MPF Tutorial Walk Through - Programming Pinball Machines

We work through the Mission Pinball Framwork (MPF) tutorial together. Live, without preparation, without any cuts and with some questions in between it takes about one hour and 45 minutes to get to a working pinball machine :-).

0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Step 1 - Installing MPF on your computer
1:28 - Step 2 - Create your machine folder
5:00 - Step 3 - Get flipping!
16:46 - Step 4 - Adjust flipper power
19:35 - Step 5 - Add a display
40:25 - Step 6 - Add keyboard mappings
45:55 - Step 7 - Add your trough
56:12 - Step 8 - Add your plunger lane
59:30 - Step 9 - Add the start button
1:02:24 - Step 10 - Run a real game
1:09:10 - Step 11 - Add the rest of your coils and switches
1:09:51 - Step 12 - Add the rest of your ball devices
1:10:30 - Step 13 - Add slingshots, pop bumpers, and other autofire devices
1:13:58 - Step 14 - Add your first game mode
1:21:00 - Step 15 - Add scoring
1:25:23 - Step 16 - Create an attract mode display show
1:29:25 - Step 17 - Add lights (or LEDs)
1:34:13 - Step 18 - Add your first shot
1:39:56 - Step 19 - Testing your machine
1:40:42 - Step 20 - Next steps

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