Dialed In: Theater Magnet Shot = Shadow&#039;s Lock Effect. Did You Know That?

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Quoted from delt31:
the magnet is designed to throw the ball down then up like the shadow lock. It's a really cool effect and I was surprised that it was even in the game ...

Lawlor already used this in RBION.

#4 6 years ago

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Lawlor already used this in RBION.

Cool - didn't know. What shot is this?

#5 6 years ago

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Quoted from delt31:
Cool - didn't know. What shot is this?

Shrunken head. It doesn't throw it all the way around but it's aboot the only way it gets into the pops in that game

#6 6 years ago

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oh ok. yeah this theater shot really rips and throws. It's awesome and I didn't see it right until I got one myself. All of them usually just drop the ball back to the flippers which is so boring.

#7 6 years ago

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Its also has different power options depending what is going on on the theater. Some times it stops and drops the ball.... sometimes it pulses slightly putting the ball in the pops or skill shot area...... most of the time it whips it back around to the upper flipper . Very cool new take on a old trick from shadow......

#8 6 years ago

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Quoted from delt31:
All of them usually just drop the ball back to the flippers which is so boring.

Yes it would be nice if the thing came set up correctly after spending 8k on it

#9 6 years ago

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Yes it would be nice if the thing came set up correctly after spending 8k on it

Unfortunately every game is different and people set them up differently which drastically effects the setting of this magnet trick.

#10 6 years ago

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Quoted from bigd1979:
Unfortunately every game is different and people set them up differently which drastically effects the setting of this magnet trick.

Not only that but the power coming from your home electrical outlets (voltage, cleanliness, etc) might be different than that coming from the outlets in the Jersey factory. Didn't you notice how some of the game coils were not set to "factory" from the factory? The settings for the "factory" settings come from the Engineering office in Chicago, while the games are assembled and tested at the factory in Jersey. There is a difference in the power inside each of their buildings, which would mean that there is probably a slight variation from the power in your house.

#11 6 years ago

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Thanks for pointing this out!! So much better now that I switched from -50 to -80.

Quoted from stpcore:
If anyone had a theater magnet that is not doing this go into settings and adjust your theater magnet stregnth to (-80) that's MINUS EIGHTY. If it still isn't working decrease the number to -90, -100, etc until it works properly in gameplay or test mode.

3 months later

#12 6 years ago

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I just got my dialed in and thought I had the magnet set correctly. It seemed to throw around very well after my initial adjustment to -75. It has only been a week since I got the game but I was then noticing that it grabbed the ball, pulsed and actually threw it downward a bit. (Yes, this was in something like package drop that is supposed to whip it around). I then readjusted with the magnet test and got it working. Then in gameplay, it acted up again. I then tried so many settings during the magnet test that the magnet actually stopped working completely for 5 or so minutes. I can only assume that it overheated.

I now have it working that it slowly throws it around but I have no faith that it will work again tomorrow. I am almost afraid to touch the settings. This is really bizarre. Could it be that my magnet is overheating and affecting the performance with gameplay? I have a call into Frank but I am completely puzzled as to why I would see such varied and inconsistent behavior.

#13 6 years ago

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Quoted from Insanity199:
I just got my dialed in and thought I had the magnet set correctly. It seemed to throw around very well after my initial adjustment to -75. It has only been a week since I got the game but I was then noticing that it grabbed the ball, pulsed and actually threw it downward a bit. (Yes, this was in something like package drop that is supposed to whip it around). I then readjusted with the magnet test and got it working. Then in gameplay, it acted up again. I then tried so many settings during the magnet test that the magnet actually stopped working completely for 5 or so minutes. I can only assume that it overheated.
I now have it working that it slowly throws it around but I have no faith that it will work again tomorrow. I am almost afraid to touch the settings. This is really bizarre. Could it be that my magnet is overheating and affecting the performance with gameplay? I have a call into Frank but I am completely puzzled as to why I would see such varied and inconsistent behavior.

Did u remove the mylar on the magnet? If not than thats what is causing the issue

#14 6 years ago

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Nope. Got a fresh xacto knife yesterday but didn’t have a chance yet. I assume the easiest way is to take magnet out from underneath and cut out from bottom? At least that is what I saw suggested. I looked at the theater and it wasn’t clear to me on how to remove it to get to magnet from top.

#15 6 years ago

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Quoted from Insanity199:
Nope. Got a fresh xacto knife yesterday but didn’t have a chance yet. I assume the easiest way is to take magnet out from underneath and cut out from bottom? At least that is what I saw suggested. I looked at the theater and it wasn’t clear to me on how to remove it to get to magnet from top.

Thst or the theater comes up easily

#16 6 years ago

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I looked at the manual. Is the theater just 3 screws? It seems the magnet is definitely just 3 screws. If anyone has some details, it would be greatly appreciated.

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#17 6 years ago

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My magnet works on package and drone. It just locks and drops the ball on volcano and emp. Is that what should be happening? Seems like it should also throw ball on these two modes.

#18 6 years ago

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