Counters and accessing variables of counter

[driskel]

I have a counter in the base mode that is counting down hits until superjets starts. It is working as expecting but I am having a hard time accessing the countdown. I have read the documentation and thought that this approach would work.

Basically, I want to show number of hits left to superjets.

counters:  
    to_super_jets_1_counter:
        count_events: sw_pop_active
        direction: down
        starting_count: 10
        count_interval: 1
        count_complete_value: 0
        persist_state: True
        events_when_complete:
            super_jets_1_start
        events_when_hit:
            countdown_to_superjets  

slides:
    countdown_to_superjets_slide:
        widgets:
            - type: text
              text: (to_super_jets_1_counter_state)
              anchor_y: bottom
            - type: text
              text: SUPERJETS
              style: banner
              anchor_y: top
              color: red  

slide_player:
    countdown_to_superjets:
        countdown_to_superjets_slide:
            target: dmd
            expire: 1s

Any suggestions?

Thank you

[jabdoa]

This is a known limitation at the moment. You cannot reference the counter in MC (where the slide is rendered) and the counter is not using a player variable anymore. There is a workaround here: http://docs.missionpinball.org/en/dev/install/migrate4to5.html#if-you-are-using-counters-in-your-slides-add-a-variable-player. We will change the slide rendering in the future to allow all placeholders on slides.

Jan

[driskel]

Thank you for the reference point. I will try it out.

Thank you for all help and MPF.

[driskel]

That worked for me.

Thank you.

[driskel]

Here is the simple solution, It may be a documentation point:

/config/config.yaml

#config_version=5
       
modes:
    - base
    - super_jets_1

switches:
    s_jet_lower_left:
        number: 26
        tags: playfield_active, pop
    s_jet_upper_left:
        number: 27
        tags: playfield_active, pop

/modes/base/config/base.yaml

slide_player:
    countdown_to_superjets:
        countdown_to_superjets_slide:
            target: dmd
            expire: 1s

    super_jets_1_start:
        super_jets_1_start_slide:
            expire: 2s
            target: dmd

counters:  
    to_super_jets_1_counter:

        count_events: sw_pop_active
        direction: down
        starting_count: 10
        count_interval: 1
        count_complete_value: 0
        persist_state: True
        events_when_complete:
            super_jets_1_start
        events_when_hit:
            countdown_to_superjets  

slides:

    super_jets_1_start_slide:
        widgets:
            - type: text
              text: SUPERJETS
    countdown_to_superjets_slide:
        widgets:
            - type: text
              text: (player|SUPERJETS_countdown)

              anchor_y: bottom
            - type: text
              text:

SUPERJETS
              anchor_y: top  

variable_player:
    logicblock_to_super_jets_1_counter_updated:
       SUPERJETS_countdown:
           int: value
           action: set
    shot_jet_lower_left_hit:
        score: 500
        jets: 1
    shot_jet_upper_left_hit:
        score: 500
        jets: 1

modes/super_jets_1/config/super_jets_1.yaml

mode:
    start_events: super_jets_1_start
    priority: 210
    restart_on_next_ball: true
   
slide_player:
    sw_pop_active:
        super_jets_count_slide:
            target: dmd
            expire: 2s
   
slides:
    super_jets_count_slide:
        widgets:
            - type: text
              text: (player|superjets)

            - type: text
              text: SUPERJETS

variable_player:
    shot_jet_lower_left_hit:
        score:
            int: 10000
            block: true
        superjets: 1
       
    shot_jet_upper_left_hit:
        score:
            int: 10000
            block: true
        superjets: 1

[driskel]

/modes/bonus/config/bonus.yaml

mode_settings:
  display_delay_ms: 2000
  hurry_up_delay_ms: 500
  hurry_up_event: flipper_cancel
  bonus_entries:    
      - event: superjets_bonus
        score: 1000 * current_player.superjets

slide_player:
    superjets_bonus:
        superjets_bonus_slide:
            target: dmd
           
slides:
    superjets_bonus_slide:
        widgets:
            - type: text
              text: (score)

[Greg Sealby]

Thanks for posting this Driskel.  I was wondering why this wasn't working and was trying to avoid using a player variable.  Saved me heaps of time.

[driskel]

Your welcome,

Glad it helped.

[jabdoa]

Where would you guys like to see this in the documentation? Where would you search for it?

Jan