DMD on second screen solved....(kind of)

[dallaker]

Hi all,

I've got a homemade cabinet and thought with the ability to stretch windows over multiple screens, I'll use the Nvidia control panel and placed my second screen above the first, then just stretch the window to my backglass monitor.

Crude, but effective.

Maybe somebody has a better idea?

 

[SilverBalls]

Good idea. I think that is how the Visual Pinball spanned tables used to work.

For me unfortunately it does not work very well as I get a jittery screen with excessive tearing when running it windowed mode, whereas full screen is super smooth. I guess it might be specific to my setup so it would be interesting to know if it works for others.

With all these attempts to get the DMD and/or backglass on the 2nd screen (a necessity for a pinball game!) hopefully Farsight will surprise us and it give it to us soon. We just got DX11, new flipper physics, so Farsight are cooking on gas so never say never.

 

[switch3flip]

On the last Twitch stream they said they are working on cab support and hope to release in not too distant future.

 

[lettuce]

On the last Twitch stream they said they are working on cab support and hope to release in not too distant future.

Middle of 2016 then!

 

[Just Some Guy]

I get a jittery screen with excessive tearing when running it windowed mode

Did you disable Aero/Desktop Composition?
That's what enables Triple Buffering on the desktop, and disabling it will cause everything to tear.

 

[Rooter]

On the last Twitch stream they said they are working on cab support and hope to release in not too distant future.

Don't get too excited. They have been saying that since 2013.

 

[SilverBalls]

Did you disable Aero/Desktop Composition?
That's what enables Triple Buffering on the desktop, and disabling it will cause everything to tear.

Yep I have all that stuff turned off, but thanks for suggesting.

 

[Just Some Guy]

Yep I have all that stuff turned off, but thanks for suggesting.

I may not have been clear: you have this tearing because you turned it off.

 

[switch3flip]

Don't get too excited. They have been saying that since 2013.

Well I won't be using cabinet any time soon, if ever, so personally I couldn't care less. I'm happy for everyone who can benefit from it though.
But I do believe they will release it fairly soon, like within a couple months, if nothing unexpected happens. They have said they worked on it before but they have said they had to focus on other things and this time they said it's a main focus again and what they're working on now and hope to release soon, and like it wasn't to answer any question about it or anything, it was more of an announcement.

 

[SilverBalls]

I may not have been clear: you have this tearing because you turned it off.

No you were clear, sorry I misread it. That is interesting, I will give that ago when I am back the weekend. Thanks.