So...my motor controller board had a short and my center ramp is going up and down repeatedly making the game unplayable. Does anyone know where to source part 520-8418-00 motor controller board? I email stern but have not heard back yet. Any advise is helpful, my heart is broken with this game down

If you are the original buyer then the distributor you bought it from should be able to help.

If you bought it used then find out from the seller which distributor they bought it from and try asking them if they can order it for you.

Thanks, yeah I’m the second owner. I’ll send the seller an email and see if he can put me in touch.

Getting itchy for another code update. I'm already spoiled.

https://www.pinballlife.com/stern-motor-24-vdc-12-rpm-no-harness.html

EDIT: Sorry, I just noticed you're looking for the board. Hopefully, Stern will help you quickly. Good luck!

I've had EHOH for about a week now and my AFMr arrived yesterday. AFM is very, very good but if I could only have one game it would be Elvira - it's a must have. Very deep and entertaining...and funny!.

Yeah the dual motor board seems to be unavailable other than from Stern unfortunately. I’ve got Chris at cointaker looking into sourcing the board for me. LOVE this game, can’t wait to have it back up and running!

This is exactly what i did. I solf my MMR and i have zéro regrets! This is a AWSOME game.

Does anybody know where to get/buy those videos? I am looking for the haunted house for my 3d fan which - due to high shipment costs and taxes from US--I have bought here in Europe.

Ciao a tutti

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I finished fixing the left ramp opto on my game and came across a small screw in the cabinet (ride side, middle). I'm thinking it's maybe from the Crypt assembly, but I can't tell for sure. There's quite a few places that a 1/4 screw can come from, but this one isn't married to a lock washer.

Nope, not from the crypt as far as I can see. I'll just leave it for now... It almost looks like the screw is broken off from somewhere.

Rob
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Can anyone tell me where the 4 ohm setting is in the adjustments menu? I changed my speakers to 4 ohm and wanted to adjust the settings properly but ran through all the adjustments and can't find it.

Thanks

I was wondering what the blue part is called or part number in this picture. Circled in yellow. There are 2 at the base of the left ramp and one at the base of the right ramp. Tried looking at the schematic for both the left and right ramp but it seems not to show up there or maybe I'm just missing it.

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Go into the menu's / UTIL / VOL .... under here scrolling left and right will take you the Ohm settings for Cab and then backbox.

They can go buy a few names. Stern blue bumper pad or Stern Nub of Death etc...

https://www.pinballlife.com/stern-bnod-blue-nubs-of-death.html

my left ramp opto is out. really makes the game unfun.

My right opto was out for six months from the time it went out to the time Stern sent me the right part and I got it installed. Couldn’t play the game. Hoping the optos on this machine don’t fail again.

Yikes. That must have sucked. Doesn’t Stern use the same optos in almost every game? Couldn’t they be replaced with something from PBL?

Just got a call from my distributor. The Elvira toppers are in. Sad to say there isn't a third screen. The flip-up center is a static image with $1000 price tag. I walked away from my pre-order. The game is great but the topper blows.

Well that sucks , but makes me feel a little better since my ceiling is to low to install toppers,, I really wanted one for my munsters also. guess this makes me feel better .$$$$$$$$$$$$

OMG

Thats disappointing.

Who is your distributor? Did they send you any new pics that are different that what was leaked earlier.

i was unable to find this opto anywhere but marco and it was $20 i believe. mine was missing the spacer (found it in the cabinet) so more than likely failed before it left the factory.

I don’t want to say because he needs to maintain a relationship with Stern. He unpack it while I was on the phone with him and confirmed my fears that the flip up was a static image of Elvira. Needless to say we were both disappointed (me as a potential buyer and him as a seller).

Elvira should be topless anyway.

Is it possible that the image of Elvira was just on the protective film over an LCD?

I put Elvira back together and after a few games the left ramp opto started being erratic again, worse than ever. I scored several billion points just from UnHappy hour. At least the ramp is fairly easy to remove.

Rob

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Even if I flex the ramp a bit, the optos still go out of alignment too easily.

Rob

I had right ramp phantom triggering and enlarging the opto holes in the ramp fixed it.

That fix is my last resort. I'm going to check and make sure the metal bracket isn't causing other misalignment issues.
Rob

From the October Stern of the Union:

Elvira – For all Elvira owners, please make sure you have updated your game to the most current code version (v0.99.0). Be on the lookout for a new code update soon.

They said that last month!

That is true, but Stern had to rush Avengers out so they didn’t lose sales to GNR, thus pushing back Elvira code. Can’t wait to see what else Lyman did with code!

Not exactly. Last month they said “later this month”.

But hey, it’s Lyman. It’ll be worth the wait.

Just joking around guys, it's basically going to be the last update (probably), so I'm sure it will be huge!

why would it be the last? there are a few features that are not even coded yet. 1.0 doesn't mean done...

No, but the convention the last few years is that it means “feature complete”.

Yeah, Stern is a bit wonky with their code numbering. 1.0 is supposed to mean base-feature complete. Modes and stuff can still be added, and bugfixes too of course, but 1.0 is supposed to be a fully complete game. So that's probably why people are thinking that.

Sometimes Stern stops at 1.0, but a lot of times not.

It would be nice if Stern came up with a process or update coding system that is a definitive standard followed for all of their pins. It always seems like a bit of a guessing game for those of us that purchased a pin before it is completed. It’s a bit of a leap of faith and really shouldn’t be given the upfront cost of a pin. Maybe they guarantee that it is 80% complete on the ship date with the code to be fully completed no more than one year from the release date. Ideally, it would be 100% complete on the ship date but I don’t see that happening.

Well that’s interesting. What games have received post-1.0 updates? (Besides GB)

in looking at https://sternpinball.com/support/game-code/ , quite a few. TMNT, batman, BK, Munster, IM, etc....

That’s essentially the change made a few years ago to the convention we have now. But that doesn’t mean we get a “what does feature complete mean for game x”? during the process.

It’s still a leap of faith which is why you should be happy with the code level when you purchase the game (which can suck if you want an LE). My last two LEs were Batman and Elvira but I never would have bought them if Lyman wasn’t in charge of the code.

I really don’t see Stern getting to feature complete on release unless there is another Munsters debacle.

Well, nearly all of them have some sort of post-1.0 update. In a lot of cases it's just minor tweaks and bugfixes. For instance, nothing of any real meaning was added to Munsters post 1.0.

It would be interesting to know which games had MAJOR or significantly game-changing updates. Ala GB.

Mustang code was updated to 1.45 on 11/06/17. Game is really good with 1.40 (and 1.45) code.

Some would say nothing of real meaning was added before 1.0 either ...

Pretty sure GB was before the new convention.

That’s a much better way to phrase what I intended - looks like GB...

Nope not feature complete until we get the " Make your own B movie feature " that was stated in the feature list

I always assumed that morphed into “Trailer Trash” but it sure doesn’t resemble what was promised

Isn't that what you're doing every time you make a mode shot? You add one more scene to the film with each shot until it's completed?

I got my left ramp fixed.. I just drilled the holes slightly bigger (almost, but not quite 1/4 inch). That sounds big, but it really isn't. It's working perfect now.

Man, I love this fricken' game! Dennis designed a great shooting layout, Greg did awesome art, Jerry did wonderful audio and Lyman is awesome on code!

Rob