64-bit display component missing

Technical code : BITNESS_DMD64_MISSING

What it means

Your external display will not work while this file is missing.

Why it happens

This file comes from a third-party project: we check that it is present and correct, but we never supply it.

How Pincab Toolbox detects it

The free scanner checks the following:

The expected 64-bit file is absent next to its 32-bit counterpart.

What to do

Your 64-bit Visual Pinball is installed, but the file that drives an external DMD in 64-bit (dmddevice64.dll) is missing. Your physical DMD stays dark when a table starts from 64-bit VPX.

  1. If you do NOT have a physical DMD connected, this line does not concern you: ignore it.
  2. If you do: identify your DMD brand (ZeDMD, PinDMD, Pin2DMD…). It is printed on the board or in the vendor documentation.
  3. Download the matching 64-bit driver from that DMD's official site.
  4. Close Visual Pinball and PinUP Popper.
  5. Extract, then right-click each file, Properties, "Unblock" if Windows offers it.
  6. Copy "dmddevice64.dll" into your VPinMAME folder, next to the existing dmddevice.dll. Do not replace the old one: both live side by side, one for 32-bit, one for 64.
  7. 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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