Quoted from jyeakley:

Where did everyone land on the PDB clicking? Is this just an annoyance or is there actually an issue? Has anyone reached out to Stern to see what they say?

Quoted from Capn12:

4 was pure ass on my LE, definitely not going back to that.

Quoted from DCfoodfreak:

8 sounds better but I feel better running 4. Going to try these new settings or probably end up going pinwoofer where a real amp makes all the difference.

Quoted from PinWoofer:

Hey DCfoodfreak ! I think the below article may put some teeth on what you're saying:
https://pinwoofer.com/blog/pinwoofer-spike2-speaker-impedance-mismatch/
Here's a supporting comment, before and after PinWoofer:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/foo-fighters-official-owners-club-rock-aliens/page/43#post-7560375
You'll love the outcome we give you!
Thanks,
Dan
https://PinWoofer.com
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+1 208-855-0346, 9am - 5pm MT, Mon - Fri
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Quoted from Kkoss24:

That spinner is packed tight in that lane for sure .I was thinking of putting a rubber wedge in between the right side of the bracket and the Overlord base .Another thing the right side bearing was scratching up the plastic so I lubed it up with my secret sauce and man does it rip now
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Quoted from jyeakley:

Where did everyone land on the PDB clicking? Is this just an annoyance or is there actually an issue? Has anyone reached out to Stern to see what they say?

Quoted from RobbyIRL5:

Target rejects are brutal fast back at you (maybe I should turn down the flippers or would it make it up the big ramp?)
Sling to outlane, brutal (maybe turn down the slings)
not necessarily cheap drains, but so fast it's nuts.
I think it's a top game for sure, but is it the GZ/JP that could survive as the only game, or in a small collection?
I'm not a pro (never competed), but I consider myself pretty good, had a few 500+M games, got to the Austin/DC mini-wizard and then a mode or two, and I do keep getting drawn back (so I know it's got the good DNA), just to get annoyed by shooting white arrows over and over! I do see a path to getting through the game, so maybe it's not too hard, just need to play more.

Quoted from PinMonk:

Stern says "live with it" but will swap if pressed under warranty (apparently). Haven't zoned in on the part causing it, but I have a "bad" batch new board coming to see if it clicks for me, so I can narrow this down.

Quoted from Rarehero:

Try my settings. If you only switch to 4, but change nothing else - agreed, it’s ass. Try my settings. It’s clear, clean, rich, bassy. If you still think it’s ass, go back. My settings take advantage of the LE speakers. Leaving it on 8 doesn’t.

Quoted from Rarehero:

Try my settings. If you only switch to 4, but change nothing else - agreed, it’s ass. Try my settings. It’s clear, clean, rich, bassy. If you still think it’s ass, go back. My settings take advantage of the LE speakers. Leaving it on 8 doesn’t.

Quoted from jyeakley:

Do you ever run any sales/specials? I have your kit on my GZ and love it. Looking to get one on my FFLE as well.

Quoted from Pinball-Wiz:

Maybe they'll just make the fan louder to cover up the clicking sound

Quoted from Capn12:

What master volume do you find yourself set at, with these settings? Assuming normal room noise, etc.

Quoted from Desmodromic:

Just had an interesting game with the ball getting stuck captured at the Overlord. I know many of us have experienced this bug, but each time I've had it, there has been a multiball that drained or ended just before. This time I was in New Orleans and the shot was lit at the Overlord so I made it. The gate closed and it captured the ball and just kept it. Just like always, on the second ball search it released the gate and the ball was returned to play. Snapped this pic between the first two ball searches, you can see it trapped in the Overlord and the prompt on the screen to shoot the Overlord to finish New Orleans.
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Quoted from Desmodromic:

Just had an interesting game with the ball getting stuck captured at the Overlord. I know many of us have experienced this bug, but each time I've had it, there has been a multiball that drained or ended just before. This time I was in New Orleans and the shot was lit at the Overlord so I made it. The gate closed and it captured the ball and just kept it. Just like always, on the second ball search it released the gate and the ball was returned to play. Snapped this pic between the first two ball searches, you can see it trapped in the Overlord and the prompt on the screen to shoot the Overlord to finish New Orleans.
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Quoted from Rarehero:

Try my settings. If you only switch to 4, but change nothing else - agreed, it’s ass. Try my settings. It’s clear, clean, rich, bassy. If you still think it’s ass, go back. My settings take advantage of the LE speakers. Leaving it on 8 doesn’t.

Quoted from MikeS:

I think this is due to the standup targets in front of the Overlord area drifting. Put your game in switch test and really hammer on those two targets in front of the Overlord and see if anything weird happens in terms of other switches registering. I used to have this issue but after adjusting my standups it went away.

Quoted from DCfoodfreak:

But yeah this game deserves the Pinwoofer treatment. Sorry for the constant hype but went through this with Godzilla.

Quoted from Desmodromic:

What kind of adjustment did you make to the standups? You think one is being clipped on the way in and triggering the ball capture?

Quoted from MikeS:

I think the metal on the switch was shorting against the metal on the Overlord cage. I removed the switches from the bottom with a nut driver and then straightened and tightened them up using the same 1/4" nutdriver.

Quoted from Dantesmark:

Jus spent $40 on a can of wax… dont let me down. Lol

Quoted from KING-HENRY:

that's really cool, and I can tell that's going to turn out really dope. Maybe some other company should hire you to 3D print anyways (lol), looking forward to your final product!

Quoted from Capn12:

What master volume do you find yourself set at, with these settings? Assuming normal room noise, etc.

Quoted from MikeS:

I think this is due to the standup targets in front of the Overlord area drifting. Put your game in switch test and really hammer on those two targets in front of the Overlord and see if anything weird happens in terms of other switches registering. I used to have this issue but after adjusting my standups it went away.

Quoted from Rarehero:

I’ll double check when I go out and turn it on again, but I think like 40 or so?

Quoted from Guinnesstime:

This game is gorgeous but gets a meh rating from me so far. Outlines are terrible off the slings especially. Any missed shots are punishing, both SDTM and outlanes. Design looks cool on paper. Pretty frustrating to play. Higher degree of difficulty than say AC/DC. I wanted to throw that machine in the street the week after I got it, but it then became one of my absolute favorites, so I guess there's hope.

Quoted from CRCades:

Foo Fighter Tour Van MOD
Finally got back to the FF Tour Van Mod that I started 6 weeks ago.... ok, so I got behind because I was playing the FF LE that showed up instead of working. Well here it is! Since the ramp is identical on all models this will easily fits PRO/PREM/LE editions with installation taking only a few minutes. I will also be adding several variations over the next few weeks.
LOVE how this looks in the shop PRO edition and the home LE!
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Quoted from Doctor6:

May I ask a question?
Why does this look so much better than the stuff used in GTF?

Quoted from Dantesmark:

Jus spent $40 on a can of wax… dont let me down. Lol

Quoted from Pinball-Wiz:

Agree 100%. When I played it at TPF, I thought it was going to be like GZ (to some extent in the fast flow/fun part) but after putting plays on it the layout is "good" but super frustrating. And not to say that this isn't a good game, it's just not the game I thought it was going to be for a long term keeper in my house.
Kind of makes me wish I would have waited and bought used, but sometimes it's fun to have a new release game and just eat the $$ that goes with it- so no regrets. Loving the music and the family likes the freshness of the game.

Quoted from Hoteldrummer:

I'm with you. The amount of balls that find the outlanes is staggering. I'm not giving up, I might even try a Prem, but damn, so far the first two weeks have been very frustrating. It feels like the playfield is high in the middle and the sides dip down with magnets on the outlanes. It drains that often SMH. I'll push on and hope I can snap the frustration

Quoted from Rarehero:

Hey LE owners, I’ve tweaked my audio settings from my previous post a bit & am pretty happy with them. My Rush settings that I copied over lacked some bass & were a bit too high treble for my tastes - but this sounds really nice & rich to me. The music attenuation brings up the music levels so the callouts feel more balanced. Try this out, let me know what you think:
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Quoted from jyeakley:

Where did everyone land on the PDB clicking? Is this just an annoyance or is there actually an issue? Has anyone reached out to Stern to see what they say?

Quoted from MikeS:

I think the metal on the switch was shorting against the metal on the Overlord cage. I removed the switches from the bottom with a nut driver and then straightened and tightened them up using the same 1/4"nut driver.
Before doing that though really pound on them and hit them repeatedly in test mode. Mine was causing all kinds of errant switches to register before I adjusted them.

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:

Stern said no big deal to me. My game crashed this evening while trying to boot (it booted right after and we played several issue-free games) so I'm doubting that's great...

Quoted from Jamesays:

I would take You up on that but My machine hasnt clicked for multiple start ups over 3 days.

Quoted from Rarehero:I’ll double check when I go out and turn it on again, but I think like 40 or so?

Quoted from Capn12:

OK, just making sure I wasn't losing my mind, because I had to crank it pretty high. Thanks RH!

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:

Mine is hit or miss on the clicks too (seems more often than not it clicks A LOT, but sometimes it's less/zero) but the crash tonight was a first.

Quoted from Desmodromic:

Can't reproduce by banging on the standups on either side of the Overlord on my machine in switch test. Will continue to monitor but interested in whatever adjustment you made to the standup targets!

Quoted from Jamesays:

I would take You up on that but My machine hasnt clicked for multiple start ups over 3 days.

Quoted from MikeS:

The adjustment I made was removing all of the stand-ups in my game using a 1/4" driver from the underside (2 screws each). Then I loosen up the two machine screws on each target a slight bit and then make sure the targets are straight, and then tighten them down. These weren't torqued enough from the factory which is why they drift in gameplay.
The left standup in mine was really close to touching the side of the metal mech. The metal on the back of the target is also really close to hitting the soldered connection for the red wire for the fork opto. On really hard hits to this target I think it was making contact with either that opto joint or the mech itself which was causing mayhem. In switch test if I pushed it softly repeatedly it wasn't an issue but if I pushed it really hard (like a ball would hitting it full speed) that's when it would exhibit the weird switch behavior.
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Quoted from jdlang11:

I plug my machines and gaming consoles into a voltage regulators. I know for me some of my outlets don't provide constant adequate power at 120v. It was causing some of my electronics to act like there are straining for power. For example my PS5 would make humming noises and then stopped once I plugged it into the regulator.
Just a thought.
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Quoted from Straight2VHS:

I have an issue with my FOO LE where it will randomly send 2 balls into the shooter lane usually at the start of a game, but not always. This happens less than 10% of the time. I checked all the connections on the board mounted near the ball feed solenoid and they’re all seated. I had this problem a long time ago on my Stern Star Wars and it was due to a loose molex connector from the coin box bumping it. Any ideas on what to look for?

Quoted from KSUWildcatFan:

I plug all of my newer games into an APC Smart UPS 2200.
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Quoted from jdlang11:

So no change???