(Topic ID: 69068)

Just discovered a painful AFM bug!

By yonkiman

10 years ago



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#1 10 years ago

I just Ruled the Universe for the first time ever (it is set to 5 balls, though - it was my 4th ball that cleaned up on). Everything went dark, balls drained, I got the ticker-tape parade,etc., then the game gave me another ball to continue playing. After a minute the ball landed in the SOL hole...and never came out. I expected the game to go through the usual ball-find sequence, but all that happens is the ball capture diverter opened and closed every 30 seconds, and now (about 10 minutes later) even that's not moving. The watchdog that checks that a ball is in play seems to have turned itself off.

So now I have to TILT my best game ever...

#2 10 years ago

Your AFM took its ball and went home, it's had enough of your shenanigans. Battered wife syndrome though, even though you hate it, guarantied you'll be back for more

#3 10 years ago

That is the "you didn't earn it because you have me set to 5 ball" bug

#4 10 years ago

I would carefully open the game while on and see if I could remedy this and continue play. Just be careful not to slam tilt it.

Parker

#5 10 years ago

I have a Neodymium magnet on a wire that I use to retrieve screws and washers that fall into the playfield.

I'd have fished the ball out, and then finished the game with the glass off (only because it was a high score game).

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#6 10 years ago
Quoted from yzfguy:

That is the "you didn't earn it because you have me set to 5 ball" bug

LOL!

I'm an idiot to not think of taking the glass off - I had the glass off an hour before while I was cleaning the playfield! Was stuck in "player mode" I guess.

No matter - at least I lived to fight another day (and another wave of attacks from Mars)...

#7 10 years ago

That's always how it is, best game ever, and the universe just doesn't want you to keep it... Always when stuff breaks on me.

#8 10 years ago
Quoted from yonkiman:

I'm an idiot to not think of taking the glass off - I had the glass off an hour before while I was cleaning the playfield!

Of course Murphy's law says that as you are removing the glass, the ball search mode starts up again, and the ball kicks out and drains anyway.

#9 10 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Of course Murphy's law says that as you are removing the glass, the ball search mode starts up again, and the ball kicks out and drains anyway.

Solenoids should be disabled with the coin door open.

#10 10 years ago
Quoted from stevevt:

Solenoids should be disabled with the coin door open.

Tell that to my JD-- Zapppppp!!!!!! Plus I usually close the coin door so I don't scratch the glass.

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