Player and ball information

[Ray Scott]

Hi ,

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the "Player 1 ball (number)" message that shows up before my attract mode starts, or between balls?

I'm not sure if I have already posted this but I can't see my question in the group.

Thanks

Ray

[Anthony van Winkle]

We'll need some more information, because anything that "shows up" is part of the media controller and slides/widgets, not part of MPF itself.

What version of MPF are you using, and what Media Controller (and version) are you using? Can you share your config files and slides?

[Ray Scott]

Hi Anthony, 

Thanks for the reply.

I am running mpf version 0.57, python 3.9.13. I think the Media controller goes with that is also V0.57 version, 

Do you just want me to copy and paste my main config file ? and attract mode slides config?

Or can I do it as a file attachment? Sorry :)

[Anthony van Winkle]

You say the text appears before attract and in between balls, which suggests that its on a lower-level slide that exists underneath attract mode or your base mode. So probably in your main config.yaml or a game.yaml if you have one. I don't see any default slides/widgets that look like that, but maybe it came from a tutorial or something. You could search your files for "(number)" and see if anything jumps out.

If you have a repository to link to that's easiest, otherwise attaching the config file(s) here will help.

[Ray Scott]

Mate, you put me right onto it, my 800 line config has a slide player entry from a tutorial I think..

As I didn't know where that line was coming from, I didn't know where to start looking.

The search dug it out.

Much appreciated. (redface)

Ray

[CrazyBite2007]

800 line config? did that mpf version not support splitting up yaml files?

Otherwise, it might be a good idea to consider. (it shortens debugging time quite a lot.)

Op vrijdag 11 juli 2025 om 07:01:48 UTC+2 schreef raysc...@gmail.com:

[Ray Scott]

Yes thanks, I have done it now. It can build up quite a bit as the code adds up.