Pinball FX FullDMD DMDext Frames (Retrowave) ColorDMD for William/Bally tables

DMDext Frames for Pinball FX (2023)

External DMD for FX Features

• ColorDMD for William/Bally Tables
• Alphanumeric Display
• High Quality DMD

 

Includes:

• SlimDMD - For DOT Matrix like Adams Family
• Full DMD - Modern Zen Tables like Wrath of the Elder Gods
• Instructions for using the frames for Freezy DMDext
• Alphanumeric Display Space Station, Whirlwind and Sword of Fury
• Game Specific Frames

 

VERSION 1.3 Game Specific Frames - Sorcerer's Lair (More will be added)

VERSION 1.2 for Alphanumeric Display, Different Frames for different Setups (16:9, 16:10), Pinup setup for swapping between FULL DMD to Small DMD Modes

 

NOTE: Running a FULL DMD Title (Modern Style) with Freezy DMDext has a large performance impact.

(To get around the performance hit issue running the modern style, it advised to use Zen's internal DMD for those tables, Included in the download how to auto switch between them using pinup).

 

Video below on how to setup by LoadedWeapon/Rudy - For Version 1 (easy to adapt to Version 1.2)

This was tested on my setup and my FullDMD is 1920x1200, if yours is different then change the res to match.

The screenshot previews, show the DMD stretched, this is so it's not on a 16:9 Ratio Display like 1920x1080.

 

Using your text editor to replace Notepad is Ctrl+H 

To change 1200 to 1080 screen setups.

 

My screen location will be different to most users, so you need to change virtualdmd left = 7920 to match your setup.

 

Notepad++ screen

 

Place both files in VisualPinball\VPinMAME\DMDext\textures\frames

 

Add the 2 styles to your DMD DmdDevice.ini

Found in the instructions

Add the Tables to your DMD DmdDevice.ini

 

[1]
virtualdmd style = FX Retroframe HD
virtualdmd left = 7920
virtualdmd top = 0
virtualdmd width = 1920
virtualdmd height = 1200

 

Also includes the Colour code for the Williams Tables that have ALTColor.

Like Fish Tales (108)

 

;Fish Tales
[108]
colorize enabled = true
virtualdmd style = FX Retroframe HD
virtualdmd left = 7920
virtualdmd top = 0
virtualdmd width = 1920
virtualdmd height = 1200

 

RudysArcade (AKA LoadedWeapon) Tutorial on how to setup

 

Pinup Popper
Pinball FX Launch Script:

@echo off

SET ALTPARAM=
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Arcade" (SET ALTPARAM=Arcade)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Pro" (SET ALTPARAM=Pro)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Classic"  (SET ALTPARAM=Classic)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Hotseat2" (SET ALTPARAM=Hotseat_2)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Hotseat3" (SET ALTPARAM=Hotseat_3)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Hotseat4" (SET ALTPARAM=Hotseat_4)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Challenge_Distance" (SET ALTPARAM=Challenge_DistanceLimited)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Challenge_Time" (SET ALTPARAM=Challenge_TimeLimited)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Challenge_1Ball" (SET ALTPARAM=Challenge_BallLimited)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Challenge_Flips" (SET ALTPARAM=Challenge_FlipLimited)
if "[ALTMODE]"=="Practice" (SET ALTPARAM=Practice)
SET CUSTOM1=
if "[custom1]"=="PFX" (SET CUSTOM1=Challenging)
if "[custom1]"=="FX3" (SET CUSTOM1=Normal)

 

REM  - Add this to swap the cabinet.ini from SlimDMD to FULL DMD

 

cd /d "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Pinball FX\PinballFX\Mods\Cabinet\"
if "[CUSTOM2]"=="FULLDMD" (
copy /y SettingsFULLDMD.ini Settings.ini
) else (
copy /y SettingsSlimDMD.ini Settings.ini
)

 

 

START "" "[STARTDIR]Launch\VPXSTARTER.exe" 5 5 20 "PinballFX"
cd /d "[DIREMU]"
START "" "steam.exe" -applaunch 2328760 -Table [?ROM?] -GameMode %ALTPARAM% -Physics %CUSTOM1%

Close Script:

 

"[STARTDIR]LAUNCH\PUPCLOSER.EXE" WINTIT "PinballFX" 4 1

 

For 2 Alphanumeric displays

alphanumeric enabled = true
virtualdmd style = FX Retroframe Alpha
virtualdmd left = 7920
virtualdmd top = 0
virtualdmd width = 1920
virtualdmd height = 1200
alphanumeric pos.0.left = 7920
alphanumeric pos.0.top = 300
alphanumeric pos.0.height = 300
alphanumeric pos.1.left = 7920
alphanumeric pos.1.top = 650
alphanumeric pos.1.height = 300

 

For 4 Alphanumeric displays

;Space Station - Alphanumeric Display
[129]
alphanumeric enabled = true
virtualdmd style = FX Retroframe Alpha
virtualdmd left = 7920
virtualdmd top = 1
virtualdmd width = 1920
virtualdmd height = 1200
alphanumeric pos.0.left = 7921
alphanumeric pos.0.top = 290
alphanumeric pos.0.height = 310
alphanumeric pos.1.left = 8882
alphanumeric pos.1.top = 290
alphanumeric pos.1.height = 310
alphanumeric pos.2.left = 7920
alphanumeric pos.2.top = 645
alphanumeric pos.2.height = 310
alphanumeric pos.3.left = 8876
alphanumeric pos.3.top = 645
alphanumeric pos.3.height = 310

 

For Alphanumeric Tables

129 - Space Station - 4 Alphanumeric displays

134 - Funhouse - 2

135 - Dr Dude - 2

148 - Bride of Pinbot - 2

149 - Sword of Fury - 4

168 - Whirlwind -2

 

For ALT Color:

Inside VisualPinball\VPinMAME\ create a folder called altcolor

for example

C:\vPinball\VisualPinball\VPinMAME\altcolor

 

Tables are as follows:

Folders are just the numbers like 108

108 - Fish Tales - Works Great

109 - Medieval Madness - Works Great

110 - Junkyard - Partially Works

111 - The Getaway 2 - Works Great

117 - Theatre of Magic - Works Great

118 - Black Rose - Partially Works

119 - Attack from Mars - Works Great

120 - Party Zone

121 - Champion Pub - Partially Works

122 - Safecracker - Works Great

124 - Whitewater

125 - Roadshow

126 - Hurricane

127 - Cirqus Voltaire - Partially Works

128 - No Good Gofers

130 - Monsters Bash

131 - Creature from the Black lagoon - Partially Works

132 - Tales of Arabian Nights

133 - Indiana Jones - Works Great

156 - Adams Family - Works Great

157 - World Cup Soccer - Works Great

162 - Twilight Zone - Partially Works

163 - Star Trek TNG

 

1.3 Game Specific Frames

33 - Sorcerer's Lair based on @Zimond frame