info_lights:¶
Config file section
Valid in machine config files | YES |
Valid in mode config files | NO |
The info_lights:
section of a machine config file allows you to
configure the “Info Lights” plugin to automatically set “status”
lights based on different things that are happening in the game. This
is very common in EM and older solid state machines, since they use
lights to tell the player whose turn it is, what ball they’re
on, etc.
Here’s an example info_lights:
section from a machine configuration file:
info_lights:
match_00:
light: match00
match_10:
light: match10
match_20:
light: match20
match_30:
light: match30
match_40:
light: match40
match_50:
light: match50
match_60:
light: match60
match_70:
light: match70
match_80:
light: match80
match_90:
light: match90
ball_1:
light: bip1
ball_2:
light: bip2
ball_3:
light: bip3
ball_4:
light: bip4
ball_5:
light: bip5
player_1:
light: player1
player_2:
light: player2
tilt:
light: tilt
game_over:
light: gameOver
lights:
match00:
number:
match10:
number:
match20:
number:
match30:
number:
match40:
number:
match50:
number:
match60:
number:
match70:
number:
match80:
number:
match90:
number:
bip1:
number:
bip2:
number:
bip3:
number:
bip4:
number:
bip5:
number:
player1:
number:
player2:
number:
tilt:
number:
gameOver:
number:
info_lights:
match_00:
light: match00
match_10:
light: match10
match_20:
light: match20
match_30:
light: match30
match_40:
light: match40
match_50:
light: match50
match_60:
light: match60
match_70:
light: match70
match_80:
light: match80
match_90:
light: match90
ball_1:
light: bip1
ball_2:
light: bip2
ball_3:
light: bip3
ball_4:
light: bip4
ball_5:
light: bip5
player_1:
light: player1
player_2:
light: player2
tilt:
light: tilt
game_over:
light: gameOver
The way info lights work is pretty simple. There are sub-sections that represent different lights that may be in your machine, and then under each of them you map them to the name of the light.
Then they pretty much just work automatically.
Note that the the light:
entry in each of these refers to a device in the lights: section.
match_XX:¶
This section is for the match lights, with the “XX” replaced with the
number of the match light. In the example configuration above, the
machine has match lights that count up by tens (10, 20, 30…) which
is why the match_xx entries here are match_10
, match_20
,
match_30
, etc. If your machine matches by the ones digit, then you’d
enter these items as match_1
, match_2
, etc.
ball_XX:¶
This maps the ball-in-play number to the light.
player_XX:¶
This maps the current player to the number in the light. This plugin
turns on each light when a new player joins a game. So it doesn’t show
which player is up, rather, if you have a two-player game then both
the player_1
and player_2
lights are lit. (So how does a player know
that it’s his turn? That’s handled by the score reel lights.)
tilt:¶
Turns this light on when the machine tilts.
game_over:¶
Flashes this light when a game is not in progress at a rate of 1/2 sec on, 1/2 sec off.