Content Provider CarnyPriest Posted May 18, 2017 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Ginsonic said: According to his profile he visited this forum yesterday ! Maybe real life things, but fortunately he is still among us... Yes, I figure if he had the time he'd respond. In this community, I don't press anyone to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruebsy Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 @CarnyPriestWhat size display did you have? Not sure how close to FL you are but have a 240hz 42" Vizio lying around. There's a large speaker across the bottom but could be cut off. With all the hard work you do I could part with it but don't have money to ship it. Send DM if any interest.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider CarnyPriest Posted May 19, 2017 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 19, 2017 I'm in TX. I appreciate the offer, but I'll be OK.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wAxx Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 21 hours ago, CarnyPriest said: LE, right? No patched color code? Have the inserts worked before? Which beta version? Did they work with the stable version, 2.8b2? Does it work with the latest stable VPX, 10.2? Aside from FSS POV tables, I'm not aware of anything that requires 10.3. No guarantee with a beta that it will be backwards compatible. I am using 10.3 because 10.2 was crashing for me randomly, 10.3 is fine. I am using LE ROM normal, no color changing/extra stuff just this new version r4277 is causing lights issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruebsy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 just this new version r4277 is causing lights issuesNot sure if it's r4277 or dmddevicedll. I have no issues until I use the color rom. That said the regular rom makes use of external dmd with out an issue so....? Also that said I can't code software but I can play it. Keep it up guys!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginsonic Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Quote I want to confirm that on a fresh start of VPX that TWD LE works properly on 2.8b, r4196, and r4253. Correct? Correct ! Quote And otherwise AC/DC and Metallica are working as expected with r4277? How about Spider-Man VE, Star Trek LE, and Mustang LE? Each of them seems to work correctly under 4277 when starting them in one fresh VPX session, BUT: When starting them sequentially within the same VPX session, AC/DC LE has problems with some tables: When starting MustangLE or StartrekLE before, AC/DC misses lights and does no longer work correctly (not accepting coins and start). When starting SpidermanVE or MetallicaLE before, AC/DC works like a charm TWD currently is the only one, which does not work with 4277 when started freshly in VPX ! It seems, that they more or less influence each other, maybe actually memory issues ? Mysterious, isn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider arngrim Posted May 19, 2017 Content Provider Share Posted May 19, 2017 ruebsy, it is normal you don't see the bug for twd if you use the color rom because as said before it is based on the PRO rom, not the LE rom, the issue is on the LE roms that uses the extra lights bank, so i repeat it is ACDC LE, Tron LE, Star Trek LE,, TWD LE ROMS, it has nothing to do with table x or y from author z with vp10.xx. Also, i don't recommend to use the PRO roms for LE tables, some functionalities will not work or you will see abnormal behaviour because some solenoids or switches have been added or have changed of id (the crossbow of twd le doesn't exist for the pro rom for example), for the same reason there are specific dof configs for the pro and the le roms of each table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider CarnyPriest Posted May 19, 2017 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Ginsonic said: Correct ! Each of them seems to work correctly under 4277 when starting them in one fresh VPX session, BUT: When starting them sequentially within the same VPX session, AC/DC LE has problems with some tables: When starting MustangLE or StartrekLE before, AC/DC misses lights and does no longer work correctly (not accepting coins and start). When starting SpidermanVE or MetallicaLE before, AC/DC works like a charm TWD currently is the only one, which does not work with 4277 when started freshly in VPX ! It seems, that they more or less influence each other, maybe actually memory issues ? Mysterious, isn't it ? Memory issue, I think. Maybe requires an explicit shutdown instruction for B2S Server or VPM controller at the end of the table script? In any case, if you exit and restart VPX in between switching among these LE tables then there are no (or fewer) issues. That said, I don't know how the authors were handling this. Sounds like a PITA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginsonic Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 No, the sequential starting issues are not a problem at all, since I terminate each table through PinballX anyway after playing. It is only TWD, which annoys a bit using r4277, so I modified my AHK starting script to replace r4277 by r4253 temporarily only for TWD, until the issue with 4277 will be found. Thanks a lot for your efforts Carny ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalamus Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 @Ginsonic I feel we need to thank you as well - nice debug report ... thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginsonic Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 You're welcome Thalamus, I will do my very best ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GtG Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 VPMmodSol break Fish Tales, I think there might be some custom code for the handling the wheel mech 'kickout' that isn't working Edit: Scripted around it. I'm guessing this isn't the only ancient mech hack buried in pinmame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider ninuzzu Posted May 22, 2017 Content Provider Share Posted May 22, 2017 Yes, that's true, when I tried the modulated solenoids on this table, the wheel mech wasn't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STV Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Confirming some of the same with TWD those flasher lights just don't work at all with 4277. 4253 is fine. All I do is swap the vpinmame.dll to get the lights to work. This is reproduced with 10.2.1 or 10.3, no different. just dl a brand new ROM from stern and no change. Run the colorized DMD or not, no change. simply swapping out the dll fixes these lights under any of the above variable conditions. rename vpinmame.dll vpinmame29-4277.dll rename vpinmame29-4253.dll vpinmame.dll rename vpinmame.dll vpinmame29-4253.dll rename vpinmame29-4277.dll vpinmame.dll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider freneticamnesic Posted May 24, 2017 Content Provider Share Posted May 24, 2017 I do crash VPM 2.9 beta when loading color roms, if I load a non-color rom first, then the color rom, it works fine. Makes it impossible to play through the front end though. I apologize if I am missing the solution somewhere in this thread, I've got so much catching up to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalamus Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Crash is probably related to not using latest available dmddevice.dll. I'm still not sure as to if pin2dmd users can/should use Freezy' or Lucky' version. Sorry, wife is calling me - so, don't have time right now to find the references you probably are looking for/need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider freneticamnesic Posted May 24, 2017 Content Provider Share Posted May 24, 2017 I've tried them all, 2.8, 2.8b, 2.9 beta r4277, and lucky's Freezy has one? Haven't tried that one yet I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalamus Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 https://github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions/releases But, I begin to think it must be something else entirely. Don't know what though Can't. recall seeing anyone reporting the same problem you're describing. Ah - well, I had something like what you describe myself - once, the cab needed a reboot in order to get it resolved. Still don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider CarnyPriest Posted May 25, 2017 Author Content Provider Share Posted May 25, 2017 Latest update should fix issues with TWD LE. Please report your S.A.M.-related findings in this thread. Huge thanks to @Ginsonic for all of the testing. official rev 4284 SAMBuild_r4284.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesperpark Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 12 hours ago, freneticamnesic said: I do crash VPM 2.9 beta when loading color roms, if I load a non-color rom first, then the color rom, it works fine. Makes it impossible to play through the front end though. I apologize if I am missing the solution somewhere in this thread, I've got so much catching up to do. Try this thread: SAM Build with modular DMD drivers for pindmd1,2,3 and PIN2DMD End of page 19 start of page 20. Djrobx went into why this was happening, basically said Windows 10 fixes your issue. Going to 10 worked for me, I know sliderpoint and dozer were having same issues. Not sure if they were able to figure anything out, seemed to be random people had issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider lucky1 Posted May 25, 2017 Content Provider Share Posted May 25, 2017 13 hours ago, freneticamnesic said: I've tried them all, 2.8, 2.8b, 2.9 beta r4277, and lucky's Freezy has one? Haven't tried that one yet I suppose Yes, Freezy wrote a .NET based dmddevice.dll which has a very nice looking onscreen display and also supports all real dmds available for vpins. He started to write this driver because he bought a pindmd3 and found out that the colored roms are not working with it. Then he contacted me about the colorization code, which made me think why should I. But the next thought was it could be good for the colorization if more could join us and who cares aboutNoah anyways. Current drawback is that it is not supporting latest pin2dmd editor colorizations like TSPP but I already sent him infos about that. It also stutters on my cab using pin2dmd while my driver runs smooth. May be caused by .NET and multithreading Freezy uses. I would recommend Freezy´s driver for LCD and pindmd3 users but mine for pin2dmd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalamus Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 @CarnyPriest Quick test of ACDC, Metallica and TWD. All seems to be ok now on my cab with r4284. Tried two Gottieb System 3 emualations. Teed off and Rescue911. Both still have the very lagged DMD problem. @toxie mentioned a fix ? Maybe it didn't get merged ? http://vpuniverse.com/forums/topic/2933-sambuild29-beta-thread/?do=findComment&comment=35037 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxie Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Weird. @lucky1 needs to comment on that one, he changed some things with regard to GTS3 DMD emulation that may cause this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalamus Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Yeah - you mentioned that maybe this maybe would affect freezy' dmddevice code. I'm sure lucky1 and freezy will figure it out. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Content Provider lucky1 Posted May 25, 2017 Content Provider Share Posted May 25, 2017 Sounds like a issue with Freezys DLL. I also had stuttering problems lately with this dll testing a little tool that plays back dmddumps. The stuttering was gone when I used my own dll. I just played a game Rescue911 and had no issue although the display seemed a tiny bit slower compared to this video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey9fv2Yqdtw @toxie Do you know where to tweak this ? @Thalamus Could you please test with the pinmame internal onscreen dmd window instead of Freezys dll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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