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Wanted: Idiots guide to playing pinball games on the PC
billpa:
Hmmm..not sure exactly what you are asking. Are you asking about 3 monitors? 1 for playfield, 1 for backglass, and 1 for DMD?
Tiger-Heli:
Maybe - see this thread and this thread.
There may be technical issues that I am not seeing, but:
* Several users have made Ultrapin style cabs, with a vertically oriented playfield and vertically oriented backglass/DMD with a marquee around the backglass LCD.
* Flying Dutchman has a nice horizontal monitor for the backglass and DMD and images for the speakers, but I think he just uses a horizontal TV for the playfield, if he even has a cabinet
* The linked thread mentioned using a 10.2-inch display for the DMD, which would allow you to have authentic, properly working speakers and a horizontal backglass above it.
Mainly, I'm looking for examples of someone running a veritcal playfield and horizontal backglass - with or without a separate DMD.
Thanks!!!
billpa:
That's what most people have done actually. Horizontal bg with and then you just drag the DMD from VP on top of it. A good example is brycej's woodrail cab
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2749
You could get two video cards...say something powerful for the playfield and backglass like a 9800gtx+ and then just get a simple low end card for the DMD. I have not tried it although it has been talked about. I haven't built my cab yet but I have both monitors set up like you mentioned and I am using backglass images similar to Flying Dutchmans that have a space for the DMD which I drag over and resize to fit.
So yes, everything that you have asked is possible :)
Tiger-Heli:
Thank you - that's what I was looking for!!!
Most threads I've read either had the backglass monitor vertical with some type of Marquee artwork around it, or the playfield horizontal.
I imagine it would be personal preference and how much you wanted to spend whether you went with speakers in the backbox and the separate DMD monitor or just simulated speakers like Flying Dutchmans's images. (Seems like a widescreen monitor would work better with the separate DMD, and a 4:3 would do better without it (but might need an overall bigger screen).
And from what I have read, the backglass is just using Irfanview (until they get code to light the backglasses based on the VpinMAME rom codes, so the low-end video could be used for the backglass also (for now).
Thanks again for the helpful info!!!
billpa:
HyperPin does not use Infranview. It basically launches a separate exe for the backglass that displays a static image. The images are supplied with the artwork package that is released for every table release. fThere is some work going on about adding some light animation support for the backglass. However, it is not the highest of priorities right now. I definitely suggest trying out HyperPin when you get two monitors to play with. The front end is awesome. Not only can you sort games by emulator, manufacturer, etc. but you can also have a favorites list as well as a few other cool features like viewing the original operator flyers for games, and viewing instruction cards for the games.
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