How to initialise player values with a setting ?

[gbouthenot]

I would like to initialise a player variable with a value stored in the settings.

I tried to have the player_vars in the config file this way:

player_vars:
  myvalue:
    initial_value: settings.myvaluefromsetting

And a settings:

settings:
  myvaluefromsetting:
    label: "the initial value"
    values:
      0: "enable feature"
      1: "1 bash needed"
      2: "2 bash needed"
      3: "disable feature"
    default: 1
    key_type: int

But Unfortunately, mpf crashes at start:

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'settings.myvaluefromsetting'

It appears that players_vars -> initial_value can not use placeholder value.

So how can I do to initialise the values I want the user can customise ?
I though of a "proxy" mode that do all the initialisation, is it the way to go ?

[avanwinkle]

Mmm, yes initial values are not setup with placeholders, unfortunately. The easiest workaround would be to use a variable player and hook into the player_added event to set the value, if that's your approach.

The more conventional way would be to use a counter to track how many bashes the player has hit, and then compare if that value is greater than the machine setting for how many bashes are required. If the mode is disabled, you could either set the value impossibly high (32767) or set it to -1 and first check the condition that the value is >=0 before comparing the player counter value.

[gbouthenot]

Thank you for your answer. I'm sorry that placeholder cannot be used. But I will try your solution. Thank you !