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#41 wiesshund

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Posted 16 September 2020 - 10:12 AM

That's the notification I get at the beginning that I have to click away every time

 

sound_t.png

but that's a bit of a problem.
 
My big problem is why I can't play an entire game without restarting.
I've never had this problem before. I am at a loss.
 
I'll try that with the table sounds.
 
Thanks!

 

 

Once game is open, hit F1
Set vpinmame to cabinet mode
Then you wont get the notices from it about things.

 

I have no idea why you keep having to restart.
if you alt tab does any VPX windows have some kind of message or something?
Have you tried deleting the nv ram file for the game and relaunching it

VPX\VpinMAME\nvram\heavymtl.nv, that will reset anything that the ROM thinks about things.

I cant replicate the issue you are having, and have not heard of anyone else having it, with getting only 1 ball.
Which version of the table are you using?

Did you use any previous version?

If so, did you use and leave any of the table vbs files in the table folder

 

What user options did you set in the table script?


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Posted 16 September 2020 - 07:49 PM

 

That's the notification I get at the beginning that I have to click away every time

 

sound_t.png

but that's a bit of a problem.
 
My big problem is why I can't play an entire game without restarting.
I've never had this problem before. I am at a loss.
 
I'll try that with the table sounds.
 
Thanks!

 

 

Once game is open, hit F1
Set vpinmame to cabinet mode
Then you wont get the notices from it about things.

 

I have no idea why you keep having to restart.
if you alt tab does any VPX windows have some kind of message or something?
Have you tried deleting the nv ram file for the game and relaunching it

VPX\VpinMAME\nvram\heavymtl.nv, that will reset anything that the ROM thinks about things.

I cant replicate the issue you are having, and have not heard of anyone else having it, with getting only 1 ball.
Which version of the table are you using?

Did you use any previous version?

If so, did you use and leave any of the table vbs files in the table folder

 

What user options did you set in the table script?

 

 

So now everything works!

In PinName I only deleted the cfg file. After I deleted the nvram and restarted, now the table work corectly.

The notices are gone too. (After hit F1 and set vpinmame to cabinet mode)

I adjusted the music with the surround setting.

 

Thanks for the help :dblthumb: 



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Posted 17 September 2020 - 08:50 AM

So now everything works!

 

 


 

 

 

In PinName I only deleted the cfg file. After I deleted the nvram and restarted, now the table work corectly.

The notices are gone too. (After hit F1 and set vpinmame to cabinet mode)

I adjusted the music with the surround setting.

 

Thanks for the help :dblthumb:

 

 

You'd be surprised how many times when editing something will flake out, usually after vpx crashes, since i am editing in the beta version, and i have
to go delete the config for the table


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Posted 03 October 2020 - 11:27 PM

Can anyone tell me what I need to do for getting rid of the dot matrix display on the DMD? I'm also looking to increase the music volume as well.

Thank you all in advance!


Edited by Grimstead, 03 October 2020 - 11:29 PM.


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Posted 04 October 2020 - 12:20 AM

Can anyone tell me what I need to do for getting rid of the dot matrix display on the DMD? I'm also looking to increase the music volume as well.

Thank you all in advance!

So you do not want the DMD stuff at all?
The options are in the table script, all of them, same place you turned it on at.

Just chose mode 1 (no ultra DMD and no FLexDMD)

 

As for the music, mine plays back loud.
You could load the mp3's in audacity and increase their volume, just beware of going too high or they will clip

'*************************************
'Player Options
'You have to set these and set UserOptionsSet from 0 to 1
'Or the table is going to keep tossing you out
'*************************************

' Set this to 1 to acknowledge you have set your user options
' Sorry, this is to avoid people not setting them and then saying Why dont this work
UserOptionsSet = 1

' Do you have a backglass? set 0 for no, 1 for yes
' If you dont want to run a backglass for any reason, the will stop VPX from loading it, even if the B2S file exists
Usebackglass = 1

' Are you using FSS (full screen, single screen mode?)
' If you are using FSS, you probably want to also set UseBackglass to 0
' Unless you actually want a backglass running for some reason
FSS = 0

' Do you want PinMAME to display? 1 for yes, 0 for no
HidePinMAME = 1

' What Mode do you with to run the table in?
' 0 = Stock with NO music
' 1 = Stock with music
' 2 = UltraDMD
' 3 = FlexDMD (recommended)
mode = 3

' Do you want the Apron FlexDMD displays to SHOW? Set to  0 for Yes, 1 for no
'If you play desktop mode and only have 1 screen, or even play cabinet mode but dont have a backlass monitor, you may want to set these On
' And set ShowFledDMD to 0, and it will display the DMD content on the table Apron for you.
ApronDMDShow = 1

' If using FlexDMD do you want to Show the large DMD display? Useful for single screen with only the Apron DMD's showing 1 for Yes, 0 for No
ShowFlexDMD = 1

' If using UltraDMD do you want to Show the secondary virtual DMD? 1 for Yes, 0 for No
ShowUltraVirtual = 0

' Do you want to display the LIGHT LEDs?  This would mostly be for if you are playing in Desktop mode on a single screen but not FSS
' Set to 1 to show the LEDs, set to 0 to hide them
LedShow = 1


' Do you want to show the desktop mode backbox Items? (Game Over, High Score, etc, the backglass Lights) 1 for Yes, 0 for No
' If you are playing desktop mode but using a Backglass monitor, you probably want these off, Same if you are using FSS
' or rotated in a cabinet.
DesktopBackBox = 0

' ************************* MUSIC NOTE *****************************
' If you want everything but music, but some chance, go to sub Jukebox and look for the line
' Set this to 1 and it will do everything else you asked above, even play DMD, but it will skip the music.
' not very fun, but you're the one playing not me so, the option was asked for so here it is
iDunWanMuzak = 0

' *************************************************

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Posted 04 October 2020 - 12:33 AM

 

Can anyone tell me what I need to do for getting rid of the dot matrix display on the DMD? I'm also looking to increase the music volume as well.

Thank you all in advance!

So you do not want the DMD stuff at all?
The options are in the table script, all of them, same place you turned it on at.

Just chose mode 1 (no ultra DMD and no FLexDMD)

 

As for the music, mine plays back loud.
You could load the mp3's in audacity and increase their volume, just beware of going too high or they will clip

'*************************************
'Player Options
'You have to set these and set UserOptionsSet from 0 to 1
'Or the table is going to keep tossing you out
'*************************************

' Set this to 1 to acknowledge you have set your user options
' Sorry, this is to avoid people not setting them and then saying Why dont this work
UserOptionsSet = 1

' Do you have a backglass? set 0 for no, 1 for yes
' If you dont want to run a backglass for any reason, the will stop VPX from loading it, even if the B2S file exists
Usebackglass = 1

' Are you using FSS (full screen, single screen mode?)
' If you are using FSS, you probably want to also set UseBackglass to 0
' Unless you actually want a backglass running for some reason
FSS = 0

' Do you want PinMAME to display? 1 for yes, 0 for no
HidePinMAME = 1

' What Mode do you with to run the table in?
' 0 = Stock with NO music
' 1 = Stock with music
' 2 = UltraDMD
' 3 = FlexDMD (recommended)
mode = 3

' Do you want the Apron FlexDMD displays to SHOW? Set to  0 for Yes, 1 for no
'If you play desktop mode and only have 1 screen, or even play cabinet mode but dont have a backlass monitor, you may want to set these On
' And set ShowFledDMD to 0, and it will display the DMD content on the table Apron for you.
ApronDMDShow = 1

' If using FlexDMD do you want to Show the large DMD display? Useful for single screen with only the Apron DMD's showing 1 for Yes, 0 for No
ShowFlexDMD = 1

' If using UltraDMD do you want to Show the secondary virtual DMD? 1 for Yes, 0 for No
ShowUltraVirtual = 0

' Do you want to display the LIGHT LEDs?  This would mostly be for if you are playing in Desktop mode on a single screen but not FSS
' Set to 1 to show the LEDs, set to 0 to hide them
LedShow = 1


' Do you want to show the desktop mode backbox Items? (Game Over, High Score, etc, the backglass Lights) 1 for Yes, 0 for No
' If you are playing desktop mode but using a Backglass monitor, you probably want these off, Same if you are using FSS
' or rotated in a cabinet.
DesktopBackBox = 0

' ************************* MUSIC NOTE *****************************
' If you want everything but music, but some chance, go to sub Jukebox and look for the line
' Set this to 1 and it will do everything else you asked above, even play DMD, but it will skip the music.
' not very fun, but you're the one playing not me so, the option was asked for so here it is
iDunWanMuzak = 0

' *************************************************

I just want to git rid of the dot matrix that shows over the video's & other DMD. Trying to attach a picture but having Luser Errors

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Edited by Grimstead, 04 October 2020 - 12:36 AM.


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Posted 04 October 2020 - 01:52 AM

i use imgure, i never got anything to attach here

 

Do you mean the VPinMAME DMD?

Just shows numbers, like the ball and score etc?

though it isnt dot matrix for this game, so maybe you mean something else?

 

If you do mean that

' Do you want PinMAME to display? 1 for yes, 0 for no
HidePinMAME = 1

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Posted 04 October 2020 - 04:44 PM

Thanks for the image tip, hopefully this shows upf0RnkAS.jpg



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Posted 04 October 2020 - 07:19 PM

Well, i do not have anything in the table that remotely looks like that
 

I only have 2 thoughts

 

1)  you have this set to 0

' Do you want PinMAME to display? 1 for yes, 0 for no
HidePinMAME = 1
And it is showing PinMAME on your DMD
 
OR
 
2) You have PinMAME set to hidden, but have PinMAME's options set to use external DLL
and so it is showing it on your DMD anyways
Open table, hit F1
Cabinet mode should be checked
ShowDMD and Use External DMD (DLL) should not be checked
The table script will take care of the SHowDMD if you chose to hide pinmame
but it wont shut of the external DLL DMD if you have pinMAME set to use that.

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Posted 05 October 2020 - 02:52 AM

Well it was Luser Error, thanks for your help!

 

I'm really enjoying this table, thank you again for your hard work & all the tech support.


2) You have PinMAME set to hidden, but have PinMAME's options set to use external DLL
and so it is showing it on your DMD anyways
Open table, hit F1
Cabinet mode should be checked
ShowDMD and Use External DMD (DLL) should not be checked
The table script will take care of the SHowDMD if you chose to hide pinmame
but it wont shut of the external DLL DMD if you have pinMAME set to use that.

 

 



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Posted 05 October 2020 - 06:42 AM

Glad it is all working for you now.

I know i did it but still, it's one of my favorite tables
It's a simple table, but it plays so fast and crazy, like it's name sake.


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Posted 05 October 2020 - 04:19 PM

I love the green ball & especially the ball launch sound as it really makes my cab rumble.

 

I'm having an issue getting 1.3.5 running (line 175 Variable is undefined: 'B2SOFF'). Can you suggest anything or should I stick with 1.2.2 for my cabinet?



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Posted 05 October 2020 - 05:50 PM

B2S off simply tells the controller to not even bother starting the b2sserver process (the backglass)

 

It sounds like you maybe have an outdated version of controller.vbs, as B2SOFF is defined in controller.vbs

You could either update your VPX installation, or you could simply comment those 2 lines pertaining to B2SOFF out.

 

All they are doing is enabling or disabling the backglass server for people who dont want a backglass.

 

I would almost ask if your antivirus was blocking vpx from executing controller.vbs, but if it was, 1.2.2 would not even run.

 

If you want to update your scripts, the ones in the 10.7 beta download are up to date
I am not sure if there is a separate updates scripts package to download in the downloads section?


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Posted 29 October 2020 - 06:13 PM

Did not get notification on your last post
But you want to hit F1 and check Cabinet Mode so as to not get the emulation notice popup


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Posted 29 October 2020 - 08:22 PM

Did not get notification on your last post
But you want to hit F1 and check Cabinet Mode so as to not get the emulation notice popup

My apologizes, I got it running. Thank you again for your help with this!



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Posted 31 October 2020 - 09:03 AM

Is anyone interested in a version with JP's 3.0 physics?


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Posted 31 October 2020 - 10:02 PM

Uploading a 3.0 physics version for CARLOS if no one else
It is optional, and it uses same DMD, backglass, etc as 1.3.5, so just reuse those files


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Posted 31 October 2020 - 10:46 PM

I love your stuff, but you really need to have your settings save between versions.  You can use many avenues to this end.  Please PM and I will explain more



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Posted 31 October 2020 - 11:12 PM

We could not find the file specified ?

Click here to download this file (vpforums.org)


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Posted 01 November 2020 - 12:04 AM

We could not find the file specified ?

Click here to download this file (vpforums.org)

 

Think have to wait for Noah to approve the upload, there is usually a delay?


I love your stuff, but you really need to have your settings save between versions.  You can use many avenues to this end.  Please PM and I will explain more

 

Which settings specifically?


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