Malzbie's Pinball Collection

Malzbie's Pinball Collection

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Setup for pinball cabinets
By Malzbie
Start parameter for multiscreen mode and direct launch
   
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English
Setup for pinball cabinets.


From now on, you can show the DMD and the back glasses on different screens.
Both are scale able and moveable. Move the elements by drag and drop and scale them with your mouse wheel, when the pointer is over the object to be scaled.
The new positions and sizes will be saved automatically.
The back glasses are now within the game.

But there are some limitations:

• The multiscreen mode will only work in portrait mode.
• It will not work in fullscreen mode. But that is no problem. You will not see any frames.
• To activate the multiscreen mode and set the screens for the elements, you must use start parameters.
• Screen 1 is always the playfield.

And this is how it works:

If you use the following parameter to set the amount of displays, the multiscreen mode will be activated automatically:

-displays 3

With the following parameter you set the screen where you want to see the DMD.

-score 2

With the following parameter you set the screen where you want to see the back glass.

-bg 3

If you want to hide the DMD frame, you can use this parameter:

-frame no

If something went wrong and you want to reset all multiscreen settings, you can use this parameter:

-reset yes

It will delete all saved positions and scales. Nothing else. But do not forget to remove the parameter after you used it.


It is also possible to start a table directly without the intro and the main menu.
Use one of the following parameters:

-startTable ttfb
-startTable carnival
-startTable garden
-startTable sheriff
-startTable ghosthouse
-startTable mudrace
-startTable playground
-startTable labyrinth
-startTable timeflight
-startTable ghouls

Deutsch
Einstellungen für Pinball Cabinets.

Ab heute gibt es die Möglichkeit das DMD und auch die Glasscheibe auf andere Monitore darzustellen. Beides ist skalierbar und kann an jede beliebige Position geschoben werden. Einfach mit der Maus anklicken und per drag and drop bewegen. Skaliert wird einfach mit dem Mausrad, sobald die Maus über dem Element ist. Die neuen Positionen und Skalierungen werden automatisch gespeichert.
Ich habe die Glasscheiben jetzt in das Spiel integriert.

Es gibt aber ein paar Limitierungen:

• Der Multiscreen Mode funktioniert nur im Portrait Modus, denn nur da macht er sinn!
• Er funktioniert nicht im Fullscreen Modus. Das ist aber nicht schlimm, denn ihr seht trotzdem keine Rahmen.
• Um ihn zu aktivieren und festzulegen, auf welchem Monitor welches Element zu sehen sein soll, muss man das Spiel mit Startparametern starten.
• Monitor 1 ist immer das Spielfeld.
Und so geht’s:

Der Modus wird automatisch aktiviert, sobald du mit folgendem Befehl die Anzahl der Monitore festlegst:

-displays 3

Hiermit legst du fest, auf welchem Monitor das DMD zu sehen sein soll:

-score 2

Hiermit legst du fest, auf welchem Monitor das Backglass zu sehen sein soll:

-bg 3

Soll das DMD ohne Rahmen dargestellt werden, kannst du dem Rahmen so abstellen.

-frame no

Sollte einmal etwas schiefgelaufen sein und du willst alle Multiscreen Einstellungen löschen, dann kannst du das mit folgendem Parameter tun:

-reset yes

Dieser Parameter löscht alle gespeicherten Positionen und Skalierungen. Sonst nichts. Aber vergiss nicht den Parameter wieder zu entfernen, nachdem du ihn genutzt hast.

Es ist außerdem möglich einen Tisch direkt zu starten, ohne Intro und Hauptmenü.
Nutze dafür einen der folgenden Parameter:

-startTable ttfb
-startTable carnival
-startTable garden
-startTable sheriff
-startTable ghosthouse
-startTable mudrace
-startTable playground
-startTable labyrinth
-startTable timeflight
-startTable ghouls

8 Comments
skipruder 19 Nov, 2023 @ 1:47am 
Understood. a new collection works for me. Looking forward to it Zen has us so used to new collections we dont even think twice about buying the same tables over and over again. thanks for getting me up to speed on the cabinet setup. im excited about it! ive only played your table s in a cabinet as ive finished my third cabinet build but im looking forward to having the dmd and back-glass art. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
Malzbie  [author] 3 Oct, 2023 @ 2:49am 
Hi @skipruder !
To find the command line go to your games in Steam. Right click on the game. ( the real game on the left side not the big icon in your library view, if enabled)
There you will find properties and if you klick on it you will see the command line (start options?).
i don't know exactly the english label. In german it is Eigenschaften and Startoptionen.

Yes, I'm working on new tables, but not for this collection. The new tables will need more performance, because of the more realistic objects, the texture sizes, the lights and the new physics. I can't mix the new tables with the old ones and I can't raise the minimum specs for this collection, so I must create a new collection.
skipruder 2 Oct, 2023 @ 4:51pm 
What am I missing here? Where are the command lines? Where do set these parameters? I’m not getting it.
Still love your tables. I heard you may be designing more. I hope that is true. They have so much depth. I don’t think you get the credit you deserve just because your tables aren’t as pretty as zen table but you’re are way more fun and put together with more thought and your voicing is the best on the world bar none. I dont know why zen can’t figure out the importance of using quality voice actors but it really turns me off to a lot of their tables. Keep up the good work. Thanks
Valzi 25 Feb, 2023 @ 2:27pm 
@malzbie No thanks. Thanks for explaining though.
xxx 16 Apr, 2022 @ 7:34am 
EDIT: Never mind, I'm an idiot who can't read. As soon as I disabled "fullscreen", the moving of the images worked just fine. Again, thank you for the command lines and thank you for such an outstanding product!
xxx 16 Apr, 2022 @ 7:31am 
Thank you for adding command lines! This makes adding the tables to my vPin cabinet so much easier! Just one problem: I can resize the backglass and DMD images, but I can't move them. As soon as I click on them, the playfield loses focus and nothing works anymore. When I Alt+Tab back to the playfield, I can't see backglass and DMD any more. I'm using a 3-screen setup with monitor 2 as the backglass and monitor 3 as the DMD. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Malzbie  [author] 13 Apr, 2022 @ 1:46am 
@Valzi
Rotate the screen orientation in your graphics card setup und start the game.
Valzi 10 Apr, 2022 @ 11:17am 
How do I enable portrait mode?