NailBuster

https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=full_dmd

FYI….for international ‘.’ or comma issues you can try this without messing around with windows regional settings.

put this at top of table script:

SetLocale 1033 ‘ 1033 is the EN-US locale

that should set the table/script to USA ‘,’ and not mess with your windows.

very strange…. all i can think of is perhaps you have some ‘blocked’ files.  check all the exes/dlls and see if windows has them blocked?

you can try and edit the batch to just have the line (run batch as admin once)

"PUPDMDControl.exe" /regserver

pause

and see if it gives you any more info

you shouldn’t run anything as-admin.  so take that off of dmd control exe.

where is the batch file to register?  same location as the pupdmd control.exe?

rewatch the install video again… you’re not copying files into the correct locations.

glad to see you got it working.   I will let Terry know you said “hi” 

its a common issue the dark knight video can crash.  If you check the support thread for the pack there’s a workaround video/patch for it.

don’t know about acdc.  if you want to test something,  run vpx in non-full screen exclusive for these tables and see if the blank videos issues go away and then you’ll know if its the same problem for both.

my guess is there’s something up with the XT line of drivers.  I use to use a rx480 for the longest time with no issues at 4K videos,  but others with 5700xt doesnt like 4K video in VLC.  it will play 1080p upscaled to 4K, but not 4K native….only option is to wait for a patch/updated drivers(or play around with some driver settings) from AMD as…[Read more]

Are you using an AMD GPU?  5700xt?

I have to ask.  Did you use this page for install?  https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=install_guide

if so,  the theme section (near bottom) is what you would use to setup for desktop theme.

Closing

START “” “C:PinUPSystemLaunchPUPCLOSER.EXE”

That closing script cannot work, it will most likely keep the game open in the background.  That will only return to Popper without actually closing anything.  Perhaps it may work if your EmuExit key in Popper is same as Close Key in game…but that is not ideal.

pupdmd uses dmddevice.dll.  it always sends 128×32 full color frames…. what happens after that it cannot control.

my guess….in game manager.  press the ? button next to media search field.

Theres a few ‘special’ playlists that do things when you play something from them

PUPOverlays    you put 32bit pngs in there and when you play them it will set them as current overlay frame.

PUPFrames      you put 32bit pngs in there and when you play them it will set the background png (good for performance)

PUPAlphas       you put 32bit pn…[Read more]

that will need something changed for sure.  I’m guessing will need a ‘switch’ in launch script to not use pupdmd on that table and use the fx3 native one for alpha numeric dmds.

the best way is to use playlist defaults as its much easier to manage via media manager.

but to your question,  defaults are stored within each emulators media folder.  (assuming you have the media folder correctly setup in each emulator config)

you’re describing what happens when VLC media driver has crashed.  It can happen with some people, but happens when emulators do ‘weird’ video things like change resolutions from windows native, or go into full screen exclusive modes.  Play with the video options/settings of TPA.

when you say “coinops”… that comes with its own frontend as well.  Don’t think its a great idea to run a frontend inside another frontend.

i used coinops as a ‘base’ and setup each emulator in pinup separately.  But that is a power-user type thing,  its not something that just works out of box.

You can see PinUP wiki for examples of mame em…[Read more]

1>  if setting virtual in dmdext/freezy works but pindmdv3 doesn’t then you need to focus your troubleshooting NOT on pupdmdcontrol/pinup.

2> pupdmdcontrol uses dmddevice.dll,  it doens’t know what is on the ‘other’ side (virtual, pin2dmd, pindmdv3).

3> pinup is NOT a .net app so any .NET errors/issues again is not something to try and solve v…[Read more]

Did you add tables to the actual playlists?  It’s a step some people forget to do.