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ball_will_start

MPF Event

The ball is about to start. This event is posted just before ball_starting.

Keyword arguments

(See the Conditional Events guide for details for how to create entries in your config file that only respond to certain combinations of the arguments below.)

ball

The ball number

balls_remaining

The number of balls left in the game (not including this one)

is_extra_ball

True if this ball is an extra ball (default False)

player

The player number