On-Screen Volume Overlay does not display on VPX GL version - works only on DirectX version

[Ltek]

PinVol's onscreen overlay does not display when using VPX's GL version.

Not sure if this is a bug in PinVol, VPX, or not a bug and PinVol cannot display the overlay if OpenGL is on-screen or full-screen?

[mjrgh]

If the overlay isn't displaying, it's almost certainly that VP is running exclusive full-screen mode, which means that other processes are locked out of the display device as long as the exclusive app is in the foreground. I don't know if OpenGL has any options that let you turn that off, but even if it does you probably don't want to, since the point of exclusive access is that it improves performance by taking the operating system out of the rendering loop. (So "not a bug" is the likely answer, or at least "nothing can be done about it on the PinVol side".)

[Ltek]

I always use DX in exclusive full-screen mode, and PinVol overlay works fine... I suspect there is something in OpenGL or the way VPX is using it, that is blocking the onscreen overlay. Prob a bug in VPX's GL... but good to document here in case anyone else runs into it.

[mjrgh]

I always use DX in exclusive full-screen mode, and PinVol overlay works fine...

I think that's pretty much impossible by definition of "exclusive", so maybe something's wrong the VP options dialog if that's what it's telling you.

[CFTBL]

Old issue but same problem here. I've run VP with DirectX (launched via Popper) for years, both Windowed and Exclusive Full Screen. PinVol works in either mode for every table (OSD works, Volume Adjustment works, volume settings successfully stored). Recently installed VP OpenGL 10.8.1 and PinVol doesn't work in the VP player (but works fine everywhere else, on the Windows Desktop, the VP Editor, the Popper menu, etc). Doesn't matter if VP player runs in Exclusive Fullscreen or Windowed mode, with or without Popper. PinVol refuses to launch with my hot keys when playing tables with the VP 10.8.1 OpenGL version. Works fine with the VP 10.8.1 DX version. It's unfortunate because the OpenGL version of VP gives the best frame rates with my graphics card.

[mjrgh]

PinVol refuses to launch with my hot keys

If it's not responding to the keys at all - as opposed to responding to the keys properly, but not displaying the volume overlay graphics - it probably doesn't have anything to do with the display. That sounds like a keyboard issue. Any chance you're running VPX (or anything else) in Run As Administrator mode when this happens? That's one thing that would lock out keyboard access across applications, since Windows doesn't allow any keyboard access when an Admin program is in the foreground (to prevent password keystroke capture and the like).

[CFTBL]

PinVol refuses to launch with my hot keys

If it's not responding to the keys at all - as opposed to responding to the keys properly, but not displaying the volume overlay graphics - it probably doesn't have anything to do with the display. That sounds like a keyboard issue. Any chance you're running VPX (or anything else) in Run As Administrator mode when this happens? That's one thing that would lock out keyboard access across applications, since Windows doesn't allow any keyboard access when an Admin program is in the foreground (to prevent password keystroke capture and the like).

When running VP player 10.8.1 OpenGL, Pinvol hotkeys don't work at all (no OSD, no volume adjustment). I checked VPX, PinVol, B2S Server, VPinMame... nothing is running in Admin mode. One other bit of weirdness... when I launch a table from the editor (i.e. launch VP player), then use "Q" or "Esc" to exit, it exits to the Windows desktop instead of returning to the VP Editor. Not sure if that's a clue or something unrelated.