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[chriz]

hey guys,

playing around with my dmd-settings, just wondering if it's possible to increase the dmd-size proportional?
I can switch to "doublesize" at the dmd-menu, which is proportional. For manually sizing I have to set "show border". Now I can resize the DMD freely, but not proportional

any ideas?

[StevOz]

The DMD can be set to specific sizes and positions via changes to the script for example these commented lines in JPs Party Zone table...

CODE

Sub Table1_Init
     vpmInit Me
     With Controller
         .GameName = cGameName
         If Err Then MsgBox "Can't start Game " & cGameName & vbNewLine & Err.Description:Exit Sub
         .SplashInfoLine = "The Party Zone - based on the table by Bally from 1991" & vbNewLine & "VP9 table by JPSalas v1.0"
         'DMD position and size 1400x1050
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_x") = 500
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_y") = 2
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_width") = 400
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_height") = 92
         .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("rol") = 0

[chriz]

The DMD can be set to specific sizes and positions via changes to the script for example these commented lines in JPs Party Zone table...

CODE

Sub Table1_Init
     vpmInit Me
     With Controller
         .GameName = cGameName
         If Err Then MsgBox "Can't start Game " & cGameName & vbNewLine & Err.Description:Exit Sub
         .SplashInfoLine = "The Party Zone - based on the table by Bally from 1991" & vbNewLine & "VP9 table by JPSalas v1.0"
         'DMD position and size 1400x1050
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_x") = 500
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_pos_y") = 2
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_width") = 400
         '.Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_height") = 92
         .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("rol") = 0

thanks for your help, but i am searching a way to increase the dmd proportional. if it's not proportional, the dmd looks deformed/distorted. in the registry the optimal/proportional dmd settings are 67 height and 259 width (??). why is it not 256x64 (this value could be scaled proportional). a standard pinball dmd has 128x32 pixel.

[StevOz]

I imagine you can set the DMD to a proportional size in the script, something like this or use other proportional values.

CODE

         .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_width") = 403
         .Games(cGameName).Settings.Value("dmd_height") = 103

Which should set just the DMD size to a proportional value, then you should still be able to move it manually to wherever you want.

Mind you I can see the issue with the 259 x 67, though surely a few pixels either way shouldn't be noticeable?

I'm wondering if those extra 3 pixels are just for the border? In which case you could use any 4:1 ratio for the settings and then just add 3 to both values.

In fact I'm almost certain this is the case and have changed my example code to reflect such values.

With a bit of experimentation with different values I'm certain a good result is achievable.