Feature Request: Two Tables One Wheel

[topper-2k]

I'm really liking the Two Tables One Wheel option. But I have a request.

It's weird to see "isAlternateVersion" in my list of categories. I mean, I know what it means, but it's odd and others using the cab don't understand it. Here's a sample of my categories.

Car & Driver
isAlternateVersion
Marvel
Movie Monsters
Music
Star Trek
Star Wars
...

isAlternateVersion sticks out like a sore thumb. A more intuitive option would be "Alternate Versions," So my modified list would be:

Alternate Versions
Car & Driver
Marvel
Movie Monsters
Music
Star Trek
Star Wars
...

Any chance we could make that change? Or maybe allow the user to define their own alt category label?

[stephenhouser]

Good idea. Don't think it would be much code to implement either.

The approach I'm thinking of would require you edit the config file by hand though. Would that be reasonable?

[topper-2k]

That would work perfectly for me.

[stephenhouser]

Apologies for the delay, have not been able to get at my table for a bit. A quick and dirty solution would be to

1. change isAlternateVersion on line 31 of two-tables-one-wheel.js to whatever label you want to use. In your case Alternate Versions. Change:

    return game.categories.indexOf("isAlternateVersion") >= 0;

to

    return game.categories.indexOf("Alternate Versions") >= 0;

2. Change your categories to the same thing using PinballY as normal.

NOTE: I've not been able to test this but have 90% confidence it will work.

[stephenhouser]

I just pushed a change that will enable the ability to change the category used. It also changes the text of the menu item "Show Alternate Versions" as well.

NOTE: This also changes the default from isAlternateVersion to Alternate Version for the category and will break older installs.

[topper-2k]

Just got to try this out. Sorry for the delay, some other things got in the way of virtual pinball for a bit.

This works great. Many thanks!!

[stephenhouser]

Please put future feature requests as issues rather than discussions. Easier to "close" them that way.