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Led Zeppelin Owners Thread

By Hayfarmer

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#5201 2 years ago
Quoted from John_I:

It looks like the ball barely fits out of the VUK with that protector there? Maybe just trim the protector or bend the end of the VUK slightly.
Honestly, after different issues with every type I've tried, I've gone away from any sort of fancy protector in the shooter area. Now I put down two layers of mylar before playing the first game and it is good to go and nearly invisible. As long as the edges where the clearcoat likes to chip have at least one layer of mylar they are fine. I put down two just for the heck of it.

It still fits just below with a 1mm gap as well but I think it being just barely that much higher is causing it to roll back into itself. Lowering the eject power helped greatly but still getting a few here and there and definitely annoying in a multiball.

#5202 2 years ago
Quoted from HopBeard:

Just had this custom button surround made by pinsider rimmeym This one was magnetic. He can make them out of all sorts of materials, and can make anything I could come up with. What does everyone think?
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I may want one,also like the gloss red flipper rubbers

#5203 2 years ago
Quoted from HopBeard:

Just had this custom button surround made by pinsider rimmeym This one was magnetic. He can make them out of all sorts of materials, and can make anything I could come up with. What does everyone think?
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That's pretty cool. How much and if I go with a different design, do I need to send a file or link? Thx,,,,

#5204 2 years ago

Does it by chance hit the bubble level? I’ve had to slightly move a couple of those over the years for this exact reason…

#5205 2 years ago
Quoted from jitneystand1:

Does it by chance hit the bubble level? I’ve had to slightly move a couple of those over the years for this exact reason…

No that is much higher. I removed the sticker per hayfarmers suggestion and I'll see how it goes. So far so good but only had like 4-5 games to try it out but no issues so far.

#5206 2 years ago
Quoted from Hayfarmer:

That's pretty cool. How much and if I go with a different design, do I need to send a file or link? Thx,,,,

I would reach out to him rimmeym for more details.

#5207 2 years ago
Quoted from HopBeard:

Just had this custom button surround made by pinsider rimmeym This one was magnetic. He can make them out of all sorts of materials, and can make anything I could come up with. What does everyone think?
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I can make pretty much any custom button surround for most pins. Let me know your ideas and we can work up a prototype. This magnetic one works great as it can be removed and replaced without leaving any marks! Our custom work is also not limited to button surrounds. We can also do custom toppers, playfield additions, etc. Let's collaborate on your ideas!
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#5208 2 years ago
Quoted from John_I:

OK, so I went ahead and got one of the alternate translites as an experiment and really like it. I know this has been discussed ad nausea, but it is obvious the license holders did a disservice to everyone including themselves by not trusting Stern to make any original pinball art for this game. Even though the LE package has the best art IMO; an original backglass with the band image is something that was needed and I think this one hit the mark. Just having this one prominent place on the machine with original band based art makes all the difference in the world to me. I always liked the rest of the cabinet art and the blue powder. At this point I love the entire art package and don't feel like I am on Icarus overload anymore. This translite matches the rest of the cabinet, Wizard Mod panel magnet, topper and speaker LEDs perfectly. At this point I am done!!
So for now at least I have the original backglass safely in storage. I bought a new piece of glass and full channel set for the translite, so it's a complete drop in replacement. As cheap as the channels are there was no way I was going to risk pulling the channels off the original glass. More importantly I wanted two complete swap-able glasses. One other note is I had to lower the backbox GI attract lighting to around 70% or it was a little too bright for my taste. I use 18% in game already. Contact pinside member Pinstein if you want one of these. He's a great guy to deal with, price is right and shipping is super fast.[quoted image]

You recall the size of glass need for this? I’m going to order from local glass shop unless there is a pinball part vendor that sells them.

#5209 2 years ago
Quoted from rimmeym:

This magnetic one works great as it can be removed and replaced without leaving any marks!

This is key. Not only does it look cool, but it's easy to install and won't damage the lockdown if you want to remove it. Nicely done.

#5210 2 years ago
Quoted from Psw757:

You recall the size of glass need for this? I’m going to order from local glass shop unless there is a pinball part vendor that sells them.

I am also about to order glass if i cant find it elsewhere,I think its 1/8 thick and I saw a stern glass frame mod that fits in at 25.75 x 16.375 can anyone confirm and tempered I would think.

#5211 2 years ago
Quoted from Jamesays:

I am also about to order glass if i cant find it elsewhere,I think its 1/8 thick and I saw a stern glass frame mod that fits in at 25.75 x 16.375 can anyone confirm and tempered I would think.

I know Marco sells glass but not sure if it fits the newer Stern’s with LCD screen.

#5212 2 years ago
Quoted from Psw757:

You recall the size of glass need for this? I’m going to order from local glass shop unless there is a pinball part vendor that sells them.

The channels came from Pinball Life. Note that they are sized for the pre-LCD glass size. That just means the top and bottom channels are fine but you have to cut a couple inches off the side channels to fit just right. The glass itself is 25-7/8 x 16-1/2 x 1/8 inch, tempered with "no watermark or bug" ordered from my local glass place for a little over $20 including tax.

#5213 2 years ago
Quoted from John_I:

The channels came from Pinball Life. Note that they are sized for the pre-LCD glass size. That just means the top and bottom channels are fine but you have to cut a couple inches off the side channels to fit just right. The glass itself is 25-7/8 x 16-1/2 x 1/8 inch, tempered with "no watermark or bug" ordered from my local glass place for a little over $20 including tax.

Thank You I will order my new translite glass in these dimensions

#5214 2 years ago
Quoted from John_I:

The channels came from Pinball Life. Note that they are sized for the pre-LCD glass size. That just means the top and bottom channels are fine but you have to cut a couple inches off the side channels to fit just right. The glass itself is 25-7/8 x 16-1/2 x 1/8 inch, tempered with "no watermark or bug" ordered from my local glass place for a little over $20 including tax.

Thanks!

#5215 2 years ago
Quoted from BruketFans:

Any progress on the above problems?
Really annoying sound from the spotlight (topper) when moving

Response from Stern Technical Support regarding LZ Topper (motor/spotlight):

The servo motors that move the spotlights tend to be a little noisier on this topper because they are not completely covered and are located up in the front of the topper.

#5217 2 years ago

This is a nice touch

" - Lights:
- Changed the mode arrows on the Hermit shots to now blink in sync with
the beat of the song that is playing."

#5218 2 years ago

Seems 1.04 fixes the issue with the ball locked in the EM mech not registering and kicking a new ball into the shooter lane.

#5219 2 years ago

this new download has 3 files, correct? First time updating a machine...

#5220 2 years ago
Quoted from Vitty:

Seems 1.04 fixes the issue with the ball locked in the EM mech not registering and kicking a new ball into the shooter lane.

Oh snap. That's really the only issue I'm having still and it's not a major one so this is nice. Hopefully the ball save skill shot is working now too

#5221 2 years ago
Quoted from John-Floyd:

this new download has 3 files, correct? First time updating a machine...

Yes but you only need the one (pro, premium or LE) file

#5222 2 years ago

I'm in an area with limited cell reception fr a few days. Can't even open up read me file!! Is there lots of improvements game wise or mostly bug fixes?

#5223 2 years ago
Quoted from Hayfarmer:

I'm in an area with limited cell reception fr a few days. Can't even open up read me file!! Is there lots of improvements game wise or mostly bug fixes?

I think the kids would call it "polish," no major new modes nor multiballs. But there's a lot of it in there! Some higher scoring opportunities also.

#5224 2 years ago

LE V1.04 - July 13, 2021
==========================
Fixed:

- Game:
- Fixed an issue that could cause a game crash if a display element was
requested before it was initialized.
- Fixed an issue that caused Top of the Charts Challenge to be selected
when the player attempted to play a competition game from the game play
menu.

- Devices:
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Electric Magic Device not to raise
on the first shot that should have raised it.

- Display:
- Fixed an issue that prevented completion time from showing during the
Top of the Charts Challenge total screen.
- Fixed an issue that could cause the SONG CHANGE IS LIT display effect
to appear when it was not lit.

- DJ Mixer:
- Fixed an issue that could cause the game to start when a player tried to
exit DJ Mixer.

- Lights:
- Fixed an issue that could cause the light shows to slow down when
Icarus X was started on games that did not have a topper.

- Rules:
- Fixed an issue that prevented the player from re-playing World Tour
multiball from the beginning if they had previously reached World Tour
Victory Laps.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Top of the Charts to end early if the
song mode you were playing matched the song that started Top of the Charts
multiball.

Tweaked:

- Adjustments:
- Removed the "ARE PLATINUM SONGS SELECTABLE" adjustment. Platinum songs
can no longer be re-played until after the player completes "? Multiball."

- Game Timers:
- Changed the Icarus X Timer to pause during Song Select and Tour Select
screens, as well as for other game choreographies.

- DJ Mixer:
- Changed the DJ Mixer playlist to continue to the next song when it is
finished instead of repeating the current song.
- Removed silence from songs in DJ Mixer.

- Display:
- Changed the "Mothership is Lit" display effect to no longer show on the
display after the player drains out of Top of the Charts Challenge.
- Added an attract mode screen to show the current game play mode and
instructions on how to change the game play mode.
- Changed the mode total display to appear after grace period. This gives
the player an accurate mode total if they scored any points during grace.

- Song Select:
- Changed the Song Select Screen to skips songs in which the player has
achieved a platinum record.

- Sound:
- Added a timeout period to prevent the Start Game - No Credits sound
effect from playing repeatedly when the start button or action button was
pressed.
- Improved the timing of the "Tour is Lit" speech callout.

- Lights:
- Changed the action button color to Orange when Band Boosts are maxed out.
- Removed the Hermit arrows from the Zeppelin Jackpot light show.

- Icarus X:
- When using a Band Boost to boost multipliers, the band member symbol(s)
that get(s) boosted will also light if they are not already lit.
- Changed the Icarus X overlay to show the multiplier and timer value on
the display when all band member symbols are lit but Icarus X has not been
started yet.
- Changed the order of Instant Info to show the Icarus X status as the
first page of instant info.

- Combos:
- Changed the base combo value to only increase during single-ball play.
- Boost the combo base value when a target bank is completed.
- +10k for Ball Save bank.
- +15k for LED bank.
- +15k for ZEP bank.
- +25k for ROCK bank.
- Completing a target bank by terminating a combo awards double the values
above.

- USA 1975 Tour Objectives:
- Changed Objective 1 (Shoot 6 Ramps) rules to no longer allow the ramp
that was just hit to progress the objective.

- USA 1977 Tour Multiball Rules:
- Scoring a jackpot now immediately lights a 3x Super Jackpot on a timer.
- When the timer expires, it decreased to a 2x Super Jackpot.
- This is decreased further to a 1x Super Jackpot, which will stay lit
until it is collected or the multiball ends.
- Increased the number of switches needed to light the first super jackpot
to 50.

- Top of the Charts Multiball:
- Added a Platnium Jackpot.
- Platinum Jackpot is lit at the left eject upon going Platinum in a song.
- Platinum Jackpot awards a Platinum Bonus equal to 2.5M * the number of
platinum songs you have * the number of balls in play.

- World Tour Multiball:
- Boosted the maximum tour multiball jackpot +1M for each city jackpot
earned during World Tour multiball.
- Added "Mile Multiplier" which multiplies all miles earned while it is
active.
- Side flipper shot raises Mile Multiplier.
- Mile Multiplier resets back to 1x any time an add-a-ball is awarded
(every 2nd city jackpot.)
- Changed the Right Ramp to award twice the miles of other ramps.

- Electric Magic Multiball:
- Increased hurryup value to 1.25M.
- Changed the multiplier timers to briefly pause at 20x and 40x while
a ball is being added into play.
- Added a display effect to show the Electric Magic super jackpot award
when the ball is first knocked off the magnet.
- Changed the timer hurryup to start at 10x if the score hurryup times down
to 250,000, and 20x if a ball is locked to end the score hurryup.

- Extra Ball:
- Disabled the records extra ball if competition mode is on and the Records
Extra Ball is set to AUTO.

- Song Modes:
- Tweaked the shots in Communication Breakdown. Intro and Verse shots were
reversed. Changed the chorus shots to include the side ramp/target and
exclude the center ramp.

New:

- Lights:
- Changed the mode arrows on the Hermit shots to now blink in sync with
the beat of the song that is playing.

- Display:
- Added instruction screens for Tour Multiballs.
- Can be turned On/Off with SHOW TOUR INSTRUCTIONS adjustment.
- Added an Icarus X overlay that shows the value that Icarus can be started
at when all band members are lit.

- Speech:
- Added speech for Mothership multiball super jackpots.
- Added countdown timer speech for Mothership multiball super jackpot.
- Added "Mothership is Lit - Shoot Top Eject" speech when the mode is lit.

- High Scores:
- Added Platinum Bonus Champion.

- Adjustments:
- "BUILD ICARUS DURING MULTIBALL" defaults to YES.
- Install Competition changes this adjustment to NO.
- "EARN SALES FROM ACTIVE PLAYFIELD" defaults to YES.
- Install Competition changes this adjustment to NO.
- "ICARUS BOOSTS SONG MODES"
- Boosts the value of all song mode shots by +15k per Icarus hit this
ball.
- +5k per Icarus hit this game.
- Adjustment Options:
- ALWAYS (Factory Default)
- NOT IN MULTIBALL (Competition Install)
- NEVER

- Moved to System 2.80

- Updated to nodeboard firmware v0.74.0

- Moved to 0S 2.0.20

LE V1.03 - Internal Release
==========================

LE V1.02 - April 14, 2021
==========================
Fixed:

- Game:
- Fixed a rare issue which could cause a game to get stuck in a reboot
loop.

- Band Boost:
- Fixed an issue that could cause a ball to be added into play when
multiball was not running.

- High Scores:
- Fixed an issue that could cause the Icarus X high score to record
incorrectly.

Tweaked:

- Lights:
- Changed the Electric Magic Spinner light show to keep the GI level
consistent as the spinner rotates.

- Moved to System 2.74

- Updated to nodeboard firmware v0.69.0

- Added Standard Audit "Total Power Ons" which will display the number of
times the machine has been power cycled. This audit was added in
system 2.45 and is not included for displa

#5225 2 years ago

Finally the pausing the icarus timer was my biggest one! That's awesome!!

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#5226 2 years ago
Quoted from BruketFans:

Any progress on the above problems?
Really annoying sound from the spotlight (topper) when moving

No i've lubricated everything I can see moving, just loud piece of equipment apparently,

#5227 2 years ago

Updating going smoothly so far.

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#5228 2 years ago

Ok had some time to play with the update. So far just some nice polish.

Did not fix my spinner capture issue still gotta give a solid nudge when it takes my ball down with the EM device most times.

#5229 2 years ago

Where did you snag that Stern Dustcover?!....Been looking for a few of those...Sterns site has been sold out for months.

#5230 2 years ago
Quoted from John-Floyd:

Where did you snag that Stern Dustcover?!....Been looking for a few of those...Sterns site has been sold out for months.

Got it on pinball life a few weeks back but not seeing it listed now

https://www.pinballlife.com/stern-pinball-glass-dust-cover.html

#5231 2 years ago

Thank you Brian - Just did a search using the SKU and bought 2 from pinballpro.com.

#5232 2 years ago
Quoted from John-Floyd:

Thank you Brian - Just did a search using the SKU and bought 2 from pinballpro.com.

Sweet! I got my LZ topper and some other accessories from them.

#5233 2 years ago

Good to know - never ordered from them before so the reassurance is appreciated. Said in stock so I should be good to go.

#5234 2 years ago
Quoted from John-Floyd:

this new download has 3 files, correct? First time updating a machine...

Each update file has three sections. Al three sections should be copied to the thumbdrive.

#5235 2 years ago
Quoted from drummermike:

Each update file has three sections. Al three sections should be copied to the thumbdrive.

I usually have to copy each of the 3 one at a time from download on computer to usb or it wont work.in my case anyway

#5236 2 years ago

Thank you guys - I copied all 3 files to my Drive - 2 large files and one small one. Will try the update tonight.

#5237 2 years ago
Quoted from Jamesays:

I usually have to copy each of the 3 one at a time from download on computer to usb or it wont work.in my case anyway

Yes. I also copy each of the three one at a time.

I drag them over to the drive one at a time.

#5238 2 years ago
Quoted from John-Floyd:

Thank you guys - I copied all 3 files to my Drive - 2 large files and one small one. Will try the update tonight.

Put the usb in the backbox with the pin off. Turn on pin and follow instructions on screen. Fast and easy.

#5239 2 years ago

Well that was nice and easy. Thanks!

#5240 2 years ago

I was under the impression Stern has changed things so updates like this will no longer wipe high scores. Is that the case?

Smashed out a 2.4 bill high score last night and I’m keen to retain it for a while for bragging rights…

#5241 2 years ago

Hey guys,
Do I need to load 1.02 before loading 1.04...currently @ 1.0

TY

#5242 2 years ago
Quoted from Chambo:

I was under the impression Stern has changed things so updates like this will no longer wipe high scores. Is that the case?
Smashed out a 2.4 bill high score last night and I’m keen to retain it for a while for bragging rights…

I did a full install with verification and still kept all my high scores.

#5243 2 years ago
Quoted from ghostbc:

Is anyone else still waiting on the topper? I ordered and paid my distro as soon as it was announced . Sorry if the answer is in this thread somewhere.

Im still waiting on mine but local told me shipping end of this month

Quoted from BrianJ1337:

Ok had some time to play with the update. So far just some nice polish.
Did not fix my spinner capture issue still gotta give a solid nudge when it takes my ball down with the EM device most times.

I just got my spinner fixed by my distributor, but I'm still having the same issues with the captured EM spinner ball needing the nudge to be recognized. I think we have a build date pretty close to each other.

#5244 2 years ago

With every new update I keep hoping a new song or two will be added. Definitely needs them.

#5245 2 years ago

A word a warning ... make sure install the right version of the code, I installed the LE version on a PRO by mistake...I knew something was up when it started talking Electro Magic. Oops --- lost all my high scores in the process.

#5246 2 years ago
Quoted from BrianJ1337:

I did a full install with verification and still kept all my high scores.

I just did a quick install with no verification and it kept all my high scores and settings. The new code is great!

#5247 2 years ago
Quoted from Txcoastal1:

Hey guys,
Do I need to load 1.02 before loading 1.04...currently @ 1.0
TY

Dude, you're still on 1.0? The answer is no, you can jump right to the latest version without any problems.

#5248 2 years ago
Quoted from Diamond:

With every new update I keep hoping a new song or two will be added. Definitely needs them.

Just emailed a request to Stern suggesting this. I even went as far to say I’d pay extra for the content.
Hammer a way at them, you never know!

#5249 2 years ago
Quoted from Zosotatt:

A word a warning ... make sure install the right version of the code, I installed the LE version on a PRO by mistake...I knew something was up when it started talking Electro Magic. Oops --- lost all my high scores in the process.

Update --- When I installed the right version (PRO) on top of LE all of my settings and high scores were restored! Good on Stern!

#5250 2 years ago
Quoted from LOTR_breath:

Dude, you're still on 1.0? The answer is no, you can jump right to the latest version without any problems.

I travel a lot, and don't always search for updates

Please clarify...so I cannot skip FW Revs?

Thanks

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