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[bigus1]

File Name: Elvira and the Party Monsters (Bally 1989)_Bigus(MOD)

File Submitter: bigus1

File Submitted: 25 Aug 2021

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME - MOD Tables

Author(s): Bigus1, 32assassin, Batch, LoadedWeapon, JPSalas
Manufacturer: Bally
Year: 1989
Permission to MOD?: Unspecified

This saucy table from 32assassin, Batch, LoadedWeapon and JPSalas is loads of fun.
2.0 has new physics and improved lighting and sound.
2.1 has FlexDMD added by scutters.
Enjoy

Click here to download this file

[fourbanks]

Excellent work again bigus as usual 

[PainkillerAlice]

Looks good!

[bolt]

Great mod bigus. Thank you.

[LoadedWeapon]

Thanks will check it out

[tmpc]

Thanks

[Hawyer]

Oooo let's party

[brefreez]

fantastic table thank you bigus1 

[cigar]

I can't launch the ball... please advise on what I might be missing.

 

I'm able on all my other tables.

 

VPX 10.7.0 Final (revision 328 (bbfe404)

[meridian74]

No music/sound (only fx)  VPX 10.8 latest beta (VPinballX-10.8.0-1836-43556db-Release-win-x64).

I have tried to download ROM file from several places, nothing changed. Game is working but no music and sound. Other machines work but not this one.

ROM name: "eatpm_l4.zip" -- when starting the pinball game it does not display an error when loading the rom.

When I press button "8" show text : "MUSIC TEST" shortly after "MUSIC OFF".

 

 

UPDATE!!!

 

In another .vpx I can found "sound" propetrty (value), that set with 1 then sound started working

(vpx name: "Elvira and the Party Monsters Pup.vpx")

 

line 359 and 360:

' Rom sound OFF wwhen open table Music on table file disabled
        .Games("eatpm_l4").Settings.Value("sound") = 1

Edited by meridian74, 26 December 2023 - 11:33 PM.

[Jrvarsity82]

Nude mod available, full instructions (very easy) included in the description!  Available for download at VP-universe: 

[trueanimus]

For the people that are getting no music on this table.  ITS NOT THE ROM..  I struggled with this for HOURS and i know that this rom is used for another table, and it had sound so i knew the rom was good.

 

Here is the fix...

 

Once in game, hit F1 to bring up the pinmame window. 

 

Near the top is a checkbox that says USE SOUND... check it.

 

Job done... restart table and enjoy sound !!

[gnubblez]

Hey all...

 

Okay, so I am running this table and for some reason it opens 2 Virtual DMD's... One of them is just black and the other has stuff in it. I have no idea why it opens 2. When I close the table, the black Virtual DMD is still there. Only when I completely close VPX does it go away. Perhaps this is why people are saying they don't see the DMD? The black Virtual DMD appears above the other one. Only if I alt+tab I'll see it...

 

Edit: One thing I also notice with most tables is that if I alt+tab at anytime, and go back to the play field, I cannot start the table at all. Hit 1, doesn't start. I can still insert coins, but it just won't start. If I hit Escape, I can get the menu to show, but just cannot start the table for some reason. I can start if I don't hit alt+tab at all. Unfortunately, I have to do that if I want the right DMD to show for this table... Now, if I start the table, and then alt+tab I can still play. Just cannot start another game after that.

 

Edit 2: Okay, so I was playing around with stuff after alt+tabbing... If I hit alt again it will work.. starting the game... 

Edited by gnubblez, 26 February 2026 - 08:20 PM.

[Emanoel299]

@gnubblez

 

Elvira and party of monsters works with a Backglass Score.

So you don´t need a ROM or DMDextensions score on screen.

To deactive see the the pictures below:

 

 

 

Press F1 to open the ROM menu. Press ALT/TAB to acess

 

If you can´t, maybe you are in "Exclusive fullscreen" in video settings

Change to "Window". 

 

Edited by Emanoel299, 26 February 2026 - 11:49 PM.

[scutters]

 

Okay, so I am running this table and for some reason it opens 2 Virtual DMD's... One of them is just black and the other has stuff in it. I have no idea why it opens 2. When I close the table, the black Virtual DMD is still there. Only when I completely close VPX does it go away. Perhaps this is why people are saying they don't see the DMD? The black Virtual DMD appears above the other one. Only if I alt+tab I'll see it...

 

Hi, not sure what's changed in VPX/Vpinmame/DMDdevice but i was able to reproduce the issue with the FlexDMD enabled.

 

 

Please try this, in the table script find Sub Table1_Init and locate these two lines; 

		If UseFlexDMD Then ExternalEnabled = Controller.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("showpindmd")
		If UseFlexDMD Then Controller.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("showpindmd") = 0

And move them to the above the vpmInit Me line

 

So this block of code;

Sub Table1_Init

	FlexDMD_Init

	vpmInit Me

	On Error Resume Next
		With Controller
		.GameName = cGameName
		If Err Then MsgBox "Can't start Game" & cGameName & vbNewLine & Err.Description : Exit Sub
		.SplashInfoLine = "Elvira and the Party Monsters"&chr(13)&"You Suck"
	         .HandleKeyboard = 0
         .ShowTitle = 0
         .ShowDMDOnly = 1
         .ShowFrame = 0
         .HandleMechanics = 0
         .Hidden = 1
         On Error Resume Next
         .Run GetPlayerHWnd
         If Err Then MsgBox Err.Description
		If UseFlexDMD Then ExternalEnabled = Controller.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("showpindmd")
		If UseFlexDMD Then Controller.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("showpindmd") = 0
         On Error Goto 0
     End With

Becomes;

Sub Table1_Init

	FlexDMD_Init
	If UseFlexDMD Then ExternalEnabled = Controller.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("showpindmd")
	If UseFlexDMD Then Controller.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("showpindmd") = 0

	vpmInit Me

	On Error Resume Next
		With Controller
		.GameName = cGameName
		If Err Then MsgBox "Can't start Game" & cGameName & vbNewLine & Err.Description : Exit Sub
		.SplashInfoLine = "Elvira and the Party Monsters"&chr(13)&"You Suck"
	         .HandleKeyboard = 0
         .ShowTitle = 0
         .ShowDMDOnly = 1
         .ShowFrame = 0
         .HandleMechanics = 0
         .Hidden = 1
         On Error Resume Next
         .Run GetPlayerHWnd
         If Err Then MsgBox Err.Description
         On Error Goto 0
     End With

Let us know if that works for you. If not you may just have to disable the FlexDMD in the table code (change line 12 to Dim UseFlexDMD:UseFlexDMD = 0)

[Emanoel299]

@gnubblez

 

the new Bigus 2.3 table use FLEXDMD.

Forget my response.

Try Scutters option.

[gnubblez]

 

 

Okay, so I am running this table and for some reason it opens 2 Virtual DMD's... One of them is just black and the other has stuff in it. I have no idea why it opens 2. When I close the table, the black Virtual DMD is still there. Only when I completely close VPX does it go away. Perhaps this is why people are saying they don't see the DMD? The black Virtual DMD appears above the other one. Only if I alt+tab I'll see it...

 

Hi, not sure what's changed in VPX/Vpinmame/DMDdevice but i was able to reproduce the issue with the FlexDMD enabled.

 

 

Please try this, in the table script find Sub Table1_Init and locate these two lines; 

<snipped>

 

Let us know if that works for you. If not you may just have to disable the FlexDMD in the table code (change line 12 to Dim UseFlexDMD:UseFlexDMD = 0)

 

 

@scutters

Thank you muchly! That worked nicely. Thanks for your work on the FlexDMD.

 

@Emanoel299

No probs np... Thanks for trying to help though!