Yeah, probably fair enough. I’m enjoying it for sure and wasn’t aware of the KingPinGames connection.
Long live the Kingpin.

Besides, I know how to wait for code, I got Kiss NIB!

I can't wait to join this club. I still have a new MBrSE to trade for one.

Or if someone wants it, I will sell to you at a nice price so I can get a new ACNC.

...... Someone help a brother out!

I am going to reset my high scores when we get the new software.

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There are too many bugs in the current version that allows one to take advantage of and get .. elevated high scores.

That's going to be a shirt!

If you were closer we would be talking . I like nice prices

https://www.kimballspinballs.com/spooky-pinball/

Thanks

So no new code this weekend?

I don’t think anyone said there was?

Maybe I’m wrong.

New code revisions (including memory fix) are being field tested at the moment.

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Going thru final testing doesn’t mean being dropped this weekend. Not sure where poibug got the info on a definate code drop...I think he inferred it as definate and it wasn’t.

Welcome to the Internet.

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Yes, I acknowledge this in my post. So my choice is to kick it up to Nightmare and just try for orbits endlessly to see new rooms and never get to fight any monsters, which I can imagine won't be really exciting, or get to battle monsters and see less rooms. The game is about battling monsters so I can't see making this harder on myself to do the main mechanic of the theme just to see the other content.

I'm aware the real answer is "get better at pinball so you can do both" but the way my life is I probably don't have the amount of time its going to take to be a real pin pro any time soon, so the suggestion to find a way to traverse all the rooms on any skill level is still relevant in my mind.

Don't get me wrong, this is still a blast to play and I'm far from raging mad about it. Im just thinking out loud in case someone who could make the changes happens to see the idea and like it, etc.

You can also start monsters by hitting the centre “monster” shots 3x to light the secret passage ... and also via Mystery.

So you’re not locked into just orbits.

You can also nail one of three skill shots at the start of each ball, which will also light the secret passage.
- left ramp
- right ramp
- crypt lock

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What’s the best way to wire an external sub in this game?

Is connecting speaker wire from the cabinet speaker to “line in” on a powered subwoofer OK? Similar to adding a external sub on Stern machines?

Of course. But then you start over at the beginning after the monster battle and you still don't see the deeper rooms, right?

I dunno!

I just smash the orbits and beat all the monsters.

I have no idea what rooms are. Are they worth any points? If not - I’m not interested. Gimme monsters to defeat!!

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Actually, in anything but the hardest level, you never see the CLOSE (outer? Towards the Foyer?) rooms. Easy you skip the FIRST two levels of rooms. Medium you skip the FIRST level of rooms. So, on setting "Nightmare", you are actually getting to all of them - unless you use a secret passage.

This is how I do it on most machines, but on Alice I disconnected the internal sub altogether and ran the wires from the amp in the cabinet directly to the external sub. One benefit of doing it this way is that you no longer have to deal with the rattle that is generated by the internal sub.

Dallas_Pin : Just got my topper invoice today and I was a day one or two sign up as well so fear not.... They are still cranking them out as they can.

Ok, so quick question to compare notes... I was under the impression that the Mystery Award was always (for now) advance to monster. And from the time I got my game until last night, that was always the case.

However, last night while playing (on the medium level, not nightmare) on probably my 3rd Mystery Award of that particular game, I got "Advance Rooms" or something like that. I wasn't looking because I just expected it to be fight monster, so I cant remember exactly what it stopped at wording wise, but it was a room advance and took me to the Kitchen, which I had never seen because you do not go there on the medium level. I am assuming that is a Nightmare mode room.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has ever gotten a Mystery Award that was not the monster fight? Based on everything I had read here, I thought that was always the case until a future code update, but apparently not!

Oh, and I finally got to see the stretch animation by getting the guillotine shot in the dungeon. Fun stuff, I love this game!

As you get multiple mystery awards it will advance thru the list...it will always start with Monster, but as you get more it will change.

"Advance To Monster"
"Advance 2 Rooms"
"Advance 1 Room"

Then repeat, I believe. (There MAY be a 4th one, but if so, i can't recall right now at work.)

Ah, okay! I didn't know that and it just caught me off guard. And it was strange that it took me to the kitchen which was not a room I could normally get to in that mode. That's okay, once I get a little better, it will be set at Nightmare anyway so then all rooms will be available. Thanks!

I guess I had not gotten multiple mystery awards before, or at least I didn't notice. lol

How do I know or does anyone know how many leds can be added to the 5v coin-door lamp circuit without having to add an additional power supply? I'm adding some colored spotlights but obviously don't want to overload the circuit? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Pictured: Skull mountain with and without a blue spotlight. I love it. Really makes the side art POP!

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I think it was stated before, but I would get another small Mean Well power supply and use that instead. That way, it will also isolate your board's from potential issues by adding more LEDs..

Totally agree! As we get more and more lighted mods...the power supplies that are factory can’t keep up (and shouldn’t be expected to). I put a mean well in my ACNC to run my lighted mods and it works perfectly. Totally separate power supply that can’t hurt the several thousand dollar pin.

Thanks. This is very helpful. Is there any way to know how many lights can be powered by, say, this:

MEAN WELL RS-50-5 AC to DC Power Supply Single Output, 5V 10 Amp 50W

What is the current draw of a typical 555 3 or 4 smd bulb? Am I overthinking this? lol sorry- I'm an electronics dunce.

Thanks, you raise a very good point! I'm afraid I might find a way to short a 5v circuit and fry a whole board.

Been there, done that. Thus, why I am so pro external power.

Again, I'm going to toot the horn of Spooky's service.

Found out my left wireform had been malformed before it went into powdercoating. I never noticed until a few days ago, when I went to wax my field and noticed my balls were knickered. (Pun intended.) Started looking around, and noticed this:
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I contacted Spooky, asking for a price on the wireform. Technically I don't think it's 'broken', just malformed, but they went ahead and are shipping me another one. Unexpected.

My pins are in a dark room. I too would like to add a couple of sunlight LED spotlights to highlight my custom painted castle. Apparently, the normal GI circuit cannot be used. Can someone confirm that the coin door is 5v? Where is the best location to tap into it?

Personally I don't think that this is the best solution since the GI in ACNC is part of the light-show and it would be better if the spotlights weren't on 100% of the time. Maybe some sort of GI y-cable adapter could be made? Suggestions?

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See the last 10 posts or so.

You wear shirts?

Very cool.
I would be all over "some sort of GI y-cable adapter".
When will some smart person make something like this? Me want.

I am loving my ACNC-
But i hope Cold Ethyl is tweaked
Such a bitch to be forced to keep two balls alive (crypt multiball activates after second drop, Atleast on my code, when one drains-Ethyl and crypt are toast) Think another game will be made with sculps like this?

My second ball drops into the crypt during the monster mode and is ignored. Have to take the glass off and move a ball. Ball search takes forever to get to it. I'm running Version 1.0.7.0 (13-JUN-2019). Drives me nuts.

"Think another game will be made with sculps like this"
Hope so. This is what "World under glass" is all about. imo "world under glass" is what pinball is all about.

Does your switch above the drop off point register?

Why wouldn't this work for those wanting to add spotlights?

https://www.pinballlife.com/accessory-power-supply-for-spooky-pinball-p-roc-system-machines.html

This would be the second option. That said, I don’t think it supplies any additional power. You still run the risk of over doing the amount of power given and burn things out.

The board receives power from the 48v power supply then:
"Supplies up to 3 amps of current safely at 12 volts and 1/2 amp at 5 volts"

power supplies can be had for far cheaper than $50.00 it all you want to do is hook up a couple spot lights.

Keep in mind that if your LEDs are of the 5v type, .5 of an amp is 500ma - you will not be able to get a LOT of LEDs connected to this before overloading the board. I believe that PinStadiums and those other types are 12v, so that gives you a little extra leeway there.

For games that I add a lot of mods to, I use a power relay to power them. It plugs into the service outlet and requires a trigger signal (anything that is always on when game is on) to activate it. You need this because the service outlet is on even when the game is turned off. You can then plugin some "wall warts" for whatever voltage/amps you need to power all your mods.

If you are comfortable with AC wiring you could just re-wire the service outlet (or add another outlet) to only be on when the game is switched on. I'd rather just add the power relay as its cheap, simple, keeps the game stock, and it can be easily removed if needed.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935?gclid=CjwKCAiA1L_xBRA2EiwAgcLKA-w2NoD99ujDaXiI8LpMgZl71YsTtqgkB0PW6KpINodn3OjZUJ4_uBoCzpkQAvD_BwE

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With all the power talk, when I get home tonight - if I have the time - I am going to measure the current draw off the 5v and 12v rails on the power supply. Will post the details here. That will at least help people and let us know how close to max the *current* power supplies are being drawn. (No need to worry about the 48v supply..)

Doesn't the 48v supply have a "power budget" as well?

That’d be good info! Even if the 48v isn’t a concern, anytime you’re messing with hooking/unhooking into the power supply, there is a chance for error...burning stuff out. Thus why it voids Spooky’s warranty. Additional Mean Wells are about $20...for me, it’s worth it to avoid damage to my $8000 machine (yes, I know it won’t cause $8k in damage, but can run several hundred dollars and a big headache).

Yeah, but the coils aren't a *continuous* draw. (Except for a few, like the magnets - but even then the draw is no more than one or two seconds). For those that pulse, the draw would be less than their 100% on draw as well. Things that really pulse (the LED speakers, start button, launch button) are driven off of +12v, so they wouldn't affect this.

All coils firing at the same time would likely blow the power supply, yes. So, how would a good benchark reading be on it? Only 1 coil firing? 2? 4? Half?

With the +5v and +12v, LEDs and the boards run off of those, so that there is at least a constant draw. When I measure the draw, I will do it with all GI and Inserts on white (so the R, G, and B channels are all drawing power). When reading the +12, I will try to get it with the Start, backbox, Launch button lights all lit up too.

Yup, i agree completely. As someone who lost the smaller power supply after the first game played on it, I am still curious about what's being drawn off of it.