I should be getting my machine in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully I can be of some help in solving the problem when I do if you haven't fixed it yet. I have a sort of programming background (mostly scripting) so maybe I can help spot something.

Just got the email that #262 is ready and shipping out.

About to get my game tomorrow. epthegeek how can I get the beta builds so that I can help you bugfix?

Spent the day playing #262. So much fun! TheNoTrashCougar absolutely nailed the music.

They're the small ones that are used in WPC95 games.

The fuse ratings for the P-ROC board can be different depending on what is in the game according to their documentation. They were 4A on my game as well.

Sadly I dont think so. It would be nice to have a wiring diagram and fuse list at a very minimum

How did you find this? I wasn't able to find any manuals on their website. Is there one for R&M?

I had an issue with the ball launch wireform sticking up too much and causing the ball to bounce around and lose momentum. It looks like maybe the wireform wasn't bent close enough to the underside of the playfield which allowed it to work it's way up over time. I'd pushed it down a few times already but it kept happening.

Finally decided to put in the fix I'd been thinking about. Put a thick post rubber on each one and pushed the rubber all the way up to the playfield so it should hold it down hopefully. Been working so far but it hasn't even been a full day yet.

I didn't bother to contact spooky as even if they sent me a new wireform I'm not sure I could bend it right if at all.

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That would probably be a pretty good idea. I'll edit my post later today with a picture or two

Updated my previous shooter lane fix with a picture.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/aw-jeez-official-rick-and-morty-club/page/146#post-5949377

From the wireform wiggling up and me pushing it back down.. the rubber was pretty tight so maybe it pulled the powder coat with it? no idea

Ran into a bug. I was shooting the inner loop with the spinner and fondling a lot of balls. At some point I activated the ship for the second ball lock. I don't know if it was right after lock activated or not but the game auto launched another ball. At first I thought i'd started a meeseeks or something but that wasn't the case. This has happened once before but didn't result in a crash.

With 2 balls in play I locked the second ball in the ship. The game immediately started multiball but before it was even done playing the animation the game reset.

The autoplunge is not in the logs so I don't know why that happened. But here's the crash info

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./RMGame.py", line 1243, in <module>
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/procgame/game/skeletongame.py", line 86, in run_proc_game
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/procgame/game/skeletongame.py", line 1411, in run_loop
File "./procgame/game/game.py", line 742, in run_loop
File "./procgame/game/game.py", line 622, in process_event
File "./procgame/game/game.py", line 648, in switch_event
File "./procgame/game/mode.py", line 415, in handle_event
File "./procgame/game/mode.py", line 239, in handle_event
File "./my_modes/BallSwitchMonitor.py", line 240, in sw_rightOrbit_active
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/procgame/game/skeletongame.py", line 671, in notifyModes
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/procgame/game/skeletongame.py", line 596, in notifyNextMode
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/procgame/game/skeletongame.py", line 567, in notifyNextMode
File "./procgame/game/advancedmode.py", line 69, in handle_game_event
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/my_modes/GromflomiteBattle.py", line 303, in evt_left_orbit
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/my_modes/GromflomiteBattle.py", line 416, in process_jackpot
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/my_modes/GromflomiteBattle.py", line 444, in show_jackpot_display
File "/data/proc/HHP/RickAndMorty/my_modes/GromflomiteBattle.py", line 685, in set_jp_value_text
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_text'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./RMGame.py", line 1247, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_text'
Exception AttributeError: "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'SDL_DestroyWindow'" in <bound method Window.__del__ of <sdl2.ext.window.Window object at 0x7f6c14abdb90>> ignored
Exception TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound method Renderer.__del__ of <sdl2.ext.sprite.Renderer object at 0x7f6c149241d0>> ignored

I did see this in the log that might need fixing. My quick googling gave a couple of suggested fixes. I don't know what the impact of the underrun is so if it's not really anything maybe this isn't high priority.

ALSA lib pcm.c:8526:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred

One last thing I saw in the logs that is probably nothing.

libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
2020-11-08 17:41:10,110 - game.sound -ERROR - Sound registration error: file ./assets/sound/voice/DirectHit1.ogg does not exist!
2020-11-08 17:41:10,111 - game.sound -ERROR - Sound registration error: file ./assets/sound/voice/YouMissed2.ogg does not exist!

I'm assuming the sound files are left over dev stuff and weren't removed from the config that loads all the sounds.

PS: epthegeek can I get into the beta builds so that I can help you fix anything I find?

I don't have anything on the back of mine and it's #262 so he must have added something (does look like a heatsink). The white thing in his picture is another connector though.

Yes a higher power will result in higher temps and reaching high temps faster. Eric commented the other day on it. Might be a few pages back by now. He said you shouldn't really go above 40. He seemed to say there were diminishing returns on strength the higher you went and there wouldn't be much difference between 40-50 except for the amount of heat generated.

Wow. I can't believe they loaded the container like that. I wonder if the shipping company packed it and not Spooky. I hope that's what happened

There is a quick change option on the front page of the service menu. Hold the launch button to toggle profanity on/off. No need to dig down into the settings.

Oh jeez. Those stairs are worse than the ones I have that go to the upstairs, where the designers of the house put the "game room", that have a 180 degree turn. But they're sort of wide, though not wide enough where it turns for a pin really. Used to have games up there when first getting into the Hobby. But the nightmare of bringing them down when they were sold was just too much. It was easier getting them up than down from what I remember.

All games are now downstairs (the room downstairs was always full of games just no "extras" upstairs anymore).

Strange. There's no code updated posted that would enable that. Either they're putting a newer build on new machines than what we can download currently or someone accidently put the wrong code on your game.

This isn't what people are talking about. They're talking about a scary terry adventure.

It seems strange to me that people keep saying it's always both front legs. I can't imagine how but is it somehow possible the cabinet at the front isn't square?

Just adjusted the EOS switches. Shots from the tips seemed weak before. Left wasn't too_ bad but the right one the EOS switch was closing either halfway through the stroke or maybe a little less than halfway. No wonder a lot of my shots wouldn't make it up the left ramp frequently even with the flipper strength raised.

Then what's the point of it? Why even have it?

I had the same problem and my solution was to put playfield rubbers on the bottom to keep it from rising up. I posted about it a few pages back.

It's just bent at a 90 degree bend on the bottom to keep it from coming out completely. My guess is some of these are not being bent close enough to the playfield and are leaving too much space for it to move up/down. I posted pictures in my post.

There is a lot of material underneath. Probably a good 8" at least (though I'm terrible at judging lengths). Couple of those aren't a bad idea. I just went for the quick fix with what I had on hand.

I hadn't seen this until a local friend and his family came to check the game out this past sunday and I've been playing it a lot. Last game they played this happened on. Figured it was just a one game bug but when I went to play a game later there were 0 callouts/voices still. Also tried going into the menu and nothing. Ended up rebooting. I thought this was probably related to something I recently did to my machine but maybe not if other people are seeing this.

When callouts stopped working on my game it didn't happen on a restart.. happened at the end of ball 3 on player 3 (3 player game). I may have done restarts before they played but I've taken to 'restarting' via going into the service menu and back out because it's faster.

After owning my game for ~2 months I finally realized the shaker wasn't working. Turned out to be a bad crimp at the shaker board in the cabinet. I love spooky and R&M but really something that should have been caught in QC. If someone ordered the shaker and paid for the install it definitely needs to be on the QC checklist.

This has happened to me but when it does the game crashes. epthegeek has said it's fixed in the next version

I had a bad IDC connection too on my shaker motor. Working fine after putting on crimp connectors.

The picture of the MRS installed is from my game. It's been working perfectly. Originally when I messaged matt I wanted it for the right orbit switch but with some tweaking I got that working so instead when I got it I installed it in the loop right next to it. I'll be getting a second one to replace the right orbit switch just so I don't have to worry about adjusting it in the future.

If anyone is interested in one message Sonic and he can get you sorted.. They're kinda pricey for a switch but are worth it IMO.

Just going to say this up front. This post isn't about bashing Spooky or R&M. I love the game and Spooky in general. I'm hoping this comes across as constructive criticism.

I ordered 2 R&M's. One from spooky and one through a distributor. My first one (#262) I got back in october I believe. Overall it's been great minus 2 issues. One of which spooky sent me a replacement part for right away when I called and the other was a bad crimp job on the shaker motor which wasn't caught in QC. No big deal there either. Put on crimp connectors and good to go.

R&M two (#321) however is a slightly different story. Last week I set it up at a friends place and once we powered it up I went to test the shaker motor. It didn't work. Figured perhaps yet again another bad crimp job. Opened the backbox to check voltages and couldn't find 50v anywhere on the shaker circuit. I then noticed a plug just barely poking through the bottom of the head that wasn't plugged in. When I pulled it up there was another as well. These were supposed to be plugged into the driver boards and I assume provide the 50v for the coils. There was no way these were ever plugged in as I had to pull the wiring out of the plastic tubing to get enough slack to plug them in. Due to both boards not being plugged in pretty much none of the coils worked.

This means either one the game was never play tested AT ALL or perhaps more likely it was never playtested once fully assembled and only the playfield was tested prior to assembly. I hope it's scenario #2 and at least SOME playtesting happened. But there really needs to be some final QC once fully assembled.

The other issue is for some reason my first game doesn't have the problem with airballs off the right ramp that people have commented on previously in the thread however game two does and it's pretty significant. It makes hitting the right ramp pretty hard as quite often the ball will just go flying all over the place and not go around the ramp. The only difference I've noticed is that the ramp sits farther forward on the problem game. The heights of the ramp appear to be the same or at least very close. We haven't figured out how to solve the issue yet. Hopefully at some point we can figure something out since we have a 'good' game to compare to.

I really want to be excited about how fast Spooky is cranking out the games but it is my opinion that it's at least partly because of the lack of QC going into games coming off the line currently. I hope others don't have similar or even worse issues when they get their games.