AltColor colorization incomplete

Technical code : ALTCOLOR_INCOMPLETE

What it means

This table's DMD colorization is missing a file: this colorization does not show.

Why it happens

A .vni animation file only loads with its .pal palette (or the pack's .pac). Here the .vni arrived alone in this ROM's altcolor folder. A Serum file (.cRZ, .cROM) or a .pal work on their own and are never flagged.

How Pincab Toolbox detects it

The free scanner checks the following:

This ROM's altcolor folder holds a .vni, but no .pal, no .pac and no Serum file (rule read in dmd-extensions and libserum).

What to do

A DMD colorization is installed for this ROM, but a file is missing: a complete colorization needs several files together, not just one.

  1. Open VPinMAME's "altcolor" folder, then the subfolder named after the ROM. The exact path is in the Diagnostic tab.
  2. Look at the files there. A .vni needs its .pal (or a .pac) next to it. A Serum file (.cRZ, .cROM) or a .pal work on their own.
  3. The archive may have been only partly extracted, or a single file copied. Re-download the full colorization pack from wherever you got it.
  4. Extract ALL files from the archive into the folder named after the ROM. Not into an extra subfolder: the files must sit directly inside.
  5. Check the folder name matches the ROM name EXACTLY, no extra space or capital.
  6. Run a new scan.

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Covered: Visual Pinball X (10.x) and PinUP Popper. Not covered: Future Pinball, Pinball FX, Visual Pinball 9 and the other frontends (PinballX, PinballY).

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