64-bit Serum colorization missing

Technical code : BITNESS_SERUM64_MISSING

What it means

Your colorized DMDs will stay monochrome 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:

A 64-bit Visual Pinball and a 32-bit serum.dll are present, but no serum64.dll next to VPinMAME.

What to do

Your 64-bit Visual Pinball is installed, and you have the 32-bit Serum colorization, but not its 64-bit version (serum64.dll). Your colorized DMDs fall back to monochrome when a table starts from 64-bit VPX.

  1. If you do not use any Serum colorization, this line does not concern you: ignore it.
  2. Otherwise, go to the official Serum project repository (libserum) and take the latest published release.
  3. Download the archive marked "win-x64" or "64-bit". The 32-bit file you already have will not do, a 64-bit program cannot load it.
  4. Close Visual Pinball and PinUP Popper.
  5. Extract, then right-click the file, Properties, "Unblock" if Windows offers it.
  6. Copy "serum64.dll" into your VPinMAME folder, next to the existing serum.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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