Thanks for this, backing down my aggro EOS setting a bit fixed it!

Glad you worked it out. I missed the whole thing. As mentioned before and linked by Kevlar - if your EOS is adjusted to the very-extreme-last-possible-end-of-stroke closure, you can hit this symptom just because of how the system timing works. You do want it 'near' the end (more so than old WMS EOS adjustments) though.

Older games use the EOS to cut off the "main" power and switch to the 'hold' power. We can't do that because; reasons. In R&M (and other spooky games) the EOS is only used to detect a flipper getting knocked down, and you want that to happen pretty quick - but if it happens TOO quick, you can end up with the stuck flipper. BUT - it's only 'stuck' with a patter-hold strength, so it's not likely to burn anything up -- it's not "locked on" per say.

Wow, what a waste. Is that a limitation of the hardware platform? Are there plans for the firmware to be updated to allow the EOS it to be used as intended in a more robust way?

What he said!

Not sure if this is a good score or not but this is my best so far!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/733725351

Can you elaborate on what knockdown means? I mean, if the flipper button remains held, nothing should cause the flipper to drop right? Not even a hard ball hit.

Goes on that pin header above the other ribbon cable in your picture. Is for the segment display. Surprised it wasn’t hot glued.

The hold power is a balance of “strong enough” and “not too much heat”. It can definitely be knocked down by a hard enough shot, they’re just pretty rare. In the event of a hard shot, if adjusted right, it should dip a little and then snap back in place.

Any chance a unique adventure is put in the 10th slot to make it more desirable to reach? I reached 8 today which I was surprised to see as I’m not good but I checked the rules and it seems the 10th just lets me choose an adventure but nothing new. It would be much more exciting if there was an adventure I can’t see or play as #10. Just an idea...

Yes. There is a chance. A 100% chance.

I like those odds!

I will say that the code on this at this point is really good and that unique adventure would be awesome.

I would love to see a little evil morty.....maybe that’s coming?

Question- will pinball life sell a replacement playfully?

From my dealings, Pinball Life sells all replacements pretty professionally. I've not has so much as a pun or dad joke out of them.

I have had them include candy in the order though.

That is true. I guess that could be considered playful.

Sorry I meant playfield but they cam also sell it playfully if they like ...

Mine was the same. I'm asking for a glue gun for xmas.

They sent me a clown nose once; funniest most random semi-useless thing ever but I've actually been kinda disappointed they haven't sent another in my subsequent orders.

How many noses do you have?

I mean, if they had sent a clown shoe...I could understand your disappointment.

Seems to be about the only place you can get a replacment TNA playfield, so I guess that is where they'll be...

I bought wax from them and got a red ball... was probably a clown nose but I am such a moron I used it to wax a playfield only to realize it was not the best applicator

My kids thought it was funny and hoped to find another in the next box (I mean, they never knew cereal box prizes like we did)...

For the other commentor, yeah it was more a random big red foam ball but it happened to be the right size and (accidentally?) poked/split to be an almost perfect clown nose

Man, conversation has really dried up.

I finally got brave and did the garage shot guide rail modification. So much better now and I don't think it's all mental/skill either. Every other shot seems fine so I'm not going to mess with the scoop or the spinner shot. Definitely have put more plays on it in it's first 2 months than any other machine I've bought.

Can you link to the specific modification? I think there were a few discussed. No additional drilling or anything?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/aw-jeez-official-rick-and-morty-club/page/37#post-5552517

This was the one I followed. I did not put a drill/screw in the middle tab. Keeping an eye on it to see if it moves at all before screwing it into a new spot.

Game currently has 8 adventures, right?

Roy: A Life Well Lived
Total Rickall
Whirly Dirly
Look Who’s Purging Now
Pirates of the Pancreas
Pickle Rick
Get Schwifty
The Blood Dome

Each is unique, challenging and fun. Some I’ve beaten and others, not yet. There is also a lot of action created from locking balls, starting multiballs and visiting dimensions. Everything feels complete and imo, the topper is integral to the game aesthetic. The main area needing attention is the number of adventures offered, so the obvious question is how many are currently planned? I don’t want redundant or insignificant adventures added just to jack the numbers. From a gut feeling, I suggest 16 adventures would be pretty awesome, whilst 24 would be most excellent.

Eric or Bowen once indicated there were 12 adventures initially brainstormed. Surely 1-4 adventures might be created from Pinside ideas. So Bowen or (Eric, Luke, Charlie, David), now that you are approaching game build #200, how many modes are coming?

The other area lacking is a callout and lamp effect are missing, following the completion of a dimension. Hopefully this is already in the works, but if not please consider adding it. I’ve stayed with 20.07.31 code and will continue resisting updates until the balance of adventures are offered.

You get what you get and you don't throw a fit.

/more than there are now
//less than the Hobbit, I'd wager.

So 16 then, right?!

Agreed no fits, and 8 adventures feels pretty good, but long-term that may not be enough. I don’t expect you to overcommit but it’s a big difference between 8 (now), 16 (crowd guesstimate) or 36 (Hobbit sized number). Can you say whether it is safe to assume another 5 or 6 are on the drawing board that will likely be included, I’d sleep soundly with that.

Uh.....is that a pun to be funny or just provide a bit of distance from the question? He took the time to frame his question politely, and as an informed customer.

It's not a weird idea, or a bad one, for a customer to want a less than vague idea of what the final product will look like or represent.

Only in pinball, (I hope) can you purchase a product in full, and still not really understand entirely what you're buying. Transparency with customers seems an issue across all pinball companies. These aren't exactly Cold War secrets, people just want to make INFORMED decisions when making large, gratuitous purchases.

Eric probably doesn't know how many modes there will be in the "final" finished code. As been stated numerous times, this game is unique in that it purportedly will follow as more and more seasons are made. Will there be a time when Eric will stop working on the code? Yes, likely, but who knows when that will be. It might be on season 25 when R&M is finally done.

I'm sure Eric will have no issues speaking for himself, but relax. People that went in on this game (sold out within 4 hrs) didn't have much info to go on when buying, so the "informed" part has come and gone. Knowing that Spooky was the manufacturer, Scott on design, and Eric on code was more than enough info for me and 750 others to make a decision.

Hobbit has 31 or 36, so 30?

What's safe to say is that I'm not going to say.

Just having a little fun, man! Whimsy! and whatever.

Not knowing is part of the fun!

Whats the latest code update? Been out of town for awhile. 20200826?

Personally I feel if they even get to 12 they have gone above and beyond for me.
Any pre tv screen game basically have 4-6 different “modes” and are quite repetitive.
I also don’t believe they’d ever take a mode from our ideas. These have probablybeen figured out long ago and in the works/donealready.

I totally missed this paragraph. I'm not sure what you mean by "complete" a dimension? If you get all the mega seeds, there's a callout. If you time-out, there's a full PF portal lamp show transition (which wasn't working for a while due to a bug .. which leads me to ...)

For heaven sake man! Don't hold off on code! I'm fixing my terrible crap all the time! Look at the change log: https://soldmy.org/rm_changelog.txt

Edit like this line in the Aug 10 update - Fixed: The "Portal" lightshow on the PF didn't play when returning to C-137

Here's something you could discuss: Anybody have ideas for good clips to use for collecting an extra ball (when you collect it, we already have the robot to serve it) or locking balls in the ship?

I've been over the show a few times looking for stuff and haven't really found the right thing. Found the slam save clip on one of those passes, but still don't have anything for those other two things though.

#171 has landed!

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Damnit, I have to watch R&M *again* for research purposes???

It's rough, I know. The hardest part is to remember to actually look for things and take notes versus just enjoying the show.

I figured somewhere I'd find individual shots of R&M getting in the car for locking balls. No such luck.

Things we haven’t seen that I am hoping make it into the game - Scary Tarry saying you can run but you can’t hide Bitch, would make a perfect lock clip. First lock he says you can run. Second lock he says but you can’t hide. Ball three he says Bitch! .

Also, you could try using clips of family on the couch, flipping to a station on the interdimensional cable box. This would be a good way to introduce hundreds of fake show callouts and humor.

The other repetitive action is Rick swigging a shot, belching and a quote. There are probably 100 variations you could try here.

Another option would be to use actual clips of 100 cast characters where you cut out a specific line and clip from the show and players can hear one quote from each castmember per lock. No new studio recordings or licensing is needed if you cut and paste, right?

All of these are iconic. Whether it’s Scary Tarry getting pissed off and trying to kill you, flipping to a weird cable station, Rick drinking and benching or just hearing from all the minor cast. Your mission is clear, choose wisely.

Courier Flap with Eggvite from Wedding Squanchers? "Oh Shiiit, Extra Ball!"

None of this is really related to locking a ball though. Playing random stuff from the show for the sake of playing it without a good reason isn’t what I’d want.

I would consider the game "complete" if there were 9 standard Adventures and 1 Special Adventure for punch 10. Of course I would love to see much more than that!

I know initially the game spotted adventure punches largely because there weren't enough adventures in the game to complete a card. My opinion is that once there are enough adventures the game shouldn't spot any adventures at start as the default. I have mine set to 2 currently but plan to reduce this when more Adventures are added. To me it doesn't feel like you've really earned a card if you get the first 4 punches spotted for you.

Like the first five seconds of this?

2 balls locked. Just the little snippet of the 2 balls actually being enclosed.