Quoted from dnaman:

Hey Mr. That's 2 weeks without even a mention of anything. Why the complete silence?

Quoted from dnaman:

My POTC has some dimpling (had it since Nov) but not like this.
Disappointed to hear that it will be months away. It would be appreciated if we could get 'cost' on a spare playfield.
Cliffies or mylar is a requirement should you want this pristine.

Quoted from Crile1:

This fell onto my playfield during a game. Any ideas where it came from? Looks like it broke off of something, but can't locate it.
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Quoted from dnaman:

Finally made the time to look into my plunger coil alignment issue. I had sent an email in last week but hadn't heard back so maybe this will help a few others as I expect that, based on my findings, it can't just be our pin.
I pulled the apron out, which was (and remains) very tight and found a bit of wear and a crack in the wood rail . Looking past that and at the plunger coil bracket, I could see right away what the problem was, poor alignment due to the bracket sitting on top of the t-nuts (for the PF hanger bracket) which were not counter sunk into the playfield. This is definitely a QC concern as you can see that the self tapping screws for the coil bracket were actually screwed into the metal of each t-nut. I can't see that being easy to do especially while holding the bracket in place, likely by hand(?). I did what I can and have provided plenty of pics in hopes to help others.
I essentially traced around each t-nut with a small exacto knife to cut into the clear and first layer of ply and then carefully used a 1/2" drill bit to clear out a bit of wood. I had to trim away with the exacto knife as the 1/2" bit is a bit small but was all that I had. Ideally you would have a forstner bit of the correct size. That would clear the hole properly (flat bottom instead of tapered, using a regular bit). The head of the t-nut is not very thick so it shouldn't be too much work. When I was where I wanted, I used pipe wrench pliers to press the t-nut down into the hole (using the PF hanger bracket on the bottom side to prevent damaging the bottom of the PF). I thought that I had it but noticed that the pair of bolts which hold the hanger bracket in, from the bottom, are too long and stick out of the top of the t-nut. I did not notice this in the first pictures showing the nuts on top of the PF. I used two small washers on each bolt, along with the original lock washer and this allowed the coil bracket to sit properly on the PF.
You will see that the coil bracket itself was originally bent a couple of ways to try to compensate for how it was mounted on the nuts so I still have a bit a adjustment to get things right (left to right) but at least the coil is now sitting more in the middle of the ball (up and down). Autoplunges almost always make it smoothly around now but manual ones sometimes send the ball rattling up near the end of the metal plunger lane/ramp (left to right adjustment I suppose). I may have to fill in the self tapping screw holes and make new ones if I need to find more adjustment now.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Quoted from dnaman:

It sounds like you would still need to counter sink the t-nuts, or (if this is what you mean), just toss the t-nuts and use a nylon lock nut with a longer bolt through the coil and hanger brackets. If you keep the t-nuts, there is metal both on top and bottom that sits on/over it.
You are right of course, there are solutions and I am with you, best to just mount this without touching the PF. I would say that t-nuts are typically flush mounted, just seems like a brute force method here, I hope that this one was an exception. In the end, my countersink looks 'good' and it is under the coil bracket. Just leaves me no play for adjustment of the coil unless I elongate the two coil bracket holes.

Quoted from pinhacker71:

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.

Quoted from flashburn:

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.

Quoted from dnaman:

My flipper coils are now buzzing when holding them. The left one is louder and stronger sound than the right one. Could this be EOS gap?

Quoted from javagrind888:

Is "School's Out" in this game? There's tons of references to it, call outs, menu options, but I haven't heard the song yet. Super disappointed if it's not. My wife and I are teachers and were singing this the last week of work.

Quoted from javagrind888:

I switched to the Pattern 1 or whatever and it's working for me.

Quoted from mthirkell:

I know it’s not a big deal, but his first response was to the latch missing. After I found the screw but no latch, I mentioned that the screw was stripped beyond belief, a new comment. Then he hit me with “One more time” and I found it to be snarky and unnecessary.

Quoted from GuiitarMan:

The sound is amazing...but I feel like there could be options lower than 1. I can't go over 2 without rattling the glass and I don't see why anyone would go over 10 (goes to 19) but I am in a home environment so that could be the difference there.

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Quoted from darkryder:

Looking forward to seeing what Spooky comes up with. Also, that rectangular recess in the coin door needs a high quality decal to make it pop. Maybe Alice Cooper’s eyes, creepy crawlies or some other cool subject matter. What color LED flipper buttons are you guys installing? I’m thinking translucent purple.

Quoted from ThePinballCo-op:

My wife and I played ACNC with Bowen at Pintastic. Loved the game, but it turned off on us during gameplay, and Bowen said "yeah... it does that every so often". Huge turn off. Didn't end up buying it.
LOVED the game... still kind of want one.
-- (1) Do you guys have that issue still?
-- (2) What about the ball getting lost in the back from time to time?
-- (3) Would anyone in the northeast be willing to trade their ACNC for a MBrSE?
Just curious, all talk atm.

Quoted from Vitty:

So for those of you with ball save magnet issues with the ball grabbing, hovering, then draining like mine was, here is the definitive fix:
Remove the resistor that is inline with the magnet! After doing this all patterns work for me and throw the ball differently (I have the resistor setting turned on). Awesome effect now with the ball launching back up into play, I love it!

Thanks a lot to Spooky support!
I had tried all of the following with no success before reaching out to them:
- New carbon steel balls (to ensure they were not magnetized)
- Added the pinball life magnet core plastic
- Ensured 7 degree playfield pitch
- Ensured latest code (V1.1.0.0 as of this posting)
- Checked all pattern/resistor settings combinations

Quoted from mjalexan:

Thanks for posting this! My magnet has been mostly worthless, same setup as yours. Any idea why the resistor was there in the first place? On the to do list for tomorrow.

Quoted from superhawk2300:

WOW. That is great. Now what about us with problems who don't have the resistors?

Quoted from PunkPin:

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

Quoted from zacaj:

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

Quoted from zacaj:

That wouldn't be stageable then?

Quoted from gambit3113:

My magnet save has suddenly and completely stopped grabbing the ball from the left outlane. Is there supposed to be something down by the trough that diverts the ball up toward the magnet on that side? Because as it is it just rolls down the outlane and the magnet doesn’t affect it at all on that side any more. Am I missing something here?

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Quoted from Pizzaman13:

Every time I consider buying ACNC I open up to this forum and get scared off by all the technical issues. I am the kind of collector that just wants to play...Having to consistently mess with electronics is not my forte. Sure, I get it, owning a pinball machine always requires some attention but with ACNC seems to be a consistent problem for most owners.
Is this an accurate portrayal? I keep trying to talk myself into buying but concerned.