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#301 Outhere

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Posted 24 July 2020 - 08:19 PM

wiesshund  -- What version of Freezy are you Using?


Edited by Outhere, 24 July 2020 - 08:20 PM.


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Posted 24 July 2020 - 09:32 PM

Your error on line 6 - you've downloaded a html document - not the clean table script. This is one of the reasons I tell people to use website that are designed for pasting code instead of using crappy html editors being here, vpu or vpinball. Don't paste code into the forum and expect it to come out usable. Use Pastebin, Github or something proper. Or at least, try to use the "code" tag in the editors. But, I really, really warn against it.


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Posted 24 July 2020 - 10:10 PM

Your error on line 6 - you've downloaded a html document - not the clean table script. This is one of the reasons I tell people to use website that are designed for pasting code instead of using crappy html editors being here, vpu or vpinball. Don't paste code into the forum and expect it to come out usable. Use Pastebin, Github or something proper. Or at least, try to use the "code" tag in the editors. But, I really, really warn against it.

I downloaded the .vbs files from the flexDMD github
I did not copy and paste anything

 

https://github.com/v...amh 062718a.vbs
https://github.com/v...ripts/Tables/JP's%20Ghostbusters%20Slimer%202.1.0.vbs

https://github.com/v...nd of Zelda.vbs

 

i would attach one, but i dont seem to be able to attach, or even put images in gallery etc

 

wiesshund  -- What version of Freezy are you Using?

dmdext-1.8.0-x64-Release.msi 
https://github.com/f...nsions/releases


Edited by wiesshund, 24 July 2020 - 10:13 PM.

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#304 wiesshund

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Posted 24 July 2020 - 10:22 PM

the scripts i fixed, but could not just download them from github, gave garbage

had to go to the scripts, go to raw view, then do a copy and paste

 

maybe i should have just pulled the git in sourcetree
 


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Posted 24 July 2020 - 11:19 PM

Yeah. Right. Your error is html so I don't care what you say. I'm right in that the error you was getting was related to doing something you should not.


Edited by Thalamus, 24 July 2020 - 11:25 PM.

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#306 wiesshund

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Posted 25 July 2020 - 12:00 AM

Yeah. Right. Your error is html so I don't care what you say. I'm right in that the error you was getting was related to doing something you should not.

 

What's your problem with the hateful attitude?
 

You need to be right so bad, fine be right all day long


wiesshund  -- 

Thanks for trying to help.
It's HTML as mr im right pissy pants says
Just dont know why the direct link from git would pull it down in html, but i usually use sourcetree.


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Posted 25 July 2020 - 12:14 AM

the scripts i fixed, but could not just download them from github, gave garbage

had to go to the scripts, go to raw view, then do a copy and paste

 

maybe i should have just pulled the git in sourcetree
 

You should have been able to download from here - Click the green button and download the flexdmd-master with the script files
https://github.com/vbousquet/flexdmd
 



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Posted 25 July 2020 - 12:24 AM

 

the scripts i fixed, but could not just download them from github, gave garbage

had to go to the scripts, go to raw view, then do a copy and paste

 

maybe i should have just pulled the git in sourcetree
 

You should have been able to download from here - Click the green button and download the flexdmd-master with the script files
https://github.com/vbousquet/flexdmd
 

 

Yea i kind of would have thought, but for what ever reason, when it says you wanna save this file
i get something other than intended

https://github.com/v...amh 062718a.vbs

But, this worked just fine so
https://raw.githubus...amh 062718a.vbs

 

Probably something im doing wrong in github maybe, usually i use sourcetree, but that isnt my git to be adding and such


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Posted 25 July 2020 - 07:20 AM

You asked for help and showed me part of a html document. I told you what you did. You kept saying, it is githubs fault, I told you it wasn't. Attitude. Yeah. I suck. Won't help you ever again - not a problem.


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#310 wiesshund

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Posted 25 July 2020 - 08:06 AM

You didn't help
The other 2 guys did

And no, you told me i copied and pasted stuff, which is not what i did, so you didn't even tell me what i did.

 

But have a great day, cause im pretty sure this nonsense doesn't belong here.


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Posted 28 July 2020 - 01:38 AM

OK folks, where can I set the DMD parameters centrally?

 

I had UltraDMD earlier and installed FlexDMD, registered it as the UltraDMD replacement.

 

If i change the height (or width, x/y position etc.) in dmddevice.ini, this has no effect. Same for the UltraDMD registry settings. I'm baffled and thought I tried all possible methods and locations - apparently that's not true.

I know these can be (supposedly) controlled in each table, but where is the default? Currently, all my UltraDMD / FlexDMD tables have the same DMD parameters and I would like to change the height, for starters.



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Posted 28 July 2020 - 02:08 AM

Did you put the 3 files for FlexDMD in the VPinMame Folder


I also recommend that you read the complete topic it will give you lots of information and some troubleshooting



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Posted 28 July 2020 - 02:45 AM

Yes, I did. Every file is where it is supposed to be.

Also, I did read the whole topic (plus Github and other threads), and as far as I can tell, nothing is wrong in my setup...



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Posted 28 July 2020 - 03:17 AM

Yes, I did. Every file is where it is supposed to be.

Also, I did read the whole topic (plus Github and other threads), and as far as I can tell, nothing is wrong in my setup...

What version of Freezy are you using?



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Posted 28 July 2020 - 03:32 AM

1.8.0



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Posted 28 July 2020 - 03:42 AM

1.8.0

For some reason it's not working for you
FlexDMD controlling UltraDMD tables
This works for me With UltraDMD games --> If i change the height (or width, x/y position etc.) in dmddevice.ini, this has no effect.

With flex controlling UltraDMD tables this no longer controls anything
Same for the UltraDMD registry settings. height (or width, x/y position)  I'm baffled and thought I tried all possible methods and locations -
 

 

https://www.vpforums...=43569&p=455029



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Posted 28 July 2020 - 07:43 AM

I drug the DMD where i wanted it, set dimensions by draging its corners around
then i right clicked the DMD and could choose save globally (which it did, just was not what i wanted, not having 3 screens) or save for tablename, which worked as i wanted it to

 

I had one table that the tablename was just showing " " for but i fixed that by adding to the script for that table
 

I did not edit the ini file at all


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Posted 31 July 2020 - 01:18 PM

Hello,

I got a problem with colouring of champions league 18.

I got flexdmd running since one month and it works fine with all ultradmd tables, that had problems before.

 

Champions league was at first running, but the dmd was to slow and not syncronized to the gameplay. I changed then the 'UltraDMD_Options.vbs as "vbousquet" told on page nine (https://www.vpforums...ic=43569&page=9).

 

Now the dmd is working perfect, but it is orange. That´s a shame.

 

Then I tried to change  'UltraDMD_Options.vbs like this, as "outhere" mentioned.

 

'Function to initialize UltraDMD
Function LoadUltraDMD(ProjectFolderName,TableOptName)
    Dim FlexDMD
    Set FlexDMD = CreateObject("FlexDMD.FlexDMD")
FlexDMD.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0)
    FlexDMD.GameName = TableOptName
    Set UltraDMD = FlexDMD.NewUltraDMD()

       FlexDMD.RenderMode = 2

    ' Set UltraDMD = CreateObject("UltraDMD.DMDObject")
    ' A Major version change indicates the version is no longer backward compatible
    If Not UltraDMD.GetMajorVersion = 1 Then
        MsgBox "Incompatible Version of UltraDMD found."
        QuitPlayer:Exit Function
    End If

 

 

Now the dmd is coloured but it behaved slow. Exactly the same way as before changing  'UltraDMD_Options.vbs at all.

For me it look as if flexdmd is no longer used. But I get no error message?

 

Any idea?



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Posted 31 July 2020 - 02:05 PM

This is what I have
Put   Champions League (Season 18) TT&NZ v1.0.vbs   In the Tables Folder And name it the same as your game
Put   UltraDMD_Options - Flexdmd.vbs   In the Scripts Folder

Attached File  Champions League (Season 18) TT&NZ v1.0.zip   53.09KB   15 downloads


Edited by Outhere, 31 July 2020 - 02:06 PM.


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Posted 31 July 2020 - 07:19 PM

@outhere:

 

does not work for me.

If I do it like you. The dmd starts in colour, but extremly slow and not syncronized to the game

 

I have to delete this line in UltraDMD_Options - Flexdmd.vbs

     

FlexDMD.RenderMode = 2

 

I already checked my versions: FlexDMD is 0.1.6 and Freezy is 1.8.0

 

Other games work without problems (AMH or Diablo) in color.

 

I dont understand







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