Damn, 1.0 bricked my machine. Doesn't boot anymore and won't recognise a USB stick in it. I'm guessing I need my distributor to rewrite the SD card?

Nope, it's not fixed. I found another issue with the mechanism that can cause the slider to stick. The front part of the slot cutout is raised just slightly and the sliding bracket catches on this.

Rob

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Get a good quality 16GB card and you can do it yourself.

https://sternpinball.com/support/sd-cards/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0143RTB1E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

The 1.00 SD card image is up :
https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/gamecode/elvira3-1_00_0.Release.16G.sdcard.raw.zip

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Ready for take 2 of putting this back together. I slightly rounded the leading edge of the plastic slider bracket (under the skull jaw) so it should not catch on that metal lip - I hope!

PS: Someone should custom paint these skulls!

Frick, time for bed, I gotta work in the morning!

Rob
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I love this game and code... unfortunately the shithouse build quality always affects my games on it... something on this game is always f?!?ing up. And yeah I know thats pinball but the constant adjusting and fixing never seems to end on this game.

You know what?
Never mind.

Ok... So don't buy one

Yes. Your right.
Not a red cent.

Ahhh man you normally are very reasonable with your posts . I personally think guys like Lyman Sheats should be gushed over, even though I wouldn't really consider anything anyone has said here as "gushing".

The fact is the owners of this game are very much in love with the game, and we very much appreciate Lyman and his work ethic. Its like he is in competition with himself, and has to outdo himself not only on every game, but every code update.

Its like he knows how to code for ALL players, not just noobs like myself, or not just code junkies like chuckwurt, etc. Its rare to have someone out there who can write code that most people can understand, but is still very deep.

Im sure im giving a piss poor explanation, but the point is I disagree, and think anyone who owns this game should be gushing over what Lyman has done on this game. He is very much doing more than his "job". His passion really shows on this one.

And... maybe get some sleep, haha. What an odd rant

Wow almost half price!
It pays to shop around.

Hey. Thanks so much for the nice response. I do always try to be reasonable and thoughtful with my posts. I probably went a little too far with that one. I guess the point I was trying to make is that everyone just seems to to settle for and accept what they are given by pinball manufacturers. I just think expectations a lot of times are so low that when someone actually does a good job (which is what that person should do) everyone acts surprised. Why be surprised when it’s something to be expected? The answer is based on history, it’s not expected and there lies the problem.

Someone mentioned Dwight Sullivan in a post and insinuated that he is a poor coder. I’m not knocking Mr. Sullivan and am just using him as an example, but if he’s such a poor coder then why does he still have a job? It’s because people keep buying his games, probably largely based on theme only. How about this? Don’t buy them and then you’ll have a new coder. There’s just a lot of complaining sometimes and zero action on the part of the community.

In the end, I just feel like we are the pinball manufacturers most rabid and loyal customers. We deserve their respect. Yes. Mr. Sheats definitely gives us that respect, but the point I was trying to make is that he should and he shouldn’t have to be thanked for it. With out us, he wouldn’t have a job.

I sent Stern a very nice and reasonable email about how they have handled the EHoH topper. I mentioned the lack of transparency in terms of features, production run, price, etc. My theme was you can do what you want, but at least tell us what we are buying. I sent the email two weeks ago. Guess what? No response.

This certainly gives better context to your original post and I generally agree.

Couple points:

Dwight is not a poor coder (he absolutely saved Star Trek from being a code mess).

Almost everyone buys on theme first. I’m the same way. A few years ago I wrote this in “dark night” thread: “I'm no longer going to buy a game for what it might become in the future or what a company tells me they are going to do. Actions speak louder than words. I'm going to be buying on what I get today, not promises of what I'll get tomorrow.” and this governs my consideration of any new Stern machine- no matter how much I like the theme, I’m not buying the game until it’s done and I like it. This probably means I’ll never get another Stern LE. The only exception I will consider is a game where Lyman is on the code because Lyman’s track record is exceptional - it’s not only his job, but clearly his passion. I’ve really lucked out that two of my dream titles were Batman and Elvira and Lyman was on both (and Greg, Dennis and Cassandra returned for Elvira). If not for my new rule I’d also have Munsters and probably JP too.

However as shown with Stern’s total lack of transparency on the HOH topper Stern still doesn’t really think we matter that much and that enough buyers will froth at the mouth to get the latest and greatest. Until Stern as a whole realizes we deserve their respect very little will change. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be thankful for the respect Lyman shows us by making his games the absolute best he can make them rather than just settle for “good enough”.

Thanks @jfh. I appreciate your response. Sometimes I just get frustrated with Stern’s business practices and I let it get the best of me. That post was one of those times. I just feel like businesses in other industries would never get away with the things Stern does. Anyway, no arguments for me as to Mr. Sheats abilities. I owned a TWD as well. EHoH is an awesome pin. I love it and the code is great.

I’ve said my peace and will now focus on the positives. Thanks for listening!

OMG. The end of the game trailers are unique awesomeness.
Fantastic code update!

The DJ Mixer feature is friggin awesome!!

I’m out of town and can’t do the update right now. If you don’t mind me asking, how does the DJ mode work?

while in attract mode, hold both flipper buttons then a menu will come up, standard play... DJ etc... choose DJ and then it shuffles all the songs in the game and plays them to a kaleidoscope background on the lcd.

Cool. Sounds like a unique feature. Thanks for letting me know.

I just rephrased my post, not a mode per say but rather a feature.

How do you get to that? I couldn't figure it out last night

EDIT: nevermind, saw the later post

INSANE update! I can't say enough good stuff about this machine. Every time I play, I learn something new and see different things happen. Super fun! If I had to wish for something, it would be to get another chance at Gappa Angry if I lose the ball before getting the first lock. Damn that's frustrating! lol

Totally agree! I hope to be able to send a thanks to Dwight some day for making Munsters a better game to play like he did with Ghostbusters! Lyman didn't have to be as creative as he has been on this game, but he routinely goes the extra mile and I for one appreciate it. Jm2¢

Thanks Lyman...we <3 you...hope it keeps getting better

Agreed, DJ mixer is friggin awesome. Need to make this a standard feature on every pin

Would be cool if when “Shout!” is playing in DJ mode the dancing house animation would play on the screen. That’s one of my favorites in the whole game.

Who know what any future update might have installed, I also like the dancing gargoyles and the special appearances of the dancing bogeymen.

That would be a cool option to have in the settings. Reminds me of being able to restart the Stiff O Meter in Scared Stiff if you don't hit the first shot and drain.

Not sure if it was mentioned but I can confirm that the B-Movie trailer ending does work with multiplayer games.

Nice what does it do?

I played three 2 player games and got a trailer for each player every time.

When I hit both flipper buttons, all I get is a screen that says competition mode ready and then it counts down saying press start but don’t get an option for DJ Mixer mode, code is 1.0 so how do I get into that?

Hold both buttons until the screen changes, it should say “standard” mode. Hit right button a couple times and you’ll see it. Hit start to activate. Hold both buttons again to pause/unpause. Start to exit

Thanks everyone for the tips. I ended up sending my distributor (AMD) an email and they got back to me in seconds, and I downloaded a new SD image and had the game up and running again in under an hour.

Great customer service those guys.

When I hit both flippers buttons, it says competition mode ready and starts counting down, I do not get a menu when I can select anything? Do I maybe need to turn on attack mode as when the game is sitting, it puts on a nice lite show but I never hear any calls out either which may or may not be normal?

Enable competition mode then you will see the menu where you can select the DJ Mixer!

Read the instructions again

That worked, thank you! DJ Mixer is awesome!

on your playfield cam have a play with the white balance.

Finally, after hours of trying downloaded the new code. Guess everybody was downloading...

But when you have to put competition mode on, doesn't that change the way you get modes, points etc...?

Quick question. I had my premium for a couple months and the center house ramp doesn’t seem to work correctly. The only way to start a haunt is with the back door shot. During trailer trash the front ramp shot only registers as drive me crazy. This doesn’t seem correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hold both flippers until you see competition mode pop up.. THEN hit the right or left flipper only, itll change between standard, competition, and dj mode, when you get to the mode you want, hit the start button. Start button also exits DJ mode.

Yeah, that's not correct. Does the ball get captured when you enter the house or just roll out the front? It's either a opto problem or a mechanism in the house. Go into the switch test to see if the optos are working.

Does anyone know a source for better apron cards for this? I have the stock ones and would like to upgrade at least the pricing one

Ok gang, Elivra will not boot up. Power lights come on inside the back box but, nothing. She was fine last night. I went to install the topper normal, 2 connections. Machine was off when i did that. So, I have unplugged the topper and still will not boot up. ZERO.. anyone?