Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 30, 2023 Content Provider Posted June 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Westworld said: > Can you test with the builds linked in the top post, please? This should have been fixed. those named: Installer\Builds\dmdext-2.1.2.7-x86-Release.zip I wondered because 2.1.2.7 or do I need to use the .msi ones? There's also the nice new "About" buttons we can right-click on now. @freezy Does the About button version get updated each time?
freezy Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, TerryRed said: @freezy Does the About button version get updated each time? Yes, it's automatic.
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 30, 2023 Content Provider Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, freezy said: Yes, it's automatic. Nice. Also... would it be possible at some point to add a CLOSE DMDext button when right clicking? It just makes it easier to close out in a cabinet setup, if for whatever reason it didnt close out on its own.... and we needed to close it (without needing to use Task Manager, or look for it on the taskbar, assuming its not hidden) etc.
freezy Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, TerryRed said: Also... would it be possible at some point to add a CLOSE DMDext button when right clicking? If you give me a use case that is not "let's fix the symptom instead of the problem", sure. Rather on GitHub though, since that's not something related to this release.
Content Provider TerryRed Posted June 30, 2023 Content Provider Posted June 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, freezy said: If you give me a use case that is not "let's fix the symptom instead of the problem", sure. Rather on GitHub though, since that's not something related to this release. More for testing than anything... but yes I ideally it should be closing on its own.
Westworld Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 oops, sorry, I missed that. I confirm that they fix the issue, both 32+64 bit versions work fine (so far I tested setup, tomorrow I'll play some tables) many thanks!
freezy Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Westworld said: I confirm that they fix the issue, both 32+64 bit versions work fine (so far I tested setup, tomorrow I'll play some tables) many thanks! Awesome, thanks!
Administrators Dazz Posted June 30, 2023 Administrators Posted June 30, 2023 On 6/29/2023 at 3:23 AM, lucky1 said: Until there are open issues with your build it makes no sense to me make a public release. From the plugin side the main issue remains that you manipulate the data coming from pinmame instead of just forwarding it like it is. What is the reason for this ? To make things easy I used the same API calls for the plugin as for the pinmame dmddevice API. Why make things unnecessarily complicated now ? @lucky1 So what is your primary hangup? Why are you holding back everyone from being able to move this hobby forward? Freezy has my 100% trust in what he has been able to do and in everything he has been doing for this hobby and community. I think he's done very well to work within your demands for getting this plugin going. I believe that his intentions are genuine and best for the community. For the love of the community... Can we please get this over with and move forward?
MikeDASpike Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) On 6/30/2023 at 8:26 AM, freezy said: Do you have a DmdDevice.log with the crash? Tested this morning more. And it doesn't crash . Log(s) shows it is initialize correctly, but I don't get anything on the display. using 2.1.2 dll, it is working directly (attached DMDdevice.log + log.txt are from the PinballX run). I understand that PinballX is out of scope for you, but any hints/tips or tricks to get it to work would be appreciated (so maybe Tom can implement this and can get it to work)? If not, I'm OK with it is as well and I will look for other workarounds. Anyway. Good work on this and hope we will soon see something for VPE for end-users EDIT: Not sure if this is for you or FLEXDMD creator. Launching FLEXDMD gui (to set it up), there is part to test the FLEXDMD (through dmddevice.dll) I see 2 issues : using a real DMD within dmddevice.ini it doesn't show anything on the screen. using a virtual DMD it works for 1 run, but when testing again, I see the next screenshot in the virtual DMD DmdDevice.log log.txt DmdDevice_flexDMD_VirtualDMD.log DmdDevice_FlexDMD_realDMD.log Edited July 1, 2023 by MikeDASpike
Content Provider lucky1 Posted July 1, 2023 Content Provider Posted July 1, 2023 11 hours ago, Dazz said: @lucky1 So what is your primary hangup? Why are you holding back everyone from being able to move this hobby forward? Freezy has my 100% trust in what he has been able to do and in everything he has been doing for this hobby and community. I think he's done very well to work within your demands for getting this plugin going. I believe that his intentions are genuine and best for the community. For the love of the community... Can we please get this over with and move forward? There is a simple reason for this. I currently just don´t have the time to do some testing before releasing the plugin and therefore I waited for freezy to fix stuff which has been introduced due to his updates and changes which are not plugin related. From the post above I see it still has problems which I already reported to freezy from the short tests I was abled to make. As a sidenote we agreed on doing this on march 18th and freezy started to work on this more than 2 months later on may 27th. He released the first beta of this on june 12th and now I´m the one who needs to rush ? I don´t get why ! I will see if I have the time any time soon to test and release a first version of the plugin for this.
Content Provider lucky1 Posted July 1, 2023 Content Provider Posted July 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, lucky1 said: From the post above I see it still has problems which I already reported to freezy from the short tests I was abled to make. I just downloaded the 64bit version from the first post and tested ss_15 with pinmame setup.exe . I get exactly the same picture as @MikeDASpike
freezy Posted July 1, 2023 Author Posted July 1, 2023 @MikeDASpike Thanks! So for you, the rendering issue occurs only through the FlexDMD GUI? @lucky1 There was a lot of work involved porting the plugin system into dmdext. Contrarily to your plugin, which already exists. You even went through the trouble of gutting it, so I couldn't test PAC. You could just release it today with zero effort. You're stalling. I guess it gives you some kind of leverage, over... I don't know.
MikeDASpike Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, freezy said: @MikeDASpike Thanks! So for you, the rendering issue occurs only through the FlexDMD GUI? As far as I've seen, yes.
freezy Posted July 1, 2023 Author Posted July 1, 2023 @MikeDASpike I still can't reproduce, since "Stop" here doesn't do anything: So I can't really repeat it, apart from quitting the app and re-launching. Could you by any chance share your DmdDevice.ini so we can have identical setups? Also I've noticed that you've placed the DLL into a separate folder DMDextTest, I know this is a long shot, but did you try putting it into your normal directory where you have the working version? EDIT: Also, if you can describe step-by-step how you get the render error, that'd be useful. I found out by switching tabs it will re-init the dmddevice, but even there I'm not getting those errors.
MikeDASpike Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 @freezy I tested in a different dirrectory as I had some issues. I just moved it back to my pinmame directory ande-register FLEX DMD So on real DMD, i don't get anything during test,. Attached my Dmddevice.ini (it's a pretty old (straight forwarded) one and DMDdevice.log from the original directory. The stop button works with older dmddevice.dll, but when I switch from tab (as you mentioned), i get this behaviour. See next video I created : DmdDevice.ini DmdDevice.log
MikeDASpike Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 Hmmm.. Just wanted to test VR. for VR I need to set the dmddevice to virtual as well, so it can be mirrored into the VR enviroment. I launched ACDC table and I have the colored blur as well DmdDevice.log
freezy Posted July 1, 2023 Author Posted July 1, 2023 Huh, I've never even tried that! Thanks, I'll have a look.
MikeDASpike Posted July 2, 2023 Posted July 2, 2023 Not sure if it helps, but PinballX shows a bit the same behavior as FleDDM gui. When using a real DMD I don't see anything on the DMD. When I chnage the output to virtual DMD, I get the blurry colors on my virtual DMD.
freezy Posted July 2, 2023 Author Posted July 2, 2023 I've now tried to reproduce on two different PCs with no luck. Is there any notable third party software you've installed that could cause this? Otherwise I'll need to debug this remotely, I'll ping you on Discord later today..
MikeDASpike Posted July 2, 2023 Posted July 2, 2023 Odd, not sure what 3rd party software could cause this
Content Provider lucky1 Posted July 3, 2023 Content Provider Posted July 3, 2023 It is only happening with a dmddevice.ini in place and on the first "Start" of a ROM in setup.exe. The display is then working fine when you "Stop" and "Start" the ROM again. Maybe this helps narrowing down the issue.
Content Provider lucky1 Posted July 3, 2023 Content Provider Posted July 3, 2023 I made a short debug and on the first start which is not working in the _style structure these values are present and in the second these
Meshuggah Posted July 4, 2023 Posted July 4, 2023 I and one other person I know of cant get the DMD to stretch vertically only horizontally.. 64 bit
Cliffy Posted July 4, 2023 Posted July 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Meshuggah said: I and one other person I know of cant get the DMD to stretch vertically only horizontally.. 64 bit I just tried JP's new Totanv5 with vpx 10.8 beta 1307x4 DX and Lucky1's dll's and it is sizeable same as before. Did you check whether you have keep aspect ratio checked when you right click on it? Are you running DX or GL version of vpx? I don't think that matters but might
Meshuggah Posted July 4, 2023 Posted July 4, 2023 19 hours ago, Cliffy said: I just tried JP's new Totanv5 with vpx 10.8 beta 1307x4 DX and Lucky1's dll's and it is sizeable same as before. Did you check whether you have keep aspect ratio checked when you right click on it? Are you running DX or GL version of vpx? I don't think that matters but might I'm running the non GL 10.8 I found that if I click Ignore aspect ratio I can do what I want with it.. something I didn't have to do in previous versions.. no problem after that except the previously mentioned Blurry Lighting.
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