I've had a few make their way under the apron. There's a big enough gap where the ball drains that the ball can jump over if it's going fast enough.

Under the apron above where the ball kicks out to the shooter lane was the toughest one to find for me. Add some foam and it prevents them from happening again. Now I just need to get the airballs to stop...

We're getting bonus multiplier stuck on too. Anybody else seeing that? I got a email in to Charlie to see what he says too?

I'm having issues with the kicker to the shooter lane kicking the ball too hard so it bounces back in, and takes like 10 tries to kick-out sometimes, but if I lower the strength of the coil in the settings by 1 it's now too weak to ever kick one out.

Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe a thin piece of that dead drop foam stuff on the right wall of the shooter lane so it will stop the bounce back in or something.

I was having same problem for a bit, changed kicking coil to 8 works great now.

What was it on before you changed it to 8?

Kicking Coil is the one that pushes it from the drain to the trough? That died on mine so my machine has been dead for about two months. Need to get someone over to take a look (or learn!)

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I was 2 shots away from the battling the demon today. I had finished the camera mode, hellavater multiball, minion multiball, and defeated all the ghosts but one. I was on the the theater ghost, and needed to hit the scoop and then the main ghost in the middle. I bricked the shot and then drained. So close.

I'm referring to the one that kicks it to the shooter lane, not sure if we're thinking of the same one or not, because mine for that started at 5.

Anyways, before hearing back about where yours started I figured I'd give changing it to 8 a shot just to see. The ball got kicked into the shooter-lane so hard it bounced back and launched itself under the apron.

what does 3 or 4 do?

I was also having problems with a ball jumping under the apron, I have aquired a 3d printed ghost from a friend and this is my solution. Ill report back if it actually works but i dont see why it wont! image.jpegimage.jpeg

I had to bend the metal guide on mine shortly after I got it. It's the one wrapped around the ghost in the above photos. Try bending it back a little as the gap there may be slightly too small, causing the ball to rattle back into the trough.

Ok... the ghost under the apron just became my favorite mod / fix of all time! Talk about yer ghosts in the machine.

The balls getting under the apron thing is a batch came back just a tick higher than the previous run. We put adhesive foam under the ones we caught to keep it from happening, but we didn't catch it until we started getting reports back on the issue.

But yep, foam over the ball trough (stuck to bottom of apron where you can't see it) and coil strengths are everything. If the coil strength doesn't solve the ball kick over / bounce back... make sure the little metal gate isn't stuck up to stop the balls.

And feel free to email me issues... I don't jump in here as much as I should.

Back to setting up Rob Zombie art!

3 or 4 it just kicks the ball up but not hard enough to go out, 5 it kicks put too hard, hits the outer wall and bounces back in.

Maybe if I put it on 4 and then bend that metal thing it will work.

I've been trying coil settings and my right scoop even on 3 blasts the ball out. It seems like coil strengths don't change much at least on mine. I'm also trying to diAL back flipper strength to keep from breaking stuff since they hit really hard. Also not related but is there a programming way to make the minion magnet react more like the CV ringmaster magnet where it projects the ball back at you with force? Not Luke it needs to be any harder just a more interactive touch.

I put full on post rubbers on the posts guarding the ghost and eliminated a large chunk of my airballs. I still get a few from the stand ups, but they aren't as deadly as the airballs I was getting from the ghosts.

Since the posts guarding the ghost aren't designed for post rubbers, I'll probably switch them out eventually. But, for now, the rubbers fit\work fine.

Yeah, my right scoop kicks out too hard and it's on 0. The kickout speed isn't too much of a problem if I'm able to figure out how to adjust where it kicks to (I get pretty wild kickouts, many SDTM, some straight to the upper right sling post which goes straight to an outlane)

I thought about doing this too. I haven't looked under the playfield to check which post it is, don't suppose you have a part number handy?

I haven't done that yet either. Right now, I just have post rubbers slipped over the wrong type of post.

Gahhhh! So close to Demon Battle! I finshed all the objectives and only had the Theater ghost left, but couldn't hit that darn scoop shot. After messing up the mode and the second chance, there was pretty much no chance of me getting back to it due to how insane my jump ramp is to hit (I've gotta try that clothespin fix).

Great game, really loving it! I've got a few of requests for the software though: 1. Coin door ball saver please! 2. A setting to change Bar Ghost and War Fort ghosts to be based on shots to the center rather than pop hits would be really nice. It's annoying to keep hitting it up there, having it hit one pop, then come back out. Becomes an annoying grind. 3. Audits to track how much each ghost was played/completed would be cool.

If your pops aren't very poppy, there is a menu option to add some hits to the pop modes essentially making it so you don't have to hit the pops as many times to start the modes. Try that.

You can also adjust the switch gap of the pops to get more action as well.

It's not really that that pops aren't poppy, it's that the ball will roll up there, hit one pop, and be shot right out. This same thing is seen often on Elwin's AMH video. When does get into the pops it goes pretty good.

The thing I don't like about pop advanced modes (particularly in competition) is how it creates an unbalanced between players. One player can hit it up there once or twice, have it go into the pops and stay there long enough to light the mode, and then another player could hit it up there 12 times but keep getting one pop each time.

I have experienced a game where the switches were gaped too far from the factory. The ball would hit the bottom pop, it wouldn't activate, and then the ball would roll on out instead of being popped up.

The problem with just shooting the ball up the middle, is that the middle shot is too easy.

The pops are overly complicated and it's a regret I have with the code.

It takes 25 hits to light a mode, though yes you can "spot" X amount of progress in the menu (like Addams where THING starts partially lit)

Maybe a solution would be center shot advances 5, and the pops add singles to that? That means 5 shots up the middle would guarantee lighting a mode.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, making the shot itself spot pops, like how the orbits on Metallica pro will spot a certain amount of "virtual" spinner hits.

It hasn't been a big problem with my game. I get a descent amount of pop hits and can generally get both modes started if i focus on it and have a good game. I do have a friend that doesn't get a lot of pop hits though, so it may be a case by case basis.

Maybe it could be an option in Rev 23

"Center Shot"
Spots X (0-5) Pops (default = 0)

I like this because although the toughness can be frustrating it's what brings me back to AMH again and again. War ghost has prevented me from demon battle three times but it will just be that much sweeter when I get there.

I like the idea of it being an option as well. I would probably leave my settings the way they are now because I like the challenge, but having options never hurts.

Ran into a strange glitch. My brother was playing, and during the Doctor Mode the ball kind of backdoor'd the hellevator area in some way, and triggered multiball to start. The game then got confused about the ball, and when he was down to one ball didn't end the mode and the ball like it should've (this was after a mode restarted had already happened). At that point a ball search kicked out the ball from the door saucer, and he played out the mode until he drained, at which point it tried to give another restart, but had no ball left to do anything with, so it did nothing until it started ball searching.

Also on the physical issues side, since I got the game the lockdown bar hasn't been actually locking. Keep forgetting to mention that one.

Say it ain't so......

I was gonna say.........

Listed my Laseriffic AMH topper in the marketplace if anyone is interested. In great condition.

Any tips of fixing the ball traps behind the ghost? The ball likes to trap there behind the ghost by the bolt
head...

Take off your tilt bob. That's what I did so I could shake the ball loose when it would get stuck there all the time.

Yea, mine still gets stuck here and sometimes by the pop bumper (but at least ball search usually fixes the pop bumper issue). Almost need some sort of pyramid piece with a round cutout for the ghost base so the ball has no flat section to rest:
amh_ghost_fix.jpg

That or the ghost model itself needs a tiny wiper arm that will bump the ball when the ghost goes into search. Even with the ghost spinning, it can still just sit there.

I thought Spooky had a fix for this they were putting on new games and willing to send to anyone else, is that not the case?

No, that was the issue where the ball would hop between the wall and the top plastic, effectively getting jammed inside a dead wall. The plastic can't get over tightened because it would rub against the ghost base and burn out the servo. The real solution would be to bump the servo down so the plastic can be tightened down, but I don't know if that's easily done.

Adjust the switch on the pop right by that spot so it's super sensitive. Doing that more or less eliminated my stuck balls behind the ghost.

Have you guys tried to use some Sugru? I haven't done it yet but I love that stuff - you could make the pyramid stuff outta that?

I had time today to update to V22 from V20, thanks to Thanksgiving day off. I was under the assumption that the new update would allow all four scores to show up after a game was complete. We completed a four player game and scores would not show up for final scores for all four players at the end of a game. Finished a second game and used flippers to see if it would cycle through to see the scores and that was still a no-go. Anyone have any ideas?

Also running AV Version 9 if that matters.

Ben, if you are out there any ideas?

Showing last games scores after a game is an AV thing, and your version 9 is ancient.

Download the latest SD card image. Sticking it in game will auto update the AV kernel, and also add any new Dots or sounds.

Showing last games scores after a game is an AV thing, and your version 9 is ancient.

Download the latest SD card image. Sticking it in game will auto update the AV kernel, and also add any new Dots or sounds.

Thanks Ben.

Just to confirm, we pull the SD card out of the game and download the new AV version from your AMH website?

Got it updated and going. We are able to see the four player scores now.....Thanks for the help

never mind.

Is it possible to beat the video mode or is it endless until you die?