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[Thalamus]

Imo. You gave up too fast. Use freezy, ( enable ext dmd ), put the x, y, w and h into dmddevice.ini and you are never going to move the dmd again. Or I should say. Only when you don't want it to stay at the standard place you have set in the ini. Much easier in the long run.

[fourbanks]

I've tried to switch over from ultra dmd to flex dmd. the only problem I've got is the score overlay is not showing. it is there and shows on some tables but on some tables its missing. i have uninstalled ultra dmd and satisfied flex dmd is working as the colours of the table are more vibrant 

is there a small fix for this overlay not showing 

thanks 

[Outhere]

Post picture of what you mean by overlay
Or do you mean that the background is one color

Edited by Outhere, 03 July 2020 - 03:16 PM.

[fourbanks]

Post picture of what you mean by overlay
Or do you mean that the background is one color

it's ok I've decided to not use software or tables that don't appear to work in future. its only a very very few tables this applies to and i don't with my level of expertise need to get that involved 

thanks anyhow  

[Outhere]

 

Post picture of what you mean by overlay
Or do you mean that the background is one color

it's ok I've decided to not use software or tables that don't appear to work in future. its only a very very few tables this applies to and i don't with my level of expertise need to get that involved 

thanks anyhow

 

What are two of the tables?
 

[fourbanks]

 

 

Post picture of what you mean by overlay
Or do you mean that the background is one color

it's ok I've decided to not use software or tables that don't appear to work in future. its only a very very few tables this applies to and i don't with my level of expertise need to get that involved 

thanks anyhow

 

What are two of the tables?
 

 

ultra dmd renders the score overlay correctly top left of the desktop monitor whereas flex dmd the score overlay is missing. the tables in question are Young Frankenstein and America's most haunted. i thought to give flex dmd a try to keep up with you guys but as i say its not that important. i did register flex dmd correctly with the 4 boxes each with a green tick beside 

[Thalamus]

Did you change the script for amf  from the repo ? I'm still not sure what you mean by overlay though. amf works perfectly here, and by that, no micro stutter. I don't run virtual dmd though. Pindmd3, but I expect that to be working just as fine on any virtual.

[fourbanks]

Did you change the script for amf  from the repo ? I'm still not sure what you mean by overlay though. amf works perfectly here, and by that, no micro stutter. I don't run virtual dmd though. Pindmd3, but I expect that to be working just as fine on any virtual.

I've not touched the script. i assumed that flex dmd by its install of ticking the 4 boxes to green i didn't need to touch anything? the overlay is the small display screen that comes up in the top left corner which show the scores 

Edited by fourbanks, 03 July 2020 - 07:53 PM.

[Outhere]

 

Did you change the script for amf  from the repo ? I'm still not sure what you mean by overlay though. amf works perfectly here, and by that, no micro stutter. I don't run virtual dmd though. Pindmd3, but I expect that to be working just as fine on any virtual.

I've not touched the script. i assumed that flex dmd by its install of ticking the 4 boxes to green i didn't need to touch anything? the overlay is the small display screen that comes up in the top left corner which show the scores 

 

Post picture of what you mean by overlay
 

If you haven't already I recommend you read the whole topic for help and lots of info

[fourbanks]

 

 

Did you change the script for amf  from the repo ? I'm still not sure what you mean by overlay though. amf works perfectly here, and by that, no micro stutter. I don't run virtual dmd though. Pindmd3, but I expect that to be working just as fine on any virtual.

I've not touched the script. i assumed that flex dmd by its install of ticking the 4 boxes to green i didn't need to touch anything? the overlay is the small display screen that comes up in the top left corner which show the scores 

 

Post picture of what you mean by overlay
 

If you haven't already I recommend you read the whole topic for help and lots of info

 

this is the link for the screenshot. you can see the overlay top left 

https://paste.pics/9GYPI

as i said above when using flex dmd that overlay screen is missing that's your score screen 

Edited by fourbanks, 03 July 2020 - 09:53 PM.

[Outhere]

I believe you have to leave ultraDMD installed

This is how it looks for me with FlexDMD
 amh 0420198a.jpg   91.81KB   3 downloads  amh 0420198a-1.jpg   73.4KB   2 downloads

[fourbanks]

I believe you have to leave ultraDMD installed

This is how it looks for me with FlexDMD
amh 0420198a.jpg amh 0420198a-1.jpg

i have left both ultra dmd and flexdmd installed and only ultra dmd works. at least i have tried thats the main thing. I've posted a screenshot online of the flex dmd install which i believe to be correct ? 

 

https://paste.pics/9GYYV

[fourbanks]

it’s all ok now. like a fool i installed flex dmd in the vpinmame folder instead of the main folder. both folders have the same DmdDevice.dll

anyhow a big thanks for your help as always 

Outhere

and to Thalamus

Edited by fourbanks, 03 July 2020 - 11:18 PM.

[Outhere]

It should be in the vpinmame folder

What do you mean by Main Folder

[fourbanks]

It should be in the vpinmame folder

What do you mean by Main Folder

it only works in the main visual pinball folder not in the vpinmame folder. both folders have the DmdDevice.dll don’t forget but its only working like i say in the main folder.

 

like you i thought that odd but for some odd reason that’s the way it is ?

Edited by fourbanks, 04 July 2020 - 12:45 AM.

[fourbanks]

I've uploaded a couple of screenshots to verify my settings for flex dmd 

 

https://snipboard.io/S9mAew.jpg

 

and

 

https://snipboard.io/Gjk7Rw.jpg

[sneakily1]

You only need the Freezy DMDDevice.dll and only 1 instance of it (ever). Since the latest versions of FlexDMD you no longer need the DMDDevice.dll provided with the files. That's more than likely your issue. Also you DO need to have FlexDMD in your VPinMame folder.

 

 

It should be in the vpinmame folder

What do you mean by Main Folder

it only works in the main visual pinball folder not in the vpinmame folder. both folders have the DmdDevice.dll don’t forget but its only working like i say in the main folder.

 

like you i thought that odd but for some odd reason that’s the way it is ?

 

Edited by sneakily1, 04 July 2020 - 05:26 PM.

[fourbanks]

 

You only need the Freezy DMDDevice.dll and only 1 instance of it (ever). Since the latest versions of FlexDMD you no longer need the DMDDevice.dll provided with the files. That's more than likely your issue. Also you DO need to have FlexDMD in your VPinMame folder.

 

 

It should be in the vpinmame folder

What do you mean by Main Folder

it only works in the main visual pinball folder not in the vpinmame folder. both folders have the DmdDevice.dll don’t forget but its only working like i say in the main folder.

 

like you i thought that odd but for some odd reason that’s the way it is ?

 

 

thanks for your input. as its working I'm going to have to stick with the flexdmd install in the wrong folder and see what happens. overall my set up is working well on all tables. i just hope the pace of updates slows down 

[Thalamus]

Just remember that ... when you update something else. You have a messed up setup - not knowing what is active and from were.

[wiesshund]

Im going to inject a terribly n00bish question

 

If i ultimately want to create a from scratch table, which of course wont have any ROM

and i would like it to have a "fake" DMD on the backglass, would this be the thing i need?

 

It's probably a dumb question, but i dont know anything yet.
I have not yet even made a table that simply shoots balls into the drain, but i am trying to get all the stuff together and figured out software wise
before i even start making something.

 

Right now im just at the break software stage