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[Umpa]

Quick question. If using FlexDmd can I uninstall ultradmd? Is there any dependencies?

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[wiesshund]

Quick question. If using FlexDmd can I uninstall ultradmd? Is there any dependencies?

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At only 45mb, i would leave it in there, just for any backwards compatibility things that might crop up

 

Yes, FlexDMD should take over for it entirely, but 45mb doesnt get you much
May as well leave it hang out just in case

[Chaffee1921]

Hello, I'm having issues getting FLEXDMDUI to even run. I unblocked the .dll files and have tried both double clicking the application and "Run as Administrator" but nothing ever happens. 

[Outhere]

Hello, I'm having issues getting FLEXDMDUI to even run. I unblocked the .dll files and have tried both double clicking the application and "Run as Administrator" but nothing ever happens. 

Did you Right click the zip file, Click properties, Unblock before unzipping
Maybe some help here  -- https://vpinball.com...all#post-194336

[Chaffee1921]

I tried unblocking before I unzipped and it didn't change anything. I've also been having issues getting Freezy 1.8 installed, so that might be it as well. 

[Outhere]

I tried unblocking before I unzipped and it didn't change anything. I've also been having issues getting Freezy 1.8 installed, so that might be it as well. 

You might be have an anti virus problems, You may Want to put in exceptions for your pinball related software

Edited by Outhere, 14 October 2020 - 03:40 PM.

[wiesshund]

   

So i get this with flexDMD, does not happen with plain ultraDMD.
And it only happens if you start table, let it run some DMD content, quit to editor, and then go back into the table again.
If you quit VPX entirely and relaunch it, you're fine, but you cant go back and forth between run and edit.

 

What will happen is at some point, could be right away, could be after a minute, the more you go back and forth from run to edit, the more likely it is to be right away
and also more likely to have to lock up solid too, and have to end task the whole affair, but at some point, the DMD content will cease to play.
Plain text will show up on the DMD, unless you have gotten it frozen, but graphical content ceases to display.

Now if you launch the table, dont exit back to the editor, it could sit there and run for 24 hours with 0 issues.

Not sure what the difference in quitting to editor and exiting VPX all together is.

And the table script kills everything on exit, as far as i can tell

 

Sub table1_Exit
If mode=2 then
    If Not UltraDMD is Nothing Then
        If UltraDMD.IsRendering Then
            UltraDMD.CancelRendering
        End If
        UltraDMD.Uninit
        UltraDMD = NULL
    End If
Controller.Stop
End If

If mode=3 then
  if B2SOn Then Controller.stop
  If Not UltraDMD is Nothing Then
    If UltraDMD.IsRendering Then
      UltraDMD.CancelRendering
    End If
	UltraDMD.Uninit
    UltraDMD = NULL
    FlexDMD.Run = False
  End If
End If

Controller.Stop
End Sub

Log FIle here, i purposely ran table quit to editor 1 time, then relaunched from editor, so flexDMD would run a bit before dying
but i am not exactly sure what i am looking at in this log.

And if i switch the table to ultraDMD mode, i can go in and out of editing all day long with no issue, i just dont know what flexDMD is upset about.
 

Log file too long for post, so i uploaded it  HERE but i will snip some of it
showing it working, and then going haywire, and then some from the end, the stuff suddenly saying missing resource isn't missing, it plays those same exact things fine, long as you dont quit to the editor and come back.

 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.775  INFO | FlexDMD version 1.5.0.0 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.775  INFO | Game name set to heavymtl 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.775  INFO | Render mode set to RGB 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.775  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f5by7.fnt, tint=Color [A=255, R=168, G=168, B=168], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.775  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f6by12.fnt, tint=Color [White], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.775  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f4by5.fnt, tint=Color [A=255, R=168, G=168, B=168], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.787  INFO | Show DMD 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.787  INFO | Starting render thread for game 'heavymtl' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.787  INFO | RenderThread start 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.787  INFO | SetProjectFolder C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:02:53.986  INFO | Attaching to Visual Pinball Player window lifecycle 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:02:54.839  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f5by7.fnt, tint=Color [A=255, R=255, G=88, B=32], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:02:54.839  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f6by12.fnt, tint=Color [A=255, R=255, G=88, B=32], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:02:54.887  INFO | Video opened: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\HM Intro.wmv size=512x256 length=35.526s (1 videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:02.743  INFO | Video closed: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\HM Intro.wmv size=512x256 length=35.526s (0 remaining videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:02.823  INFO | Video opened: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\background.wmv size=720x404 length=6.825s (1 videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:03.967  INFO | Video closed: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\background.wmv size=720x404 length=6.825s (0 remaining videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:40.627  INFO | Video closed: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\background.wmv size=720x404 length=6.825s (0 remaining videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:40.673  INFO | Video opened: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\bankreset6.wmv size=720x404 length=3.633s (1 videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:41.034 ERROR | ReadNextFrame failed, video discarded System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.IMFSourceReader.ReadSample(Int32 dwStreamIndex, Int32 dwControlFlags, Int32& pdwActualStreamIndex, MF_SOURCE_READER_FLAG& pdwStreamFlags, UInt64& pllTimestamp, IMFSample& ppSample)
   at FlexDMD.Video.ReadNextFrame()
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:41.416  INFO | Video closed: C:\Pinball\VPX\Tables\HvyMtl.DMD\bankreset6.wmv size=720x404 length=3.633s (0 remaining videos are currently opened) 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:41.416 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'background.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:41.416 ERROR | Missing resource 'background.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:41.416 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'background.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:41.416 ERROR | Missing resource 'background.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:42.274 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'plungerpull.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:42.274 ERROR | Missing resource 'plungerpull.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:42.988 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'BallinPlay.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:42.988 ERROR | Missing resource 'BallinPlay.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:03:44.804 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'Lane Bonus.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:04:17.081 ERROR | Missing resource 'score.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:04:17.081 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'score.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'attract2.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'welcome.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'welcome.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'promo3.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'promo3.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'idle.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'idle.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'challenge.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'challenge.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'welcome.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'welcome.wmv' 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Exception while resolving image: 'background.wmv' System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC00D3E85): The request is invalid because Shutdown() has been called. (Exception from HRESULT: 0xC00D3E85)
   at NAudio.MediaFoundation.MediaFoundationInterop.MFCreateSourceReaderFromURL(String pwszURL, IMFAttributes pAttributes, IMFSourceReader& ppSourceReader)
   at FlexDMD.Video..ctor(String path, Boolean loop)
   at FlexDMD.FlexDMD.ResolveImage(String filename)
[14] 2020/10/25 05:08:58.833 ERROR | Missing resource 'background.wmv' 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:09:02.023  INFO | Stopping render thread 
[14] 2020/10/25 05:09:02.023  INFO | RenderThread end 
 [1] 2020/10/25 05:09:02.023  INFO | Hide DMD 

Edited by wiesshund, 25 October 2020 - 09:46 AM.

[Elvinume]

  UpDate - See Post 178 for updated info on the color

 

Thank you for the update worked like a charm

I added it this to the DmdDevice.ini and it Relocate the DMD for that game
[uefa_cl18]
virtualdmd left = 120
virtualdmd top = 820
virtualdmd width = 500
virtualdmd height = 250

 

 

I added this line to the UltraDMD_Options.vbs file, Gave the game full color
        FlexDMD.RenderMode = 2

 

 

What can be changed or added to Restore the ability of changed the color of the text in Champions League 2018?

 

Hi Outhere, thanks for your help with America's Most Haunted btw in the other forum.  I figured out that issue and will post what I did shortly.  In lieu of that, I wanted to see why my Champ League wasn't in color and came across this forum.  I followed the steps above where I added some lines to UltraDMD_Options.vbs.  This now has my Champ League DMD in orange (is was greyscale bluish-white before).

 

I then saw your comment about adding FlexDMD.RenderMode = 2 into that file to get full color.  I just added that line to the bottom of the vbs file and I got an error message when trying to run Champ League: Unable to open UltraDMD_Options.vbs Ensure that it is placed in the Scripts folder.  I placed that command in the middle somewhere and got the same error message.

 

Do you remember where in the vbs file you posted that command?

TIA

[Outhere]

@Elvinume
See Post 178 for info

This topic is filled with a lot of old information that is no longer needed
So you shouldn't to have to be doing any of this with FlexDMD v1.5.0
But everybody system is a little different
 

[Elvinume]

 

These color ideas also work with games That the script is coded for FlexDMD

 

For Champions League 2018 -- UltraDMD_Options.vbs

Add these 2 lines to change the color of the text and to add full color
FlexDMD.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0)   <-- to change the color of the text

       FlexDMD.RenderMode = 2   <--  For full color
 

'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

 

Thanks to Wizball for the idea from post 254  --- https://www.vpforums...=43569&p=453302

Change this part to ---> 255, 255, 0   Using FlexDMD.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0) <---  change the color of the text
 

Color pellet with RGB colors
http://www.javascrip...aq/rgbtohex.htm

 

RGB to Hex color conversion
https://www.rapidtab...rgb-to-hex.html

 

Thank you Outhere!!!  Thanking you has become a daily thing for me this week.  I made 3 line changes (extra one was the game name line) and I'm now looking at the DMD in glorious color.

 

Wondering if you can help me with one more thing on this great table.  I get a ton of stuttering and slow down with this table.  I have everything installed on a Lenovo Laptop Legion Y545.  i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz, GTX Geforce 1660Ti card, 16GB ram.

 

I've made the following adjustments to try and help but no luck.  Wondering if you had any ideas.

4x AA (SSAA) = Off

Post-proc AA = Disabled

In-game AO = Off

SCSp. Reflect = Off

FPS Limiter/VSync = 1

Ball Reflection = Off

Ball Trail/Motion Blur = Off

Trail Strength = 0

 

TIA

 

[Outhere]

Maybe something to do with anti virus software otherwise I've never had an issue

Edited by Outhere, 05 February 2021 - 02:44 PM.

[Elvinume]

Maybe something I do what anti virus software otherwise I've never had an issue

I found that the Champ League 2020 version has no stutter for me so I ditched the 2018 version.

[Halen]

Does anyone have the Stranger Things table script for flexdmd ?

[Outhere]

Does anyone have the Stranger Things table script for flexdmd ?

There should be no need - https://vpinball.com...all#post-194336
 

[vbousquet]

Just a small post to let you know that there is a new release; the 1.6.0 one.

 

Changelog is the following:

- Better rendering of JPSalas integrated DMD: this improves for all the tables and was needed to have a readable DMD for Dark Crystal,

- Fix crashes that could happen if you werer launching multiple times a table from VPX,

- Installer checks for .NET version and warns user if it needs to be updated, giving a link to do so,

 

As always, to update, just download on https://github.com/v...lexdmd/releases, place in your VPinmame folder (or where you have put the previous version), and run FlexDMDUI to check the install & register.

[Thalamus]

Awesome, thank again Vincent !

[Outhere]

Thank you  -- Vincent

[jpsalas]

Just a small post to let you know that there is a new release; the 1.6.0 one.

 

Changelog is the following:

- Better rendering of JPSalas integrated DMD: this improves for all the tables and was needed to have a readable DMD for Dark Crystal,

- Fix crashes that could happen if you werer launching multiple times a table from VPX,

- Installer checks for .NET version and warns user if it needs to be updated, giving a link to do so,

 

As always, to update, just download on https://github.com/v...lexdmd/releases, place in your VPinmame folder (or where you have put the previous version), and run FlexDMDUI to check the install & register.

 

Thanks! I'll be quite busy until Christmas, but next year I'll update all my original tables and I'll include the script for FlexDMD as an option, and maybe have it selected by default when running in FS mode, like in a cabinet I spent some time, during this quarantine, testing this FlexDMD and I found out that I should remake the letters and my DMD with a more normal sizes and aspect ratio. When I made that DMD it was mostly for desktop users, and also for FS, but I never thought it was to be used in a real DMD that's why I didn't thought about making the right aspect ratio. So, next year will be all about original tables

[Outhere]

This is excellent news
Auto select would be nice and thank you for all the updates you have done recently - jpsalas

[wiesshund]

Now, we just need a really good indepth set of tutorials for flexDMD programming
as UltraDMD programming is pretty limited in comparison to what flexDMD can do
but it has tutorials, and right now i dont think flexDMD does