Two words - Better Friends

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8 words:

take the backox off, move in parts, reassemble

like i had to do....damn narrow doors!

Good to go..

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Looks beautiful! Congrats on getting it upstairs.

I had to put #99 on hold until I moved. Getting really close to giving the green light for production.

Well, looks like the 6 year old is digging it so far..

https://www.facebook.com/leigh.macneil.1/posts/10159546362156509?notif_id=1559355263538694&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic

By the way, the glow in the dark green rubbers I got from LockWhenLit are a must.. The all green really enhances the look..

I’m #200, got the pick my options email a week ago. Figure I’ll see mine around August. Super excited.

Question for people with shakers. Are you getting any shaking effect? When I go into test mode my counterbalance weights will just rotate once slowly. I don’t seem to have any action from it at all during gameplay. Am I the only one, or is this just a code thing. Doesn’t seem like it’s getting enough power. Sometimes it won’t even respond at all in test mode.

Mine works normally. Plugged in to the right spot, not the knocker plug?

Nothing on the shaker so far.. It seems like the sub is super sensitive though more so than TNA.

Love everything about the game but the call outs I’m sorry to say are super choppy. The call-outs don’t seem to blend with the music and some of the programmed sounds seem like the levels are just right and some sounds the levels are too low. When blended all together it just doesn’t sound right.

Can anyone confirm if there are code fixes coming in the sound? Also, from a lighting perspective their needs to be more their at the very start. Once the game gets going and you start a mode the light and sound interaction from the play field is great. Unfortunately I only got a handful of games in my 6 year old took up a lot of it and now we are off to Disney, When I come back Thursday I’ll put more plays in and come back with more feedback.

Leigh Macneil

Have you adjusted the audio with the amp in the cab? Can adjust the sub separately, crossover, and bass/treble. Should be able to fix some of what you're describing. Game sounds good to me, but needed some adjusting upon arrival.

OK, I've decided that I can't let the fact that I'm not an Alice Cooper fan keep me away. I have officially added this to my wish list. There's no turning back now.

They look killer! I'd love to order these for both ACNC and GBLE. Can you share the size and quantity details?

dnaman : Here is a link to the ring/sleeve set from earlier posts on the topic approx #320s-350s in case it may be of use:

https://www.titanpinball.com/kits/index.php/view/id/1039

I can’t find the link but the guys name is Rob and he had a full kit with extras that he sent over to Spooky and they installed them. Here is the email I have:

mailto:[email protected]

I know how to adjust the amp it’s the same as my TNA, it’s definitely not that. It is the individual sounds that are programmed into the game.

Mine sounds pretty good once I messed with the amp settings. At first it was unlistenable. There was SO much bass, you couldn't hear anything but rattles. I find it hard to believe it was playtested with the sound on and they thought "yep, sounds good, ship it!". Minor fix, but out of the box I've had to do a lot of other tweaking to the game. Still isn't 100%, but it's getting there.

Putting the audio adjustments on a separate amplifier is problematic. Hopefully in the future Spooky can simply add bass and treble adjustments in the menu to make it easier. Other manufacturers have this and it works well. I tried to adjust two separate TNA games and the location of the knobs makes it very difficult to see the levels.

After finally adjusting my shooter lane coil to ensure that it is firing the ball straight (as far as I can see), the ball still sometimes 'rattles' and stalls just at the end of the metal launch as it goes into the right orbit (under the upper PF castle wall). The ball even occasionally bounces up onto the wood ball guide and gets stuck there.

I don't have a picture available at the moment but I recall reading this happening to someone else. I may have to try to take slow-motion video to see what is happening but there is something that the ball is hitting to rattle it around there.

Who else experiences this?

I have an issue, and I have a feature request.

The request is to make the ball search better. It seems like it only fires off a couple coils and that's it, until the third attempt, then it tries the drop target. It should also trigger Frankenstein, and also the upper drop target.

My issue is that after locking the first ball in the lab, and then locking the second ball, it just ejects a single ball. I think it should be starting Frankenstein multiball? The other ball sits in the left side of the castle, and never ejects. Once draining the ball, it just sits there, as if it thinks there's another ball in play. Only solution is to reset the game. Maybe it's a faulty switch, but I don't have a clue, since it registers the original ball lock and starts Frankenstein mode correctly.

Have you checked the alinement between the shooter rod tip and where it strikes the ball when resting in the lane? Too low or too high or even left or right of center would cause what you are describing. I guess I'm a bit confused with your description use of the coil.

Looks like next code update will have improved light show and CO-OP mode according to Spooky Podcast! Can't wait to fight some monsters as a team with my kids! Thank you in advance, Team Spooky.

+1, seen the same thing a couple times.

I have this issue too, and I know the problem. Service doesn't seem to respond to my emails anymore, so I'll just post it here.

The issue is that the metal rail that the ball rolls across before entering the playfield is loose. I checked TNA and it's completely tight.

Here's a video of it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/aSHfGUqJPXChEsRR7

I'll see if Charlie responds here, if not I'll pester service some more.

I'm also having an issue with the slingshots firing rapidly when a ball hits the switch. It's the same issue that happened in TNA and then was fixed in a later update. Service tried to argue that it's an issue with switch adjustment, but even they said that the two switches ultimately tie to a single switch in the software, so if the first switch is hit, and then a millisecond later the second switch gets hit, it will just fire twice. There needs to be a grace period between the coil firing.

Mine was hitting the side of this castle wall on the launch.

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Hmm, is that metal plate below it loose like mine? If so, how did you fix the wall issue?

I tried moving the wall mounting screw, but I couldn’t figure a good way to move it as it was just a wood screw through the wood rail. I ended up filing down the castle wall slightly with fine grit sand paper where the ball would hit it. The launch has worked 100% since. I never noticed the metal plate being loose.

It’s an easy check. Just manually run the ball along the wood guide rail past the castle and see if it hits the wall.

It will do all of that... but not immediately. Clearing Frank on the 1st go round is frustrating if the ball isn't "lost" there and somewhere simple gets it... same with the Danesi lock. It does the simple stuff first, then on the 3rd pass clears everything. If you don't hit the flippers, it does all of that fairly quickly.

We'll compare the Alice slings to TnA in code, but rapid fire isn't what Scott tweaked. The problem is we can't fix what we don't see here... every game with a machine gunning sling we have fixed with just the standard switch adjustment on the line. If a single ball strike to the rubber is able to activate both switches that fast, then one or both of the switches (tied together like every other pin) is just gapped too close.

We'll look at it again regardless and see if it can be compensated for.

I was frustrated to no end with constantly attempting to adjust the coil position...it would work for a while, then the ball would start bouncing off the left metal wall at the end of the lane again. Finally I just bent the metal wall away from the shooter lane with my hand, and that did the trick! Perfect launches every time now.

Sorry, but mine doesn't. We waited a few minutes, and many ball searches, NONE of them raised Frank. It wasn't until we went into the menu that Frank raised. We tried it twice.

My frank doesn’t raise during ball search either.

I was mistaken... Frank clears on the 4th search. It builds progressively in the search to try and not screw up the game. We just tested it here again.

It may have been different in older code for sure. It was on the 1st pass originally but that caused more havoc. Changed it to the 3rd later, and now apparently the 4th (drop targets on 3rd).

Make sure you are running the latest code... and there will be another release asap with a ton of goodness!

I just received my Castle mods from Medisinyl Mods. I'm #250 so still have awhile for a full review with them in the game, but the detail on these are amazing! Great job Medisinyl!

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if the left side isn't ejecting, frank riser needs to be set higher in the servo menu. just don't raise him so much that his head hits the bottom part of the backbox.

I'm running with the latest code. I just tried it again, and can 100% say it NEVER triggers Frank in the ball search.

I also found out what's happening to get into this situation. When Frank starts, the left ball gets stuck and just sits at the top when it should have dropped down the ramp.

Here's a pic of it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GSmqgVJ5FS51XJcU9

So what happens is, after draining the other ball, Frank lowers back down, then after about a minute, it does a ball search, I let it go through 6 ball searches and none of them triggered Frank. If I go into the menu then Frank rises and ejects the ball.

Any suggestions on how this should be adjusted so the ball properly drops out of Frank? Thanks!

Nice, thanks Fawzma!

Still no luck! I've tried higher and lower, and it doesn't help. What happens is there is so much left/right play, that Frank actually gets tilted to the right, and then the ball on the left is stuck because Frank is still tilted to the right side, so the ball on the left is basically stuck in a gap between Frank and the ramp. I've tried the highest possible setting without hitting his head on the cabinet.

Ok... so it is trying to clear as intended, just not getting there. That's better than 1 odd game not doing what all the others are!

Just email those pics over to me and I'll have the production manager look at them in the morning. He's got a couple of fixes for this they use on the line for an occasional ball hang up.

Charlie, this is what happened in my game. I will get with him.
John
Magicchiz

Hey mine did the same thing. Pm me for now.
Magicchiz

I just joined the club yesterday. The game is fun and mostly playing great, but I do have a few questions/concerns. For starters, the ball will not fit down the left "X" lane on the upper playfield (see photo). It gets wedged between the two rubbers, and it's not like it is even close. I had to completely remove the post rubber in order to fix the problem. Is this a known issue on early games? I believe my game is #2.

Secondly, I'd say about 25% of the time an auto-launched ball gets hung up and doesn't make it all the way around the orbit. I think it's hitting something right after it goes beneath the castle.

I also have a question about the inner orbit. Even when I nail this shot solidly, the ball does not come screaming around it. It seems to slow down underneath the castle and re-emerges on the right side with a lot less speed than I would expect. Is this normal?

Lastly, I had the machine reboot on me once while I was in the middle of a game. I'm hoping this was just an isolated incident, but I definitely find it a bit worrisome.

Being one of the early games off the line, are there any changes and/or tweaks that I should be aware of? Is there any part I need to upgrade or fix that is being built differently on the games that are currently rolling off the line?

Thanks guys!

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Just loosen the screw on the center lane guide a tiny bit and push it to the right, tighten back down.

On the orbit, lower / increase the ball launch power in the menu until you hit a setting that is consistent.

The inner orbit is not meant to exit super fast to the right... gives you a bit more control on that 1 shot. The other 2 orbits are fast enough!

Old code had an occasional re-boot here and there. NEW CODE COMING VERY SOON!!! Big changes.

Welcome to the club! Email us direct with any questions so we don't miss them.

Thanks for the quick response, Charlie! I'll try adjusting the post and will report back. Also, what is the recommended playfield pitch?

I just checked, and I'm at about 5.9. I definitely need to extend those rear levelers a bit. I'm also happy to report that I was able to fix the problem with the ball getting stuck on the upper playfield. I moved the posts as much as I could, and I also had to stretch the side rubber to make it a little thinner, but the ball fits through just fine now.

Does anyone have a link to the manual? I couldn't find it on the Spooky site.

❤️Well looky here! Welcome home Alice #106

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I joined the club! Ordered number #434 today. Supply is getting low. I spoke with KT and she confirmed that only 500 will ever be made plus a few for Alice's Charity but so far only one person has purchased that way. This should be quite collectible once words gets out about this great pinball. Expected delivery date around the September time-frame. I also asked if there have been any modifications to fix issues on the playfield and she said that only change is how some ramps are installed.

I'd like to add the speaker lights to my game. Where can I buy these? I don't see them anywhere on Spooky's site.