My hope is that AP's 3rd pin will be as awesome as their first 2.

Merry Christmas to AP, and LTG, and every Pinsider that reads this, and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!

I noticed they were glued on offcenter on the bumpers and thats why it seemed possible. They would have to be pulled off and remounted in order to have clearance. Too much trouble for me.

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Merry Christmas my friend !

LTG : )

There are 6-ball opportunities during Flipper Meister and Stein Slinging.

Ya but you need to get way deep in the game. Most people will never see it. I loved Houdini because I could start 6 ball multiball multiple ways very early in the game. Even with a mode I could get it going with reverse flippers. Octoberfest needs this! More than 2 ball multi ball is hard enough to get. Let’s fix this guys Josh???

They really dropped the ball in not doing custom runs for breweries, events and locations...

Also, what real marketing was done outside of to common buyers of pinball machines?

Hmmm. You can be in a 3 ball multiball just four shots after you start the game. (Scoop, [choose Juggling], left orbit, right orbit, Food Stand) Four more shots and it becomes a four-ball. Just sayin'.

I love the game, can't wait to see what you guys are doing in the upcoming code release! I put over 500 games on it in a month according to the counter. At this point I know all of Inga's taunts by heart unfortunately. I finally should get to actually practice flipper skills.

Getting also the Shaker for Christmas from my in-laws. My family is awesome!

Happy holidays to everybody!

Yes I have herd that 1000 times. Any other way to get there? Houdini has you in 6 ball multi ball in 5 shots correct?

Yes and SEANCE multiball in 7 shots which is a bit easier.

Nope, not quite,

SEANCE can be started in 7 shots (S E A N C E, then scoop)
Trunk can be started with 5 shots (inner loop (lock), Stage alley (light lock), inner loop (lock), Stage alley (light lock), inner loop (lock)
Straitjacket can be started with 2 shots (stage curtain, stage) you need to properly set the stage to the correct act before the first time you hit and also if it is the first act of the game, otherwise takes more shots to open the stage).

Keep n mind stacking two, three ball multiballs gets you 5 balls, not 6, since each will add 2 balls into play.

So best case is 7 shots for 5 balls (starting straitjacket first, then trunk), which would require quite the high level of skill to do.

To get six balls (with one waiting to bet put into play on first post save drain), would take 14 shots and requires starting Straitjacket first), although, who knows, maybe there is a way to go straight to Master Magician at the start of the game and have a six ball MB without making any shots.

Ferret and I debated pros and cons around stacking of coaster, beer barrel and juggling MBs for quite some time, but at the end of the day when you look at in what you need to be shooting and the general rules of them, we felt they did not really fit well together. Lowering and Raising the ramp for a Super Jackpot for Coaster, when you have six balls in play, would not be a good idea nor would it be during the 3 ball BBMB to allow coaster locks.

What power setting do you guys have the scoop set to? If I have it at 14 it sends the ball to the bottom 1/4 inch of the flipper about 90% of the time. If I boost it up just to 15 then it will always send the ball to the plastic inlane guide. Crazy how just one number adjustment will make such a difference. Can’t seem to find a sweet spot (or even close to) to get it to the middle of the flipper. Has anyone modified the scoop at all under the playfield to change the angle a bit?

Can you break down the steps to get 5 or 6 ball in Oktoberfest please.

Play all the modes

Personally, I like where the multiballs are at on Oktoberfest. Harder than most games but feels rewarding. Makes it so players can spend more time exploring modes and steins and worrying less about stacking everything with a multiball like a lot of Sterns. Not saying that’s a bad thing either, but I like the variety.

A couple days left to get stuff for your game.

LTG : )

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I just cracked 68 mil on this game. If anyone has got to this point you will feel like a god. It was like being one with the machine. I know it sounds like zen but it is very exhilerating. I felt like nothing could stop me and I could predict every shot. I only had 1 extra ball the whole time. I wish everyone the best of luck in 2020 and enjoy Gemutlichkeit year round. Oktoberfest is the best!

Fantastic score, @viggin900, congrats! You're right... if you're in sync with the machine, you'll win a bunch of tent modes on the same ball, and then the points just roll in. Not easy to do, but it feels oh-so-good when you do it!

I could be wrong but when I got 2x the light went on. Later on during the same ball when I was going for 3x I did not see it on? Im sure it registered but that should stay on for players info.

Playfield 2X, on the Ferris Wheel? It's timed, so perhaps the timer expired?

I thought it stayed on so you know what bonus you have and going for next.
How is the new flipper adjustment part for beer barrel coming along?

Whuh? A beer barrel ramp shot fix in the works?!

This ramp shot is my primary gameplay concern in making a final Oktoberfest purchase decision. Just sold my TSPP and I do not desire another unfun "treehouse" ramp shot on a new game.

I addressed this earlier. Search for posts by me.

Found your posts on this from a few months ago now.

Thanks! My prior key word searches came up empty.

Reassuring to see you were able to improve this shot's makability!

I put red rubber from Marco onto the upper flipper and it seems to be easier. But I still have days when I can't hit it. Other days I seem I can't miss it. Unfortunately the latter ones are rare

Exact same here.

I doubt if you'll find the Beer Barrel ramp "unfun". In my game I find that it's both challenging and fun (more fun than the treehouse in TSPP in my opinion). I'd say clobbering the High Striker is just as challenging. The shot I find most challenging is the "re-entry" plunge into the tent scoop. I like them all. What is my least favorite shot in the game? I never, ever like the unsatisfying thud of a metal ball crashing into a metal wall in a pinball game, so for me, bashing the closed bar door is my least favorite shot, much like bashing the metal garage door in TSPP, or the metal castle doors in WOZ.

How sensitive have you guys set your outlane save targets? I almost never get any and am debating if I should make them more sensitive.

AP has a fix for the flipper is what Josh said on the code update stream a few months ago. Dan told me about it also. I thought it would be ready by now? I'm not wanting to do a home made jerry rig from the previous posts. The fix has been tested and the shot is now 60% makeable. This has been a hang up for lots of people on the game.

When you replace the next time flipper rubber, instead of using super bands use a softer rubber compound - I would argue that is not really jury rigging. I understand people do stuff like that all the time to make the game play more to their liking. I needed to get replacements and ordered that and it seems to work for me.

I'm curious how software can change difficulty of a shot though, since that is a physical function of geometry in terms of angle, speed and force. The latter one you can already change with the coil strength adjustments. I had to back down coil strength by one on my upper flipper anyway, because otherwise the ball would hop off the rail on the way from the plastic to the barrel if you got a super clean shot. I found non magnet staged shots have a better chance actually - not when they are screaming around, but when they have a little bit more momentum then from the magnet hold resting spot.

Thinking outside the box, one way the software could "fix" this would be to add a "super magnab" feature. With super-magnab qualified, you would catch the ball above the UR flipper like you normally do, but the dome LED turns purple and auto-flip is enabled. Then you sit and watch as the UR flipper makes the perfect shot. Much like Phantom Flip in Monster Bash and Thing Flips in Addams Family.

Still thinking outside the box, and this is a little off-topic, but are there any games where making a skill shot doesn't kill all the remaining skill shots? In other words, if you're really skilled, you could collect two or three skill shots before the skill-shot timer runs out? I guess a super skill shot is something like that, but not exactly.

This is how the new Stern JP works with skill shots.

Kind of, the next skill shot only lights if you make the one before it.

That's a cool idea!
In Adams family though it has switches above and below the goal so it knows if it flipped too early or too late and learns. We don't have that learning feedback possibility here, so short of just giving you a virtual lock at x% of the time I don't know if it would work. But I like the way you are thinking!

There is one like this already in the game. If you get the left inlane it lights the half pipe on the right getting back to the left flipper and you can keep shooting it for progressively higher scores until you miss.

I'd be all over this if there was only one shot up there... but sometimes you want the ramp, sometimes you want the captive ball, sometimes you want the bar. I can definitely imagine people getting mad with us if the game started BBMB on them when they really wanted to first pick up an extra Frosty Ferret to increase BBMB values. (I know that Phantom Flip does different shots, but personally I hate Phantom Flip: it often doesn't do what I expect, and its accuracy is far worse than Thing Flips.) @t3quila's comments about the physical layout are relevant too... on Okto, the code wouldn't know if it missed early or missed late if it just hit one of the posts on either side of the ramp entrance.

Ghostbusters with the latest code is another example.

I kinda like the strategic aspect of having to pick one skill shot option... do you pick something easy for the "guaranteed" smaller points / smaller award, or risk the harder skill shot for the bigger reward?

The one time I nailed that Skill Shot (location, I don't own one) I drilled the 1/2 pipe ramp. Bricked it on the 2nd try though.

Cool to know it's progressive and to concentrate on it should I nail the inlane skill shot again.

Is there a coil adjustment for the ball kick out coil into the shootout lane?

It has happened 4 times now to me. Mid game I think ball 2 the ball tries to kick out but does not come all the way out and drops back down. Then registers as a drained ball.

Check the manual - coil settings start on page 18 .

Download here - http://s4.american-pinball.com/img/support/2019-7/Oktoberfest-Manual-new.pdf

LTG : )

I believe I have seen that before in the coil adjustment setting, let me know if you can't find it, then I'll fire mine up and look for it.

What's off though is that yours falls all the way back and registers as a lost ball. I would expect it to fall on top of the follow-up ball and trigger the jam switch instead it trying to kick it out again.

It is call Trough Kicker.

Make it stronger or weaker. If it hits the flap at the top and falls back down instead of diverting to the shooter lane, this will help. For WOZ, same ball trough flap thing. : https://www.pinplay.com/5/adjusting_the_ball_trough_on_woz.html

LTG : )

If this happens again, please send in a log file. It should not end your turn if the ball fails to reach the shooter lane. I’ve tested this in different game states (using my finger to block the trough eject) and had no errant behavior, but if there’s a bug, I want to fix it. Thanks!

Any word on new code in the near future?

We're working on it!

LTG : )

Anyone go the new coil stop fix for the upper flipper? Does it make the barrel shot much easier, like it is supposed to?

First time I'm hearing about it, what is it?

AP are releasing a package to existing owners which includes a coil stop which shortens the upper flipper stroke. This, apparently, will make it significantly easier to get the ball in the barrel.

Cool, I'm excited for that!