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[mfuegemann]

File Name: Mac's Galaxy (MAC 1986) VPX

File Submitter: mfuegemann

File Submitted: 05 Nov 2017

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME Recreations

Author(s): mfuegemann
Manufacturer: Other - Pinball
Year: 1986
ROM: Link to ROM
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

This is the VPX recreation of Mac's Galaxy. Akiles provided lots of images of the playfield and plastics scans. Although redrawing the playfield took quite a bit of time.
Some of table objects have been created by dark and GTXJoe (screws, light bulbs, gates). Thank You for this.
 
At the top of the script, You have some options:
- DimGI   allows You to adjust the GI brightness
- FreePlay  adds a coin each time a game is started
 
A DIP switch menu to change the number of balls is availiable too (F6).
 
The table is set up for FS and DT mode.
  
Have fun
Michael
 
Here are the table rules from the score card:

• M-A-C letters at top Lanes light SPECIAL at right Outlane
• Drop Targets advance Bonus
  1st completion: lights Extra Ball at top middle Lane, BonusX at central Target and 50.000 at top left Target
  2nd completion: as above and lights Extra Ball at central Target
  3rd completion: as above and lights SPECIAL at left Outlane
• Captive Ball advances Hole Bonus and lights 50.000 at central Target
• Hole Bonus at 5 lights Captive Ball for 20.000
• Bonus is added after each Ball
• Hole Bonus is scored at right Hole or at the end of the game

Click here to download this file

[batch]

Big thanks, Michael, another rarety, and VPX !

 

And thanks to Akiles too !

[STAT]

Have Troubles with Flippers, they don't work (?) ... just sometimes, after about 10 times

[Mark70]

same here, even with the mac.vbs from the wip threat

Edited by Mark70, 05 November 2017 - 03:33 PM.

[bjschneider93]

I have the same problem even with the new scripts, also my start button doesn't work with this game.  I actually have to hold down the 1 key on my keyboard and it will add a bunch of credits and finally start.  It won't work just holding in the start button on my cabinet though.  The flippers act up about 50% of the time for me

[akiles50000]

Michael gives an issue in line 110 in the script.

[mfuegemann]

Hi,

 

I have an 2 second delay at the start of the script (line 108) as I tried to avoid ill behaviour if no B2S is present. You can try to remove this line.

If You receive the massage that no B2S was found, the table may work faulty. You can recognize this by the bonus counter lights. During attract mode not all of them are lit in sequence and random lights stay lit.

In this case, please deactivate the B2S in Your controller.txt file or install the B2S. (the settings are found in the registry now: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Visual Pinball\Controller).

 

For the error in line 110, this is "controller.run" - what does the error message say?

 

Mac's Galaxy has been added with pinmame 2.6, please check this version too.

 

Regards

Michael

Edited by mfuegemann, 05 November 2017 - 04:53 PM.

[ttrenkner]

Great looking table! Interestingly, the flippers are working most of the time on my Windows 8.1 desktop setup but almost never on my Windows 10 mini cab. I'm running VPX 4 rev. 3240 exe and scripts on both.

[mfuegemann]

Hi,

 

please check Your pinmame version and the B2S settings. I will check out VPX 3240.

 

Edit: If You have problems, please try to change line 29 to this:

 

LoadVPMALT "01560000","mac.VBS",3.2

 

This should avoid the init errors - no B2S though...

Edited by mfuegemann, 05 November 2017 - 05:15 PM.

[xenonph]

Great addition to the collective MFuegemann!!

Flippers work great for me!!

I also use the dB2S backglass on same screen as table.

 

Here is what I did...

I changed the name of the mac.vbs to mac2.vbs., (so it wouldn't overwrite my original mac.vbs.)

 

I then went to LINE 29 and changed it from..

 

LoadVPM "01560000","mac.VBS",3.2

 

to

 

LoadVPM "01560000","mac2.VBS",3.2

 

I used the rom and the vbs file you added as attachment at beginning of this WIP topic.

http://www.vpforums....974#entry392308

 

I have played more than 10 games and flippers have never failed to activate. They are actually quite responsive!!

Thanks again for this great table!!

Carry on.

Edited by xenonph, 05 November 2017 - 10:55 PM.

[Thalamus]

What version of VPM are you running then Xenonph ?

[xenonph]

version 3.0

[ttrenkner]

Unfortunately, Xenonph's fix didn't work for me.

[xenonph]

I am not sure you can call it a fix, as the flippers always worked for me.

When I was copying his mac.vbs that I downloaded in attachment over to my scripts folder, it wanted to overwrite the old one.

So instead of overwriting it, I changed the name of it to mac2.vbs, so it wouldn't overwrite the old one. So there are 2 mac.vbs scripts in my script folder.

mac.vbs    my old one

mac2.vbs     the one I changed name form MFuegemanns attachment.

 

I then ran the table for first time, and the flippers never lagged or became non-responsive, from first game to last.

 

Not sure if this has anything to do with it working for me.

 

I could add my old mac.vbs as attachment,  to see if maybe having them both in scripts folder has any effect to your flipper problem, as I cannot think of any reason why the flippers arent working for you all.

Let me know if you want me to add it as attachment. (But I really don't think this has anything to do with flippers sticking.)

[STAT]

VPX Version ?
 
A very quick Solution could be to add "... or true ... " to the ... If Flipperactive (in the keycode Sub's) ... Line 211 and 232: If Flipperactive or true
 
There must be something wrong with the Soll11 and Timer ? Line 67 and below ... why Flipperactive = false ?
Timer is at 500 ...
 
Edit - not tested, Line 59 :

Sub Sol11(enabled)
     if enabled then
          Flipperactive = True
     else
          Flipperactive = False
          RightFlipper.rotatetostart
          LeftFlipper.rotatetostart
     end if
End Sub

Edited by STAT, 06 November 2017 - 12:07 PM.

[Rajo Joey]

I have the same problem even with the new scripts, also my start button doesn't work with this game.  I actually have to hold down the 1 key on my keyboard and it will add a bunch of credits and finally start.  It won't work just holding in the start button on my cabinet though.  The flippers act up about 50% of the time for me

Same problem here. Table works great and flipperbats works perfect.

But I also cannot start a game with my startbutton. I have to press 1 on the keyboard. Then a few games are added and the game starts.

[STAT]

Line 110: Controller.run ... delete ? because this Comes from Controller.vbs ?

Maybe this is the Flipper Problem ? I can't play / test atm.

 

Joey, with both, Freeplay = true / false ?

Edited by STAT, 06 November 2017 - 11:53 AM.

[Rajo Joey]

Joey, with both, Freeplay = true / false ?

Yes, but with set to true:

 

Startbutton adds five games

1 on the keyboard add five games and start game

 

With set to false:

Startbutton does nothing

1 on the keyboard add one game and start it

[STAT]

old / new mac.vbs ?

Inside mac.vbs there are keycodes for Coins and more ...

 

Tried deleting Line 110, as i said above ?

Edited by STAT, 06 November 2017 - 11:52 AM.

[STAT]

Ok a quick Test on a DT Machine, and Flippers working for me, with this:
Line 211 and 232: If Flipperactive or true