Feel free to pm me.. I would love to test it out..

Sweet!

Someone shoot some video and post!

Oh thank god you are fixing the sound on this. You the man!

I have been testing the latest .87 LE. I received from you yesterday and it’s superb. The voices versus music/effects seems to be much more balanced and the quality of the recording matches too. Excellent work!! Wow.

Do you still recommend any adjustments for the sound attenuation?

Feel free to send the latest code if you have made any changes since yesterday. Thanks!!!

i too have been testing the modifications that Kevin has made to the .87 LE code and must say that this is a HUGE improvement and a game changer! Thank you so much for the work you have put into this. I look forward to any upcoming changes. In the meantime I will keep testing and uncovering more of the surprises you've added. Thanks again!!!

I just hope that by the time they arrive at 1.0 it doesn't 'blow up' all the work that went into it. The work that cleland has put into this actually has me reconsidering buying one, but not before 1.0 code and not before knowing there is a cleland version is available at that code level. I know there are a fair number of defenders of this game, but I can't tell you how unimpressed I was the first time I played the game with the crappy code and shi**y voice over work.

I tried the 0.85 image update and it does fit on a std 8gb card. The image file is indeed slightly larger than official 8gb sd card sizes (8.07gb), but if you inspect the partition info there is some unused space at the end of the partition map. I'm on a mac and if you use etcher than it won't work with a std 8gb card, but using the command line dd tool works fine. Oddly the image sizes created from earlier stern games like batman are under 8gb. Maybe something altered at stern in terms of the partition map they use.

I had no problem using either image, for mac users:

Go into the terminal:
type:
diskutil list

The SD card will be one of the devices listed. On my mac it is disk3, then unmount this disk:

sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3

Now you can copy the image. Put the actually uncompressed image location into the if= part, you can drag the file into the term and it will type the path for you. The of should be the same disk you just unmounted except now it should be "rdisk" instead of "disk"

sudo dd bs=1m if=GOTG_CLELAND_LE.img of=/dev/rdisk3

This will take a few minutes type ctrl-T to check progress. When it is done eject the disk (use the correct disk number for this system):

sudo diskutil eject /dev/rdisk3

Thanks for the file Cleland! This makes the game so much better! I had no issues with the full img files.

I’ve never understood why Stern is in such a hurry to push new games out with such poor code. It leaves such a bad first impression on a theme I thought I would love. Thanks for fixing it for them.

Agreed. But they’re in the manufacturing business not Pinball; gotta keep the line moving and people employed. That said, cleland and oga83 - the best employees stern never had.

I am haveing trouble with the .img flie PC is what I am using. Anyone have advice?

Posted in another thread that lack of song play was one thing I actually disliked about this game, along with the voice overs. Cleland you are the best dude.

Explain what you using to try to write the image file to your SD card and someone will help.
Did you download the image file successfully? Do you have a 16gb SDcard? Are you using some software program (etcher, windisk32imager, etc)? Are you getting an error?

Yes all the above I have completed except for the software program.. I have to download one to my pc then figure it out from there .. Damn rookie I am.. what would you recommend?

Thanks again for your work! Hopefully I will enjoy it soon.. As I have had to bring in the big guns (wifey) to help. She is more tech savy..

For super simple transfer, just install etcher. point to your image and sdcard and flash!
https://etcher.io/

Hi

Where r u posting the code to download and let us know where to push a few bucks your way.

Thx!

Got you cleland nice work!! I was finally able to experience your work!! fantastic job!! Keep up the good work making GOTG great again!!! I will pm you in a bit!!

cleland got me the link at 6pm last night and I had it installed and running an hour later. Love the ability to switch between modded and stock SD cards in a matter of minutes.

Friends instantly noticed the difference and it took away one of my biggest gripes about the game (Yondu should NOT have a southern accent!)

Cleland you rock!

I was very pleased with Stern's new code release to 0.87. Many, but not all, of the code complaints/suggestions were addressed.

But, WOW! Nice job @clelend! The game is getting better. Anyone who just had the voice actors/actresses as their only complaint about GOTG... now resolved. I learned to deal with them, but it is really nice hearing the true characters voices, as many are very distinct.

By the way, many have mentioned to me and in the forum, that Abobillybobo should be kept, for nostalgia, because it's so bad. Well hearing Yondu's actual mocking of the shop owner was extremely satisfying!

Hmmm, I think I should send cleland some friends and family funds, for his hard work and, you know, being a friend.

Oh yes! You can just feel the difference when playing with Cleland's mods...it's SO much better!!

Yes and yes!! Can’t wait!

I like the idea of trying Come a Little Bit Closer for sure! As far as Groot I do like how intense the music is on it as it is now, but the beginning of Fox on the Run is cool, how many seconds in would it play?

Once you find a spot for Fox on the Run - will you be adding / reposting / uploading to 0.87 code on your ..in your drop box?

I think that Yondu is perfect and agree on leaving the Groot. I will listen to the Knowwhere mode as it sits currently and let you know.

Southern nights for rocket mode?
Maybe after the timer runs out?
Or during the mode?
Thoughts?

pinstadium do you have pics of the pinstadium light on a GOTG?

Here’s some on the pro.

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Yes, I have some pics looks great and I have them also on my LE if you need some pics of that, same results as Pro of course. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-pin-stadium-lights-official-announcement?tq=guardians&tu

I like that idea of Southern Nights, could be very cool!

I played a few rounds of it and I think it is worth a shot. I think we should try it out.

FYI for anyone on a Mac I used https://etcher.io/
It is dead simple to use and has a nice GUI.
Three button presses and you done.
No need to run terminal commands or complex processes.

Also works on windows.

I have put this img file on a 32gb micro SD card inside a SD card expander and works perfect.

Hope this helps.

I installed this last night and it changed the game. Now I just need the games to last long enough to enjoy it!!

I created a 9+ minute mega mix of I want you back for mine.. since that's the song most associated with Groot in the movie (well, baby groot).

To avoid hearing it all the time I subbed out the I want you back 'out of mode rotation track' for another song.

Hey Cleland you can now rotate up to 12 songs during non-mode play. Requests 31-42 will all play different songs when out of a mode as of code .87 so the game isn't limited to just four songs. I suspect this change is because they're going to add more songs in a future update. (In .85 and earlier 31-35-39 32-36.. etc were all linked and you were stuck with the four songs).

Request 34/71 is the end of game music; and you were asking about what the high score music is it's request 57/67 (linked), the same as Pod Chase I.