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[Thalamus]

Your enhancements are very much needed. And, if could we just figure out why some tables are played on table instead of backglass, that would be a true winner.

Edited by Thalamus, 06 March 2021 - 09:40 PM.

[NailBuster]

Small 10.7 Loading from frontend GUI thing that i know will come up because 10.6 didn't do it.   10.7 when running -play xxx -minimized shows the 'progess loading bar' now (people see it popup on frontend)....10.6 didn't show the progress bar in this mode.  

 

btw:  Toxie I PM'd you here on the changes for the POV cab stuff I did that you asked about....

[BrandonLaw]

Small 10.7 Loading from frontend GUI thing that i know will come up because 10.6 didn't do it.   10.7 when running -play xxx -minimized shows the 'progess loading bar' now (people see it popup on frontend)....10.6 didn't show the progress bar in this mode.  

 

btw:  Toxie I PM'd you here on the changes for the POV cab stuff I did that you asked about....

 

Solves my question from VP.  Thanks!

[lukpcn]

Question about testing 10.7 beta....When unpacking it, there are some dlls that overwrite those that comes with 10.6, Will 10.6 work ok with those dlls and updated scripts or I need to revert them before going back to 10.6?

[toxie]

These will work fine. Actually even stone old stuff like VP8 works with these new dlls (to my own surprise). Same goes for the scripts (there may be one or another table that does weird stuff for which this may not apply though, but it may be less than 1%).

Small 10.7 Loading from frontend GUI thing that i know will come up because 10.6 didn't do it.   10.7 when running -play xxx -minimized shows the 'progess loading bar' now (people see it popup on frontend)....10.6 didn't show the progress bar in this mode.  

 

btw:  Toxie I PM'd you here on the changes for the POV cab stuff I did that you asked about....

Yes, and thanks for that. I hope i can get to that part today or tomorrow. It's definetly not forgotten, thanks again!

Looks like 10.7 doesn't have the 7.1 table sound audio bleed to the backbox speakers that 10.6 had so my changes aren't needed. I think my version has somewhat better (enhanced) pan/fade effects but I don't think its worth fiddling with. If I had known this I might have saved myself a lot of time and just waited for 10.7

 

Actually now that I think about it I know one fix for 10.7 that might enhance the pan/fade effect a bit. I'll experiment with it and update here.

Whatever you have, be it 10.6 or 10.7 is always wanted in that regard. DJRobX doesn't have much time for VPX nowadays, so anyone who can help with surround sound fixes is welcome! 

And as mentioned earlier, i can also do a 10.6.2 release from that, as it seems like its a wanted fix!

[Segovia11]

VP10.7 has improved thanks to 10.6. VP10.7 has resolved many 10.6 issues & VP10.7 is moving in the right direction.

Thank you VPX development team and keep up the good work in/with regards to resolving the 10.6 issues in 10.7.     

   

Edited by Segovia11, 08 March 2021 - 12:44 AM.

[xenonph]

Hi my friends,

Huge thanks to you all!!

I appreciate all the work you devs do for the community!!

We are very lucky to have you guys!!!

 

Here is my question...

So am I to understand that UltraDMD will be fully removed from the All-In-One VPX Installer and replaced with FlexDMD??

Or will the UltraDMD program still be an option in the All-In-One Installer, for those who have older systems?

The reason I ask is because I was never able to register UltraDMD manually.

So I was never able to use UltraDMD until it was added to the installer. (The installer automatically registers it.)

I have the same problem with the FlexDMD. I can't manually register it.

When and if you add this to the All-In-One Installer, can you make it register automatically like the UltraDMD did?

It would be greatly appreciated!!

Also are there higher requirements to use the FlexDMD that the UltraDMD does not require?

So maybe the FlexDMD doesn't install on older systems that are not completely up to date, where the UltraDMD is capable of working on the these older systems?

 

Thank you for your time.

Carry on.

[wiesshund]

Hi my friends,

Huge thanks to you all!!

I appreciate all the work you devs do for the community!!

We are very lucky to have you guys!!!

 

Here is my question...

So am I to understand that UltraDMD will be fully removed from the All-In-One VPX Installer and replaced with FlexDMD??

Or will the UltraDMD program still be an option in the All-In-One Installer, for those who have older systems?

The reason I ask is because I was never able to register UltraDMD manually.

So I was never able to use UltraDMD until it was added to the installer. (The installer automatically registers it.)

I have the same problem with the FlexDMD. I can't manually register it.

When and if you add this to the All-In-One Installer, can you make it register automatically like the UltraDMD did?

It would be greatly appreciated!!

Also are there higher requirements to use the FlexDMD that the UltraDMD does not require?

So maybe the FlexDMD doesn't install on older systems that are not completely up to date, where the UltraDMD is capable of working on the these older systems?

 

Thank you for your time.

Carry on.

 

Try registering the latest flexDMD release

FlexDMD.zip

 

Vbousquet fixed an issue that prevented some people from registering it

 

FlexDMD actually has lower requirements than UltraDMD
It is more efficient and causes a lot less CPU load, and also will run any table that was created for ultraDMD with no changes to the table.

 

I do not know that answer to the AIO installer and pre registering flexDMD, but i do not personally see why it would not be possible

Edited by wiesshund, 08 March 2021 - 02:07 AM.

[xenonph]

Oops.

I think I am getting Freezy's dll mixed up with FlexDMD.

It is Freezy's dll that I cannot register. So disregard message above.

Any chance of getting that to automatically register?

I am guessing that Freezy's dll will not be included in the All-In-One Installer?

Therefore I am probably asking this question in the wrong forum topic.

 

Sorry for my confusion, and cluttering your topic. It's been a long day.

Thanks again!!

Have a great night!!

[wiesshund]

Oops.

I think I am getting Freezy's dll mixed up with FlexDMD.

It is Freezy's dll that I cannot register. So disregard message above.

Any chance of getting that to automatically register?

I am guessing that Freezy's dll will not be included in the All-In-One Installer?

Therefore I am probably asking this question in the wrong forum topic.

 

Sorry for my confusion, and cluttering your topic. It's been a long day.

Thanks again!!

Have a great night!!

 

Freezys does not need registered, it just gets loaded on an as needed basis by vpinmame or flexDMD

just unzip these into the vpinmame folder

dmdext-v1.8.2-x64.zip

dmdext-v1.8.2-x86.zip

Technically you do not need the 64bit for VPX, but i keep it around just in case

 

I would think that freezy's could be included in the AIO also?

 

Edited by wiesshund, 08 March 2021 - 03:04 AM.

[lukpcn]

Howdy, I was testing the latest 10.7 version yesterday and I have this effect when loading tables with pinup popper: https://1drv.ms/v/s!...DqS1c5wSBdgTYlw

Tested wuth exclusive fullscreen on and off (same result). Maybe it is because that progress bar of loading table being shown...

 

regards

Lukasz

Edited by lukpcn, 08 March 2021 - 07:00 AM.

[wiesshund]

no idea on that

does not take place in pinballX but it does not work the same way as popper does

[toxie]

Small 10.7 Loading from frontend GUI thing that i know will come up because 10.6 didn't do it.   10.7 when running -play xxx -minimized shows the 'progess loading bar' now (people see it popup on frontend)....10.6 didn't show the progress bar in this mode. 

 

Fixed..

Howdy, I was testing the latest 10.7 version yesterday and I have this effect when loading tables with pinup popper: https://1drv.ms/v/s!...DqS1c5wSBdgTYlw

Tested wuth exclusive fullscreen on and off (same result). Maybe it is because that progress bar of loading table being shown...

 

Maybe really related? Please check again then with the next 10.7 beta.

[lukpcn]

 

Small 10.7 Loading from frontend GUI thing that i know will come up because 10.6 didn't do it.   10.7 when running -play xxx -minimized shows the 'progess loading bar' now (people see it popup on frontend)....10.6 didn't show the progress bar in this mode. 

 

Fixed..

Howdy, I was testing the latest 10.7 version yesterday and I have this effect when loading tables with pinup popper: https://1drv.ms/v/s!...DqS1c5wSBdgTYlw

Tested wuth exclusive fullscreen on and off (same result). Maybe it is because that progress bar of loading table being shown...

 

Maybe really related? Please check again then with the next 10.7 beta.

 

Sure will! Thanks.

[Pinballman]

Hey Guys, 

 

First time using VP 10.7. When I go into image editor on a table, I no longer get the image displayed on the right - is there a setting somewhere that would allow this? Never had this happen with previous versions. Thanks!

Edited by Pinballman, 08 March 2021 - 11:43 PM.

[wiesshund]

Hey Guys, 

 

First time using VP 10.7. When I go into image editor on a table, I no longer get the image displayed on the right - is there a setting somewhere that would allow this? Never had this happen with previous versions. Thanks!

 

If you open a table as in double click a table file and VPX runs it, then that session will not show images

 

If you instead, right click the table file and pick edit

 

or open vpx by itself, then click file > open

 

It will show image previews as well as allow you to show playfield image, and object images in editor

[Pinballman]

 

Hey Guys, 

 

First time using VP 10.7. When I go into image editor on a table, I no longer get the image displayed on the right - is there a setting somewhere that would allow this? Never had this happen with previous versions. Thanks!

 

If you open a table as in double click a table file and VPX runs it, then that session will not show images

 

If you instead, right click the table file and pick edit

 

or open vpx by itself, then click file > open

 

It will show image previews as well as allow you to show playfield image, and object images in editor

 

 

Got it - thanks so much!!!

[toxie]

I'm still on the fence though if we should keep it like this..

It mainly saves memory..

[wiesshund]

I'm still on the fence though if we should keep it like this..

It mainly saves memory..

 

It also seems to speed up the table loading some, if you have left things set to show playfield graphic, and have walls etc set to show image in editor
and the table has high rez images, which you kind of dont care about seeing if you are launching to run, especially from a front end.

 

It annoyed me at 1st, long time ago, but once i realized that vpx had UI options of run or edit when you right click a vpx file, it became a non issue.
(I also had no clue why it was doing it at first either, so didnt know why one time i could show graphics the next i could not)

[toxie]

Yes, exactly. Somehow this point needs to be made more clear, otherwise the first impression is simply: What the heck is going on here? :/

Hmmm.. I need to think about this some more.