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[BobAlbright]

Remember that desktop tables don't work on cabinets...or vice versa. Use the FS downloads for use in the cab. Sounds like you're making SOME progress!

[jangus]

Ok, maybe I should start a new thread? If so, please say so and I start one.

 

I have now have my VP set up and functioning in desktop mode.

 

Next step was to get it to full screen. That also works now. DMD on screen 2 and playfield on screen 1.

(I really wanted the DMD on screen 3 but it will not stay. But as it does not matter).

 

Last step is to set up the backglass using B2S following the gtxjoe guide http://www.vpforums....als&article=136.

It puts the backglass on screen 3 and the DMD on screen 2. After that it crashes with "Fatal Error: HRESULT 88760868 at RenderDevice.cpp:420" and when closing that error message both VP and DMD closes (backlass remains).

 

I found the following in the forum but I can not find where to change ddraw and direct3d. The edit of VP script does no change:

When VP crashes when stopping the table:

• Edit the registry for the rom files that are crashing and make sure ddraw and direct3d are both set to 0.

• Try to add a 'Controller.Stop' command when the table is stopped. Get into the VP script code and insert:

          Sub Table_Exit  '  in some tables this needs to be Table1_Exit

              Controller.Stop

          End Sub

[LoadedWeapon]

You need the cabinet version of pinmame to keep the dmd placement and you need to adjust your screens in windows left to right in the order that you want them to display and the set up your screenres file to position the backglass in the right spot.. I can post a pic when I get home if you don't understand

[jangus]

I did install the vpinmame_cabinet_2.5. How can I verify that it still is a cabinet version? 

I had a lot of problem getting VP to work even in desktop mode. VP worked first after I copied the vpimame.ddl (first link in http://www.vpforums....ic=27063&page=1. It could be that the dll is not a cabinet version?

If I run setup.exe it says that the VPinMAME installation program is version 1.42. The VisualPinMAME version is said to be 2.6.

 

The screens are in order from left to right 1, 2, 3 (seen in the Screen resolution window). 

 

The screenres is as follow: 

1920

1080

1280

1027

2

0

0

1680

1050

0

0

0

Edited by jangus, 13 January 2015 - 07:37 PM.

[jangus]

At last I seem to have a working install of VP. Here is what I did:

 

Installation procedure

I follow the “Visual Pinball Installation Guide” to setup a desktop VP http://www.vpforums....rials&article=1

1. Downloaded http://vpforums.org/...aller_1_0_3.zip and run the VPInstaller_1_0_3.exe. Default folder. Install VPinMAME checked.
2. In VPinMAME choose Install. It install version 2.1. Quit
3. VPinball.exe set to run in admin mode, disable desktop composition and in Win7 compatibility. (Tested and worked with TopSpeed).
4. Downloaded the latest VP9 standalone (991) http://www.vpforums....ad13f8&id=34465  . Copied the VPinball991.exe, FreeImage.dll and SciLexer.dll to the VP folder.
5. Set the VPinball991.exe to run in admin mode, disable desktop composition and in Win7 compatibility. Unblocked the DLLs. (Tested and worked with TopSpeed).
6. Downloaded vpinmame_cabinet_2.5.zip http://www.vpforums....s&showfile=6429 and copied the VPinMAME.dll into the folder VPinMame. Unblocked the DLL.
7. Run the setup.exe in VPinMAME. The PinMAME version 3.00 is installed (guide says 3,00 is the same as version 2.5). Quit whitout doing anything else.
8. Created a new folder named Music in the folder Visual Pinball.
9. Downloaded vpvbs3_43.zip http://www.vpforums....ads&showfile=17 . Unzipped and copied all files to the Table folder.
10. Downloaded bally_6803_gts3_nvram.zip http://www.vpforums....s&showfile=1362  Unzipped and copied all files to the nvram folder.
11. Downloaded vpfonts.zip  http://www.vpforums....ads&showfile=18   and unzipped it to a temporary folder. Marked all files, right click and install.
12. Tested VPinball991.exe with the TopSpeed and it is still working.
13. For a test with a downloaded pinball I choose Taxi_VP912_v2.1.2.zip .
    http://www.vpforums....s&showfile=2350
    Unzipped it and copied the Taxi_VP912_v2.1.2.vpt into the Table folder.
14. And the Taxi (L-4) ROM file http://www.vpforums....ds&showfile=914
    Without unzipping and copied the taxi_l4.zip into the VPinMame\roms folder.
15. Now the Visual Pinball crashes.
16. I got this recommendation: Download the vpimame.ddl from this thread (first link) http://www.vpforums....ic=27063&page=1
17. Extracted the VPinMAME.dll and copied it to the VPinMAME folder. Unblocked it.
18. Taxi is now working. I do get a popup asking me if I own the ROM.
19. Now I have not done more at the moment. When I did download full screen vpt on my other computer it first worked. I resized the playfield and DMD to fit the screens. Then I downloaded and installed the B2S backglass server. Edited the script. But then it did not work. If I reedited the script to not use B2S it worked again.
    I wonder why it Visual Pinball did not work at step 15.
    I also wonder if the DLL in step 17 is non compatible with B2S.
20. Now I switched to the “How to install DirectB2S backglass” http://www.vpforums....als&article=136
    and the “B2S Backglass Server installation and version info” http://www.vpforums....364#entry214341
21. Checked that I already had the .NET Framework 4 installed on the computer.
22. Downloaded B2S Backglass Server (v1.3.0.1) http://www.vpforums....s&showfile=7426
23. Unzipped the zipfile and copied all files to the tables folder.
24. Unblocked the “B2SBackglassServer.dll”
25. Started the B2SBackglassServerRegisterApp.exe as admin.
26. Downloaded Taxi VP912 FS 2.1.2 in VP 9.x.x Cabinet Tables -> VP 9.x Cabinet Tables (FULL SCREEN) http://www.vpforums....2ed66a7a3185d7c
27. Copied the Taxi_VP912_v2.1.2FS.vpt into table folder.
28. Downloaded Taxi (Williams 1988) [directB2S] 1.0 in Frontends and Addons -> dB2S Animated Backglasses http://www.vpforums....1ef21a830477335
29. Copied the Taxi (Williams 1988).directb2s into the table folder. Changed the name to Taxi_VP912_v2.1.2FS. directb2s.
30. Started VPinball991.exe and opened Taxi_VP912_v2.1.2FS.vpt. Start and the playfield works.
31. Edited the “Set Controller = CreateObject("VPinMAME.Controller")” to “Set Controller = CreateObject("B2S.Server")”. Compiled and saved. Closed VPinball.
32. Downloaded B2S ScreenRes Editor 1.0.0 http://www.vpforums....s&showfile=6268
33. Copied the B2S_SetUp.exe into table folder. Run. Entered information and the ScreenRes.text is as follow:
    2560   
    1440
    1920
    1200
    2
    0
    0
    600      I just guessed the DMD area
    200
    1280
    0
    0
34. Started VPinball991.exe and opened Taxi_VP912_v2.1.2FS.vpt. Start and the playfield works.
35. My DMD where roteade so I changed the script. Searched for "Settings.Value("rol") = 1" and switched 1 to 2.

 

Thanks once again for all who helped.

[BobAlbright]

  Wow--a long road--glad you got it going!