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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
javeryh:
Holy effing ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- just shoot me. When I first booted the cabinet, the main display was on the marque monitor and the marque was displayed on the main monitor (monitors were reversed). Weird. So I just switched the cables and the pictures swapped fine. But then I rebooted it and the monitors flipped again. WTF is this? It seems like the computer prioritized the LCD monitor (connected directly via VGA) over the CRT monitor (connected via the DVI out to VGA adapter) and makes the LCD monitor the "main" one no matter what.
So I went into settings and set the CRT as the "main" monitor. Now when Hyperspin launches, the main game selection screen is on the CRT and the marquee shows up on the marquee screen. BUT WHEN I LAUNCH A GAME IT PLAYS ON THE MARQUEE. I cannot take any more of this.
EDIT: OK, I worked this out in the mame.ini file. Had to set screen to \\.\DISPLAY2 under ## OSD PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS. Makes no sense but it seems to be working. I need a break. I'm losing it.
markc74:
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 26, 2021, 01:05:49 pm ---EDIT: OK, I worked this out in the mame.ini file. Had to set screen to \\.\DISPLAY2 under ## OSD PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS. Makes no sense but it seems to be working. I need a break. I'm losing it.
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Ah - that takes me back. I remember having exactly the same problem on Blip and that solution fixed it. Then had it again on Cube and as I'd forgotten how I did it the first time :banghead:
I feel like I could write a book on the nuances of getting a marquee working properly (if I hadn't forgotten most of it again anyway!)
javeryh:
--- Quote from: markc74 on January 26, 2021, 02:04:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 26, 2021, 01:05:49 pm ---EDIT: OK, I worked this out in the mame.ini file. Had to set screen to \\.\DISPLAY2 under ## OSD PER-WINDOW VIDEO OPTIONS. Makes no sense but it seems to be working. I need a break. I'm losing it.
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Ah - that takes me back. I remember having exactly the same problem on Blip and that solution fixed it. Then had it again on Cube and as I'd forgotten how I did it the first time :banghead:
I feel like I could write a book on the nuances of getting a marquee working properly (if I hadn't forgotten most of it again anyway!)
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Haha - if you had only warned me you could have talked me out of this entire project!
The marquee aspect has been giving me fits. I have set it to the correct size like 50 times but it never seems to remember. Windows switched the resolution of the monitor so it throws off the alignment so I fix the marquee and then fix the resolution and it messes up the alignment again. For every change/fix I make another 3 pop up. But I'm getting there. The cabinet is off right now and I'm hopeful the next time I boot it up, it will behave as expected. I need to finish wiring the coin door while it's off.
markc74:
Yeah it's a deep dark hole once you get into it.
I love the build part but the software side can drive you nuts... (I've been recently started setting up my vpin software and that's even worse!)
javeryh:
--- Quote from: markc74 on January 26, 2021, 03:44:36 pm ---Yeah it's a deep dark hole once you get into it.
I love the build part but the software side can drive you nuts... (I've been recently started setting up my vpin software and that's even worse!)
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I'm the same exact way - I love the physical build but the software makes me crazy. Just a lack of understanding on my part so I research what I want to do and when I finally figure it out I immediately forget.
I've heard vpin is a nightmare... I think I'm going to hold off on that for now. Been thinking about the next build and might just do a standard 2P slim upright. i actually have no 2-player cabinets in my house and it's probably time. But of course I'd want to mount a giant TV vertically, which I'm sure will come with a ton of issues. ;D