mjr Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 I've run into at least one table (Sinbad) that I'd like to configure for DOF but that doesn't have an entry in the online config tool game list. Is there any way to add a custom table?
Administrators Dazz Posted August 20, 2014 Administrators Posted August 20, 2014 I just added Table Sinbad and romname sinbad.
randr Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Please share the config with public when you get it the way you want it!
Content Provider DeeGor Posted August 21, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 21, 2014 In it's current form only administrators can add tables. Otherwise you could have jokesters / spammers pollute the database with fake tables. Just imagine you pull up the config and see a table named www.freepenisenlargingpills.com.
mjr Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 In it's current form only administrators can add tables. Otherwise you could have jokesters / spammers pollute the database with fake tables. Just imagine you pull up the config and see a table named www.freepenisenlargingpills.com. Sadly, that's exactly what would happen. The Internet totally sucks except that it's so useful. Here's a suggestion, though. You could allow individual users to add private tables to their own configs, in analogy to the way you can create your own private config for a given table. No danger of spam, in that no one would see the custom table except the person who added it. And to further the analogy, you could have the "submit for public use" button submit the added table for consideration.
mjr Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 Please share the config with public when you get it the way you want it! Will do! It's a simple table, so I should have it going pretty quickly.
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 21, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 21, 2014 well, it seemed like a simple table, but all early bally and gottlieb SS have switches that are shared with multiple objects, like here bumpers, lanes, targets. So you need to mod the script to split them in E events. it was not the purpose to cross you but there is a config available now especially because of the splitted events, you can get inspired of, i have 13 E events in the config that i just published, i will deliver the mod tonight, just need to implement the sounds to be disabled in the script before
Content Provider Itchigo Posted August 21, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 21, 2014 Hey! freepenisenlargingpills.vpt may be a table. You'll never know until you open it.....
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 21, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 21, 2014 ok, table modded is available for download http://vpuniverse.com/forums/files/file/2964-sinbad-vp912-fs-10-dof/
mjr Posted August 21, 2014 Author Posted August 21, 2014 ok, table modded is available for download http://vpuniverse.com/forums/files/file/2964-sinbad-vp912-fs-10-dof/ Cool, I'll give it a try.
mjr Posted August 23, 2014 Author Posted August 23, 2014 ok, table modded is available for download http://vpuniverse.com/forums/files/file/2964-sinbad-vp912-fs-10-dof/ Tried it out - very nice. Just what I had in mind. One note - you introduced a VB scripting error into the table. Line 84 needs an extra comma before the closing quote for the vpmSolSound call. Without the comma, the game will crap out with a "Syntax erorr at line 1" whenever the knocker fires. Thanks for putting this together!
mjr Posted August 23, 2014 Author Posted August 23, 2014 I wanted to reiterate my suggestion from earlier in case it got lost in the noise: You obviously can't allow random users to add tables to the global list. But how about this: you could allow individual users to add *private* tables to their own configs, in analogy to the way you can create your own private config for a given table. No danger of spam, because no one would see the custom table except the person who added it. And to further the analogy with the custom per-table settings, you could have the "submit for public use" button submit the added table for consideration. A more structured way to handle it than having to post in the forum.
Content Provider DeeGor Posted August 23, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 23, 2014 That's not a bad idea, but it would take a fair amount of work to implement. I wonder how many people would use the feature.
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 23, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 23, 2014 i don't really understand the goal of having private tables, private configs are useful when user wants to deviate from public config. But the tool is based on sharing, so except if you have tables that nobody has, why would you want that feature? if a table is missing, shoot here and we can add it, we are quite responsive
mjr Posted August 23, 2014 Author Posted August 23, 2014 i don't really understand the goal of having private tables, private configs are useful when user wants to deviate from public config. But the tool is based on sharing, so except if you have tables that nobody has, why would you want that feature? if a table is missing, shoot here and we can add it, we are quite responsive The primary motivation I had in mind was just that it would reduce admin work and eliminate wait time for users by making it a self-serve feature. I also thought some tables might be too obscure to merit inclusion in the public database, but maybe that's not the case. But you're probably right that it's way less work to just add tables as people run into missing ones - there are a finite number of them. And you were indeed very responsive with the Sinbad request!
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 23, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 23, 2014 i'm doing so many obscure tables right now, goal is to make all of them
Loafmeister Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 arngrim: Sometimes, people beta test tables that the author may not want people all to know until "release" so in that area, it may make sense to have a "private" section
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 23, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 23, 2014 thing is users are not aware of the tables added until a public config is published and the user has subscribed to the notification list, there are 40 tables without config, nobody asked if there is a table ongoing or whatever. Still not convinced of the added value of this
sigma415 Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 Hello admins, could you please add the table "The Games" (Gottlieb 1983), ROM name "thegames" and copy all data from Gottliebs "Black Hole" (blckhole)? (same HW system in real table). I tested Black Hole data by manually adding in directoutputconfig.ini and it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot.
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 28, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 28, 2014 will do, just that black hole config is old and probably need to have script modded, will check
Content Provider arngrim Posted August 28, 2014 Content Provider Posted August 28, 2014 i don't understand, i have check the playfield of the games and it is not the same than black hole
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