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#1 Bosco

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Posted 27 June 2020 - 12:23 AM

I am creating a backglass and trying to get the Balls display to function. When creating it there is a option for Credits and scores. After watching videos there are other options like balls in this section. How are other options added to the editor like Balls. It is set as start digit of 32 but will not work I believe I need to select Balls as a score type.

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Posted 17 November 2020 - 08:23 PM

If I make the backglass a EM then all works fine but the table i am building needs a digital (ss) Display. Everything works ok except the credits will not show up. One section of the display lights up and will change when credits are added but not a number on lt 1 section of the number it changes to a different section when another credit is added. Do ss tables need a different call from the script?

 

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Posted 18 November 2020 - 12:40 AM

If I make the backglass a EM then all works fine but the table i am building needs a digital (ss) Display. Everything works ok except the credits will not show up. One section of the display lights up and will change when credits are added but not a number on lt 1 section of the number it changes to a different section when another credit is added. Do ss tables need a different call from the script?

 

Thanks for any help or suggestions

 

As far as B2S goes with ROM tables, you do not do anything with the script pertaining to the LED segmented display

You simply need to know what led array number a given display is

how many digits in the array

and how many segments do the display digits consist of

 

So if a table used array 0 for the ball counter, and it used only 1 digit and it was 7 segment
then i would add an LED, which the 1st one added would be 0
set the amount of digits, and set the proper amount of segments, and then it should work

it communicates directly with vpinMAME as to what should be going on with the LEDs

It is mostly a matter of learning what the number of the arrays used is

 

and if an array has 2 digits but only 1 is ever used, like a ball counter shows 2 digit places, but only one of the ever lights up (cause no one ever has ball 10 11 12 etc) then i believe you have to create the LED accordingly in b2s designer, or it wont work right because the command to turn on segment 1, of array 0, digit 2 would be pointing at a digit you did not give it.

 


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Posted 23 November 2020 - 04:37 PM

Thanks for your Answer

A new table came out (The Way of the Dragon) with a backglass unfinished I am trying to get it completed.

Thanks again for a detailed answer.



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Posted 23 November 2020 - 08:47 PM

Do you use a ROM for that and just mod the Table Design - or you want to use your own Script, whatever - let me know if you Need help ...

 

I only have an Eye for real Recreations, i don't Play the Mods, so i don't know, what Table you meant.


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Posted 24 November 2020 - 08:12 PM

I got it working 

Thanks for the suggestions and help.

I will post it today







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