Measure in 3 areas, High, middle and low towards the apron.
Take an average of the 3 measurements.

Playfields are bent, wooden sheets of plywood, expect big variations.

All games are slightly different being hand made.

I have my game at an average of 6.3

Now I can lower the flipper power and shooter power to keep the ball on the wireform as well as make the skill shot. And still have fast play.

Wall power is yet another issue.

So dialing it in at your location is more about how it plays than what a factory specification might be.

Bubble levels look way cool but are completely useless for dialing in a game to make it play perfectly.

Again, playing perfectly is whether or not it plays perfectly for you individually.

Sounds like the Eat At Eddy’s VOK Mod is available at Mezel Mods again. From past experience, they go fast!

https://mezelmods.com/products/attack-from-mars-pinball-eat-at-eddys-building?utm_source=back-in-stock&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=stock-notification&utm_content=Attack%20from%20Mars%20Pinball%20Eat%20at%20Eddy%27s%20Building&bis_id=noL3PP&variant=12421338202209

Yup!! Got the email from Mezel this morning and immediately placed the order!

I installed the Eat At Eddy's mod last week, and my wife wondered why they didn't just ship it that way, as it looked so much better.

My replacement LE topper came today, to replace the one that went missing during shipment. I can't wait to install it tonight!

My VUK fails roughly 10% of the time, so I'm going to watch that alignment video posted earlier when I get home.

It does look like it was meant to be there

The martians have invaded again. Not going to lie, my heart broke when I saw the box. Fresh off the line to replace 1st unit damaged I received in shipping. But alas all is fine

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Congratulations and I’m glad to know that the Pinball in fine....(I saw the pic of the box before I read, so you almost broke my heart too man )

Regards

Classic Edition ordered. Very excited as this is one game I should have held on to back in the day. I had an original and regretted selling it ever since.

CPR’s new mirrored backglass is a thing of beauty! Took a bit of light rubber malleting (YIKES!) to get the bottom trim on. REALLY stunning piece! My only minor nit is that when lit, what shows up as white is actually clear through to the light box, so the internals kind of stand out. Maybe it’s not as bad on an original AFM. I’m thinking a very soft diffuser material of some sort would resolve the issue without dimming the light.

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Got a quick question for those that own this game... is the side armor removeable without damaging the game? My old Bally/Williams had double stick tape on it, does this one also? Reason I'm asking is my friend is looking at one that has stainless armor and he wants green armor.

It's taped on, unfortunately.

Its taped on but its pretty easy to remove.

Just masking tape below the rail and slice thru the inside tape with a thin putty knife.

Clean off tape residue with goo gone or naptha or both.

Siderails can be changed out in about 25 mins.

Today is a good day...

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I searched but not finding answers. When shooting the light lock shot the ball consistently flies out of the wireform and either lands in the shooter lane or right outlane. Anyone else experience this issue?

Thanks.

fixed the launch from the right popper. put a slightly bigger coil into the launcher. now the ball consistency hits the middle of the left flipper. beautiful.

As was stated previously it’s the drop target resetting. Totally normal.

Did you open the box and check for damage before signing?
Wondering if I need to do that on mine.

There is an edit button.

Don’t bother aligning them. They move and it’s normal on the original too. There’s some play - don’t go insane on alignment

What did you say to get this replacement part? Mine is having a similar issue. Let me know if it works.

Say that you need the replacement ball guide. It’s a known issue and you won’t have to say more than that.

Oh they may ask for things like your games serial number, so they can check if your game already has it or not.

LTG : )

That’s part of the ticket form I thought.

Yes.

I didn't see anything in your post about going to https://www.chicago-gaming.com/ and opening a ticket under Support on the Help Desk.

LTG : )

Yeh, CGC was extremely helpful! Excellent service after the sale for my NIB AFMrLE.

while i was playing yesterday - suddenly a rooster appeared on the dmd. is this an easter egg someone knows or has already seen. how can i start it?

best regards ralf

What is the common playfield angle setting everyone is using?
The standard 6.5 degree plays well but seems a little slow to me.

You know you love that NIB smell...

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If the game plays too fast the balls fly off the wireform.

It's a balancing act.

When I got my AFMr Classic, it too was having the problem with the balls being launched and not properly traveling thru to the top of the play field. I called CGC and they sent a new ball guide out to me. By the time I got the new guide, the original had pretty much fixed itself!

I have not changed mine now in 6 months!

Good Luck!

Bill

Nope. ROM update and a little more angle fixed it. Do not touch the wireform!

One thing you can try is to swap the flipper opto boards.

Mine is 100%

Adjust flipper power.

I think you mean at launch it doesn't go around on the skill shot (holding down left flipper)??

If so, adjust the autolauncher power in the CGC menu.

Either adjust it up or down.
Mostly down.

If you adjust down, lower the playfield pitch accordingly.

I've noticed if I hold the left flipper and then hit plunge too quickly, it sometimes doesn't do the full orbit. This even happens when I play digital AFM on Pinball Arcade. So I don't think it's a physical or mechanical issue. Just make sure you hold down left flipper for A FULL SECOND before you hit that plunge button.

I'm using perfect play rubbers right now

I found that, on mine, I had to adjust the Launch plunger angle (in relation to the ball). Take the apron off and check the angle. Think of it in relation to a pool cue hitting the ball. Mine was lined up to hit the ball on top and a little right. You want it square in the center. I actually had to shim under the back of the plunger solenoid to get it right. Made a huge difference. Between that, the guide replacement and the launch ramp angle adjustment, I haven’t had a failed orbit launch in a couple of hundred games.