Adjusted the shooter lane but still needs tweaking because it will often hit the posts now.

I have noticed that with the new beta code my flippers are being knocked down noticibly more often than with the previous official code (which was hardly at all) and I do have the flipper upgrade capacitor installed. I verified this by going back to the most recent official code and the flippers were much more reliable in rarely if ever being knocked down.
My stage eject works fine with either code.

I have noticed the opposite - my flippers are more stable and more "juicier" then before. Hope to see more improvements with next stable code update.
Big kudos to AP-Team and rosh !!!!

I wish you could turn down (or off) the thunk noise the seance standups make. It gets a bit grating when you are missing your shots.

I had a few collapses. not too often. But the EOS install takes 15 minutes and it will never collapse.. what is the downside to installing it?

No down side at all.

Just make sure its set to engage at the very end of the stroke, like the last 3/16" or 1/4"

you can test it by manually slapping down the flipper by hand. It will pop back up.

Without the switch if you manually knock down the flipper, it stays down.

My stage eject is working perfectly!

I have NOT updated the code (its the current release). I figured Id start playing with the stage eject to see how its doing before updating to the new beta. Its been disabled for years lol.

However, once in awhile with stage eject enabled the game does odd things and loses the ball and does a ball search.

This happens without the ball being in the stage. The game behavior changes slightly with the feature enabled on my game.

I had a period of stacked stage acts playing simultaneously, needles and milk can, and then the ball drained and the game didnt know it.

Rebooting the game fixed it.

With the stage eject disabled, the game doesnt do this at all.

Im looking to see if its just maybe a bad boot due to low power (a one off) or there is some consistency to it.

What is the benefit of the stage eject?

its a cool effect if it works properly

Should not be able to have both together, if that happens again, please send me the logs.

When testing EOS, be sure to not push it down, but to smack it, or use a ball. Keep it mind it will re-fire the flipper once when it gets knocked down, but if you are pushing the flipper, it will absorb the re-fire and the flipper will stay down.

Nothing in the beta code that changes the flippers, at least not that I can think of.

What does it do? I tried turning it on and didn't notice anything.

So you know the clunk noise it makes when you hit the seance targets? Sometimes it will just go Crazy and play that sound on every switch hit. Even the flippers make the noise like it's swof over here. Is this some kind of bug?

Sometimes it even persists after turning the game off and back on again.

Sounds like a switch that is too sensitive.

LTG : )

Jerickso77 : I agree with the illustrious LTG .

Go into the service mode, Tests > Switch, and thump the playfield gently with the side of your fist to vibrate the playfield a little bit, and observe if any of the Seance switches pop up on screen as activating. If so, check that physical switch... you'll probably find that the two blades are a tad too close to each other. Gently bend the blades a tiny bit to separate them... this is a little finicky, since you want them close enough so a modest ball strike triggers the switch, but not so close that they trigger from random game action. Takes a little getting used to, perhaps a little trial and error, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it quickly.

Let us know how it goes!

It was the 2nd E target. Thanks!

What flipper rebuild kit would I buy for this game? It uses Williams parts right?

https://www.pinballlife.com/flipper-rebuild-kit-williamsbally-081993-101998-spooky-2014-present-jjp-2012-present.html

Yes, Williams parts.

LTG : )

as a harcore player (...) with only 1 pinball home, im may be playing to deep/to quick/to much
i've than swaped my Houdini today (versus a Star Wars PRO), after few monthes of real pleasure
for sure i still was enjoying it a lot, but in the same time wanted to discover something new
than really great pin for sure, but not only, as also the fans here, while not forgetting the API team/friends

last word to Josh for having reading me a lot, i know that sometimes it may have been a real pain (lol)
soon or later i'll be back to API, with Hot Wheels, or even your next game

Why not both?

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lol... and than only 1 place in the garage for a pinball

Thanks to Dave Brennen from API for sending me a thumb drive with the download. Worked great. I didn’t want to have these other solutions not work and me left with a 250 pound brick. Now I can can try to pull the download on to another thumb drive and not worry because I have a backup.
Excellent service as always.

brenna98 is the best!

Just as an FYI, I was having similar issues with large file downloads on my Mac... it would download about 250mb and then give me the operation failed notice. Turned out to be my virus protection software. Once I turned that off, download was simple.

Just joined the club and loving the game. One issue though. The bash hits to the stage are not registering. I'm also getting an switch error for the front stage, which makes sense. What's the best way to troubleshoot this. I'm wondering if the opto is positioned correctly? It looks like it may be facing the rubber. Maybe that's causing the issue? Any help is appreciated.

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Did you check the wires to both optos to make sure one didn't break off in shipping?

I lifted the playfield and the wires are connected. I cleaned the optos and during cleaning it will intermittently register the switch, but doesn't seem to work otherwise. Maybe the opto is bad? or the connection is loose? I pushed all the connectors in on the board.

Could be a loose wire on the opto itself or a bad opto or a cracked solder joint on the opto itself.

Reflow the opto connections or replace the opto.

Check the connection on the opto board, bottom left corner of the vertical underside of the Playfield, X6 plug.
https://store.american-pinball.com/products/opto

Installed the power supply upgrade and now facings intermittent restarts. Basically, the catapult will fire, the trunk lid will stay up longer than normal then game resets.

If you could easily remove the power supply upgrade. I'd try that. If game returns to normal you know something is wrong with it, or how it's hooked up. AP tech support can assist you then.

LTG : )

Thinking this only was happening while manual testing the coils. It hasn't happened during normal gameplay.

Check the connections in the power supply.... those wago wall nuts stink.

I cut off the wall nuts first thing but shoving 5 wires into a wire nut isn't that great either.

Special thanks to dave!! I downloaded the new code for the stage eject, and now it is working perfectly! It hasnt worked before. So glad this update worked for me!!!

You need to use the lev-r-nuts, they work really well.
My game really brightened up after installing them.

A bug was reported that when adjusting coil settings a catapult throw can cause a reboot, Will be fixed in next update.

Any tips on adjusting the left lane guide? Even a modest right orbit shot will send it right into the center post.

Also, is it even possible to backhand the ramp? I can only get about halfway up at best.

You want to use these, I have not had a problem since. Wago Lever Nuts

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I’ve not noticed any regular pattern of balls coming out of the left orbit shooting RDTM. Is you game set at 6.0 and level?

You don’t mean balls ejecting from the scoop/VUK on the right hand side by the planchette, do you? I do find that balls tend to shoot out of VUK and right between the flippers.
There is an adjustment for that at:
http://s4.american-pinball.com/img/support/2018-6/SCOOP-ADJUSTMENT.pdf

Probably not at all what you are talking about, but now I’m now inspired to try that fix.

Pretty rare to hear of that shot not flowing as it should. First double check your machine is level left to right. Second take a look to see if the end of the rail is tight to the rubber.

Machine is level and rail was tight to the rubber. Ended up removing all of the screws on the left guide and bending it some. Had to leave out the screw closest to the catapult when I put it back but it works better now.

Finally getting this dialed in. Shame the flipper power can't be more consistent but it's definitely playable. The power supply upgrade helped some at least.

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Gave my Houdini some love this past weekend... finally replaced all rubber rings with Titan, superband posts and all bulbs (that pesky one under the ramp) with sunlight. Cleaned and waxed, ready to go! I tried a "fix" for balls bouncing out of the milkcan shot, so far it seems to be working pretty well on my game. After waxing I lined the metal guide with a strip of thicker mylar since I did not have any foam to use. I also put some mylar on the inside back of the trunk and replaced my scratched up balls.
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I added 1/4 inch felt that is used for the bottom for furniture to the back wall. It has a great adhesive. The balls don't bounce out anymore and the balls love it too.

not bad young padawan, but the road is still long...

Can anyone hit the super skill shot? In 1% of the time

I can pull it off maybe 10% of the time.

How about the seance multiball "shoot the targets in order". I've only come close one time (at least that I'm aware of). Anybody ever get this one?

I did. The first time I was aware of it, I tried and got it. Never again after dozens and dozens of attempts. Go figure.