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[Arcade4]

me and snotz have found some threading issues with the .dll causing some flickering on the dmd, when flashing high scores and in some animations. its quite hard to notice. we are trying to fix it right now, the display can look quite a bit smoother once this problem has been sorted

Wow, it gets even better.

[russdx]

yeah if you watch noFear attract mode when it writes the Williams logo or flashes the no fear text its tearing a bit and flickering, this can be dead 100% perfect!! hopefully we can mend it

[unclewilly]

Are these fixes just pertaining to the dmd displays or will this threading issue make the emulation in general better.
Just curious.
Will this code eventually be merged with the pinmame sourcecode.

[chriz]

thanks a lot russ and snotz! I love your perfection / optimization way! keep the good work going!

you guys rock!

[russdx]

none of this effects the emulation speed

im not sure about merging with the main source, i doubt it unless the pinmame dev want it to be

[Snotz]

Thanks chris. We've prefected it some more and fixed a lot of tearing issues. We also fixed the threading issues so pinmame closes really fast now.

Something else BIG on the horizon, too. We're just perfecting that as well... look for some cool news soon.

Updated dll in russ's sig. Enjoy everyone

[Arcade4]

Thanks chris. We've prefected it some more and fixed a lot of tearing issues. We also fixed the threading issues so pinmame closes really fast now.

Something else BIG on the horizon, too. We're just perfecting that as well... look for some cool news soon.

Updated dll in russ's sig. Enjoy everyone

Great news. (Love Surprises).
I'll be grabbing the file when I get home later.

[Zablon]

LOL. I've not had time to really even test the last DLL. Appreciate all your work on this guys. Keeps getting better and better

[arngrim]

I saw these flickering from the beginning and I was wondering if it was normal or not.

Just tested and it's gone

Once the ghosting effect is resolved, we'll have a perfect basis for all the dmd displays.

Thanks, appreciate your great work

[russdx]

thanks

the bottom row ghosting should of been sorted with the latest pinDMD firmware

the mini ghosting per pixel i think might be a problem with the actual vishay display, really need a few people to try there displays in a real pinball to confirm this though

[arngrim]

I have upgraded the board with the latest firmware, that can remove the pindmd logo (Thanks for that too!), and I still have the bottom row ghosting.

I have the vishay led orange.

Arngrim

Edited by arngrim, 09 April 2012 - 09:31 PM.

[deadsoulz]

Do we need to update the firmware if we don't mind the PinDMD logo, mine is showing V2? I would like to replace it somepoint with something else, but no biggie.

Edited by deadsoulz, 10 April 2012 - 02:01 AM.

[Zablon]

It had bug fixes, there were 2 versions of it included. One that removed the logo, one that didn't. Personally I like to leave it on there.

[Snotz]

Couple of bugs fixed:

If you hit F3 to reset a machine, the pinDMD loses its handle and only shows the dmdlogo.txt.
This is fixed, F3 no longer closes the handle to the pindmd.

192x64 display games (ie. Baywatch) only scaled 64 down to 32 but centered the 192, cutting off the sides.
Fixed 192 width to scale to 128 (removing every 3rd line)
Doesnt look great, but it works.

Also updated to SVN 3365. YAY more games to cause "bugs", lol.

I sent russ the new dll to post at his signature.

Edited by Snotz, 10 April 2012 - 05:53 AM.

[analog999]

Russ, I got my board a couple weeks ago, unfortunately I haven't had a chance to use it yet (busy at work), let alone barely get on the forums. But it looks great. I can't wait.

[ebarlow99]

Thanks chris. We've prefected it some more and fixed a lot of tearing issues. We also fixed the threading issues so pinmame closes really fast now.

Something else BIG on the horizon, too. We're just perfecting that as well... look for some cool news soon.
Updated dll in russ's sig. Enjoy everyone

I want on the list...lol

[Snotz]

Russ uploaded the new dll to the link in his sig.

[kruge99]

Russ uploaded the new dll to the link in his sig.

Has anyone else noticed that the new .DLL has the updated driver support for Bally speech synthesis in tables like Centaur, Embryon, Fathom, Flash Gordon, etc???

[Zablon]

@ Krugger: How would we tell the difference? (serious question) They worked before?

thanks

the bottom row ghosting should of been sorted with the latest pinDMD firmware

the mini ghosting per pixel i think might be a problem with the actual vishay display, really need a few people to try there displays in a real pinball to confirm this though

The mini ghosting is VERY minimal. To the point it looks like shading, and I actually thought that was what it was. If no one had said anything I wouldn't have thought any different.

I haven't put the new firmware on yet to see if the bottom row ghosting is gone.

Edited by Zablon, 10 April 2012 - 04:27 PM.

[kruge99]

@ Krugger: How would we tell the difference? (serious question) They worked before?

Yes, they did work before, but now the sound quality has been improved. The speech is much clearer now, and can be easily understood compared to how it sounded in the previous versions.


Best Regards,
Todd.