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[FRAQATTAQ]

Hi everybody,

 

I´m a pinball addict since I was a kid back in the 80s. I discovered virtual pinball some time ago and played the desktop version. But now I want to take the next step and build a cab. I nearly have all components but before I start to build this thing, I want all the software to run properly.

 

Here are the questiosn / problems that I have at the moment.

 

To test the software, I have as screen 1 a 39" TV, screen 2 for the backbox is a little 32" TV (this one will be replaced later by a 27 or 28" monitor) and as DMD I want to use a 17" monitor.

 

I use pinball X as front end. Everything looks nicely there. I can see the playfield preview on screen 1, the backbox on screen 2 and the pinballx DMD demo on screen 3. But if I start a table, just the playfield appears. Please let me know what I have to do that at least a static back glass image appears on screen two and the DMD on screen three.

 

If I get this to work somehow, I might dive deeper into the active backglass thing. But for now I feel I should solve this problem first. Thanks a lot!

Edited by FRAQATTAQ, 18 May 2016 - 10:02 AM.

[allknowing2012]

First what you see in pinballx has nothing to do with what and how you see things in the game. For the game you need to be sure b2s server is up and running and screenres.txt is configured.

You will most likely have to edit the tables to enable the backglass and/or edit controller.txt to enable the backglass.

Those are the keys -- do a search here if you need more help or ask away..

[FRAQATTAQ]

First what you see in pinballx has nothing to do with what and how you see things in the game. For the game you need to be sure b2s server is up and running and screenres.txt is configured.

You will most likely have to edit the tables to enable the backglass and/or edit controller.txt to enable the backglass.

Those are the keys -- do a search here if you need more help or ask away..

 

yes, I know. Pinball X is just the front end. But at least this is proof to me that the monitors are working and the required files are there.

 

For the configuration that I descriped, how have the screenres.txt have to look like?

[gtxjoe]

Try this screenrescheck utility to configure the screen locations.   More 3 monitor setup details here

 

http://www.vpforums....als&article=136

Attached Files

•  ScreenResCheck.rar   1.79MB   19 downloads

[FRAQATTAQ]

Try this screenrescheck utility to configure the screen locations.   More 3 monitor setup details here

 

http://www.vpforums....als&article=136

 

thanks, this was helpful. but there is one very strange thing. If I solve this, I think I could sleep well tonight

the screenres.txt seems to work fine with your tool. the playfield is displayed on the playfield monitor, the backbox on monitor two and right on top beside the backbox picture I can see the DMD. so far so good.

 

But if I start now a real b2s table (I tried scared stiff and bad cats), the backbox always becomes displayed at monitor 3. If I change the screenres.txt to monitor 3, there is no change. still on monitor 3. If I change to monitor 1, the backbox is switching to monitor 1. ?!?!?! what is this?

 

I read in your trouble shooting and tried to follow your advice. my screens look like that.

 

http://www.pic-uploa...esized.jpg.html

 

 

is this ok? do you have an idea how I can solve this problem?

Edited by FRAQATTAQ, 18 May 2016 - 04:20 PM.

[gtxjoe]

To figure out the monitor #. Just try values 1-9

[dstott]

Windows sees your three monitors as 1 through 3, but the screenres.txt file handles things a little differently.  It is counting monitor connectors, whether there is  monitor attached or not.  For example, if you are using two video cards and the first card has three outputs (a DVI, an HDMI and a VGA) the first port on the second card will be number 4.  Therefore, if you are running the backglass and DMD off of the second card, your table monitor will be 1 and your backglass and DMD will be 4 and 5.  This drove me crazy until I figured it out.

[FRAQATTAQ]

To figure out the monitor #. Just try values 1-9

 

you sir, are great! it was number 7. i would have never tried that because i thought it could be just 1,2 or 3. Thanks  a lot!

Windows sees your three monitors as 1 through 3, but the screenres.txt file handles things a little differently.  It is counting monitor connectors, whether there is  monitor attached or not.  For example, if you are using two video cards and the first card has three outputs (a DVI, an HDMI and a VGA) the first port on the second card will be number 4.  Therefore, if you are running the backglass and DMD off of the second card, your table monitor will be 1 and your backglass and DMD will be 4 and 5.  This drove me crazy until I figured it out.

 

yeah! stuff like that makes it very hard. and i`m already pretty sure that is a lot more to come till my cab is finished. there should be really some kind of dummy-proof software for all this.