Do the two orbits advance anything or contribute to anything greater, except other than in unrelated modes?

I feel like almost every other completed shot or switch hit contributes to some kind of progress. However ... do they? I'm unaware of it and never heard someone say they do.

Other thing is, does the Super Skillshot that you make have any influence? Like a bonus for that particular shot or an associated mode or something, or doesn't matter at all?

If no to both, maybe something in future update, as Lyman apparently still wants to update Metallica.

I feel your pain brother!

I have done 2 CIU, but I usually rush into the shots too fast and thus drain too quickly. I'm going to try harder once I get my game set back up in my new place. Maybe lower CIU requirements would help a bit?

Rob

I've only started 2 a few times... Never 3.

I have seen this condition only one time. I forget what machine it was, but I turned it off and left the operator a note to change that ball out before it ruined his playfield. It looked like a "moon" ball with all the craters and facets, and was darker in color than a normal ball. I assume it just wasn't hardened properly.

I just acquired a Metallica pro. Both orbits keep getting rejected by the white post up top? Shouldn’t that post drop down after you do skill shot? Anyone else having this issue or know how to fix it? It really kills the flow of the game. Thank you for any help.

I saw this on a location game too. The ball looked almost like a golf ball. I told them about it and I think it got replaced.

Rob

This will fix your problem i guarantee it.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/metallica-owners-thread/page/46#post-2277072

You may just have to adjust that post and coil. Make sure it moves freely up and down. If the playfield is ever banged around the bracket can become bent. There is also a bumper on the bottom of that coil, adjust that height. Adjust until the white post is flush with the playfied. If it's up too high it will stop the ball. Up it's down too low a slow rolling ball will occasionally stall in the divot. Hope that helps.

About half a dozen times. Pretty interesting mode but not really all that well coded IMHO. The key to getting their is to NOT play seek and destroy. Take your super skill shots to lock in lanes for collects and while in MB you focus on those lanes. You want to have CIU lit after every MB.

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- First thing to know is it is the 5th crank it up mode so you have to collect all your shots again. First time I finished my 4th CIU mode I was looking everywhere to figure out how to start it.
- All the main shots light Red. (at least on a prem/LE). You have to shoot all the shots to turn them green. Once they are all green (and if memory serves me correctly) you've hit the grave, casket, snake and sparky you shoot the scoop to collect.
- points really aren't that great and it is a one ball mode.

My one tip would be to not collect it to early after starting it (right scoop). It's fun but for how hard it is to get to it's kind of a let down to me. The animations are cool though. I find Encore in AC/DC much better (same difficulties in getting their). But out of the Lyman generation of games I put it towards the bottom of his efforts for a Wizard mode

On a prem/LE - They help you advance the Fade to Black CIU mode much quicker. I believe the pro compensates a little bit by giving you some extra shot for an orbit but nothing like the spinner. Outside of this, it's just a way to feed the pops to increase bonus X and your mystery levels. Or, more importantly, a VERY safe way to progress towards CIU if you can lock in either orbit lane, especially on ball one.

Does there exist a version of the Met manual other than the one currently on Stern's site? What is available currently is a crappy B/W scan versus the nice source PDFs the rest of the games have.

I don't believe so Your best bet would be to manually copy over the higher quality pages from another SAM game (Spider Man for example) for all the common stuff that isn't game-specific, and splice in the stuff specific to Metallica.

I wish there was a higher quality color version available for Met.

When I finally got the perfect game going to reach EOTL I had just watched a tutorial where the guy “got in and got out” of CIUs quickly by just hitting each of the 4 shots to allow a quick cash out. It’s not the greatest for score but you’re spending less time potentially draining and moving on the the next CIU progression.

I also wondered why there isn't a better PDF. Searching for something is impossible!
You would think that there must be some digital version on Sterns network...

Dumb question...

How often do you change this style battery? Same timeframe as AA's from other machines?

lithium coin batteries are good for about 5-10 years

Figured. Alert just popped up on my pinside email that I need to change batteries which is what made me think of it. I guess if it's the original battery, it couldn't hurt to replace it?

No you can just replace it. I would keep the machine turned on while replacing to make sure to not loose your high scores and setting.

Any recent or hopefully soon NIB MET Premium buyers from this "Last Run" late July/Aug batch? Been on the waiting list since May, maybe someone has some info on these status wise ? Seeing Deadpool hitting production lines has me worried.

I just got my Metallica monsters premium from the latest run , it was shipped to my distributor in Canada last Wednesday.

I've confirmed that with pinvol, if you change the volume with the buttons, it bypasses Sparky. I'll never use it, but at least we know.

Or u can just wait ten seconds and have a sip of beer!

Yeah totally haha. It’s not that long of a sequence. That’s my beer sippin chance also! Wipe the sweat off your hands, sip of beer and get ready lol.

Anyone interested in trading a Metallica pro for a mint HUO POTC that is loaded, please let me know.

There is an ad with pics of the potc, topper, flipper fidelity speakers, side blades, color dmd and the entire machine is perfect.

I might, but im pretty far from you.

Ok, so the next question

How many of you reach Blackened or Seek and Destroy?

Blackened seems tougher to get to... S&D not too bad if you concentrate on completing the ramp inserts.

I love the S&D music intro! Blackened is very cool too!

Rob

I’ve reached both a handful of times, all when my score exceeds 200MM it seems, high score is only ~325MM with all default settings though and haven’t sniffed EOTL yet.

I’ve deliberately made reaching Blackened a little bit easier through settings. That way I can enjoy it more often. Really like the animations and lightshow. Especially on Total Lightshow mod!

By the way: good to read here that not everybody is scoring easily hundreds of millions. My GC is around 250mil, reached a third CIU once, but my biggest issue is collecting jackpots. For some reason I’ve a hard time shooting the scoop when it really counts.

Great game! Really like the moment when the game really “blows up” when casket multiball is going and you manage to combine it with snake multiball for instance!
FRANTIC! (another great Metallica song )

MET has it all honestly. Its a great shooting game with tons of flow and i love the inline drop targets. I wish more games had them. It also has great animations and toys and art and the crank it up modes are awesome. Just a great great game any way you look at it.

How far?

So my magnetic screwdriver wasn't as magnetic as it claimed to be on the handle...

Can anyone tell me what size the screw holding the spotlight here is?

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I would be finding out where that screw is. Did it fall into your ball trough maybe?

Im in st louis

Same as what the one is on the left sling

If memory serves me correctly it's a 6x32 by 3/8. Take the left one out and run to home depot just to be sure.

But as mentioned, you want to find it. Can do some harm if it gets stuck where power can reach it.

I had the left spot light bulb pop out yesterday and land in the trough area, but still on the playfield. I quickly trapped the ball to avoid anything from happening but as luck would have it, opening the coin door caused the high voltage to go out, drop the flipper and drain the ball (of course, which hit the bulb and sent it into the trough with the ball following behind

fast forward to 15 mins of trying to get the last ball out of the trough so that I could use some tiny craftsman screwdrivers and "walk" the bulb back to the left edge of the trough (center of the playfield) where I could fish it out by hand.

at least that was an easier fix than when the ball baron chromium balls got so magnetized that 3 of them were almost permanently fused inside the subway and would not move. that one left me dumbfounded until I had the throught to force more [new] balls into the subway to push the magnetized ones through

Get this and thank me later Every pinhead should have one in their toolbox.

https://www.harborfreight.com/15-lb-capacity-telescoping-magnetic-pickup-tool-95933.html

These can be a lifesaver as well. I know HF has them but just can't find them online to link them for you though. But here it is from another company for about the same price.

https://www.toolusa.com/products/s1-04036?variant=10165876949035&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyZDVoez73AIVCS9pCh3gZAYoEAkYCSABEgKkHPD_BwE

I got a couple of those telescoping magnetic pick-up tools, but they don't work for the trough where it's curved and you need to get the magnet end to

I guess I need to find a flexible magnetic end tool

There’s an option to enable ball save upon coin door opening! Saved my game a few times!
The machine just gives you a new ball once the coin door is closed again.

I just taped a magnet on the end of a long zip tie and it's been in my toolbox for 15 years. Works like a charm and is flexible!

Rob

See previous reply. Tape a magnet to the end of a long zip tie.

Rob

I'm in the same position as you for my NIB MET Premium. I've ordered mine from MI Pinball Refinery who gets his shipment from CoinTaker. It was told by Steve a new Batch from the "last run" was already routed to CoinTaker via trucks back on 8/7/2018.

So, it appears its actually happening, but I have not seen a lot of distributors change their website advertising for them. Perhaps many of them are spoken for. Luckily, you already sealed yours in May.

Soon, we both will have our NIB MET Premium and then I can use this thread to ask questions how to get to EOTL.

Read this thread about how to put a piece of electric tape around the base of the bulb so it will NEVER pop out again. Every time I have a spot light or other horizontal bulb fall out, I use this method to secure it forever.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fixing-led-bulbs-flashers-that-fall-out-of-spotlights

cheaper @ pinballlife.com ($199.95)
https://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=3244

https://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=4899

No that's not normal. Turn the game off, unplug the dmd, plug it back in and turn the game back on and see if that helped.

Nope. Should be all black. Sorry looks like you need to get stern/distro to send ya a new dmd.

Ask for a replacement DMD, put it in a box safe & then install a ColorDMD!

as others have pointed out, one of the blocks has a bad LED element (it looks like it's the 4th vertical element in the 2nd block [the block where there is one dot not slightly lit])

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the way that the screen is "painted" (row/column matrix) is causing residual voltage leakage to the rest of the pixel elements in that column.

it's a relatively easy fix if you have a replacement block (available from stern) & a desolder gun, but if your machine is still under warranty your best bet is to put in a ticket and get it replaced