Ah cool beans - really need to rematch the film; haven't seen it in years!

So excited, will be watching that ultraman video.

Hello... is there someone out there that makes the stickers for the 3 drop targets? The stickers are of the masks in Halloween 3. Please text me. 701.224.0300 thank you.

Hello.. I see this message is a little old.. so I hope you still get this. Could I please get a set of the Halloween 3 stickers to put on my drop targets? Please text me at 701.224.0300. Thank you!

Has anyone else had the centre drop target issue and been able to resolve it?; the left drop target on my machine (in front of the centre ramp) after a few games gets stuck down and doesn't reset - this also stops the centre and right drop targets in the bank from being able to go all the way down.
Looking under the PF I can see that the cause of this is the let target slipping out of the reset mech/plate below, so the mech can't push the target back up and the mech also can't go all thr way back down (thus stopping the other two target from coming all the way down)

I can temporarily fix by popping the left target back in, but after a handful of games, I get same issue (annoying having to take the glass off and left the PF every time)

Is there a proper fix? (I've mentioned it directly to spooky and distributor)

I also realised the washed out screen is because of the viewing angle (looks fine of you bend down with eyes level to the screen, but from a playing angle it looks washed out; greys instead of blacks etc) - I'm guessing there's no way to deal with that?

Anyway, I see the next code update is imminent - so looking forward to to that

Not had any drop target issues yet so can’t help there, sorry.

As for the screen, yes if you lower your height it doesn’t look too bad. I gave up worrying about it once I adjusted as much as I could.
Two options, first take the screen out and angle it putting black foam where the gaps will be. Second one is somebody sells a screen upgrade which is supposed to improve it. Should be for sale on here somewhere.

Edit https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1202-pinball-mod-co/05321-upgraded-ips-lcd-for-spooky-pinball-machines

The screen doesn't bother me too much really; it's not like it hinders gameplay or anything, but may look at the black foam option as suggested.
I see the replacement screen is like $265 or something, so I can defo live with the current one

While you are waiting for Spooky to get back to you, here's what I would do.
Flip the playfield up, look ate the connectors for the 3-drop assembly - should be one for the reset coil and one for the switches.
Disconnect those and unscrew and pull the entire assembly out and look at it carefully.
Work the targets up and down and what is causing your issues may be apparent when it's all working right in front of you.

That may clear it up.

RussMyers

Good time to remove the assembly from the game and take a look at it from the bench,these are very simple mechs but maybe you will see the problem playing with it off the game!

Yes that!

I would love it to look right, just seen you can get an OLED screen for under £200, importing that other one is not cheap!
The foam idea might work out well and is cheap.

Sounds awesome...Can't wait

After going through the video. Next update seems like a winner. Definitely adds some more strategy with a good dose of risk/reward. The 2x jackpots holds, a true Judith multi, and 2x playfield now working through the drops, should really make for some interesting decision making.

Thank the lord for sanatorium timer.

Now here’s an idea I floated Matt that sounded fun to me. As noticed the dirty pool was missing on 1.09. But that meant you could loop it, of course with no real reward. But I have made 4 in a row. Seems like would be a satisfying place to put a progressive loop shot. Of course it would just switch back to normal after another switch was triggered. I don’t I always like a good loop and it’s not like that should be too spamable.

Very excited to load this up, with my luck it will be Wednesday right after my PSVR2 shows up. Lol

The new stuff sounds like it will give us some new video/art assets probably? Assume Ultraman has some new ones with the new Science Team stuff shown off which would be Judith target on Halloween. Assume new assets are also gonna be needed for the all new First Kill mode, excited for that... imagine the first person Micheal stalking through the house clips?

The update coming sounds like it's really gonna change things up which I'm happy about, making a more complete feeling game with some definite speed up and more scoring potential which always excites. New mode to come also is exciting.

So we still got the last wizard mode to look forward to with 'The Night He Came Home', wonder where that comes in

After 2000+ games my lower hedge michael servo finally died. Is there some secret to disconnecting the servo wire from this adapter piece? I can't seem to get it unplugged for the life of me. Otherwise it looks like a pretty easy swap.

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Once you get some slack on the wires it'll come apart pretty easily. If I recall correctly there's a zip tie you can cut to get slack. Otherwise follow the wire underneath the playfield and you'll be able to free up some of the extra wire.

The LCD has contrast, brightness and gamma adjustments on the back of it, you can play around with those settings and get a dramatic improvement.

Yes.

Refer to this key post.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/halloween-owners-threadhes-coming-home/page/68#post-6773927

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The viewing angle is poor, at least mine is, let’s be real it isn’t a high end display.
But the suggested settings definitely didn’t look great on mine, in fact really crushed blacks and lost lots of detail. I’ve used meters and calibrated many displays, so I feel I have some idea on what things should look like. I did dial it in and it looks better. It might be my height 6’4”, but it’s still washed out unless I crouch.

Reminds me a VA panels in tvs, where you need a sweet spot for optimal viewing.

There can be significant differences in calibration from factory. Unless it’s a Sony, I’ve seen 2 displays from the same batch completely different in contrast and color. So use the recommended settings as a guide and work from there.

TLDR; color calibration varies from display to display.

I don’t have a R&M, but I believe there’s an upgrade for that game - probably something similar exists for this one - maybe even the same exact display.

There is but someone bought it and said it was not much better than just adjusting the stock monitor.
Here’s what I used.

65 contrast
brightness 35
Gamma on

Here is one thing I'd check with your triple drop target bank. It is possible for the return lever to slip inside of the drop target, which would affect the ability for the drop target from raising back up.

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Hi yes, as I mentioned above, this is exactly what is happening. 3 times now I've popped the target back in to place and every time after a few games I end up with the same problem
Looking forward to having friends over in a couple of week and being able to show the game off, but it's going to be a nightmare* having to switch off the machine, take the glass off and sort it out in the middle of a party (in a small flat) and wish there was a quick fix I could apply without having to remove the whole mech to investigate/diagnose.
*first world problems an'that....

Granted, I've only had the game a few days or so, but I'm genuinely loving the game and look forward to not having this issue at some point (that and the new code...!

Hello Halloween Owners,

I just purchased CE 154. I haven’t got a lot of plays yet but I am loving it thus far!!!!

Congratulations on an amazing game that’s going to be even better!

Speaking of displays, I replaced mine with this and it’s MUCH better than the stock display….

SCREENARAMA New Screen Replacement for NV156FHM-N4M, FHD 1920x1080, IPS, Matte, LCD LED Display with Tools https://a.co/d/9MJhoIj

HDMI Controller Driver Board for 11.6'' 13.3'' 14'' 15.6'' 1920x1080 30 Pin eDP (not for 1366x768) LCD Screen https://a.co/d/cnaP8cd

The display is actually for sale now for $12 less than when I bought it last fall.

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Any rumors on the actual date of the new code 1.10?

One Spooky pair!

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What number are you and did you go pick it up? Congrats! Waiting for #32. Hopefully ships out tomorrow.

That’s two good lookin pins right there!!!

I’m #32 .

I thought the douche canoe was #32

There’s more than one douche canoe in this lake haha

Not douche canoe and it wasn’t funny the first time nor this. Just a jealous POS decided to add that. And he also thought the shrink wrap spooky uses would stick to the cabinet decals and pull them off.

You seem like a good enough guy with absolutely no self awareness but I can assure you that no one is jealous of anyone here.

Your Constant Reminder of the number 32 is like fingers down a chalk board at this point.

It just so happens that 32 and Scooby Doo and well the canoe thingy all rhyme so…… here we all are!?!

Relax, you will get your pinball machine

We are all #32.

Damn it man……No more 32!!!!!!

How many Halloween owners are experiencing this?

I called Spooky and AJ sent me replacement optos. I installed them and it didn't make the issue go away. I did notice the way the holes are drilled on the playfield makes them not line up perfectly. I adjusted one opto by removing a screw so I could rotate it towards the other one; that maybe helped a little but the issue is still there.

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Excited for the update, I was feeling a bit down on the game after 1.09 release and the delay, but seems like the game is gonna start really coming together play wise with the next update.

This whole 32 thing reminds me of when the same guy was waiting for his stranger things topper

I’ve noticed that most of the middle ramp rejects on my machine are when I need to get to the house…anyone know the fix for this???

Also, whoever keeps the spreadsheet I am the new owner of CE 154.

I am loving the game but would like to resolve the middle ramp issue

Play with the diverter servo settings. It will be trial and error. There should be a happy medium where you can make either left or right diverter shots from either flipper most of the time. I have never gotten it 100% perfect, but you can get it pretty good. I am so thankful for the menu setting as before that you had to physically tweak the diverter, either from the slop in the screw hole tolerance or rotating it an entire tooth. Now there is much finer adjustments possible much easier. But it takes a little time to dial in. What is perfect from the left flipper may not be good for the right flipper because of how the ball rides up the fairly wide ramp. It will likely never be perfect but it can get much better!

Play with diverter setting as said, also make sure the machine isn't pitched to high

Where do I find the diverted servo settings???

When I hit the green button it won’t open up

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Pretty sure it was resolved by CE154 but they changed ramp designs on my CE61 and sent new ramps. The originals had screws at top of ramp causing rejects.

I thought this was a left ramp issue

Is it like always rejecting or sometimes going into house/upper area no problem? Cause even tweaked and working, it's a hard shot that if not just right and with power, is going to reject.

It’s under feature settings.