DMD Ext 1.10.1 Mirror change?

[HiRez00]

Hey guys,

 

I recently bit the bullets and upgraded to 1.10.1 to get the 64 color on my PinDMD3. Everything works terrific with VPX and PinballFX3, but the mirror I set up for P-Roc has stopped working.

 

The original .bat file i had load was:

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@echo off
START /min "" "C:\Pinball Emulators\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME\dmdext.exe" mirror --source screen --position 0 0 128 32 --no-virtual -p COM5 -d pindmdv3

- - - -

 

This no longer mirrors the P-Roc DMD from the screen anymore.

 

Did a paramater or syntax change that I need to update the param with for it to work?

 

I read through all the dmdext threads and things and I can't seem to find any answer.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[lonchaney]

Well, nobody else got the same problem? I was about to update, but just saw this message from HiRez and would be sad to break my CCC mirror DMD...

[HiRez00]

It is worth the upgrade - for the 64 colors DMD files to work - I am sure there will be a fix or post about how to fix this issue soon.

 

[lucky1]

 You can still use the old dmdext.exe 

[lonchaney]

Oh yes, you're right! I just renamed it (and updated my bat files of course) and it works perfectly! Thanks a lot for your help and your hard work, guys

[HiRez00]

Good News,

 

I inadvertently found a fix that worked with the new dmdext.exe

 

My previous param for my .bat file was this:

 

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@echo off
START /min "" "C:\Pinball Emulators\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME\dmdext.exe" mirror --source screen --position 7040 0 128 32 --no-virtual -p COM5 -d pindmdv3

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and in the CCC user_settings.yml I set the DMD position to 7040 0 and set the pixel shape to SQAURE

 

7040 was based on: 3840 playfield with + 1920 backglass width + 1280 topper width - and then having P-Roc make the DMD 128 x 32 for the cleanest (non-scaled) DMD to be mirrored.

 

This put the the DMD onto my 4th screen which is a DUMMY display port plug that simulates having a 4th screen - this all worked previously.

 

THE NEW DMDEXT.EXE didn't recognize this - but when I changed the numbers in the param to 7040 0 7068 32 (basically adding the first position number to the width of the DMD) - suddenly worked perfectly.

 

This was a total accident because when I edited the param I put the numbers in the wrong order and I noticed I caught the corner end of the mirrored DMD on my real PinDMD3 - so when I fine tuned the numbers - it worked.

 

I don't know if this was a bug in dmdext or the param requirements changed - but regardless it worked with the new 1.10.1 dmdext and CCC was the only game I was having an issue with.

 

Hope this info helps.

[lucky1]

https://github.com/freezy/dmd-extensions/issues/318 is about the same problem and there is a snapshot build which you can test.