Look for termites!

It's pixie dust!

Some days pinball really make ya wonder with the things that come up lol. No other reports of sawdust yet so hopefully a single game issue.

I've got it! Shavings from the topper knife.

I kid, I kid...

I modified my topper to fit in my low ceiling. Made a new mounting bracket out of wood and moved over the led strip and Halloween logo.

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So far I’m 80 games in ,having a ton of fun with no issues!

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Anyone else having issues with 1.04b? If I miss a skill shot, it thinks the ball has drained and auto fires another. Very frustrating. Also, if I unlock the house and the ball drains to the pumpkin scoop, it still auto loads Death in the Driver’s Seat. I’m having the most issues with this current update.

I haven't had the first problem.
Someone said they think autostarting the lowest Pumpkin mode (usually Death in the Driver's Seat), is a feature currently. Not sure, would need Bug or Spooky to confirm though.

I have not seen the first problem. I have, very occasionally, had a random ball save without draining. This has only happened maybe 3 times since I had the machine and on different code revs, so I think it's just a very intermittent issue with my machine. I'm guessing I have a slightly sensitive outlane or trough switch.

The second is how the game works. If a main mode (house, hedge, or sanitarium) is running, landing in a lit pumpkin scoop will auto-select a mode rather than having you choose. That said, it currently only selects Drivers Seat...no matter if you've already played and finished it or not. I believe that part is a bug and it will eventually be either random or select the next easiest unplayed mode.

Nice! Looks great. That was my other option. It would have been super tight, but I think it might have JUST made it. I really didn't want to lose the knife and pumpkin though.

My first option, which I tried when I set it up, was to take out a ceiling tile. I had just enough room to squeeze it in between a rafter and the ceiling grid. However, you could barely see it up there, and it was so close on either side that it would hit with normal nudging (well...my normal nudging, LOL).

I'm glad I could make my crate stand work, but yours looks great as well!

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I would have a hole in my second floor living room floor with a topper sticking up if it meant I couldn't fit that topper. lol.

The mode is actually called ‘Death in the Driver Seat,’ which I think is a typo.

It should be ‘Death in the Driver’s Seat.’

Lmao

I played a few games after updating to 1.04b and had the ball save thing happen 4 times so I just called it a night. After auto launching the second ball, I’d let them drain. When the next game started, it kept searching for balls but they were all in place. I’ll try and get a video today.

Did you do a switch test when it was searching for balls to confirm that it could see them all? Having not only a random ball save but also doing a ball search when starting the next game sounds like a ball trough switch issue.

The few times mine did a random ball save, it was completely fine after that, which makes me think outlane switch being set off from vibration or a short. But being yours continued to act like a ball was missing makes me suspect yours is a more persistent trough issue.

So, I updated for 1.04a to 1.04b. When I restarted the machine, all I get is a black screen. With a little tiny flashing message in the upper left corner that says "Pinfix" with a login date.

And of course its pinball league night.

Any suggestion?

You will need to email Fawzma to unbrick it.

[email protected]

Is there a reason the boot-fix code and instructions can't just be put up on Spooky Support site along with the code updates?

I did do a switch test last night. The good news is that so far I’ve had no auto ball saves while playing today! Hopefully an isolated incident. Thanks for your info.

Thank you

are you sure that is the right email? Sent a message and it was returned.

Hmm...not positive. Sorry I just copied and pasted from an earlier post.

Maybe this one?
[email protected]

[email protected] worked for me

[email protected] is the correct one! Sometimes typing it Gmail will still get it there

Anybody else notice while running the new code that once you start Sanitarium that nothing happens? The game says it the lit targets but nothing is lit? Pretty sure on the earlier code the drop targets were up?

Shoot the targets on the sanitarium playfield?

Yup. The targets are lit but they are pretty faint. Not sure if they can be brightened up or if that's just how they are, but it would be nice if they were much brighter.

Mine don't light anymore either. They used to.

I’ve started it a few times now and all my drop targets stay down? The 3 on the main pf and the Sanitarium one. There’s basically nothing to shoot for when I start that mode.

It's the Sanitarium stand-up targets that you need to hit. They will then drop the Sanitarium drop target.

I will pay more attention next time I play it. I got used to them being so dim you can barely see them, so honestly I might not have noticed if they no longer light at all, LOL.

Just got my Halloween unboxed yesterday and here are some initial reviews after getting only about a dozen or so plays in yet. More to come tonight.

The game itself is gorgeous. And I’m not talking about the butter cab although it’s nice too, overall Spooky just killed it on presentation and style points.

No issues thus far out of the box so that’s a good thing.

It’s a different game no doubt about it. In a good way. Very sneaky where the ball is coming from on those in lane returns. Gotta stay on your toes there. Which is the whole point of the movie and ambience

Smooth shots, I like the 3 levels although only made it up to the 3rd twice I think.

Playing it in a home environment with the lights out is really cool.

The animations and the code. What’s in there is good. Some of which I can see getting really repetitive but I know we are in early stages so the jury is still out there.

Haven’t updated to 1.04b code yet

I need to get another 50 games or so in to really get a feel but overall I’m really happy with it and I’d say expectations exceeded thus far.

It’s FUN!

What's the highest number shipped out yet?

What scores are people posting?

I have an Ultraman CE #214 spot I would swap for a late run Halloween CE spot, deposit is through KingPin.

I believe 138 but mine is supposed too ship early next week and I'm 159

Something like 58 games should be getting pinotaurs put in and boxed up this week so I'm not sure what the number is but it will go up fast this week and next week!

Does anyone have the link for the Michael head that mounts with the topper? I think Etsy?

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/545748680/michael-myers-halloween-wall-hanging?click_key=2ac8a7dc07a5ccffcb408282ba727140d82b7345%3A545748680&click_sum=9d14c51d&ref=hp_rv-4

Getting #138 dialed in. Here is a before and after of my shooter housing. Hey Spooky - where are the knife shooter rods?

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On 1.04b I saw a bug with house multiball running at the same time as Bob-Linda pumpkin mode. I cleared the targets, but shooting up the center ramp would not go into the house so I couldn't finish the mode. I think I may have cleared the last target after multiball ended and it was in stalker/restart which I didn't get.

Edit: It happened after hedge multiball, but house multiball was previously played on the same ball. Center ramp was lit, but diverter was in the wrong position and would send the ball to the left return instead of the house.

#196 here. No invoice yet but I’m thinking it should be close.

#198 and can’t wait!

#237 and super excited!

Man that was crooked. My ocd did not like that at all.

Soooo…what do we make of this FB post by the animator? Does he not currently work for Spooky orrrrr…?
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Sounds like he wants to get paid by people who share his photos off of social media.

That guy's Nucking Futs!
Everything he's said publicly has been cray cray.
The flash animations are the weakest part of the game I've seen so far.
"Be Afraid, Spooky. Be VERY Afraid."

Hmm, ok…he says he is still working on animations. Very misleading post. Must just be a contract job.

#154 invoice paid today, butter cab. Getting closer!