What search parameters?
“Helicopter mod”?
“Helipad rotor mod”?

Thanks for your responses.

The extra ball after six rescues seems to come naturally with the progression of the game. What is the next EB (or next two) to go after? They seem a bit daunting after the first one.

Capture T-Rex

They could work, I just tried “blade” and found a range of posts regarding modding the Pro. The search will return a lot of posts that you’ll then need to scan through to find what you’re looking for

My favorite is get +5 rescues on first smart missle, grab extra ball, then immediately shoot smart missle again, choosing extra ball as prize. It rarely works but when it does, it is glorious.

I have also wondered this.
I have a new premium and installed custom code day one. I’m thinking of going back to normal updated stern code. Mifht do that with gotg too. Can’t decide.
Now, custom code on stranger seems to work very well though.

I've loaded up each on a separate SD card, and just swapped back to standard code in order to better learn the game. Definitely will go back to movie code once I know what the heck I'm doing a bit better, hoping the proper callouts help.

Question for the group:
I just found a fairly small black screw amidst the pops but couldn't see where it came from. Any ideas?

If you want a longer more rewarding game, turn on win extra games and the reward is an extra ball, like one at 150, 300, 500, 800 mil

That way when you are having a great game it really stretches it out there!

What are the carbon fiber ramp entrances?

Cliffy makes a set of carbon fiber ramps which stick to the surface.

Black screws = Dino head.

Custom code is bomb - no regrets, never going back to std.

ok...his website is a little busy. Did not see them. Ill send an email.

He does his best work by email!!! LOL

Drop him a note: [email protected]

http://www.passionforpinball.com/JP3-Stern.htm

Be prepared to wait. I just ordered a full set for my STTNG a few weeks ago. He stated then that he had a six week backlog. Patience in pinball.

The carbon flaps helped my game tremendously. My flaps screws were not aligned correctly and the ball was hitting one on each of the flaps.

Does he sell the ramps by themself? Or do you need the whole kit if you want any of them?

Pretty sure he'll sell the ramp flaps alone. Might get them faster. Just shoot him an email.

Okay thanks I may reach out about them. I do get quite a bit of Raptor Tower shots that just don't quite make it and drop, and maybe that will help with that.

There are 3 black screws that hold the lower jaw onto the T-Rex mech (they screw in from underneath) and it’s not that uncommon for them to fall out.

is there a link on his page for JP mods?

http://www.passionforpinball.com/JP3-Stern.htm (as per SimplePin post) - is this what you meant?

Wanted In Minneapolis:

Stern Factory Topper for Jurassic Park

Please PM me if you have one for sale or steer me toward someone you know who might have one, etc.

I can offer a fair sum in cash, or I have a NIB factory DP topper to offer in trade.

Thanks!

I ordered just the carbon fiber ramp entrances and got them within a week.

Your mileage may vary.

Re: Heli-spinner:

I think I'm discovering that I'm on my own recreating this mech from the Premium. The only DIY attempt I saw in this thread was admirable but ignored the weights at the perimeter and thus didn't spin but for one turn with each ball pass. I will have to build the entire mech myself - and I don't imagine I'll ever get around to that. I guess I assumed that, three after the game's release, there would be a few, solid solutions available - some even turn-key. Nope. I guess I will just have to resign myself to the fact that the spinner is a Premium/LE feature and that is that. Drat.

It actually serves a purpose on the Prem(scoring like a spinner). I guess most folks feel like what’s the point on a pro? I remember some attempts and it tends to become a ball trap if not done perfect. YMMV.

Gosh. Thanks for pointing that out! It's a spinner that actually closes a switch on the Premium! Good to know.

Wanted: JP2 PRO v1.05 Gamecode For Pinball Browser

Well, just as I was afraid of, version 1.07 gamecode contains a block that prevents Pinball Browser from accessing sounds.

Is there a JP2 owner here that happens to have a copy of v1.05? That worked on Zilla - the latest code was a bust, but older code allowed sounds access. I'm willing to give up the latest code features and bug fixes if it allows me to customize my pin's sounds.

Thanks.

Not sure what you are looking for other than the mods already posted. Remember the PRO doesn't have the logic or circuitry to sense the spinning, but if you just want the blades to SPIN, the take a look at post #6600 for a 3D model you can print and install yourself, or post #10424 for a kit you can buy and install on your pro. Is there something else you are looking for this to do?

Thanks for the reference. I don't have a printer or access to one.

That's more like it. Thank you! I didn't see that until you mentioned it.

I just want the fun, rotor spin with each ball pass on the wireform, just like on the Premium.

One more thing:

Can you please take a second to teach me how to search for posts by number? I'm often given post numbers by helpful Pinsiders but I don't know how to search for them with the "Keyword" or "User" fields at the top of the thread. Thanks!

Brand new out of the box my t-rex ramp shot doesn't always register. It is strange cause it uses optos which are always on. However one out of every 10 ramp shots or so do not register. No other phantom switch hits during the gameplay or nothing noticeable in switch test.

Any ideas on what to check?

I'd say first test the ramp entrance and ramp exit optos by hand in switch test to make sure they're registering in that test. Then use the left ramp switch test in the game menu to check how consistently they're registering from shots. it will compare the number of entrance and exit optos registering on shots. Whichever opto count is lower is the one that isn't registering. Here's info on it:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/welcome-to-the-jurassic-park-le-club/page/93#post-5484113

Once you figure out which opto isn't registering consistently (entrance or exit) then you can look at adjusting to get it consistent. It's a common issue and has been discussed a lot in both JP club forums if you keyword search "ramp opto" or something similar.

Can't you still order it from distros?

They showed up on Marcos for about an hour a few months ago then gone. Didn't show up on other sites.

As EaglePin said...optos. I had the same issue. For me it was the opto behind the backboard. some black electrical tape on the outside of the ramp to make the opto beam narrower did the the trick

While we're talking cliffys...what is verdict on slot protector cliffys on this game? The ball doesn't drop onto the slot, so for a HUO game, are they really necessary?

I only use slot protectors in games where the ball drops on the slot. GOTG is an example where it makes sense. I don't put protectors on slots since the rollover doesn't really wear the slot like a drop does.

Just FYI, just the 2 carbon ramps from Cliffy ran me $9.75 shipped.

I agree with Markharris2000 I always save my Cliffy slot protectors for my older B/W's where the balls drop on the slots. My NGG and RS both have Cliffy slot protectors from my SW and JP3 Cliffy kits.

Hi all. I want to add spot lights to the top of the slingshots. Can some confirm that the thread of the post and nut shown in the photo is 8-32.

I want to make sure I order the correct sized hex spacer to raise the lights up

Thanks

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I believe it is that. It's either that or 6-32 but I don't believe it is that small.

Any specific reason you aren't just going to get a kit? I ordered 2 of these 2 light kits and they come with everything you need, including both 6-32 and 8-32 parts.

https://www.cometpinball.com/products/spotlight-kit?_pos=1&_sid=3db10b555&_ss=r

Are you speaking of flaps that must be secured by rivets?

No, the ramp flaps on this page.

http://www.passionforpinball.com/JP3-Stern.htm

Thanks. Unfortunately I am in the UK so postage is double the cost of the kit so have to build my own from UK parts lol.

I will order 8-32 as agree they look bigger than 6-32

So I reached the visitor center for the second time today. I thought I had finished the mode, but maybe not? I got to the stage where you lock a ball in the raptor pen and another in the control room. I then knocked them both out and started the victory targets mode. I wasn’t sure what to hit so I just focused on keeping the multiball going as long as possible. When I drained down to one ball, it was not clear to me what I should do. I think a couple of the standup targets in the upper portion of the playfield near shot entrances were blue (possibly blinking but I can’t remember for sure). Other than that, the “O” shot was blinking and the raptor pen lights on the plastic were blinking.

I ended up shooting for the raptor pen since that has been a big focus in the visitor center mode. I hit it twice (the rear target - the gate was lowered) and it gave me Raptor Tri-ball. In retrospect I think this might’ve been because I had a ball locked in there prior to visitor center that got released during visitor center multiball, so I was able to start raptor tri-ball without a ball locked in there. After that, I still didn’t know what to do.

I started bashing the jeep thinking I could get museum mahem going but it seem to be registering t-Rex letters what I hit it.

What was I supposed to do?

Sounds like you are describing "Visitor Center", not "Secure Control Room"... either way try reading the rules: http://tiltforums.com/t/stern-jurassic-park-rulesheet/5644

victory targets is just shoot all the targets which lights raptor target for jackpot I think...something like that....basically just shoot lit targets.

Right - I’ll go back and edit my post. Visitor Center. So you have to finish it with the jackpot even if you’ve drained down to single ball play, drain that ball and start another single ball? It wasn’t clear to me from reading the rules. I’ve read them several times (including once during the game with a ball cradled on the left flipper).

One reason I thought the visitor center mode was complete/over was that I was awarded the Pteranodon Fossil when I drained. What’s after that? It was odd that the game, which up to that point has made what to do pretty clear, gave no direction at all that I could understand or see.

I had the same issue after reaching Visitor Centre however to progress to Escape Nublar you need to have done Secure Control Room, Museum Mayhem and Visitor Centre. Each of these will become lit on the PF once you've achieved it, so which ever aren't lit is what you need to work on (yes it's not clear and neither the info on the screen or the status displays when holding up a flipper show you your progression in either Control Room or T-Rex Events)

In regards to starting the T-Rex events, depending upon yours settings, the first 2 events you can get the letters simply hitting/bumping the truck but after that you need to fully swing of the truck to the other side to get each of letters for an event or Museum Mayhem.

In regards to lighting the 4 control room events to Secure the Control Room, you need to achieve these
• Catching your first dinosaur
• Spelling CHAOS twice
• Getting a Jackpot in Raptor Tri-Ball
• 15 tower shots

And if all the adjusting doesn’t work, buy some new optos. Inexpensive and solved it for me. Plug and play