It is not a time thing, shots just have to be consecutive without a different shot/switch hit, which resets the combo.

Once you get feel for orbit to scoop, getting through three is not that hard.

Most movie modes (NOT man from beyond) fit nicely with combos, so that is a good time to give the combos more attention.

If it goes around orbit and then STDM, it needs to be adjusted, It should hit the flipper.

Somehow I can't navigate to this page from the API site. It is where all the good stuff is. If you are having trouble too, bookmark this https://store.american-pinball.com/products/

Thanks Rosh, i hadn’t noticed that hitting another target was resetting the combo.
About right orbit shot, it depends on the speed, if I hit perfectly the ball gets really fast and then goes SDTM.
What do I need to adjust? Playfield pitch and /or Coil power? Wireform?
Which pf pitch do you advise?
Thanks

All of it.

Factory PF pitch is 6.0 degrees, mine played slightly floaty at 6 so I upped it about 1.5 degrees.
Try your flippers at 22 or 24 and see if the ball slows down a bit.

Looks great!

I think I want to do the same or similar.

My theater door wasn’t opening — I forced it open while in test mode a few times and got it running again. Anyone experience this? Seems like a broken motor is in my future :/

Did you run through the calibration for it in the service menu?

I had it stuck once. The calibration seems to have fixed it.

Apologies if feedback has already been provided on either of there issues, but anyone with either of these issues....

1 - trunk no longer lighting when lock ball is thrown into it (play field is dark)
2 - installed shaker per instructions, set to medium in settings and not working at all (during game play or in test)

Running 18.8.5 which appears to be the latest code.

Thanks in advance!

1. The LED in the spotlight diagonally across from the trunk likely either came loose or broke. Try turning it on in test mode as you press it into the socket. If that doesn't work, remove the LED light and examine the leads on the base. Are they crunched to the side? Missing? You may be able to just adjust them. You can use this trick to make sure the bulb stays in the socket:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fixing-led-bulbs-flashers-that-fall-out-of-spotlights

2 - pictures of where you have the shaker connected to the board in the cabinet needed. You likely have it on the wrong set of pins. There are like 4 or 5 in very close proximity.

Can you post pics of the shaker installation, particularly the hook up location and wires.

This would be helpful.

Also check for any blown fuses in case they were blown during shaker installation.

Are you actually changing the lights, or putting in some sort of a plastic gel to alter the color? Looks very good. Awaiting delivery on mine. Anxious to check out how that lighting is actually hooked up.

You can get a warm white LED strip and just change out the cool white one that's in there. It's just a few bucks for a strip on Ebay.

Thanks - I should’ve looked close for that LED - easy fix there!

Here are pictures of the connection, which I believe is the correct location per instructions.

Thanks again

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Thanks - just posted the pics

Did you turn the shaker motor ON in the settings? The setting BEFORE shaker strength (shaker usage, I think), there's a setting for shaker on/off that must be ON as well.

Yep it’s the one right above the usage setting - shaker is set to on and usage medium

New power supply working great. Catapult shot to trunk is now 100%. Flippers dropped slightly and coils at 23. Using purple Super Bands on flippers. Lower cat is 28. Upper cat is 19. Scoop is 7. Upper vuk is 10. Everything in game is working great. I can repeatedly make all the shots. I did 5 consecutive ramp shots. The most I ever did on any of my pins. Mostly just playing Houdini now!

Now check the two fuses on the board you plugged it into.

I can change the GI bulbs in the back, but not sure about the led strip. It seems tightly wired the the back wall of the playfield. Hard to see how to disconnect it.

How's those working out? I've wondered what the flipper 'rubber' actually was given the purple color. Can you even get rubber in purple? On a related note, I was thinking of swapping out some of the black rubber for purple Titan's.

Well that could be the problem but am surprised it’s not impacting anything else on the game - if you look at my bottom photo above the top left fuse F2 appears to be missing altogether.

It's supposed to be missing there.

There are 2 power feeds.
If you plugged into the wrong one you get no power, the fuse is missing.

Feel free to add it in though, the second feed can be used for accessories.

I think the originals are Perfect Play brand. I use Super Bands in all my pins. I love the red ones in my FH. They play different but I like them. Try them on one and see if you like them. They are difficult to get on the flipper. I start at the back and use a small screw driver to stretch the front over. My buddy always says something about them . I use all SB post covers and post bumpers also.

So do you think those are those rubber or silicone, etc?

The SB are silicone. The PP are also silicone but a different formula.

Ok - it’s not needed for shaker?

No.

LTG : )

Ok thanks...I emailed AP as well to see why shaker isn’t working.

I know..

Click on the store tab, at the top center click on "All Products".

Then the sweet stuff is there.

Barry tell those boys to chop chop on the knockers.
Ordered my power supply and I would love to get a knocker with my credit.

We had the same thing, and it ended up being dirty optos near the stage

Will do..Those slackers! Ha

I think we need a roller over switch here for some points. Much harder to do than the official milkcan shot.

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Tough place to add a mini post.
Maybe warp the plastic down towards the playfield 2 degrees?

After watching a magician recreate Houdini's upside down straightjacket escape, it occurs to me that when we cross our arms to work inverted flippers, we are mimicking Houdini's inverted arms-across-chest position in the escape. I thought this was just a cheat move. But Josh and Joe must have had this in mind, those wily geniuses.

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Not to mention the strait jacket trick is easier upside down. Yes, I've done it in both positions. Been about 10 years though.

I watched some of Houdini on Netflix (2 episode series). It was really interesting to see the a lot of tidbits that were incorporated into the game, including some of the background music. Flick is very entertaining so far.

Um. Yes... how did it take this long to come up with this!

TMI

LTG : )

I’ve told this before, but when workingn on game rules I was thinking about what to do for straitjacket, and as crossed my arms like in a straitjacket it was pretty obvious that reversed flippers would be the way to go. But then I was thinking how he did the escape upside down, and I knew I could not hang the player upside down, so that is when I (with some assistance from José Cuervo) came up with inverting the flippers, figuring that is the closest I could get to upside down

Ah, but the first version of the software did not seem to have the "Cross your arms now" callout, so I assumed that was a player cheat and I didn't make the connection to wearing the jacket. I'm slow....

Gotcha! I think you are right about that! Pretty innovative ...will Oktoberfest feature a snap-your-suspenders mode?

Thank you, I’ll take a look!

My trunk shot went from being perfect to consistently going to far to the left. Power is perfect but direction is off. I can't see any possibility to adjust for direction?

Are there plans for a headphone kit for Houdini?

Same here, but it's going to the right.

I played Houdini for the first time last night - I was impressed! The game looked good overall, I really liked the LCD presentation, and was just all around pretty interesting.

More traditional perhaps in its layout, but that didn't make it any less fun to play. Shots were tight, after two games I was aiming them well enough to be satisfying. The game seemed well thought out, and the presentation seems polished. Only played a few games, but just figured I'd give some thumbs up to those who own them.