Mine was doing that when I first got it. Had to pull on the drop target bracket underside to get it to align properly with respect to the opto behind it.
I know this is probably a dumb question, but I haven't really stayed up on these things... Is that Pinstadium lighting in your game? It's awesome.

Yes. My first game to have PinStadium lighting. It does help with this game as I find it a bit dark in a dark room. If you go with PinStadium, I would avoid the Fusion. There is not a way to tie them in.

And thank you for the information on the fix!

Then take my money too

Anybody buy the plug and play fan that PinMonk made?

I'm thinking about getting it. Fan noise is a big complaint of mine on my ACNC.

Part: https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1170-pin-monk/03720-spooky-multimorphic-plug-n-play-quiet-fan-kit
Thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/replacing-stern-spike-noisy-ps-fans

EDIT: I bought it. Price and upside is too good to pass up. I also need something to do. I'm a little weary of opening up the power supply though, I've never done that. Yes I'll unplug and let sit & turn on the game to get the residual power used up before I open it. I still want to know if anyone has installed it yet and what complications I may encounter?

As long as you follow the instructions step by step, it should be easy peasy. The only place that's a little irritating is having to take off the wires from the wire blocks on the power supply (Stern has these going to a molex connector, so it's much less hassle to disconnect) and making sure the label on the fan points the proper direction. Also, using a magnetic screwdriver makes it less likely you'll drop the tiny screws holding the circuit board when you have to remove them to move the board.

Post how it goes when you're done! I've only done Rob Zombies and TNA in testing (but they all use the same power supply).

Unrelated to power-supplies, some things I have learned about game development from Spooky here that I always took for granted from Stern/Midway:
1. Have "ramp made" switches. For software programming, this makes things a lot easier to plan for.
2. Have EOS switches. Nothing pisses a player (me) off more than having a hard-rolling ball hit a flipper hard enough to cause the hold coil to release its grip.
3. Where you have two more more flippers on a single button (upper, lower), have a staged flipper switch. Seriously - I never reliaze how much I depend on them more so than after playing Alice.

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of right now. Heh.

I haven't installed the quiet fan on my ACNC yet, but I did install one on my KISS prem. The only concern I had was the portion where you have to cut the power supply line out of the foam insulation. I'm not sure if the Spooky supply is setup the same way, but the instructions were pretty scary saying, "Don't disturb these two spots (right next to where you had to cut) or your game may not turn back on". That said, all in all it was pretty easy. Just read through the instructions before starting and follow closely. Go slow and be careful.

One last thought, I did the install on a cold day (I'm guessing my basement was 60-65 degrees). When testing it took a LONG time for the power supply to heat up enough to turn on. I played several 4 player games, playing non-stop for almost 45 mins trying to get it to turn on (very close to the 1 hour limit when you should shut the game off). That really freaked me out, but it all worked out in the end. Just a bit nerve racking lol

Stage flipping would be massively helpful during if playing the Alice Cooper mode or Vampire during Crypt MB.

Seems like this would be an easy mod to wire up if a small software change was made. Spooky, please! The lack of stage flipping kills me on this game during so many modes.

They did add the staged flipper to rick and morty so they are improving going forward but it would be nice if we could add it into ACNC.

The ramp made switch is another interesting one that I hadn't thought about. I always thought the Frank lock would be improved if the locked ball rested on the switch keeping it closed

Yup, not having the flipper staged on Alice is B.S. Even though I suck at using staging. On Alice it should be obvious that it's needed!

Does R&M have an EOS in the lower flippers? Or do they have some other method for staging?

Staging needs a secondary switch on the flipper button. No EOS needed

Many have been waiting for Alice mods for awhile, so I wanted to show that they have in fact been in the works between Elvira runs, amongst other mod work (as many know, I've had a significant backlog on Elvira since January [and a mental health break after my fiancee left me]).

To be efficient, I've been making the Alice mods in runs for all of the orders, and the labs are currently being worked on, and take by far the most time to complete. Some non-lab orders shipped last week, and other non-lab orders should ship tomorrow when I check the rest of my order list (with several hundred mods ordered in 2020, it's been hard to keep track).

Should be shipping most orders this week.

I appreciate everyone's patience thus far.

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I want to say Scott mentioned R&M has EOS switches as well but I cant find the post now

Unless it’s early Bally style that uses a secondary eos as the “flipper” switch instead of a secondary flipper button switch.

That wouldn't be stageable then?

ohh duhh, you're right

Re: Stanging - wouldn't be that difficult - code would be the hardest part, honestly!

Also had the most freakin' AWESOME Frankenstein start last night:
Ball 1 was locked. All hits were needed for to light Lab Lock 2 light. I shoot the ball up the LEFT ramp - it flies up and around, and hits the *back* of the drop tarteg hard enough to cause it to drop - and bounce back. As the ball flies back UP the ramp, the diverter opens and Frankenstein is started. Yeeess..

I'd be in for any of these mods if we can convince Spooky to have it added in code. We could offer to cover our own hardware costs.

There's no silicone goo on the Spooky power supplies. Aside from the annoyance of having to loosen the whole circuit board to get it out of the way to remove the fan, it's actually a less fraught install.

The warning is supposed to slow people down in that spot for the Spike 500W power supply. It's not THAT delicate, but it's the one point where you can really screw up the install. It's worked. Zero people have failed the installation to date.

The newer Spike 500W meanwell power supplies seem to have done away with that silicone glob. Stranger Things' power supply doesn't have it.

I'm really sorry to hear about your fiancée.
But, your Elvira mods are awesome too! I can see why you're back logged..

As far as noisy fans on power supplies, just hang in there fellas. When you hit your 50's, you ain't gonna hear it much any more. At least not enough to bother you.

Really depends on ambient noise in the room. The spooky ones being on all the time is especially irritating. I'm in my 50s and it drives me nuts in seconds. But, in an arcade or loud bar, I could see where it wouldn't be a concern most of the time.

Or be deaf in one ear like me and other ear not so good. But even so, my game room has noise. Music in the back round and people talking. Can't imagine this being a problem especially when playing. But then again, my hearing sucks bad! I envy those who notice it. Take care of your ears!

Noisy power supplies drive me nuts, but my dad told me, "maybe they made them noisy so you know they are working." Another "old guys" perspective haha

Code update day!

https://www.spookypinball.com/acncupdate/ac-gamecode.pkg

12/MAY/2020
V1.1.0.1
General - Easy/Medium/HArd removed. Get now progressively gets harder
General - Animations are being reencoded for higher resolution and clarity
General - Menu settings font size changed
General - Menu settings replay incremental value now uses millions
General - Bonus credits were not being added
General - Ball save timers obey whats in settings
General - Ball search better handles left castle lock missed switch situation
General - Menu system ball drain on save issue resolved
General - Getting only a mode highscore would not reset the autoend timer properly
General - Upper lane switch animations added
General - Traveling out of kitchen to laboratory was marked as an invalid travel in error
General - Score display using wrong images after BDB started for a player
General - Coil test working again. Start to run repeated test, menu button to immidiately test fire coil
General - Skillshot hit to front drop target with ball lock would not start crypt mode
General - LED system was updating too fast
General - Skillshot quick animation transitions better to main display
Wolf - Display updated with wrong screen after shotgun load
Status - Normal game display is now one of the displays
Alice - 3rd chop wasn't telling left scoop to ignore frenzy shot if ball takes subway
BDB - Combo effects removed while in mode
BDB - Ramps would double trigger on slow roll
BDB - upper lane save routine was overriding multiplier light
BDB - "THE TOWER" missing when cashout timer was running
Crypt - Crypt music now plays after monster hurryup is crypt mode is still running
Ethyl - Frenzy jackpot animations added
Igor - Playfield eyes pulse in conjunction with direction
Fly - You now hear buzzing coming from a room
Items - Rooms now have items to collect depending on the monster you are locked to

Excited about the update, but REALLY happy about this!!!

Hot damn. My son and I have been eagerly awaiting this!

Do the items do anything yet, or are they just collectable right now?

YEAH! I'm gonna install now.

Whaaat!? YES!

Oh great - thank you team Spooky !!

Items should be useful, otherwise what's the point?

You mean I've got to PLAY my pinball machine? Ugh

Maybe I'll stream some castle exploration tonight....

I love that pesky Alicefly!

The SE-600-48 power supply in Spooky machines has built in throttling that reduces power gradually if it gets too hot until it finally just shuts off. You'll know if it's not working.

Here's the chart. It throttles MUCH sooner than the version of the power supply from the same manufacturer Stern uses. Spooky's starts to throttle at 104 degrees, while Stern's doesn't to that until 122 degrees.

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Removed the usb and rebooted the game feels like it’s been at this screen for like 10 minutes. Is that correct? Does the update take a long time ?

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Per Spooky FB

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Hmm now the games gi lights on the playing field is one but completely dead everywhere else. Does seem normal or should I just power off again?

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I had that happen the last time I updated my game, I redownloaded the code and then reinstalled it. Make sure the code download doesn’t have a (1), or any other number dictating a redownload after it. That seemed to work for me. Hope this helps!

Gnrwarkfc That is not normal. I just updated and the game booted as fast as normal.

Try the update again. you crashed down to the OS layer.

Every update is like a suprise Christmas...

This evening should be fun!

Turn gane off, then on again.

Seriously. If tailgate failed you will know about it after the reboot.

Well, so far I’ve found a whip - to use on poor Igor I think. Then I drained.

definitely reboot the game with the USB drive in it and let it do the update again.

if you have any issues shoot me an email

[email protected]

Hey Fawz,
I thought you were going to put back that little light show that occurred when Multiplier X target was hit? That was cool. I miss that.

How did you know? I haven't found anything yet?

Finally got it downloaded. There was an error on my first attempt.

Some cool new graphics and some lights appear to be different colors. I like the changes. I completed a mode and in doing so the whole thing turned bright red. Caught me off guard. Not sure if that was supposed to happen or if I've never really noticed it before, but I loved it.

When Cold Ethyl was selected -- not started -- there was a bee with her face on it flying around the screen. Very cool.

I like the bonus X graphics too.

I think I found an error? Not sure though. I completed Pit Creature and then during the jackpot shot the 3 green arrows the function during round 1 of put creature were glowing.