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[lodger]

U.P.- Great news!

 

Please consider continued development of the application to build/launch scenes. I'm sure it would be helpful for would be original table developers if it could help write/integrate/standardize some of the coding strategies laid out by Shoopity's tutorials.

[gtxjoe]

People were also asking about being able to change dmd color via script, so different tables can have a different DMD color

[freneticamnesic]

That's already available gtxjoe

[UltraPeepi]

UltraDMD v1.4.16042401 is now available.

 

I have more work to do.  But I wanted to make something available as soon as I could.

 

Please let me know if you have any issues (other than what's listed in the 'known issues' on the download page).  I do not have a color DMD.  So this feature has received no testing.  If you need to switch back to an earlier version, you'll need to Uninstall using Control Panel first.

 

>>x-rotation

Are you talking about rotate by 90 degrees?  I think this would be a feature for XDMD.

 

BTW, this version includes DisplayScoreboard00 which displays scores with a variable width font, and includes comma for large number.  If you are a table author and want to take advantage of this feature, please check for the minor version >= 4.

If UltraDMD.GetMinorVersion < 4 Then
    MsgBox "Incompatible Version of UltraDMD found. Please update to version 1.4 or newer."
    Exit Sub
End If

Or you can put your DisplayScoreboard inside an if clause

If UltraDMD.GetMinorVersion < 4 Then
    ' Old scoreboard '
    UltraDMD.DisplayScoreboard { parameters }
Else
    ' New scoreboard with commas in large numbers '
    UltraDMD.DisplayScoreboard00 { parameters }
End If

Edited by UltraPeepi, 25 April 2016 - 12:13 AM.

[Slydog43]

I have older version of UltraDMD up and running (installed under Visual Pinball\UltraDMD) and I renamed it to old, then ran your installer and choose Visual Pinball\UltraDMD to install, but it crashes out.  I retried with default location and it still bombs out (I choose everyone with options).  Any ideas?

[UltraPeepi]

The installer crashes?  Or UltraDMD crashes after install?

 

I will do some more testing with various versions of Windows.

[toxie]

also crashes for me towards the end of the install, win8.1 64bit..

[UltraPeepi]

It must be at the point where I am trying to register the control.  I have Windows 8, but my VM wasn't in a state where I could test.  I'll get that going this weekend.  Has anyone had problems with Windows 7 and earlier?  Also, has anyone had success with Windows 8 and newer?

[Slydog43]

I'm running Win10x64 if that helps. 

[Carny_Priest]

I also have a crash with the installer with Win10 x64.

[calium]

crashes at end of install of ultradmd. win 10 x64

[GInsonic]

Win10 64 German, installer finished without any problem !

[UltraPeepi]

Thx everybody.  I am trying to get Windows 10 so I can test.  I know that Microsoft is trying to get away from MSI installs.  They want people to target their app store, which requires a different install process.  But traditionally, they have been good about providing for backward compatibility.

[UltraPeepi]

I finally got Windows 10 (I had to update my VMWare Fusion).  I am able to reproduce the issue.  Stay tuned,

[UltraPeepi]

I have an update.  Version 1.4.16050500.  Download here.  This version uses .Net 4.0.

 

Please let me know whether you run into issue or not, and what version of Windows you use.

 

Thanks.

[Outhere]

Windows 10 - When I try to install I receive this error

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[UltraPeepi]

My bad.  I tested the MSI, but I didn't test the download link.  It was still pointing to the old MSI.  Please try again.

[Kaan]

Works fine on Windows 10 now. 

[SPARKY70]

hi UP, just started using your software. so far it seems pretty cool.

 

i am trying to change the size of the DMD to fit my 3rd screen.

 

when i right click i see a list of size choices, but none fill my DMD area as id like.

 

the closest i can get is 768x192, but my DMD looks like a 128x16 DMD (TMNT)

my lcd monitor resolution is set at 800x600

 

on my other monitors it looks like a 123x32 DMD is supposed to.

 

is there a way to create a custom size like when i right click a standard rom DMD and show borders, so i can display it better?

 

thanks/sparky

[Carny_Priest]

Sounds like you are trying to go edge to edge (768 within a resolution of 800). Have you tested your monitor at a custom resolution of 768x576? If you set that up in your graphics card control panel then you can use 768x192.

 

Also, if you can set up a custom resolution and turn off Ddraw in the VPM registry and setup the DMD resolution at 771x195 the result will be rendered pixel perfect. Can't get any better at the moment.