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[blekcrni]

This is probably a stupid question but forgive my noobness, I'm new to all this.
I'm playing Indiana Jones FS on my 16:9 LCD monitor. I trun my monitor vertical
and then I get this:



Is there any way to rotate display so that it matches my position of the table. Thx.

Edited by blekcrni, 05 April 2010 - 11:06 PM.

[moogster66]

If you look in the VP folder in Programs files, there is a .PDF that tells you how. This is the only way I could get it to work. First, open the table in the editor, don't hit play. Then hit the SCRIPT button on the left side, at the top of the script screen it says "edit", open edit and hit "find". When the find window opens enter "dmd" in the box and hit "find next". The term "dmd" will be highlighted in the script. The line above the term DMD is what we are looking for. Do a copy and paste to change the line to:

Controller.Games("ij_l7").Settings.Value("rol")=1

Then under FILE hit SAVE.
Next, we will need to do a regedit. I am using windows 7 to change this so if you have another OS the steps may be different. Hit the windows start orb and go to ALL PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, then RUN. in the run window type REGEDIT, and hit OK. Look for "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freeware\Visual PinMame\default". In the window to the right when DEFAULT is selected there will be a line ROL. Make sure ROL is set to 1 by selecting it, and changing it. Then just close the window. Restart the table and it should work, but you will need to adjust the dmd window. Just right click on the DMD window, and select SHOW WINDOW BORDER, and you can drag the corners to whatever size you like. Close the table and run again, and you should be set. There may be an easier way to do this, but it was the only way I could get it to work. Good Luck!

Edited by moogster66, 06 April 2010 - 02:17 AM.

[ClickerSnapper]

look for this section in the script

ok, table is complete, now let's start Visual PinMAME!
Controller.GameName="ij_l7"
If Table1.Rotation=0 Then Controller.Games("ij_l7").Settings.Value("rol")=0
'Controller.Games("ij_l7").Settings.Value("dmd_pos_x")=0
'Controller.Games("ij_l7").Settings.Value("dmd_pos_y")=0
Controller.ShowTitle=0
Controller.ShowFrame=0
Controller.ShowDMDOnly=1
Controller.HandleMechanics=0

check "rol" setting

[gStAv]

check in the script of the table after the line:

rol = 1 or ror =1

not home right now, so I can´t really remember which value that do what. But change it to either 1 or 0 rotates the DMD for you!

Edited by gStAv, 06 April 2010 - 02:18 AM.

[ClickerSnapper]

check in the script of the table after the line:

rol = 1 or ror =1

not home right now, so I can´t really remember which value that do what. But change it to either 1 or 0 rotates the DMD for you!

0=off, no roll
1=on, roll dmd


if the line is not there...just add it
but i think it is there in that table

[moogster66]

When I tried to just change ROL in the script, nothing happened until I changed the registry, then it worked. Normally just changing the ROL setting does the trick, but for this table/rom, I had to go to the registry before it changed.

Edited by moogster66, 06 April 2010 - 02:25 AM.

[aelius]

When I tried to just change ROL in the script, nothing happened until I changed the registry, then it worked. Normally just changing the ROL setting does the trick, but for this table/rom, I had to go to the registry before it changed.

How you changed the registry?

[moogster66]

When I tried to just change ROL in the script, nothing happened until I changed the registry, then it worked. Normally just changing the ROL setting does the trick, but for this table/rom, I had to go to the registry before it changed.

How you changed the registry?

Read 5 posts up.

[azlew]

Is the registry fix still valid as of today?

On the newer ( last 9 months or so) I am getting very few dmds that will turn on my desk top monitor in vertical position after changing the rol value. I hate having to look sideways at the dmd.

Edited by azlew, 01 April 2018 - 07:50 PM.

[azlew]

Just tried the registry edit and there is no rol to change at the location mentioned above using regedit.

[gtxjoe]

Provide example of table with download link

[azlew]

gtxjoe :

 

VP10_Terminator  2 - Judgment Day Chrome Edition-3-1

I don't have the url.

 

Thanks for your help.

Edited by azlew, 02 April 2018 - 07:20 AM.

[kiwi]

Terminator 2 in the registry should be here "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freeware\Visual PinMame\t2_l8"

 

or you can add this after the script line 120

.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("rol")=1

[32assassin]

you will not find many tables that let you rotate the DMD in the script because most people that run FS tables usually move their DMD to a second monitor.

 

if you are one of the few people who runs your tables in FS and want to keep the DMD in the primary monitor,  do what Kiwi suggested and learn how to add

the rol value changer in your script.

 

it will be allot easier for you since you do not have to go into your registry when ever you like to change them.

 

 

If you do not want to learn how to modify the script

know that

Most of the spanned tables have  ROL=1 value in the script,

http://www.vpforums....oads&showcat=10

 

you are better of downloading this tables 

running them  -->  they will automatically rotate the DMD for you

delete the spanned table

run your normal FS table.

 

their will be no need for you to change any Registry values since the Spanned table updated the ROL registry value for you.

[Skitso]

Hey, a newbie here. I just ínstalled my first table (Medieval Madness Tom Tower 3.0b final) And after a good while of tinkering with the settings I have managed to rotate the playfield to fit my portrait monitor. Now I changed the rol to 1 in script and made the DMD to rotate too. Now my issue is that I can't for the love of god manage to resize or move the DMD at all and it's all warped and in wrong aspect ratio. I suppose it is the black square (TextBox) in the editor, but no matter what I do to it, the DMD is always in the same spot and in the same size.. What I'm not getting here? Thanks in advance!

 

Also (a bit off topic, sorry), every time I quit Visual Pinball, the table backdrop settings are reset so that the table doesn't fit my screen. I always need to go uncheck the test desktop for it to work. Is there a workaround to this?

Edited by Skitso, 06 April 2018 - 07:18 AM.

[kiwi]

Hey, a newbie here. I just ínstalled my first table (Medieval Madness Tom Tower 3.0b final) And after a good while of tinkering with the settings I have managed to rotate the playfield to fit my portrait monitor. Now I changed the rol to 1 in script and made the DMD to rotate too. Now my issue is that I can't for the love of god manage to resize or move the DMD at all and it's all warped and in wrong aspect ratio. I suppose it is the black square (TextBox) in the editor, but no matter what I do to it, the DMD is always in the same spot and in the same size.. What I'm not getting here? Thanks in advance!

 

Also (a bit off topic, sorry), every time I quit Visual Pinball, the table backdrop settings are reset so that the table doesn't fit my screen. I always need to go uncheck the test desktop for it to work. Is there a workaround to this?

I assume that, since I do not have this table,

the TextBox is not rotatable, you can only move it when you are in the editor by changing the X and Y coordinates in the property panel, or move it with the mouse if it is not locked (right-click on the TextBox and deselect lock).

 
Probably the DMD you see is the VPinMame, you can move / resize it with the mouse when you play, right click on the DMD and select "Show windows border", then resize the DMD by pulling the border, when you re-launch the table the board disappears by itself .

 
VP Video options "Use always FS backdrop settings"

Edited by kiwi, 06 April 2018 - 01:23 PM.

[Skitso]

Thanks, I got it working! Missed the always use FS setting. It seems that the DMD draws itself under the table after VPX is installed but after rebooting the computer it works flawlessly. Resizing the DMD is easy after I realized it's a separate window.

Edited by Skitso, 09 April 2018 - 10:57 AM.

[foofoorabbit]

I hate to be negative on my first post ever here but I too find it ridiculous that rotating the DMD involves jumping through several hoops... that are on fire.

 

VPinMAME offers a bunch of options to resize, recolor, double display size, anti-alias, tweak transparency, but doesn't offer the option to rotate? Everything but the kitchen sink. Kitchen sink = rotation.

 

Anyways, I don't want to bring too much negativity here and will at least say that the table recreations the community is putting out is out of this world. There is so much talent here it's unbelievable. 

Edited by foofoorabbit, 18 July 2018 - 02:06 AM.

[Outhere]

What hoops - Change one setting in the script

More info

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

Edited by Outhere, 18 July 2018 - 02:45 AM.

[STAT]

blekcmi: google: Indiana jonex vpx

Edited by STAT, 18 July 2018 - 06:48 AM.