38 replies to this topic

[wiesshund]

Thanks for uploading this again. Great job with UltraDMD on my PinDMD3!

Is there another way to turn off the B2S grill?

Right clicking on the B2S and setting the Grill, DMD, and B2S DMD to hidden doesn't work.

Thanks

If the grill area is not actually defined in the B2S then no, you would have to edit the B2S and define a grill

[TallaNasty312]

 

[pinball lover]

 

Thanks for uploading this again. Great job with UltraDMD on my PinDMD3!

Is there another way to turn off the B2S grill?

Right clicking on the B2S and setting the Grill, DMD, and B2S DMD to hidden doesn't work.

Thanks

If the grill area is not actually defined in the B2S then no, you would have to edit the B2S and define a grill

 

 

Thank you, Sir. Since i am still a noob, could you please explain what you mean or maybe edit the b2s for us who dont know how to edit the b2s ?

https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

[Roadblock]

Thanks Wiesshund. I think you have forced me to learn a new trick.

 

Pinball lover

1. Download the B2S Backglass Designer https://www.vpforums...s&showfile=7549

2. Before you do anything else make a copy of your directb2s file, just in case.

3. Open B2S Backglass Designer v1.2

4. File - Import 'directB2S' backglass file = Dark Princess (Original 2021).directb2s

5. Image - Grill height - Set grill height = adjust the horizontal line

6. Backglass - Create 'directB2S' backglass file

7. Save

8. Move your new file from the B2S Backglass Designer\Projects folder to your tables folder and replace the original

9. Run your table

10. Delete the copy if successful

 

voila!

[pinball lover]

Thanks, but i only have this file "DarkPrincess.directb2s"
There is no one called .b2s at the end. So i cannot load it.

Could you please upload the new edited file for me ?

Edited by pinball lover, 21 October 2021 - 12:10 AM.

[wiesshund]

Thanks, but i only have this file "DarkPrincess.directb2s"
There is no one called .b2s at the end. So i cannot load it.

Could you please upload the new edited file for me ?

Not load IMPORT lol

[pinball lover]

Thanks, i imported it but still dont know what to do, and i am not sure if my Problem is the same as Roadblock has.

So i made a Video, please check it out for better explanation.
On the first start the Grill appears in the middle and i cannot click it away.

 

https://youtu.be/e8tvo4YD3z4

Edited by pinball lover, 21 October 2021 - 02:18 AM.

[wiesshund]

Ok 1st, please, for the love of god, click view and set view to scale to your window size, i cant see anything of the backglass

 

Then go back and define the grill size again

and put the green line at the top edge of the grill

 

then click backglass and create backglass

your new backglass will be in the project folder

or after creating click backglass and preview\test it

and let it copy it to the tables folder for you while testing it

[pinball lover]

Thanks a lot wiesshund! (and thanks for your patience)

 

I succeded and uploaded both Dark Princess packages (including VPX Table, UltraDMD, Backglass and Music), with the old and with the new backglass:

 

Old Version: https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

 

New Version: https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing

Edited by pinball lover, 21 October 2021 - 02:15 PM.

[wiesshund]

Why dont you upload here?

[pinball lover]

Well, when i click on "Edit", i only see one Option called "My Media" but i cant see any Upload Possibility ?
Or do you mean i should upload the Table officially , so everybody can see it in the Portal News ?

I already thought about it, since it is not uploaded to vpforums, but because i am not the creator of this table i was not sure if it is allowed ?

Edited by pinball lover, 22 October 2021 - 12:04 AM.

[wiesshund]

Well, when i click on "Edit", i only see one Option called "My Media" but i cant see any Upload Possibility ?
Or do you mean i should upload the Table officially , so everybody can see it in the Portal News ?

I already thought about it, since it is not uploaded to vpforums, but because i am not the creator of this table i was not sure if it is allowed ?

 

Well, you could upload the backglass ?
Who made the table? is it hosted over at VPU?
Did you mod the table or just including the table?

 

If you did not change the table then i would only upload the backglass you made

 

If this was something formerly hosted on Vpinball.com i am not sure what the good answer is

[pinball lover]

All i know is, that the Creator is FROGGYCREW, and i think i downloaded the table at vpinball.com, which has closed forever.
I could find it at a website that the administrator does not allow links to. uploaded by a guy called springjack in October 10
Well, i changed the table as well when i changed the Z-Scale and the other scales.

[wiesshund]

All i know is, that the Creator is FROGGYCREW, and i think i downloaded the table at vpinball.com, which has closed forever.
I could find it at a website that the administrator does not allow links to. uploaded by a guy called springjack in October 10
Well, i changed the table as well when i changed the Z-Scale and the other scales.

 

Um Zscale should never ever under no circumstances be anything other than 1

[pinball lover]

I know

 

 

All i know is, that the Creator is FROGGYCREW, and i think i downloaded the table at vpinball.com, which has closed forever.
I could find it at a website that the administrator does not allow links to. uploaded by a guy called springjack in October 10
Well, i changed the table as well when i changed the Z-Scale and the other scales.

 

Um Zscale should never ever under no circumstances be anything other than 1

 

 

I know, but many tables have different numbers on this scale, from the very beginning, the creators did this on purpose. Maybe they think it looks better this way. Only God knows.

[wiesshund]

I know

 

 

All i know is, that the Creator is FROGGYCREW, and i think i downloaded the table at vpinball.com, which has closed forever.
I could find it at a website that the administrator does not allow links to. uploaded by a guy called springjack in October 10
Well, i changed the table as well when i changed the Z-Scale and the other scales.

 

Um Zscale should never ever under no circumstances be anything other than 1

 

 

I know, but many tables have different numbers on this scale, from the very beginning, the creators did this on purpose. Maybe they think it looks better this way. Only God knows.

 

No that is not how it works

Z Scale is not a visual setting

Z scale actually physically rips the table apart vertically or smashed it together vertically

 

No author should ever be making a table with a modified Z Scale and i have never seen a table downloaded with a z scale that is other than 1

[pinball lover]

Sorry for irritating, i wanted to say the X and Y Scale was different. 
I am an pain patient who needs his daily painkiller dose and sometimes i confound things. 

Edited by pinball lover, 22 October 2021 - 05:05 PM.

[wiesshund]

Sorry for irritating, i wanted to say the X and Y Scale was different. 
I am an pain patient who needs his daily painkiller dose and sometimes i confound things. 

 

X and Y scale is harmless aside from visually making the table look funny.

They should be 1 and 1 for an absolutely proper appearance
( put a perfect circle on the playfield, now adjust X or Y and watch what happens to the circle)

But a lot pf people change them because they can not bear to have unfilled pixels on the screen.
It is harmless aside from the visual aspects and egging of the ball.
And yes, a lot of tables come with a modified X and Y scale.

 

Personally, i stick them back to 1 and 1, then adjust the Z offset until one of the tables dimensions hits the sides of the screen
and then that is it, what ever is empty space in the other dimension, well it is just empty space is all, it if really annoys me i will edit the table and put something in the empty space, Side rails, a lockdown bar, a Beer advertizement at the top of the table, etc but usually i just leave it be.

 

I prefer some unused screen to distorting the ball and the graphics that the artist spent so much time on

 

but Z scale, that one you dont want to change

 

Try it some time, with out saving the table
make the zscale 0.5 and launch the table
then make it 4.0 and launch the table
See how fubar the table is physically?

[Defcon Norris]

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