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How do I make drop targets that reset when knocked down?

Started By mystman12 , Apr 07 2012 05:06 PM

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#1 mystman12

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 05:06 PM

Hi. I barely now anything about scripting, and I'm trying to make a pinball table, but I can't figure out how to make a bank of drop targets that resets the moment it is knocked down. Could someone please post some script I can use. Thanks.

Edited by mystman12, 07 April 2012 - 05:07 PM.

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 07:07 PM

The Help is really well done, so have a look to it...
If your bank is named MyBank, MyBank.SolenoidPulse is the solution.

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 07:07 PM

I don't know whether or not you're making a VPM table or not, but this assumes you're making a non-VPM table.

Try this. This is a very basic block of code for drop targets.

CODE


' Drop targets defined in VP as DropTarget1, DropTarget2, and DropTarget3. The "Can Drop" checkbox must be checked for drop targets

Dim TargetsDown ' number of targets hit in the bank. Set this to 0 at start of your game

' Hit event for DropTarget1

Sub DropTarget1_Hit()

AddScore 900 ' Add some points
TargetsDown = TargetsDown + 1 ' Bump the number of targets down by 1
DropTarget1.IsDropped = True ' This actually drops the target
CheckDropTargets ' Check to see if we got all of them

End Sub

' Hit Event for Drop Target2

Sub DropTarget2_Hit()

AddScore 900 ' Add some points
TargetsDown = TargetsDown + 1 ' Bump the number of targets down by 1
DropTarget2.IsDropped = True ' This actually drops the target
CheckDropTargets ' Check to see if we got all of them

End Sub

' Hit Event for Drop Target3

Sub DropTarget3_Hit()

AddScore 900 ' Add some points
TargetsDown = TargetsDown + 1 ' Bump the number of targets down by 1
DropTarget3.IsDropped = True ' This actually drops the target
CheckDropTargets ' Check to see if we got all of them

End Sub

Sub CheckDropTargets()

If TargetsDown = 3 then
Addscore 5000 ' Add some points for clearing the bank if desired
DropTarget1.IsDropped = False ' Reset all three drop targets
DropTarget2.IsDropped = False
DropTarget3.IsDropped = False
TargetsDown = 0 ' Reset the counter to 0
End If

End Sub



This will raise the targets immediately when all three are clear.

Edited by Neo, 07 April 2012 - 07:09 PM.

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 10:37 PM

Thanks for the code, but it didn't work. I am using Future Pinball.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:17 AM

This should work in FP:

Sub DropTarget_Hit()
If (DropTarget.Dropped) Then
DropTarget.SolenoidPulse
End If
End Sub

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:51 AM

Thanks dafuyoma, That's just what I needed! It works perfectly. biggrin.gif
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