ScreenRes.txt and Backglass number changes

[scampa123]

I’m finding that there are times when I boot my cabinet that my backglasses won’t show for VPX.

The way I need to fix this is that I change the 5 setting for my backglass screen to either a 1 or a 3…

I check in Windows display settings and it never changes the display number there…

Does anyone know why this may be happening??  Better yet, does anyone know how to fix it so it doesn’t happen anymore?

 

Here are the contents of my ScreenRes.txt:

 

3840
2160
2560
1440
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

 

Thank you!

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[outhere]

scampa123 wrote:

I’m finding that there are times when I boot my cabinet that my backglasses won’t show for VPX.
The way I need to fix this is that I change the 5 setting for my backglass screen to either a 1 or a 3…
I check in Windows display settings and it never changes the display number there…
Does anyone know why this may be happening?? Better yet, does anyone know how to fix it so it doesn’t happen anymore?
Here are the contents of my ScreenRes.txt:

Try this way – https://vpinball.com/forums/topic/3-screen-set-up-and-more/

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scampa123

[Rajo Joey]

I’m on Win10 2004 version and in this version and also in 1909 my displays doesn’t change their positions for months.

They do that formerly sometimes.

But in former times it  helps to reboot a few times.

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[scampa123]

@Outhere I read the post you reference, but I’m not 100% clear on what this meant:

 

Note (1) Instead of hoping windows picks the right screen continuously, By using this setting it will use location
(Older) Other way    2 <– Display number for the backglass monitor – Try 1 – 15 if needed
(Older) Other way    0 <– offset for the backglass on the selected display (normally left at 0)

 

Are you saying that if I put the value in for the left-right size of my playfield that it will alleviate windows looking for the display and always position it correctly?

 

tganks again!

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[scampa123]

@joey2001 thanks, Windows 10 is kept up to date on my end.  I’m not sure  of the latest rev…. I’m going to try what I think Outhere was suggesting.  Thanks again

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[outhere]

Try ScreenRes.txt:

3840
2160
2560
1440
1
3840
0
0
0
0
0
0

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[scampa123]

Will do!  I was going one step further and putting dimensions of dmd too but I’ll wait on that and stick with what you put only.  Thanks again

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[scampa123]

@Outhere It didn’t help…

 

I set it to this:

3840
2160
2560
1440
1
3840
0
0
0
0
0

And my backglass was gone..

 

I set it to:

3840
2160
2560
1440
1
3840
0
1366
768
0
0

Still gone.

 

I set to:

3840
2160
2560
1440
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

 

And it works….today…some days the 3 will need to be a 1…which is the whole problem

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[Tom]

https://vpinball.com/forums/topic/fixed-monitors-assignment-wrong-in-vpx/

 

try this .  When you setup your monitor assignments initially windows stores that in registry and sometimes when you change it, windows will revert back.  This will reset that and then use @outhere advice on how to setup properly with PF being screen 1 then BG 2 and dmd 3 from left to right

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[scampa123]

@Tom were you doing all of that simply to get the Windows numbering to be 1,2,3,4 for the playfield, backglass, dmd, topper?

Or were you having the issue I am having?

Everything I’ve read has said don’t worry about the Windows numbering of screens as long as they are ordered correctly, which in my case they are.  Even when this issue occurs the monitors are ordered correctly.

I just don’t want to reset everything if it isn’t directly needed for my issue.  It sounds like you went through allot of configuration to get it all running again.

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[scampa123]

I guess I’m not clear on what B2S is looking at for the 5th number… If it were what Windows has the screen numbered as, then it should be 3…that doesn’t change when this issue occurs… yet sometime that number will need to be in ScreenRes.txt a 1 and other times a 3…Windows always shows the screen as 3….

As Joey pointed out, sometimes rebooting fixes it. But the quick fix for me is flipping the 1 to 3 or 3 to 1….just a bit annoying.

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[Tom]

The 5 th number is the backglass screen number.  If you have to keep swapping it then something is screwed up in the settings.  If you have your screens 1,2,3, which numbers don’t matter, and you go into vpx video preferences, you should have 1 with the * and correct res and then screen 2 for the b2s with the correct res.
Is that the case and what is your issue exactly

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[Tom]

Unfortunately when the windows screen numbers don’t match up with vpx numbers, the issue I had was the registry was trying to put it “back”.  Using that post should fix your issue and it’s not gonna screw up a lot

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[scampa123]

My Windows screen setup is:

1,3,4,2…playfield, backglass, dmd and topper

backgkass is screen 3 per Windows

VPX has the screens selected as well

the problem is that sometimes when I boot (randomly) and I launch a table my backglass won’t show.  If I go into ScreenRes.txt and change the backglass number from say 3 to a 1 it will fix it.  If I had the number set to 1 and this happens then I change it back to 3 it will fix it.

Hopefully that makes sense..thanks again

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[Tom]

At some time during your setup you had backglass as 1 and it’s reverting back.  I had the same issue.  I would bet money that thins fixes it.

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[scampa123]

Tom,

when you deleted the reg keys, did you just reboot and let Window re-find the displays?  Or when you deleted the keys did it just start re-finding them real time?

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[Tom]

You have to read my post.  I deleted them restarted the computer

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[Tom]

Unplug all except pf and do it, then when you start back up pf will be 1 then plug in other monitors in order.  Keep it simple

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