Hi everyone, I'm a first-time poster. I have a Stern Star Wars (Pro), and updated the code to the most recent v1.03. I have two issues I'm hoping to get help with.

1. There are times when I play the Hoth 2 mission where it seems to become impossible to finish the mode: the screen says "Hit the Hoth Shot!" but that shot isn't lit nor does it do anything when I hit it (repeatedly). In fact, no Hoth-blue arrows appear on the playfield (but other lights work, such as combos). I've tried everything (I've cleared the FORCE targets multiple times and hit all of the Jedi training standups, even the pops and every other ramp/loop shot, and I've done it repeatedly) but nothing advances through to finish that mode. It doesn't always happen, and I can't say I know what causes this, but it seems to happen most when I lose my ball in the middle of the mode, which leads me to the next issue:

2. When I shoot the right orbit and the ball loops around to the spinner it seems that very often the spinner redirects the ball's path to go straight down the middle. I've tried tightening the screws holding the spinner but it still happens. (This is how I lose my ball doing Hoth 2: I shoot the right orbit and that spinner redirects the ball down the middle before I can finish the mode on the right inner loop.) Is there an adjustment I can make to stop this from happening, it's maddening.

Thanks for everyone's help, I've gotten a lot of great info from Pinside users in the past.

Thanks zacaj , it sounds like you bent the metal that the ball rolls through. Which way did you bend it, in (towards the left), or out?

Thanks for pointing me to that thread TheLaw , I looked all over for someone with a similar problem before starting a new thread. I looked through that one and didn't see a resolution, did you ever figure it out? Thanks for the help.

I was playing R2-D2. I can also say that this has happened whether I'm stacking modes or not, but if I do stack modes I think I recall this happening only after I've completed the other mode, leaving just hoth 2 to finish. And like I said, it seems like I need to lose a ball to trigger this. I don't know if it's just my rage from losing my ball to that spinner, but I seem to also recall that all of the shots might need to be made except the final one. Generally, since I'm so afraid of my ball draining from the right orbit to the left spinner, I save that one till I really need to hit it.

I'll go out and see if I can reproduce it and post if I find anything different.

Well I've just tried all sorts of ways to reproduce this and I can't. Now, it seems that whatever I try, if I lose my ball before I hit the final shot it simply ends the mode and serves up a new ball with no modes running. It might be worth noting that it is often that I play the Hoth missions last, and perhaps it has something to do with Hoth 2 being the last mode I play or something.

InfiniteLives Right, just now I had the glass off and tried a bunch of different scenarios. I think it happens to me once every 40 times I play that mode. I'll try some more and see what I can find.