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[bigus1]

File Name: Attack from Mars (Bally 1995)_Bigus(MOD)

File Submitter: bigus1

File Submitted: 05 Aug 2019

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME - MOD Tables

Author(s): Bigus1, JPsalas
Manufacturer: Bally
Year: 1995
Permission to MOD?: Unspecified

One of my favorite tables from JPsalas - a real beauty.
4.0 has a new playfield and lighting.
4.1 has smoother animation for the UFOs and the Big UFO rotates now too (switchable)
Enjoy

Click here to download this file

[BobAlbright]

one of my favorite tables! Nice job---looks good--plays a little faster than some of the other versions Thank you

[andrestec]

Could you tell me how you managed to keep the DMD in the foreground? I'm trying to use the same table, and the playfield overlaps the DMD in desktop mode. If you could give me the solution path, I would be very grateful.

[xenonph]

Could you tell me how you managed to keep the DMD in the foreground? I'm trying to use the same table, and the playfield overlaps the DMD in desktop mode. If you could give me the solution path, I would be very grateful.

Try clicking your taskbar at bottom of page, (You can hit the Windows key and keep your mouse pointer on bottom of screen before clicking it.)

You should see the DMD window.

Click on it in your task bar, to bring it to front.

Then click on the actual DMD with mouse pointer, and hold down the left mouse click, and move your DMD a little to left and a little to right.

Now click table and the DMD should stay.

 

Should be good on next table run also.

 

Edited for spelling.

Edited by xenonph, 10 February 2024 - 03:39 AM.

[andrestec]

 

Could you tell me how you managed to keep the DMD in the foreground? I'm trying to use the same table, and the playfield overlaps the DMD in desktop mode. If you could give me the solution path, I would be very grateful.

Try clicking your taskbar at bottom of page, (You can hit the Windows key and keep your mouse pointer on bottom of screen before clicking it.)

You should see the DMD window.

Click on it in your task bar, to bring it to front.

Then click on the actual DMD with mouse pointer, and hold down the left mouse click, and move your DMD a little to left and a little to right.

Now click table and the DMD should stay.

 

Should be good on next table run also.

 

Edited for spelling.

 

Thank you for the prompt response.

 

I've been trying to resolve this for two days now.

 

Today, I tested all versions of Attack from Mars VPX, and this version would be my primary choice due to its visual appeal.

 

Therefore, I'm using version 4 of the AFM, not LE, for now.

 

But regarding this particular MOD, I've seen people using it in desktop mode with the DMD on the left displayed, as shown in the photo in this post.

 

I can see the DMD when I press alt + tab; it's there.

 

I even positioned it where I want and resized it.

 

I'm opening VPX in windowed mode and selecting the cabinet option in the MAME DMD's F1 menu.

 

I've also changed the ddraw registry entry to 0, 1, and even 2.

 

This made the DMD come to the front, but still, the playfield relentlessly pushes the DMD of MAME backward or downward, however you prefer to see it, leaving it hidden behind the playfield.

 

It's as if some file or script is dictating the situation, focusing entirely on the playfield on display 1.

 

I believe that the MOD script may have something wrong related to the focus of the playfield and DMD, interfering with each other!

 

You're welcome for responding. Intentions speak much louder than words.

 

"Forgive me, English is not my native language; I may end up being confusing with words."

 

 

[jpsalas]

In this stable is easy to add that desktop DMD. You just need to load Bigus table, and load mine too, then go to the desktop and copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table. Save the table and that's it.

 

The script for the DMD is already in the table, so no need to copy anything else.

 

And the vpinmame DMD going back, is maybe because of you running in force fullscreen mode. Disable that in the video preferences and the vpinmame DMD may work better. 

Edited by jpsalas, 10 February 2024 - 12:08 PM.

[X Vector]

Bogus table

Oh, behave.

[xenonph]

 

Bogus table

Oh, behave.

 

 

 

 

Bogus table

Oh, behave.

 

I can guarantee you that is a typing mistake.

JPSalas has more class than that, and he is a great role model for this community.

Funny seeing someone tell JPSalas to behave.

 

Now I have seen everything,        

[jpsalas]

Yes, that was a typo Sorry Bigus

[andrestec]

In this stable is easy to add that desktop DMD. You just need to load Bigus table, and load mine too, then go to the desktop and copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table. Save the table and that's it.

 

The script for the DMD is already in the table, so no need to copy anything else.

 

And the vpinmame DMD going back, is maybe because of you running in force fullscreen mode. Disable that in the video preferences and the vpinmame DMD may work better. 

 

 

I'll try your approach, thank you, Papa Smurf. Well, I realized that the problem lies exactly in the attack from Mart's BIGUS MOD, as I can install machines with DMD already embedded.

 

Of course, I haven't been able to test another machine that doesn't come with DMD embedded yet, so this might be happening with all machines with the same characteristic.

 

We'll see...

 

Last night, while testing, I ended up changing the resolution, actually decreasing the resolution of the Playfield and intentionally placed the PinMAME's DMD on top and pressed F3.

 

It stayed there.

 

This leads me to deduce that when the Playfield is at 1920 x 1080, even in windowed mode, it remains in full screen, preventing the DMD from having focus.

 

I also realized that I may have altered the script while trying to learn and resolve the issue, and I may have saved the Visual Pinball which saves the script upon exit, so today I'll review if I have saved any script changes for this table in the Table folder, and test your method.

 

I'll come back to give feedback; maybe more people are having the same problem, and this could be helpful.

 

Moreover, I learn quickly; it's only been a week since I started really messing with this.

 

Thank you, and onwards we go...

 

 

Now, reading your quote "copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table," which text box? Is it the "Script"? Does a text box appear if we open two "Tables" at the same time? Can we open two tables in Visual Pinball at the same time? I got confused by that! However, I'll try it in practice to understand what you're saying!

 

Edited by andrestec, 10 February 2024 - 05:25 PM.

[xenonph]

 

In this stable is easy to add that desktop DMD. You just need to load Bigus table, and load mine too, then go to the desktop and copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table. Save the table and that's it.

 

The script for the DMD is already in the table, so no need to copy anything else.

 

And the vpinmame DMD going back, is maybe because of you running in force fullscreen mode. Disable that in the video preferences and the vpinmame DMD may work better. 

 

 

I'll try your approach, thank you, Papa Smurf. Well, I realized that the problem lies exactly in the attack from Mart's BIGUS MOD, as I can install machines with DMD already embedded.

 

Of course, I haven't been able to test another machine that doesn't come with DMD embedded yet, so this might be happening with all machines with the same characteristic.

 

We'll see...

 

Last night, while testing, I ended up changing the resolution, actually decreasing the resolution of the Playfield and intentionally placed the PinMAME's DMD on top and pressed F3.

 

It stayed there.

 

This leads me to deduce that when the Playfield is at 1920 x 1080, even in windowed mode, it remains in full screen, preventing the DMD from having focus.

 

I also realized that I may have altered the script while trying to learn and resolve the issue, and I may have saved the Visual Pinball which saves the script upon exit, so today I'll review if I have saved any script changes for this table in the Table folder, and test your method.

 

I'll come back to give feedback; maybe more people are having the same problem, and this could be helpful.

 

Moreover, I learn quickly; it's only been a week since I started really messing with this.

 

Thank you, and onwards we go...

 

 

Now, reading your quote "copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table," which text box? Is it the "Script"? Does a text box appear if we open two "Tables" at the same time? Can we open two tables in Visual Pinball at the same time? I got confused by that! However, I'll try it in practice to understand what you're saying!

 

 

You would Open this table in Editor.

Then Open JP's table in Editor, by clicking the File tab, and then click Open, and click table.

Now click the Backdrop tab on left side of editor, then click on the Textbox in JP's table and click the Edit tab, and click Copy.

 

 

Now to get back to Bigus table, click Window tab, and it will show both tables names.

Click on Bigus table, and now his table is showing in Editor.

Click on the Backdrop tab on left side of Editor.

Now click Edit tab, and click Paste, and this will paste the Textbox on Bigus table.

That is it. Script is already in table as JP stated above,

 

Or you can just play JP's version, that uses the Textbox already?

https://www.vpforums...&showfile=11603

 

EDITED TO ADD PIC.

Edited by xenonph, 11 February 2024 - 04:32 AM.

[andrestec]

 

 

In this stable is easy to add that desktop DMD. You just need to load Bigus table, and load mine too, then go to the desktop and copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table. Save the table and that's it.

 

The script for the DMD is already in the table, so no need to copy anything else.

 

And the vpinmame DMD going back, is maybe because of you running in force fullscreen mode. Disable that in the video preferences and the vpinmame DMD may work better. 

 

 

I'll try your approach, thank you, Papa Smurf. Well, I realized that the problem lies exactly in the attack from Mart's BIGUS MOD, as I can install machines with DMD already embedded.

 

Of course, I haven't been able to test another machine that doesn't come with DMD embedded yet, so this might be happening with all machines with the same characteristic.

 

We'll see...

 

Last night, while testing, I ended up changing the resolution, actually decreasing the resolution of the Playfield and intentionally placed the PinMAME's DMD on top and pressed F3.

 

It stayed there.

 

This leads me to deduce that when the Playfield is at 1920 x 1080, even in windowed mode, it remains in full screen, preventing the DMD from having focus.

 

I also realized that I may have altered the script while trying to learn and resolve the issue, and I may have saved the Visual Pinball which saves the script upon exit, so today I'll review if I have saved any script changes for this table in the Table folder, and test your method.

 

I'll come back to give feedback; maybe more people are having the same problem, and this could be helpful.

 

Moreover, I learn quickly; it's only been a week since I started really messing with this.

 

Thank you, and onwards we go...

 

 

Now, reading your quote "copy the text box and paste it in the bigus table," which text box? Is it the "Script"? Does a text box appear if we open two "Tables" at the same time? Can we open two tables in Visual Pinball at the same time? I got confused by that! However, I'll try it in practice to understand what you're saying!

 

 

You would Open this table in Editor.

Then Open JP's table in Editor, by clicking the File tab, and then click Open, and click table.

Now click the Backdrop tab on left side of editor, then click on the Textbox in JP's table and click the Edit tab, and click Copy.

 

 

Now to get back to Bigus table, click Window tab, and it will show both tables names.

Click on Bigus table, and now his table is showing in Editor.

Click on the Backdrop tab on left side of Editor.

Now click Edit tab, and click Paste, and this will paste the Textbox on Bigus table.

That is it. Script is already in table as JP stated above,

 

Or you can just play JP's version, that uses the Textbox already?

https://www.vpforums...&showfile=11603

 

EDITED TO ADD PIC.

 

 

 

"Thank you very much, dear, Papa Smurf had already explained, and I ended up being able to do this procedure, even so, I thank you for posting with images, you are all adorable...

 

                       

[Gerard Buter]

Goodafternoon,

I am new to this forum (and a rooky) and started to download my first tables.
(Batman66 and Flash Gordon).
These games are working fine on my system (vpx/vpt, b2s and the rom).

 

I use 2 screens and now I did download this nice game Attack from Mars and a b2s file and the rom (afm_113b).
But when I load the game you see a backglass without players and credits. The credits and points you see at the playfield.

Please can anyone tell me what the correct b2s and rom is for your game? Som I can use the second screen for the credits, points, etc.
 

 

If anyone knows the combination for Jurassic Park that would also be great.  

 

Thank you very much for your help, but please keep it simple for me.

 

Gerard
(Netherlands)