not free in portrait?

[mbecks]

Am i missing something here. I cant play this game in portrait mode unless i buy a key? Or is there away to play in portrait mode? im not trying to run it as a cabinate just turn my 21:9 monitor 90* and play. thanks

[Gabura]

You should be able to play in portait, set the resolution trough the config program ( it is not in the game itself), true cabinet mode ( includes kinect support and active backglasses) is a $150 seperate purchase from Arcooda.

[mbecks]

Do I have to set my monitor through windows into portrait mode is it it all done through the configure program? I really wish there was a tutorial.

[mbecks]

the resolution settings doesnt seem to be working. If I set it to 2560x1080 then it is full screen but played in landscape mode. If i set it to 1080x2650 its fills a small space in the center of my screen but still in landscape mode. If i itry to open by setting my monitor to portrait mode the game just simply doenst open.

[Gabura]

Try running the game in fullscreen windowed mode not fullscreen see if it starts then, I use my monitor in portrait but dont know if this is required.

[mbecks]

Ok I figured it out but it’s silly. Should be just a simple setting.
What I had to do was:
1: in PBA (pinball arcade) config set DX11 to your monitors reverse resolution so I have an ultra wide 2560x1080 in the config program I set the resolution as 1080x2560.
2:right click on you desktop and under display/monitor settings change your monitor from landscape to portrait.
3: launch PBA from steam and not from the desktop icon. Select launch DX11 and it works.

Only problem is you can’t set it up flat on your screen your stuck with camera angles that are from one end of the table. It would be nice to set the table flat on my screen, or have a way to set up custom camera angles.

[Gabura]

Originally posted by mbecks:

Ok I figured it out but it’s silly. Should be just a simple setting.
What I had to do was:
1: in PBA (pinball arcade) config set DX11 to your monitors reverse resolution so I have an ultra wide 2560x1080 in the config program I set the resolution as 1080x2560.
2:right click on my desktop and under display/monitor settings i chance my monitor from landscape to portrait.
3: launch PBA from steam and not from the desktop icon. Select launch DX11 and it works.

Only problem is you can’t set it up flat on your screen your stuck with camera angles that are from one end of the table. It would be nice to set the table flat on my screen, or have a way to set up custom camera angles.

Ah yes the default shortcut just launches the the DX9 version if you wan't to launch dx11 from a shortcut you need to use startup parameters in steam to directly launch the DX11 version. There have been several request to just make dx11 default. For the other camera angles you will need to purchase cabinet mode or try with NoEX's FreeCamera mod, more info on this can be found here http://www.digitalpinballfans.com/forumdisplay.php/112-FreeCamera-Mod. At least you got it working though... TPA is just a bit weird that way

[mbecks]

thanks for the response. funny you mention the free cam mod because i downloaded it about 20 minutes before you posted your comment. I still cant get it to work though. when i launch pinball arcade with the free cam mod enables i get the cam mod over lay but cant get past the opening screen of TPA that says "pinball arcade" "press start". I think its something to do with me not running pinball arcade in admin mode but I also can get that option to pop up anywhere.

[Gabura]

Originally posted by mbecks:

thanks for the response. funny you mention the free cam mod because i downloaded it about 20 minutes before you posted your comment. I still cant get it to work though. when i launch pinball arcade with the free cam mod enables i get the cam mod over lay but cant get past the opening screen of TPA that says "pinball arcade" "press start". I think its something to do with me not running pinball arcade in admin mode but I also can get that option to pop up anywhere.

It does need running as administrator, do not know more about it than that, only tried it once a long time ago. You can try to run steam as administrator for a test then it launches the games as admin too I think.