also does anyone else notice that static/crackling noise after your turn ends?
When I first heard it, I posted on here and someone said it might be the cpu board.
called chas he said there was another distro that had the same issue. he sent a new cpu board, I replaced it... yet the static is still there.

I went back and watch the deadflip stream on youtube and their it was.
Guessing it's part of the game, it doesn't sound right though.

nevermind just found another video and it's doesn't have that sound.

From STERN's facebook post: "This code contains a mini wizard mode, bug fixes, adjustments, and enhancements."

Anyone know what this mini wizard mode is? The readme states that Immolation Initiative Wizard Mode was added, but this is a major wizard mode (one of two) and definitely from my experience playing it (especially now that you have to be half way through all the modes to light it) definitely doesn't feel like a "mini" wizard mode that is frequently reachable...

Also, by stating that Immolation Initiative was added, does that mean that Save Xandar is still not coded since I assume that requires all the modes and MBs to be completed to light?

I don't think so. One of the reasons a magnet is in a pinball machine is to try and create randomness and intentionally screw the player...

As a tip, give the game a nudge when it grabs the ball right before it releases and it usually results in being able to save the ball. I had to get good at that on my TWD 'cause it was throwing the ball SDTM 90% of the time otherwise.

Thanks very much for taking the time to post honest feedback. I too am a massive Borg fan however long ball times and not knowing what to hit is frustrating and can become boring very quickly. Hopefully Stern will make some changes. We too have a few machines so we can compare machines and I really like Aerosmith and Metallica. My wife loves Kiss so we should like GOTG and that is part of the reason that we bought it.

Happy Flipping!

Yes, I was confused by this also. This is already a main planned mode and not a mini-wizard mode. Also for anyone that has played Immolation Initiative what's the mode like and what are the rules. If it's another shoot these 12 shots I will be disappointed. Need some flavor modes that are different.

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks this is a full blown wizard mode and not a mini-wizard mode.. Mini-wizard modes should be achievable when you are playing really well, and Wizard modes should be achievable when you are playing super duper well. Games like LOTR with DTR are a great example of a mini wizard mode - it's a big deal when you get there, I get their frequently, but there are much harder wizard modes that I don't get to every time like TABA and of course there's Valinor that only a few ever reach. Another recent title like Star Wars has Light Saber duel and Escape Boba Fett that both feel like mini wizard modes to be with Defeat the Emperor being the big deal wizard mode... I sure hope they add in some other mini-modes for special progress along the way on GOTG.

Star Wars does not get the credit it deserves do to lack of toys. The coding is actually pretty brilliant.

Escape Boba Fett, Light Saber Duel, Hyperspace multi ball, Destroy the Death Star, Escape Endor. Each mode kinda has its own mini wizard mode.

GOT is great as well.

No doubt Dwight has done a good job with those games. I'm not a huge fan of Ghostbusters, but it is very different.

Those of you not giving SW a chance are missing out.

Not 3D, but we are making them. We don't like the lines that you often get with 3D prints. We had them sculpted, just finished the mold for the second hand. We are getting the colors right and waiting on a few pieces that we need for the mount system.

Hope to have them ready in a week.

Have 6 or 7 mods that we are finishing up. Here is the Yaka Arrow. Orange lights at all 3 points as the original, near the tip, that section at the end and a light at the end. It is 12" inches long, hooks up to GI lights and can be mounted in many places in the game.

Dan

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Is anyone concerned about constantly bashing Groot's mouth when closed ... i feel like it wouldn't take long to wear the color off in that area. Although I dont know how you could really protect it.

Lots of bash toys in pinball. This is a non issue.

I totally agree. Star Wars is a fantastic game with so much to shoot for and achieve with many options on how to play. I want to see more then bare bones modes and the 2 you played all modes and you completed all mode wizard modes. Adding a mode for spelling guardian would be a good start similar to spotting FORCE in SW.

I installed the latest code last night, and was pleased with the additions. I was curious about to see what the effect of having the magnet ( i have a Pro) pulse, so I removed the glass and initiated several Orb MBs. With the glass off you can hear the pulsing of the coil, but I have not noticed it with the glass on. I may have been in the Orb mode for 3 minutes when the pulsing stopped and I had no magnet. I went into Test mode and still nothing.The playfield and coil were very warm. I am not familiar at all with the Spike system, so I am now looking for fuses-ha and could not find any. I let the coil cool down and it was functioning again. I relayed this to Chas and he let me know that there is a thermal cutout on the coil.This was very comforting.

How can I get one of these? I have an LE

Anyone else having issues with intermittently weak flippers. Sometimes they dont flip, sometimes spongy, sometimes delayed.

Experienced this on a KISS at one point with early code but later code largely resolved it.

Seems to be spike board related and getting worse over time. It is NOT mechanical.
Since I still dont know Spike I am not even sure what I should check.

I had this issue and it ended up being the EOS switch. I checked it in test and it seemed fine, but problem persisted. I then bent EOS so it was really tightly closed.

Also seated the connector on the node board.

One of these fixed the issue.

thanks, I would double check EOS closure. For the connector, do you just track the wire back to the node board in question? I tried to look in the manual real quick (in a dark bar) and was not able to easily figure out what connectors were even associated with the coil or the switch.

I feel like this is not anything EOS related as mine are gapped properly plus the flipper symptoms are not just a lack of pulse power. They sometimes drop, completely when being held up or other times are just spongy on response time.

I assume you checked your flipper switch? Spongy and it dropping while being held could be a result of poor contact of that switch.

Two reasons why the left drain will ALWAYS be much higher:

1. The ball save feature is a right outline feature. Check the audits on how many times this was used and add it to the right outline drains.

2. Shooting Groot will put the ball in danger on the left side almost exclusively. As long as its a Groot fest, this will be the case.

yes, flipper button switches look fine.

Any idea where those wires go to/ which board/connector?

Forgot one:

3) All metal inlane/outlane dividers on the left

They go to the node board that is very close. Just trace them from the coil and reset the connector..

thx. I will track them later today (when bar is not busy and tons of people there playing)

+1 on the EOS switch. Have had to address this issue a few times over the last couple of years. I have replaced the EOS switch once and now I simply clean it and it is okay again for months at a time. For reference, my KISS Pro has just over 10,000 plays on it. Don't usually see this sort of problem with NC switches, odd thing.

I assume just burnish them?

I confirmed that both EOS switches and fliper button switches were working fine, clean, and adjusted properly.

Still the same symptoms.

I tracked the wires to connectors (C10 or C11? cant remember right now) and connectors appear fine.

I am back at the black magic of the node boards as being the likely culprit. Anyone have other thoughts?

Unfortunately, my thoughts would be to switch node boards and see if it goes away.

switched node board 8 and 9 and still same symptoms (granted we had switched node boards once before when we first got the game and things seemed to be slightly better for a short time)

Star-lord mask. Available soon in both a standard mount mod as in picture, and also one of our spinnable lines. Yes, those eyes light up on both versions. Hooks up to GI. Mounts nicely at this location or on any of the ramps.

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Hey guys. My first post here.

Really close to pulling the trigger on GOTG as our families first pin. I'm the early adopter type, so I'm ok jumping on the bandwagon and watching the code progress. The new 0.85 drop looks pretty solid. No haven't tried the game. And I come from a non pin background. We're just building a rec room with VR/pin,driving games etc etc

Probably we will be a 1 pin family (5 and 9 year olds). We love Marvel, and GOTG would fit well with us. I looked seriously at dialed in, and while it looks like a great pin with depth, we spend so much time in front of screens, I kind of don't want to get a pin with that theme. But I'm really torn.

Prob will order a pro with a kicker. Premium and LE don't look like enough of a bump to me for the coin.

Cheers.

Anyone have trouble with the Rocket shot shooting the ball down the middle?

My game does it around 25% of the time. I’m thinking that maybe I need to adjust the ball guide on the left side.

Any thoughts?

Oh yeahhhhhh

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Very nice, congrats!

You can adjust the power of the rocket kick back so it will not go SDTM. Go into test and + or - the value to make it shoot where you want it to.

Congrats on the new game.

Does anyone else's game always 'donk' in between the outside left inline and the inlane divider and power outlane?

Arrived Thursday.. had to wait 2 days to set it up..
Great looking game, backglass looks awesome in the flesh.

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Pro's are always a good choice and yes, GOTG is a better theme for kids than DI. And GOTG pro way cheaper than a DI. Nothing really competes with Stern pro's at their price point. .

Back glass on the GOTGLE might be the nicest stern mirrored Backglass. It really looks great in person. The art package on this game is one of the best in all of pinball. My only request is that the code is given as much attention as the art was given on this game.

Mine does every like 20th game, gets annoying but don’t feel like putting anything inside to make it go smooth and not get trapped.

Players point of view during ball search and it comes up empty.

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Then you realize Groots got your ball.

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Haha that's awesome!

Does The code have clips @j sounds in attract mode...

Cant find it in the settings menu..

I know SW had a option and was disabled on new code release

That's when you tell Groot keep your hands off your BALLS!

Just curious, is it possible for you to remove Groot's hands entirely on the LE if you wanted to?

From your pic, it looks like they're just attached with screws, correct?

Yes 2 screws for each arm. But the arms look really cool I would not remove mine. It does block some visibility but after a few games you learn to adapt. Now its like they are not even there.

Love playing 0.85 code. This game is just fun fun fun. If people like IM they will love GOTG.

IMHO game needs more songs. How can we convince Stern?

Use pinball browser and add you own , I've got all of awesome mix vol. 1 in mine plus about half of vol. 2.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-display-and-modify-dot-matrix-images

It's probably ever second or third game for me.. what would you try and do to make it go smooth?

Yes, I would like to know this also. I like this option on Star Wars as it make the arcade feel alive with attract audio coming on