LOL ;-)  nevertheless still one of the best tables out there!

[lukpcn]

JP, taking into consideration the latest PupPack for Your great table, would You do in the future version that will use Pup Puck overlay for scoring information instead of the flex dmd so it will match the stern style more and would look a ton better (readability) ? The scoring like in the Batman 66 table for example.

Edited by lukpcn, 15 August 2021 - 09:00 AM.

[wiesshund]

JP, taking into consideration the latest PupPack for Your great table, would You do in the future version that will use Pup Puck overlay for scoring information instead of the flex dmd so it will match the stern style more and would look a ton better (readability) ? The scoring like in the Batman 66 table for example.

 

JP does not use PUP, and has no means to display PUP screens, so it would be very hard for him to do a PUP table.
I am pretty sure JP would not mind if You used his table as a base to build a PUP table

 

As for the readability though, his is perfectly readable as it sits now.
If you are having problems reading it, you probably dont have the style in freezys configured right for it
And probably have not set the option in the script options for the high resolution DMD

 

Even on my laptops tiny 14" screen running 1366x768, it is perfectly readable

 

Edited by wiesshund, 15 August 2021 - 10:10 AM.

[jpsalas]

JP, taking into consideration the latest PupPack for Your great table, would You do in the future version that will use Pup Puck overlay for scoring information instead of the flex dmd so it will match the stern style more and would look a ton better (readability) ? The scoring like in the Batman 66 table for example.

 

As wiesshund wrote, I don't use PUPpacks as I use a single screen, and a simple scoring is more than enough for me. And another group of people have plans to make a Deadpool version closer to the Stern table, with a puppack I just wanted to make my own version, with my layout changes and rules

Edited by jpsalas, 15 August 2021 - 11:38 AM.

[barneyrfd]

And we're glad ya did...

[wiesshund]

 

 

  I just wanted to make my own version, with my layout changes and rules