15 replies to this topic

[boriskarloff]

Hi, is there an instruction manual for learn how to write code for the script?

 

Thanks.

[gtxjoe]

The 5 Visual Pinmame tutorials are good for understanding how rom table are scripted

https://www.vpforums...hp?showforum=27

[boriskarloff]

Thanks, but is there a documentation with every command? Something as java doc.

[jpsalas]

Take a look at the file vbsdoc_outdated.html which is the explanations of the calls to the core.vbs. Even if it is called "outdated" it is very very useful. 

 

Also take a look at the CommandReference.txt for all the extra vbscript commands VPX understands.

 

The files are available in the vpx zip file.

[boriskarloff]

Thanks. But let me to say, it is not so good.

Anyway, let me to know if I've understood one thing.

 

In the script there are only sub.

These sub are called when an event happens (i.e. a target is hit)

So, with the sub we can manage, the sound, the score and the rules of the game.

Am I correct?

 

If I am, which is the file where these sub are called?

 

Thanks.

Edited by boriskarloff, 25 October 2023 - 10:56 PM.

[kiwi]

Thanks. But let me to say, it is not so good.

Anyway, let me to know if I've understood one thing.

 

In the script there are only sub.

These sub are called when an event happens (i.e. a target is hit)

So, with the sub we can manage, the sound, the score and the rules of the game.

Am I correct?

 

If I am, which is the file where these sub are called?

 

Thanks.

They could be files located in a specific folder, but generally they almost never are,

Images and sounds are imported within VP into the Image and Sound Manager.

 

In the case of VPinMame tables the scripts connect the mechanical and electrical part created in the VP editor with the ROM,

acting as an interface between VP and the emulator,

the ROM manages sound effects, scores, rules, display/DMD, lights, flippers, solenoids...

 

Instead, in the case of the original or electromechanical tables, the scripts manage every aspect, sounds, scores, rules, lights, etc.

[boriskarloff]

Thanks but it is not the answer about my question.

[jpsalas]

Maybe what you ask is how the script works, and maybe you need and introduction to VBScript, since that is the programming language VPX uses for the scripts. Something like here:

VBScript Tutorial (tutorialspoint.com)

 

VBScript was designed to used with Internet Explorer and the Office programs, so the tutorials used to have a lot of display thing we don't use in VPX. Still it is good to go though a VBScript tutorial, just to learn the basics. Then VPX has a lot of extra commands to handle all the ball hit events, and also to handle to communications with a rom, as there are tables using a rom and tables which do not use a rom (the so called originals and/or EM tables).

[boriskarloff]

Thanks, maybe I try to ask in another way.

In your Ghostbusters pinball script there is: Sub RealTime_Timer (or any other Sub, i.e. sw1_Hit() )

 

Who calls this Sub? Where is the file calls this Sub?

Thanks.

Edited by boriskarloff, 26 October 2023 - 09:44 PM.

[wiesshund]

Thanks, maybe I try to ask in another way.

In your Ghostbusters pinball script there is: Sub RealTime_Timer (or any other Sub, i.e. sw1_Hit() )

 

Who calls this Sub? Where is the file calls this Sub?

Thanks.

the timer itself calls the sub, as long as the timer is enabled

[kiwi]

Thanks, maybe I try to ask in another way.

In your Ghostbusters pinball script there is: Sub RealTime_Timer (or any other Sub, i.e. sw1_Hit() )

 

Who calls this Sub?

Thanks.

Or within another subroutine there is the call that activates the timer.

RealTime.Enabled = 1

 

Sw1 could be a switch (rollover, optocoupler, target), and it is activated when the ball hits it.

[wiesshund]

in VPX terms, sw1 is a table object that is collidable and is set to have a hit event.

can be a wall or a switch or a target or a kicker or bumper etc

 

objects can also have an objectname_unhit event

useful for like a kicker, where the ball may sit there for a time

can also be useful for switches, if they are tracking the existence of a stationary ball, but usually a kicker is used for that to prevent a ball that is constantly bobbling around

but could be used to check what position a captive ball is in, as those balls are not locked. Like in big bang bar

 

slingshots have an event but it is objectname_slingshot
which is more useful since a slingshot generally only has an event when it is hit hard enough to trigger it

Edited by wiesshund, 27 October 2023 - 08:45 AM.

[boriskarloff]

Thanks to everyone.

[gtxjoe]

https://docs.orbital...x-documentation

[boriskarloff]

https://docs.orbital...x-documentation

 

This is the DOC!

 

Thanks.

[Fusionwerks]

It's the same document and same information as the command reference.txt file that JP pointed you to a few days ago, just in a nicer page by page layout...
In fact the command reference is probably more up to date.

Edited by Fusionwerks, 28 October 2023 - 02:56 PM.