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[cbpa]

File Name: Pinball EM (Stern 1977).zip

File Submitter: cbpa

File Submitted: 30 Dec 2023

File Category: dB2S Animated Backglasses

Author(s): loserman76
Manufacturer: Stern
Year: 1977

This is a B2S for the loserman76 "Pinball EM (Stern 1977)" table. I enjoyed playing this table on my cabinet but I couldn't find a working B2S for the EM version. The table scripting was already in place for an active B2S, for the most part. I've included a text file with the script changes for the table that will make it complete. Without the script changes, the B2S will function well with the following exceptions:
- the "Ball in Play" for player1, ball one, will not highlight
- "Same Player Shoots Again" will not display when the shoot again condition is met
- the indicator for a reel rollover will not light
 
This is my first change for anything in the vpx world - hopefully it works well for you. I used the "b2s-designer" tool for this and it was fun to see the backglass come to life.
 
Thanks to loserman76, the life of these great EM tables will always continue.
 
 

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[Roadblock]

Thanks cbpa. I never noticed these exceptions until now.

However, for me the "ball in play" for player1, ball one, doesn't show until I have a second player setup.

[cbpa]

Hi Roadblock. Is the "Ball in Play" for player1, ball one not displaying when there's only one player started with the vpx script change? The uncommenting of the "Controller.B2SSetBallInPlay BallInPlay" line in "Sub Table1_KeyDown(ByVal KeyCode)" -> "if keycode=StartGameKey and Credits>0 and InProgress=false and Players=0 and EnteringOptions = 0 then" -> "If B2SOn Then".

Edited by cbpa, 31 December 2023 - 04:31 PM.

[Roadblock]

Hi cbpa, thanks for trying but it still doesn't work for me.

Maybe you could put the whole revised script in a text file and we could just replace the whole thing instead of trying to edit parts of it.

Thanks

[cbpa]

Hi Roadblock, I've added a text file "Pinball EM (Stern 1977) vpx script.txt.zip" to the download files. It should be the original loserman76 script + my changes for the B2S. One thing I'm not certain of - did you previously have a B2S that was anything other than a static image for this table (eg. no working score reels, credit reels, ball in play, ect.)? I was never able to to find anything other than a static (non-working) B2S image for this EM table. If you had a working (or even semi-working) B2S, I've probably made a mistake in creating my own and will remove this file. This file was for my cabinet where there is a separate monitor for the backglass.

[Roadblock]

My b2s (loserman) was working apart from the ball in play for player1 ball one. I didn't test the other exceptions. I'll try again in the morning.

Edited by Roadblock, 01 January 2024 - 02:41 AM.

[cbpa]

Thanks Roadblock. Could you please send me a link to the working active B2S you have for the table. Before I worked on this I thought I had researched everywhere but couldn't find anything more than a backglass that would work only in desktop mode. The most current upload of the table I found was on VPU from loserman76 with the backglass (dated 01/14/2014) that had no active (b2s server) B2S parameters and was modelled after the Magic 1979 SS table.

[Roadblock]

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[Roadblock]

I replaced my script with your text file and it works! Thank you.