Quoted from allsportdvd:

Well with a bit of manoeuvring I’ve been able to get the glass on (filed the top of the coffin lights and heated the village to move it downward)
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Quoted from Bohm:

Beautiful.
I have the same torches and cannot mount them vertically like yours because the glass will catch and distort them, they're too tall by the slightest margin, I angled them and they don't look too bad but I may try filing them down.
Where did you get the coffin mod? Morpheus? The stock tombstone is pathetic, that mod makes a big difference in how it looks.

Quoted from Luke_Nukem:

This apron overlay looks badass.
Also.. I will pay $500 USD for a Coffinmod.. SOMEONE HELP PLZZZZ.
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Quoted from November:

Wich coffin mod are you talking about ?

Quoted from davebart5:

Welcome to the curious case of Lucy Westenra... The Expanded Mix - Lucy v2.0 on Pinsound
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*NOTES*
Apologies for sitting on this mix way too long. I lost momentum when other things came up and hate releasing half-baked efforts.
This is still a draft. Several additions/changes still on my list, and volumes tweaked along the way, but it’s mostly there.
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*DOWNLOADING*
Here is a Google Drive link for those who want it before Pinsound approves the upload.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRoipMWd5gzyfwIv3C7zIWjjdF0ghq3s/view?usp=sharing
- I'm still receiving an error message 3x in a row mid-upload, let it be, and it proceeds through as normal to the end. I asked Pinsound about it but they don't see it on their end.
This Pinsound.com file should be ready soon: https://www.pinsound-community.org/index.php?/files/file/387-the-expanded-mix-lucy/
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*THE MIX*
Fellow Friends of Miss Lucy,
I present, The Expanded Mix - Lucy v2.0.
In this mix, you’ll witness the unfortunate unraveling of an innocent soul caught in the grips of a monster, as friends and family race to save her. The noises you'll hear throughout will identify and progress that situation.
You’ll experience daintier/lighter pre-launch intro songs and more sounds of Lucy before, during and after her attack, as well as Mina and the Dr's desperately trying to solve her mystery illness during play.
For example, the coffin shots reflect the series of events of… 1.) Lucy being bitten… 2.) Lucy explaining the attack… 3.) Lucy revealing weird health issues… 4.) Lucy freakishly lashing out… 5.) Lucy giving a final undeniable dangerous outburst… with the final coffin and castle jackpots being Lucy’s pivotal moments.
And more...
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*THE MIXES OVERALL*
The Dracula and Lucy mixes are made from nothing other than official movie sources to capture the sounds and songs.
The mixes are to be paired together, and the player should flip between facing Dracula or Lucy, game to game, as they choose.
They share many foundational sound patterns, yet each have exclusive materials strategically placed to keep you in each adventure. The pre-launch intro music of each ball will always tell you what mix you’re on.
Nearly every action has multiple songs or call-outs to choose from, and selected/edited for cohesion together and for the theme of the moment. Some actions in the game have anywhere from 3 to 5, 15 or 25 songs to choose from, while most actions with call-outs range from 1 to 5 options to cycle through.
- The rollovers act as Drac pulling you into the castle.
- The 2 sets of spot targets are the concubines.
- Slings and left ramp you're dealing with the castle spirits.
- Right orbit and drop targets are full of wolves and growls.
- The altar consists of rats and bad memories, etc. etc. etc.
The music you hear throughout the mix is from the original soundtrack and it’s unreleased bonus tracks, but also from dozens of alternates, B and C side songs they used in the movie that did not make the soundtrack. All tracks are ethically sourced, officially licensed and high quality copies that I was super lucky to stumble upon.
Wojciech Kilar’s music score for this is incredibly beautiful, and music played a big role in the creation of the movie, so I tried to lean into that when choosing sounds for certain things.
Please enjoy, and for the dead travel fast...
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*RECOMMENDATIONS*
- Watch the movie. You will connect some dots on the sounds chosen, and enjoy the mix more if you did.
- Use a sub with the game to get the full audio experience. I have all Pyle speakers wired for stereo, with an external sub, and my volume is usually set to 7 or 8.
- Update your Pinsound board to the latest code available on their website
- Clear your Pinsound thumb drive completely, not just drag the last mix to the trash, but a quick and easy reformat/erase to wipe all unseen saved data. Google your thumb drive and computer type to learn how.
- After you’re cleared, drop the zip file of the mix directly into your reformatted/erased thumb drive, and simply plug it into the game, turn on for processing. If you get an error sound, let it go and on the third warning it should proceed through the upload.
- Switching the ‘Volume Change’ setting #8 in the Feature Adjustments menu to ‘No’. This helps avoid the game making random volume peaks and lows I’m not fond of. I think it sounds great with this set to off.
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Quoted from allsportdvd:

Still having problems with this game, it is literally the most difficult restore I’ve done
The ball doesn’t register on the mystery hole popper opto unless I give the machine a shake
Is the subway supposed to sit like the picture below where the plastic ramp sits above the metal bracket for the opto? Can someone check please?
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Quoted from allsportdvd:

Still having problems with this game, it is literally the most difficult restore I’ve done
The ball doesn’t register on the mystery hole popper opto unless I give the machine a shake
Is the subway supposed to sit like the picture below where the plastic ramp sits above the metal bracket for the opto? Can someone check please?

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Quoted from allsportdvd:

Still having problems with this game, it is literally the most difficult restore I’ve done
The ball doesn’t register on the mystery hole popper opto unless I give the machine a shake
Is the subway supposed to sit like the picture below where the plastic ramp sits above the metal bracket for the opto? Can someone check please?
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Quoted from allsportdvd:

Still having problems with this game, it is literally the most difficult restore I’ve done
The ball doesn’t register on the mystery hole popper opto unless I give the machine a shake
Is the subway supposed to sit like the picture below where the plastic ramp sits above the metal bracket for the opto? Can someone check please?
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Quoted from gjm7777:

So I wanted to post this in case it helps someone else with Mist Multiball or Magnet Load errors.
I started developing the error out of nowhere and the magnet test would only see the ball first get loaded into the right magnet pocket/gate 20% at best.
Even though the opto tests were fine, I noticed I could only get the optos to register in test if I blocked the Left Magnet pocket pretty close to where the receiving opto was (i'm still not sure if this is normal or not, but just trying to break the opto line in the middle of the playfield doesn't work.
Anyways, I tried cleaning and adjusting the optos to no avail, and thinking back to my teardown shop I had replaced the receiver opto and reflowed the opto board underneath the playfield, but never replaced the transmitter as I didn't have one on hand. This time I did and a few hours later after pulling everything apart, I replaced it and everything was working fine - Success or so I thought...
Tonight I turned on the game for a few flips and the issue came back again (turn on game, right pocket gate opens and dumps the ball out, new one loads, right pocket gate opens and dumps it yet again, game stops trying to load a ball up to the pocket and in diag magnet load error registers)
After taking a better look at the Right Magnet pocket I realized that the ball was not sitting completely where it should be, it was not resting against the ball guide, but rather it was MAGNITIZED enough to where the ball was hanging on the damn gate, which was just enough to not block the opto beam correctly causing the whole damn issue!
This is what happens when you don't check the most basic things first, and the cherry on top is I'll be walking like a hunchback for a few days from trying to solder in that right opto, I probably looked like Ron Jeremy bending over the damn thing too..
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Quoted from gjm7777:

Here is mine
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Quoted from allsportdvd:

Mine is the opposite of your pic and started happening after I jacked the back legs up with 4” levellers
So should the subway sit above the metal ball holder bracket or below?

Quoted from gjm7777:

So after all of this, I still have the issue! - I think I know what it is though, but I'm not sure why it's happening.
The magnet under the playfield is energizing during the magnet load/unload on startup.
##From a fresh startup (ball in right pocket)##
Gate opens and releases ball>Ball get put into shooter lane>ramp lifts>right pocket loaded>Magnet kicks on>gate opens and dumps ball (this repeats 3-4 times and it wont attempt to load after that) During this there are times where a ball isn't making it's way to the shooter lane and it attempts magnet load a ball that isn't there.
##From a fresh startup (ball in left pocket)##
No issues, game starts as normal, mist multiball works (direction is left to right obviously but it works fine)
I have no idea why the magnet is energizing like this, if I recall the magnet usually slides around during initial bootup of the game. It just feels like the whole sequence is "off" somehow which is causing this...

Quoted from CoolCatPinball:

Can you take a picture of your right gate with the ball loaded and resting please? Post it. I may have an idea.
You shouldn't have a magnet load/unload test every time you turn the game on.

Quoted from Bohm:

I do.
I used to have to cycle through the errors then back out of the main menu, the game would cycle the magnet and reload the ball but it would play normal from that point on. I replaced the 10 opto board (bad capacitor) and that lessened the amount of errors to just a magnet unload error but I no longer have to open the coin door to cycle through them. I just hit start and it plays normal.
TL;DR - look at and possibly fix or replace your 10 opto board

Quoted from CoolCatPinball:

I'm not sure why you quoted me there, or what you're getting at. Yes, the opto board can be an issue. All I was saying is that a magnet load/unload cycle isn't normal every time you turn the game on.

Quoted from gjm7777:

I appreciate the help guys no worries. Here is a video that should help show things better than I can explain.

Quoted from CoolCatPinball:

Also, when I rebuilt my game, there was a piece of foam tape a previous owner had stuck on the ball guide for the ball to rest on. I thought it was an odd thing to do and removed it. Well, after my reassembly, I was having issues with the long mist optic. Come to find out, that foam tape was there to position the ball a little higher in the right trough and fully block the optic. I replaced the tape and my issue went away. It's just 1/4" foam weather stripping from the hardware store.
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Quoted from gjm7777:

Interesting but makes sense.
My ball is already sitting up that high (thanks to the magnet holding it there) which seems to cause the issue of it not being seen.
I pulled the 10 opto board and I must have been mistaken, I had never reflowed anything on there, it did have some cold joints and some legs of the ICs barely had any solder.
The 35v cap at C1 had started leaking fluid a tiny bit as I could see some of it on the first 4 diodes above it. I replaced the diodes and all test with the multimeter seem to show that there was no real trace damage so this could have been caught early. The board had 12v (well, at least the LED on it said so)
I have ordered a new cap and will hope this fixes things, if not the board may be bad as mentioned earlier. I appreciate everyone's help though!

Quoted from ClassicHornet:

I had identical problems, replaced the opto board with the homepin = all issues resolved

Quoted from davebart5:

Here's gameplay footage of The Expanded Mix: Lucy v2.0 for Pinsound users.
Organized a triple stack with a Coffin Jackpot, but an extra ball reward cut short her jackpot scream, and no Castle Jackpots this game, so you'll have to discover that and other creepy things I couldn't get to. There's a lot to hear.
I purposely missed the skill shots to not progress Coffin shots that chronicle her affliction from 1.) attack 2.) her description of it 3.) her new weird feelings 4.) her lashing out 5.) her showing undeniable dangerous behavior. The opened Coffin locked balls is her walking down the crypt stairs with a baby to feed on.
The Castle Jackpot locked ball sounds are of her seducing Arthur before she gets a cross to the face. You hear one of them just before I lose the ball.
All songs/vocals/sfx are plucked from the actual movie or full music score including tracks used in the background of scenes, not just the official soundtrack. Most songs/sounds have multiple to choose from, so this is just a sample and repeats are likely coincidence.
**PLEASE NOTE**
Anyone who downloaded the mix, there is an error on the 2nd coffin shot vocal Lucy says "My soul, leave my body...", the leave my body part is missing. This is fixed and Pinsound is still approving the update. Here's the Google link if you want it now. I can also provide the updated vocal file and explain how to insert it for those who don't want to re-download everything.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRoipMWd5gzyfwIv3C7zIWjjdF0ghq3s/view?usp=sharing

Quoted from dr_nybble:

Did you replace the inductor on the 24 opto board as well?

Quoted from gjm7777:

Can anyone confirm that in switch test, you can put your hand across the middle of the playfield - will it trigger the opto break?
Thanks

Quoted from davebart5:

Here's gameplay footage of The Expanded Mix: Lucy v2.0 for Pinsound users.
Organized a triple stack with a Coffin Jackpot, but an extra ball reward cut short her jackpot scream, and no Castle Jackpots this game, so you'll have to discover that and other creepy things I couldn't get to. There's a lot to hear.
I purposely missed the skill shots to not progress Coffin shots without hearing the chronicling of her affliction from 1.) the attack 2.) Lucy's description of it 3.) Lucy's new weird feelings 4.) Lucy lashing out 5.) Lucy's undeniable dangerous behavior. The opened Coffin locked balls is her walking down the crypt stairs with a baby to feed on.
The Castle Jackpot locked ball sounds are of her seducing Arthur before she gets a cross to the face. You hear one of them just before I lose the ball.
All songs/vocals/sfx are plucked from the actual movie or full music score including tracks used in the background of scenes, not just the official soundtrack. Most songs/sounds have multiple to choose from, so this is just a sample and repeats are likely coincidence.
**PLEASE NOTE**
Anyone who downloaded the mix, there is an error on the 2nd coffin shot vocal Lucy says "My soul, leave my body...", the leave my body part is missing. This is fixed and Pinsound is still approving the update. Here's the Google link if you want it now. I can also provide the updated vocal file and explain how to insert it for those who don't want to re-download everything.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRoipMWd5gzyfwIv3C7zIWjjdF0ghq3s/view?usp=sharing

Quoted from bane:

New owner question.
When I start castle or coffin multiball, I don’t get any extra balls on the playfield; it just stays as one ball. Any ideas? Thanks.

Quoted from gjm7777:

Thanks Gord,
I will pour through those links - much appreciated.
After some more experimenting and testing I'm fairly certain that this is an opto and gate alignment issue. When I do have the issue, in test i'm unable to break the long beam/switch 82. Now, after tweaking the receiver and the additional empty interference plastic in front of it - I can get the beam break to register every time.
It seems to me from here, the trick is going to be getting the gate to
1. not block the beam
2. hold the ball in such a way that it satisfies the opto beam being broke when nested in the pocket
If the magnet wasn't engaging the ball while in the pocket I'm fairly certain this issue would be solved, but I'm not sure why it's doing that - it could be because of the opto issue to begin with (at least i'm hoping that is the case)

Quoted from Luke_Nukem:

Does anyone make a decal that goes on the apron over the shooter lane?

Quoted from GRB1959:

Top row in the middle.
http://www.pinballdecals.com/PartsByGamePages/BSD_Page.html
Gord
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Quoted from Luke_Nukem:

Does anyone make a decal that goes on the apron over the shooter lane?