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[SandraMe]

File Name: Minions 3.0

File Submitter: SandraMe

File Submitted: 15 Jan 2022

File Category: VPX/VPinMAME - MOD Tables

Author(s): ROM<br />Nitronimbus<br />Javier<br />SLW
Manufacturer: Original
Year: 2022
Permission to MOD?: Yes, without approval

This is an update to the original Minions table created by Javier.  It is a port from the FP version created by ROM and Nitronimbus.  The game has had major changes.  Most of them is to fix/implement/complete routines so major goals can be completed.
 
I originally really hated this game.  The music was repetative and there seemed like no real way to progress through the goals.  It turned out that was true.  Some of the code was incomplete, even in the Future Pinball version of the game which I used as reference.  I have completed the intent of the coding and if all five goals are complete, then the 50 MILLION goal can be attempted.  Initially I was going to just upgrade the code to use UltraDMD and FreezyDMD, but I could not leave the code as it was.  I hope you enjoy it!
 
I also added an Options Screen.  If you hold the left flipper button down for 1.5 seconds between games, the screen activates.  You can set the number of balls, free play/credit, change music, and reset high scores.
 

There are five goals that must be completed before you can attempt the 50 MILLION shot:
 
1) Complete all targets
 
2) Open the hideout and then knock down the three minion popups.  I've made it slightly easier to get into the hideout by extending the hideout switch timer to 15 seconds.
 
3) Perform a MultiBall run.
 
4) Run up all the Ramps.
 
5) Run down all the inner and outer lanes and hit the Collect Lanes four times to play the four Narrations.
 
Easy, right? 
 
To install:
Unzip the file and put the  Minions.UltraDMD directory in the table directory, copy  the contents of the Music directory to the Virtual Pinball Music directory, and place the Minions table files (vpx, and directb2s) in the table directory.
 
This version includes Hauntfreak's Minions backglass.
 

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[Guga_nt]

Hi. Thanks for sharing.

Here is giving the error

"Line 319 - ActiveX component cannot create object: FlexDMD.FlexDMD"

And then the mini window script error

"Line: 846
Object necessary: Controller".

 

Any tips?

Thanks.

[SandraMe]

 

Hi. Thanks for sharing.

Here is giving the error

"Line 319 - ActiveX component cannot create object: FlexDMD.FlexDMD"

And then the mini window script error

"Line: 846
Object necessary: Controller".

 

Any tips?

Thanks.

 

Guga_NT:

 

The first error has to do with the game attempting to instantiate the FlexDMD object.  The second error is referring to the un-instantiated object.  This often means that FlexDMD/UltraDMD are either incorrectly installed or are not registered.

 

In C:\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME there should be a program called FlexDMDUI that displays the location and version of FlexDMD and UltraDMD and if they are correctly listed in the registry.  Check the output of that program and let me know the results and I should be able to help you get the game to start.

 

Thanks! 

 

[Guga_nt]

 

 

Hi. Thanks for sharing.

Here is giving the error

"Line 319 - ActiveX component cannot create object: FlexDMD.FlexDMD"

And then the mini window script error

"Line: 846
Object necessary: Controller".

 

Any tips?

Thanks.

 

Guga_NT:

 

The first error has to do with the game attempting to instantiate the FlexDMD object.  The second error is referring to the un-instantiated object.  This often means that FlexDMD/UltraDMD are either incorrectly installed or are not registered.

 

In C:\Visual Pinball\VPinMAME there should be a program called FlexDMDUI that displays the location and version of FlexDMD and UltraDMD and if they are correctly listed in the registry.  Check the output of that program and let me know the results and I should be able to help you get the game to start.

 

Thanks! 

 

 

Hi. Thanks for replying.

 

I didn't find that folder, so I realized that my VPX is out of date with the beta version yet.

As I can already play the tables with ultraDMD I thought this one would work the same.

Anyway, after I updated the VPX it worked.

 

Thanks a lot for the help. And by the table, of course.

Edited by Guga_nt, 23 January 2022 - 08:38 PM.

[Hern]

Hi Guys

Is a rom required to run this table ? as I am having trouble finding one.

 

Please forgive if this is a stupid question but am of age .........slow but willing to learn

 

Cheers 

[lifemagnate]

I know this table has been out for a while, but does anyone know why the score would completely disappear?  Everything else works great, but the score is just gone now.