I'm at a little higher flipper settings due my ever changing wall voltage.

They are a little strong at 120v
And a little weak at 116v.

I try for a happy medium.

Thank you for the support BarryJ but my flipper hold boost has been enabled from the initial setup.

It was one of the recommended tweaks I had written down before I received my game.

I just cleaned and checked the flippers and buttons. It all looks good.

I only have a few games played as of now.

Just finished a 1.3 mil game.
Wall voltage 119v

Seance, straight jacket, reversed flippers, trunk mb.

6 ball mb, flippers held perfectly.
No issues other than:

THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!!

Man I love this game!

For me it's the perfect medium length game playwise.

I have AFMr for 30 sec ball times.
Hobbit for 45 min games.
Woz for 45 min games.

My next party this is going to be a smash hit!

Now if @pinnovators can get me a headphone jack.....?

I successfully backhanded the inner loop, but it barely made it lol. Will continue practicing this, it works well.

It may be that flipper hold is affected by voltage changes during the game.

I will monitor this.

I upped the autolaunch a little more, I like it to go to the the pops instead of hitting an escape target and center draining immediately.

The code should keep launching the ball until the playfield is registered.

A lot of balls are lost without flipping them.
Maybe more grace period on initial launch? 10 secs more?

It will be the perfect day if I can beat Pinballgoddess high score of 1.5 mil

BarryJ rig up a headphone plate and connector so I can give you more money.

You guys deserve it, the game is amazing!

As in...of Kevin Bacon?

Rough, sticky shooter rod update:

I finally took it apart to see what was wrong.

The washers are rough cut on the inside edge and should be smooth.

You can run a drill bit through them if you dont have replacements and the right size bit or dremel them smooth, or replace them.

I just replaced them with fresh ones I got from marco, they are polished on the inside cut:

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/4700-00051-00

All fixed now and is perfect!
Much easier to attempt the skill shot.

I have morr luck backhanding the ramp than I do the inner loop. I cant seem to find the right spot on the flipper when cradling the ball. Is the inner loop
shot made from a cradle position?

Just made 10 ramps in a row.
Ball 3/4 or a little more down towards the tip of the flipper.

L flipper set at 28, R flipper at 27.
Autolaunch at 15.
Pitch at 6.3 now.

Wall voltage at 119v it's been a great day here for power/pinball.

I had some inconsistency making the inner loop.

I adjusted the two seance targets away from the entrance slightly.

I bent the left one 1/16" to the left, the right one 1/32" to the right.

They still look verticle enough.
Oddly the left one was angled to the right slightly, maybe 3 degrees out of the box.

This has improved the shot a lot.

If it continues to be a problem, I'll shave each one down 1/32" away from the entrance.

1/16" is a huge difference on a pinball machine.

It doesn't take much adjustment at all, just a little tweaking here and there.

The game plays great!

No, you have to get it just enough out of the cradle in order to clear the right sling. It’s easier if your game is set to a higher angle (although don’t do that because everything else gets out of alignment). The shot isn’t easy, but it’s fairly repeatable. I make it about as often as I make the ramp - maybe 50/50 or so

TADA! Lol.
Pinballgoddess has her work cut out!

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Dup.

Dup.

Getting this game pretty close to where I want it.

3 balls narrow outlanes ball saves maxed out.

Some players in my tournament reported some issues with Houdini. I was able to witness the following:

On 2nd ball in two-player game (p1, b2), it would eject two balls into the shooter lane instead of one. I placed one in the trough, and it ejected another back into the shooter lane. I placed both balls in the trough, and two balls were ejected into the shooter lane.

This problem was reported to me several times throughout the day. Most of the time, I play one player games, and have never had this happen to me.

Any thoughts on this issue?

Sounds like a trough or shooter Lane switch, opto or related problem.

Something is not registering and the computer is confused.

Does it have the current code?

It does have the latest. I will check the switches next. Wanted to do it right away, but it is too difficult in a tournament setting.

Will keep trying to zero-in the backhand shots.

I had a similar issue with Houdini in our league play two weeks ago, the game got into a weird, un-earned two-ball multiball and we thought we had that resolved by ending the game, etc. but then the next games if you held a ball (single ball in play) on either flipper for more than about 10 seconds it would launch another ball into play. Power cycle resolved the issue but we did see some random MBs in subsequent games while playing after league.

My right flipper collapsed during seance mb last night.

I hit 3 balls at the same time and it gave up and dropped.

It rapidly went back up on the next flip and was ok in subsequent games.

I calibrated (empty balls) coils as it has done this before, but it's still doing it.

Also, went into ball search after a trunk miss. My power was strangely at 120-121v at the time.
So of course the catapult fired wide to the right.

Power dropped to 119 and the catapult was back to being perfect.

My power is averaging 118v-119v so all my coil settings are a little higher than normal.

I can't backhand either the ramp or the inner loop on my Houdini. I removed the glass and tried for 10 minutes to backhand and it doesn't seem possible. What might be the issue?

Set pitch to 6.2 degrees or less and increase flipper power a notch or 2..

I can backhand the ramp with the right flipper at 27 once in awile.

Wall power at 118-119v

The angle is slightly off to backhand the inner loop but it can be done with a little luck or a very precise shot.

It happens "in game" a lot.

Think "rolling backhand" shot.

I have done it, it's a tight shot.

Installed cliffy's tonight.
Wasn't too bad at all.

You dont have to remove a lot of stuff just loosen to get it out of the way.

Remove upper right edge plastic.
Remove nuts and screws from planchet plastic. Push aside.

Remove screws from metal lane guides. Remove 2 nuts from underneath.

Remove scoop.
Raise playfield remove 3 screws holding scoop VUK tie it up or let it hang. Or remove this first before starting everything...

Remove 4 of the wooden side rail screws.

I had to loosen the autolaunch 4 screws to access the first screw for the wooden siderail.

You can finagle the scoop protector into the hole now by lifting up on the metal lane guide and lifting up on the wooden siderail.

Slipping the scoop cliffy under the wooden siderail slightly really helped to get it in

I put a fender washer under the wooden rail to hold it up temporarily while working the metal guide.

After installing the scoop cliffy, install the right side of the shooter lane cliffy while the siderail is loose.

Reassemble everything working from the top.

Replace the siderail screws last.
This way you can get the shooter lane protector where you want it.

Installation of the left shooter lane protector is super easy.

Remove the 2 screws in the apron from the front playfield hangers.

You have to remove the 3 screws for the inner wooden siderail to make it easier to adjust.

Remove 2 of the 3 machine screws from the trough.

Install and adjust as neccesary.

That's it . It took me about 35 mins total and I took my time.

Next one will take 15 mins.

The cliffy's have not affected game play at all.

But they do look cool!

Right flipper collapsed several times during seance mb tonight.

Wall power at 120v today. Its awesome having that much power, my games were really lively!

Sadly it won't last lol.

And most importantly, the Cliffy protects that hole from damage. AP should really at LEAST offer a Houdini LE package from the factory with Magic Glass, Art Blades, Shaker, Knocker, and Cliffies (hole AND shooter lane) installed from the factory for $7695. I bet at least 40% of them would be sold with that package and it would reduce playfield issues down the road from day 1.

When did you order the Cliffy? I was told weeks for delivery.

and sometimes if you get rejected from the ramp and catch the ball just right on your left flipper it will roll up and hit the inlane switch and give you credit for the ramp You can see this more during a MB. It's sneaky...

Mine took 6-7 weeks, got them last week and installed them all. Its worth the wait and Cliff always delivers! Just have to get in line.

Thanks for details...I ordered some but Clffy said it might be awhile since he's got a pretty good backlog. When I install, I'll shoot pics for everyone.

I ordered the full set since I wasn't sure what really was needed besides the scoop and side rail.

I ordered mine awhile ago before I received my game (its one of the things to do before getting a game...)

Sometimes I get them in 2 days, other times a couple weeks.

If he has them made he ships out incredibly fast!

I recommend them for all games.

I absolutely LOVE this game ! I want it to be the best it can be.

A minor nagging concern to me is the inability of the flippers to hold properly compared to Williams flippers.

If you hold a flipper up its too easy to knock it down. If the flipper gets knocked down it stays down and buzzes until its actuated again.

Im not saying that the flippers are weak, they seem sufficient for calm to moderate play.

But, during vigorous play, multiballs with magnets firing and pops popping, the likelihood of a flipper collapsing is greatly increased.

During vigorous play the flippers can feel spongy and not have the high energy that one comes to expect from Williams flippers.

This is not only during low wall voltage times but also during 120-121v times.

What can be done to increase the reliability and strength of the flippers during vigorous play?

Flippers collapsing or weak play is not acceptable. Its been an issue for all time from all manucaturers and has been solved before.

The flipper hold boost does not seem to fix it or affect this problem much at all.

What can be done?

Add EOS switches as pinghetto has done?
Change to stronger coils?
Address this in code updates?

What is a permanent solution? rosh BarryJ

Yep. They need to just throw cliffies into that mix and raise the price a bit for a fully macked out, fully protected machine.

Both flippers collapsed and both flippers became "spongy".

Sure hope there is a quick fix for this.

I was really loving this game but this a real bummer.

I agree, I really love this game ! ! !

My game plays perfectly.

Fast, exciting, FUN, amusing, challenging etc. packed to the gills with amazing things.
The artwork is beautiful.
The playfield and cabinet work are excellent to superb quality.
The code so far is really good and the ideas are freshly well done.

I hope there is a flipper hold/power fix brewing, it would be a shame to not solve this annoying detail.

Pay attention next time it happens and see if the magnets are firing at the same time the flipper drops. This is what we are thinking is happening

I agree.

It happens more often in seance multi-ball than any other time.

I think the flippers Flatline when the Catapult goes off and fires and the Shaker motor shakes at the trunk. All of course during Seance multi-ball with magnets firing.

The flippers also feel spongy during seance multi-ball and not as spongy during trunk multi-ball.

I believe the solution is here in front of us it's just a matter of what is appropriate and we'll solve it for the duration.

There's no way in hell I'm giving up on this game it's truly amazing!

Running newest code hit a glitch well a few in a row.

Started needle multi ball. The announcement that the mode was starting played and the animation started then the announcement started again played throughed. Played through mode till the 10 second count down which I started extra time. Next hit scoop to started seance multi and while the ball was in the scoop the jailer started talking a and the call outs all jumbled. Lit right side ball save to which I drained a ball and the save mode did not start... strange series of glitches.

Wow. Similar thing happened to me running a bunch of modes at the same time game fed an extra ball. I drained one of the balls and then the game went into ball search even though I had a ball in play.

I rebooted the game in the problem went away.

There’s so much going on in this game, I’m amazed there have been so few bugs

Especially when you can pile up some crazy stacking.

Fine tuning the flipper programming is a big deal.

JJP struggled with it for a year until they worked it out.

Now it's all good.

I hope that this is the issue with Houdini.

All will be solved in code releases I'm optimistic that Josh will sort it out.

I really like the menu system a lot.

You can skip the whole wooden siderail removal by trimming the upper right corner of the scoop cliffy
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It doesnt take much time to remone about 4 phillips head screws to get it done without trimming. I think having the side rail on it holds it in place better too

I agree.

But if you are installing the shooter lane protector you have to loosen the 4 screws to get it high enough to align the hole in it.

Plus you have to remove the inner wooden siderail to install the left shooter lane protector.

I think you need the shooter lane protectors. Multiball games traffic a lot of balls through the shooter lane.

But whatever works!
It sure looks nice when done and protects perfectly.

Ooooook team...

I just had an incredible game, 25 minutes - only 1.5 million but I cleared 5 Houdini letters, started all 4 FILM modes, started I think 7 stage tricks, cleared 4 escapes and cleared 4 secret missions. I thought I would AT LEAST get a mini-magician mode somehow, from the films maybe? What the hell do I have to do? And the trunk multiball is still way too short for how hard it is to achieve

This seems to be fixed in the new code. Also set the ball save to be longer and you should have a nice trunk multiball experience.

After you complete all the FILM modes (there are five, not four) you have to spell FILM and hit the right inner loop again, that will start Movie Binge and how many points you score in that will depend on how well you did in the actual movie modes (a shot corresponds with each movie and it's value is based on how you did in that movie).

EDIT: It can be quite lucrative.

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On my magic glass, which side is the top?

My game arrived with the stamped logo in the upper left corner. The text is upside down and reversed. There was a proudly made in the USA sticker in the upper right corner.

I'm thinking my glass was installed upside down at the factory.
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I dont want to scratch the $300 coating if I can avoid it.

Resurrecting a slightly old post about subwoofers. I printed the amp manual, but one thing that's not clear...I assume the sub needs to be powered, not just a speaker?