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[jicho2003]

Hello everyone.

Here I leave the new progress, so far, of a future VPX table on The A team.

The goal when I started was to get to know a little better how flexDMD works for my real DMD.
I'm going to try to make a 90' table as much as possible. I leave a screenshot and what I have developed for the moment in case someone wants to try it.
 
It is necessary to have FlexDMD and VPX1.72 installed. The folder with the gifs must be in the same place as the vpx file.
 
LAST UPDATE 2.0.0
 
-Added the last missions in jeep. (Lite Multiball).
-Added some DMD Animations, redrawn part of the playfield, changes in the code, primitives....
 
 
At the moment the scores for 4 players are scheduled, and the 4 main missions, one for each character. They are activated from the Van.
 
( The mission is maintained until it is finished even if you lose the ball)
 
Barracus, Shoot 50 Bumpers. 50
Murdock. Shoot 150 spinners.
Faceman. Hit 8 ramps
Hannibal. Hit left targets.
 
There are 11 Sub Misisons
 
-The Back Lane: Spell "THE A TEAM" for collect 10 millions
 
 
 In the JEEP ( You can raise the mission number on the right ramp and lower it on the left ramp.)
 
-PUNCH OUT:  add millions on BA Targets within 30 seconds
-TRUCKS CONVOY : Find the material box in a random place
- LOTERY MODE: Stop the roulette with the flippers, Collect tools
-RUN AWAY : ( First "VideoMode" Game). Pass 15 groups of police cars.
-FIND AND SHOOT: ( Second "VideoMode" Game) Shoot 20 enemies in 30 sec.
- EXTRABALL- Open and enter on the right tunnel in the ExtraBall mision
-GET MILLIIONS
-MURDOK's ESCAPE:Follow the lights and hit it 3 times
-LITTLE MULTIBALL: Shoot to the Magna
 
-Hit the TNT box 10 times to activate multiball

 

 

Thanks simbamame for the videos!
 
 
   
 
     
 
 
 

 
There is less left to finish, so I remove the download links now.
 
I don't set a fixed schedule although I would like to have it before Christmas.
 
If there is anyone who wants to act as a tester until its launch, I have no problem sending it to them via PM.
 
Regards!
 
EDIT
 
For all requests by PM, I leave the link to the latest version here.
 
https://drive.google...Ov7Jvi7volkgN_I

What I do from now on will only be for those who want to help me debug the table using MP.
 
All the best!!!

Edited by jicho2003, 14 October 2023 - 08:42 PM.

[Hawyer]

¡Qué buen pinta!

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Looking good!

[79scorpione]

Really nice, good work

[jicho2003]

Can someone try the table with VXP1.72 and the latest version of Flex, to tell me if the opening of missions works correctly.

 

I've seen a video on Youtube and it doesn't. I left warnings on the scoreboard (The numbers that appear after the player on the scoring screen) to find out if the missions and the remaining objectives were activated without having to do an instant info... and I see that it does not open them.

 

I tried on several pcs

[Dragon444]

It works for me it works with the flexdmd. Thanks for the hours invested mate

[jicho2003]

It works for me it works with the flexdmd. Thanks for the hours invested mate

Gracias!!!

[Itchigo]

Works for me on 10.8. If anyone wants to make a wheel, I made a BG for it for us 2 screen people.

 

Edited by Itchigo, 29 January 2023 - 12:28 AM.

[xenonph]

Great table!

 

I pity the fool!!!, who thinks otherwise!

Carry on.

[jicho2003]

Upload a new version with some changes in the Playfiled, Misions, Dmd, gates, and 3D elements. 

 

Added the multiball funcion (in the box).

 

Hope you test it and enjoy!

[xenonph]

Love this table!

 

Here are a few things I encountered with new version.

 

The ball gets stuck up top above bumpers, on side above right outlane, and after coming down wire ramp to left inlane.

(Marked with circles on pic.)

A quick nudge dislodges ball from these areas, except when you come down the left wire ramp to the inlane, ball stops and it cannot be dislodged with nudge. Have to start game over by reloading table.

 

Also on your score display it shows Player 1 as "Player 10" for 1 player game, and shows Player 2 as "Player 20" for 2 player game.

 

 New Bitmap Image.png   1.16MB   19 downloads

 

 

Keep up the great work!!

[jicho2003]

Love this table!

 

Here are a few things I encountered with new version.

 

The ball gets stuck up top above bumpers, on side above right outlane, and after coming down wire ramp to left inlane.

(Marked with circles on pic.)

A quick nudge dislodges ball from these areas, except when you come down the left wire ramp to the inlane, ball stops and it cannot be dislodged with nudge. Have to start game over by reloading table.

 

Also on your score display it shows Player 1 as "Player 10" for 1 player game, and shows Player 2 as "Player 20" for 2 player game.

 

New Bitmap Image.png

 

 

Keep up the great work!!

Thanks for the notices.

I will polish little by little.

 

The DMDscore still has the flags I put over the quest status. the 0 after the player indicates that there is no battle, if it is 11 it means that player 1 is in the battle of Murdokc, and so on with the rest. the numbers on the bottom right are also counters of the missions that I put and have not removed yet.

 

I'm glad you like it!!!!

 

PD The table i have uploaded is not the last one. I got a wrong file. Now y have checked it and are the 1.0.3 in my drive.

 

Grettings!

Edited by jicho2003, 08 February 2023 - 11:35 PM.

[jicho2003]

I continue with the Table Updates with the 1.0.5

 

This time it has cost a little more to advance. I already told you that the goal I'm pursuing with the table is to learn a little more about Flex and have a well-worked DMD.

 

The point has come to introduce mini games in the DMD to manage with the flippers and each one that I have in mind will cost to have them completely ready, not because of the programming but because of squaring all the images so that it looks good on my DMD.real.

 

The first one I've added is a kind of "OutRun" but with Faceman's Corvette. You have to overtake a series of 15 Police cars in the right place. It's not fully finished in appearance but seems functional (maybe the last few blocks are too complicated to pass)

 

 

All the sub-mission added (can be played while the main quest is in progress) are these so far;

 

-The Back Lane: Spell "THE A TEAM"

 

 In the JEEP

 

-PUNCH OUT:  add millions on BA Targets within 30 seconds

-TRUCKS CONVOY : Find the material box in a random place

- ADD MILLIONS: (I will change it in the future)

-RUN AWAY : ( First "VideoMode" Game). Pass 15 groups of police cars.

 

My English is not very good, so I don't know if the names of the missions are correct (suggestions welcome) and I appreciate messages with the problems that you tell me that arise if you try it.

 

NOTE: If you play with a Real DMD, must change in line 248 : FlexDMD_RenderMode_DMD_GRAY_4 = 2, _     to----->  FlexDMD_RenderMode_DMD_GRAY_4 = 1, _  (I'm studying it)

Edited by jicho2003, 26 February 2023 - 12:10 AM.

[eliory]

Looks good thanks a lot

[jicho2003]

I detected a problem in the code. Is repaired and re-uploaded 

[smaugdragon]

I detected a problem in the code. Is repaired and re-uploaded 

I streamed this at lunch, first impressions from the audience were awesome, you are onto a very popular theming here. I like the flow, and the rules seem easy to follow, I need more time with it. Some initial notes....

- I had the ball sticking in the left outlane.

- Ball stuck in the left side drop targets on certain shots. 
- I had 2 hard crashes, both are in the video, and I will see if I can turn on debug and send you some details when it dies.

https://www.twitch.t...deos/1750955795

[worker]

Hey, I really like this table and the DMD scenes you created! It's totally a 90s feeling for me, thank you so much for your hard work on it! 

 

I made a b2s with fulldmd layer, I hope you like it! 

 

Here it is: https://drive.google...?usp=share_link

 

[Neo]

This looks interesting. Unfortunately I'm probably doing something wrong, as I'm getting a script error when trying to start this. The error is on Line 545: scene3.AddActor FlexDMD.NewVideo("intro", FlexPath &"INTRO-A-TEAM.gif")

 

Runtime error
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Line: 545
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

 

I did put the gifs into the same folder as the table itself, and to my knowledge the flexDMD is set up properly

[jicho2003]

This looks interesting. Unfortunately I'm probably doing something wrong, as I'm getting a script error when trying to start this. The error is on Line 545: scene3.AddActor FlexDMD.NewVideo("intro", FlexPath &"INTRO-A-TEAM.gif")

 

Runtime error
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Line: 545
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

 

I did put the gifs into the same folder as the table itself, and to my knowledge the flexDMD is set up properly

 

 

That error that the table throws is because it can't find the gifs file.

You should not put the individual files but the "TheATeam" folder with the same name (with the files inside) in the same directory as the table file

Edited by jicho2003, 06 March 2023 - 12:41 PM.

[jicho2003]

Here I leave another progress.
Version 1.0.6

Added another Video Mode in the jeep and a lot of cleanups in the code.

I hope you enjoy, it if you want to join me

[Gravy]

Looking awesome and strong Indiana Jones pinball influence in the artwork which is a good thing.