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<blockquote data-quote="AcadDude" data-source="post: 281395" data-attributes="member: 7404"><p>Here are a few pictures of the two Steam Pinball games I play in Cabinet Modes. Time to do math. Depending on where the monitors are set in Windows depends on how all the values adjust. There are plenty of threads that explain this relationship but until you have to play the over under game on pixel math you are in for a treat. Once I could see what my values were doing and realized that sometimes they were negative numbers I was in business. I use both TPA and FX3 cabinet modes. They were similar in that you had to input values for positioning and sizes. The FX3 configuration was in the game though. It was quicker to see the results of changed values when positioning. For me it the toughest to find values for was the DMD positioning because my DMD monitor is covered slightly on each side. Even the Pics below needed a little tweaking to get the "B" to show in "BALL 3" fully on the DMD. Good news though. Set this all up once and never set it up again. Well until the software developer decides to reset it for us! TPA did it to me a couple times on updates. It is a good idea to write these values down if/when they get reset to default.</p><p></p><p>Here is my windows monitor positioning.</p><p><img src="https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45812781_2199823260050300_6955535609855213568_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=1fb5101be593e4e85a9cbc27865db73e&oe=5C7C6FFC" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Monitor 2 is backglass monitor. It is set to Landscape 1920x1080</p><p>Monitor 3 is DMD monitor. It is set to Landscape 1366x768</p><p>Monitor 1 is the playfield monitor. It is set to Portrait (flipped) 2160x3840</p><p></p><p></p><p>For TPA Arcooda settings I use this</p><p></p><p> Playfield Coordinates</p><p>Left: 34 Top: 40</p><p>Width: 2110 Height: 3840</p><p> Backglass Coordinates</p><p>Left: 0 Top: -1828</p><p>Width: 1900 Height: 1060</p><p> DMD Coordinates</p><p>Left: 100 Top: -600</p><p>Width: 1140 Height: 500</p><p></p><p>So notice the math for Backglass Top is negative of height of monitor 2 (1080) plus monitor 3 (768) minus slight positioning (20)</p><p>Not sure why I need slight positioning but it gets the backglass right for me.</p><p></p><p>Pinball Arcade Arcooda with 3 monitor setup.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45808195_2199747950057831_1010899254094331904_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=535250ecb79b048c0a151686a60a8c9e&oe=5C691B74" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45748597_2199748010057825_6521084085723463680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=f55d72d3454474e2930c138470a6fa97&oe=5C6FB928" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>For Zen FX3 settings I use this</p><p></p><p>Dot Matrix Horizontal Position</p><p> 105</p><p>Dot Matrix Vertical Position</p><p> -600</p><p>Dot Matrix Horizontal Size</p><p> 1150</p><p>Dot Matrix Vertical Size</p><p> 300</p><p>Backglass Horizontal Position</p><p> 0</p><p>Backglass Vertical Position</p><p> -1856</p><p>Backglass Horizontal Size</p><p> 1920</p><p>Backglass Vertical Size</p><p> 1080</p><p></p><p>Here again the math for backglass to me should be 1848 but something is off by 18 this time. Maybe a taskbar thing? I use hide taskbar and not showing on other monitors than primary.</p><p></p><p>Zen Pinball FX3 with three monitor setup.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45788022_2199748070057819_6941907785999187968_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=8e7776c888a1491d4d6f714565882c08&oe=5C7159B9" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45755529_2199748146724478_6433520332602081280_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=156d086d4397884ce8ddee6fe3f381a3&oe=5C6D93EC" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AcadDude, post: 281395, member: 7404"] Here are a few pictures of the two Steam Pinball games I play in Cabinet Modes. Time to do math. Depending on where the monitors are set in Windows depends on how all the values adjust. There are plenty of threads that explain this relationship but until you have to play the over under game on pixel math you are in for a treat. Once I could see what my values were doing and realized that sometimes they were negative numbers I was in business. I use both TPA and FX3 cabinet modes. They were similar in that you had to input values for positioning and sizes. The FX3 configuration was in the game though. It was quicker to see the results of changed values when positioning. For me it the toughest to find values for was the DMD positioning because my DMD monitor is covered slightly on each side. Even the Pics below needed a little tweaking to get the "B" to show in "BALL 3" fully on the DMD. Good news though. Set this all up once and never set it up again. Well until the software developer decides to reset it for us! TPA did it to me a couple times on updates. It is a good idea to write these values down if/when they get reset to default. Here is my windows monitor positioning. [IMG]https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45812781_2199823260050300_6955535609855213568_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=1fb5101be593e4e85a9cbc27865db73e&oe=5C7C6FFC[/IMG] Monitor 2 is backglass monitor. It is set to Landscape 1920x1080 Monitor 3 is DMD monitor. It is set to Landscape 1366x768 Monitor 1 is the playfield monitor. It is set to Portrait (flipped) 2160x3840 For TPA Arcooda settings I use this Playfield Coordinates Left: 34 Top: 40 Width: 2110 Height: 3840 Backglass Coordinates Left: 0 Top: -1828 Width: 1900 Height: 1060 DMD Coordinates Left: 100 Top: -600 Width: 1140 Height: 500 So notice the math for Backglass Top is negative of height of monitor 2 (1080) plus monitor 3 (768) minus slight positioning (20) Not sure why I need slight positioning but it gets the backglass right for me. Pinball Arcade Arcooda with 3 monitor setup. [IMG]https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45808195_2199747950057831_1010899254094331904_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=535250ecb79b048c0a151686a60a8c9e&oe=5C691B74[/IMG][IMG]https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45748597_2199748010057825_6521084085723463680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=f55d72d3454474e2930c138470a6fa97&oe=5C6FB928[/IMG] For Zen FX3 settings I use this Dot Matrix Horizontal Position 105 Dot Matrix Vertical Position -600 Dot Matrix Horizontal Size 1150 Dot Matrix Vertical Size 300 Backglass Horizontal Position 0 Backglass Vertical Position -1856 Backglass Horizontal Size 1920 Backglass Vertical Size 1080 Here again the math for backglass to me should be 1848 but something is off by 18 this time. Maybe a taskbar thing? I use hide taskbar and not showing on other monitors than primary. Zen Pinball FX3 with three monitor setup. [IMG]https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45788022_2199748070057819_6941907785999187968_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=8e7776c888a1491d4d6f714565882c08&oe=5C7159B9[/IMG][IMG]https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/45755529_2199748146724478_6433520332602081280_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent.fmkc1-1.fna&oh=156d086d4397884ce8ddee6fe3f381a3&oe=5C6D93EC[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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