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[tartzani]

mby it wont be approved only here ? cause its up somewhere else

Uploaded it mostly for those in need for more flex dmd examples

 

have fun with flex dmd

[Quickdraw19]

I'm trying to run a table call Unreal Tournament 99: Capture the Flag. I get an error about it not being able to load FlexDMD. I found this thread and followed the instructions. I ran FlexDMDUI. It told me my dmddevice dlls were out of date. I replaced them with ones I download from Freezy per the instructions. That checked out fine and then I registered FlexDMD and UltraDMD. The table now loads up, but the DMD is missing.

 

I recently had this same problem with UltraDMD which quit working all of a sudden. I reinstalled it to no avail. I uninstalled it again then searched for and deleted any references to it from the registry. I installed it once more and then the DMD started working again.

 

This is the first time I'm installing FlexDMD so I don't think removing it from the registry and reinstalling would do any good. Could there be a conflict between the two?

 

Any suggestions?

[Bushav]

Press ALT and TAB and see if it is hiding somewhere. You may need to resize it and drag it into position.

[Thalamus]

No conflict. I highly recommend that you let FlexDMD unregister/register instead of UltraDMD.

However. UltraDMD has a hidden setting that can at times trip you over. Actually. Downloading JPS Serious Sam 1.2.2 and playing it should fix that part at least. I haven't checked, maybe FlexDMD is honoring registry of UltraDMD set to hidden ?

[Quickdraw19]

Press ALT and TAB and see if it is hiding somewhere. You may need to resize it and drag it into position.

 

Yes and there's no sign of it anywhere on screen. Maybe it's a problem with the setup of that table. Do you know of other tables that use FlexDMD for VP 10.6?

[Outhere]

I'm trying to run a table call Unreal Tournament 99: Capture the Flag. I get an error about it not being able to load FlexDMD. I found this thread and followed the instructions. I ran FlexDMDUI. It told me my dmddevice dlls were out of date. I replaced them with ones I download from Freezy per the instructions. That checked out fine and then I registered FlexDMD and UltraDMD. The table now loads up, but the DMD is missing.

 

I recently had this same problem with UltraDMD which quit working all of a sudden. I reinstalled it to no avail. I uninstalled it again then searched for and deleted any references to it from the registry. I installed it once more and then the DMD started working again.

 

This is the first time I'm installing FlexDMD so I don't think removing it from the registry and reinstalling would do any good. Could there be a conflict between the two?

 

Any suggestions?

You registered it for flexDMD and UltraDMD tables
If so Is it working for UltraDMD tables?

[clyde]

Thought I would give FlexDMD a try, so I installed it yesterday & am glad I finally did. It Is the Cat's Meow! 

[wiesshund]

Thought I would give FlexDMD a try, so I installed it yesterday & am glad I finally did. It Is the Cat's Meow! 

It's like having a Meowitzer

[Quickdraw19]

 

I'm trying to run a table call Unreal Tournament 99: Capture the Flag. I get an error about it not being able to load FlexDMD. I found this thread and followed the instructions. I ran FlexDMDUI. It told me my dmddevice dlls were out of date. I replaced them with ones I download from Freezy per the instructions. That checked out fine and then I registered FlexDMD and UltraDMD. The table now loads up, but the DMD is missing.

 

I recently had this same problem with UltraDMD which quit working all of a sudden. I reinstalled it to no avail. I uninstalled it again then searched for and deleted any references to it from the registry. I installed it once more and then the DMD started working again.

 

This is the first time I'm installing FlexDMD so I don't think removing it from the registry and reinstalling would do any good. Could there be a conflict between the two?

 

Any suggestions?

You registered it for flexDMD and UltraDMD tables
If so Is it working for UltraDMD tables?

 

 

Looks like UltraDMD is no longer working either.

[wiesshund]

 

 

I'm trying to run a table call Unreal Tournament 99: Capture the Flag. I get an error about it not being able to load FlexDMD. I found this thread and followed the instructions. I ran FlexDMDUI. It told me my dmddevice dlls were out of date. I replaced them with ones I download from Freezy per the instructions. That checked out fine and then I registered FlexDMD and UltraDMD. The table now loads up, but the DMD is missing.

 

I recently had this same problem with UltraDMD which quit working all of a sudden. I reinstalled it to no avail. I uninstalled it again then searched for and deleted any references to it from the registry. I installed it once more and then the DMD started working again.

 

This is the first time I'm installing FlexDMD so I don't think removing it from the registry and reinstalling would do any good. Could there be a conflict between the two?

 

Any suggestions?

You registered it for flexDMD and UltraDMD tables
If so Is it working for UltraDMD tables?

 

 

Looks like UltraDMD is no longer working either.

 

what does flexdmdUI window show?

[Quickdraw19]

I haven't figured out how to insert an image yet. Here's a link in case that works:

 

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

[wiesshund]

well, flexDMD looks to be installed right

 

so what flexDMD/UltraDMD tables do you have?

 

Do you have JP's Diablo or Deadpool?

 

Do those work?

[HuntersTalon]

Following, Flex works sometimes but isn't working on Deadpool.

Tried to completely remove Ultra/Flex/Freezy and start over and only install Flex/Freezy but no go.

[Quickdraw19]

well, flexDMD looks to be installed right

 

so what flexDMD/UltraDMD tables do you have?

 

Do you have JP's Diablo or Deadpool?

 

Do those work?

 

On Diablo, the DMD isn't showing up any more.

 

I just tried one called Galaga which uses FlexDMD. I'm getting a start up error:

 

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

 

on a line which has:

 

.AddActor FlexDMD.NewImage("MothershipBG", "Mothership_Background_Image.png")

 

I'm guessing that is a sign that FlexDMD isn't actually loading correctly.

[Thalamus]

Yes. There is something going on with your install. Not sure what though. Just out of curiosity. Anti-virus disabled ? Including defender ? Ran the FlexDMD install as admin ? Ran it from VPinmame ? Tried using the MSI installer from Freezy ? and ... in all these cases - 32bit version.

[HuntersTalon]

I've done that, as well as made the defender skip the Visual Pinball folder.

[Thalamus]

Defender, be very sure that you have ran those recommended excludes that Wiesshund suggested. Defender is a virus in all on its own. You tell it to shut fhe fuck up and ignore something and it is still persistent turning itself on ignoring what you've told it - IF not done correctly.

[wiesshund]

 

well, flexDMD looks to be installed right

 

so what flexDMD/UltraDMD tables do you have?

 

Do you have JP's Diablo or Deadpool?

 

Do those work?

 

 

 

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

 

on a line which has:

 

.AddActor FlexDMD.NewImage("MothershipBG", "Mothership_Background_Image.png")

 

 

Yea, basically that means it is not loading
no flexDMD object being created.

do you have anything happening in the dmddevice or flexDMD log files?

 

When you run flexDMDUI, does the ultraDMD and FlexDMD demo work?

 

Though i have not seen defender messing up dmd extensions or flexDMD, only interfering with VPX executing an external vb script
adding the exceptions i listed in the other thread can cause no harm

I've done that, as well as made the defender skip the Visual Pinball folder.

 

How did you make it skip though?
You have to do it a specific way, or it will not fully skip messing with it cause of the way VPX works
Did you do it via an admin power shell window like i wrote up in the thread about it?

[Quickdraw19]

Yes. There is something going on with your install. Not sure what though. Just out of curiosity. Anti-virus disabled ? Including defender ? Ran the FlexDMD install as admin ? Ran it from VPinmame ? Tried using the MSI installer from Freezy ? and ... in all these cases - 32bit version.

 

Actually anti-virus and defender was enabled. Now that I think of it, I ran a Windows update last week. I forgot that they tend to reenable it.

 

I used the 64bit zipped version of the Freezy installer. Is there an issue with that?

[Quickdraw19]

 

 

well, flexDMD looks to be installed right

 

so what flexDMD/UltraDMD tables do you have?

 

Do you have JP's Diablo or Deadpool?

 

Do those work?

 

 

 

Object reference not set to an instance of an object

 

on a line which has:

 

.AddActor FlexDMD.NewImage("MothershipBG", "Mothership_Background_Image.png")

 

 

Yea, basically that means it is not loading
no flexDMD object being created.

do you have anything happening in the dmddevice or flexDMD log files?

 

When you run flexDMDUI, does the ultraDMD and FlexDMD demo work?

 

I think I'm getting somewhere. When I run the demo the FlexDMD.log is showing:

 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.058  INFO | FlexDMD version 1.8.0.0 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.103  INFO | Game name set to Designer 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.103  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] 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.128  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f6by12.fnt, tint=Color [White], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.128  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] 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.150  INFO | Show DMD 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.150 ERROR | Failed to load dmddevice.dll in C:\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME\dmddevice.dll 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.150 ERROR | Failed to load dmdscreen.dll in C:\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME\dmdscreen.dll 

 [5] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.150  INFO | Starting render thread for game 'Designer' using render mode DMD_GRAY_4 

 [7] 2021/08/07 21:16:50.150  INFO | RenderThread start 

 [7] 2021/08/07 21:16:51.468  INFO | New font added to asset manager: FontDef [path=FlexDMD.Resources.udmd-f5by7.fnt, tint=Color [A=255, R=255, G=255, B=255], border tint=Color [White], border size=0] 

 

Seems I have a problem with dmddevice.dll and dmdscreen.dll. Are those part of the installer or are those separate things? If separate, where can I get new ones?