Ughhhhhhhh!!!! I LOVE big thick paper manuals. Something about them.

Lame, okay. Thanks for the info.

Sweet idea! Looks to be under $17 at Walmart.

And this slimer colored one would go with the LE.

Anyone know how to increase the Multipliers at the start of Stay Puft mode? I'm getting to it somewhat regularly and they are always at 1x

Maybe the multipliers are in reference to the playfield multipliers?

Rob

I don't think so. Each shot has its own multiplier level so there must be a way to build up separate ones.

neo posted that he tapped his metal outlanes up 1/4" as they are so low from the factory the ball jumps over. Or are you talking of a different issue? Some have put post rubbers around the metal outlane

by raising them up 1/4". (only need to do the front of the rail, don't worry about the other side that's hidden under the flipper mech). It cut down on side drains by about 30% and eliminated the bounce over.

please don't hate on me as I type this... I picked up my GB premium last Wednesday, and have almost 100 plays on it. As much as I love the magna slings, the subway shot, and the artwork, so far, I just don't LOVE this machine. I don't want to give up on it yet, I mean its brutal, and I am ok with brutal, but having to start progress over every time I get new ball is getting old very quickly. I am trying to hold out for a few code updates (thinking TWD here, that game was kind of yuk and lackluster until the code was improved.) not sure what exactly the issue is, I do consider myself a better than just ok pinball player, but this machine just isn't doing it for me.

am I crazy?

I think at one point, I was able to play 6 games in less than 5 minutes, to me, that simply is NOT fun... the only good thing about it, is I am not having to feed quarters each time I want to play again!!

thoughts? opinions?

It's a difficult game.. and can be punishing. Not everyone likes those kinds of games... so no harm.

Get all the fixes and put in a center post. Its like night and day.

ExtremePinball put post rubbers on his. I assume he pushed the guide wire out of the playfield to install. Maybe PM him and he'll share his details

30% of all side drains, or just 30% of the hopping over the rail drains?

i agree, but so is TWD and iron man, but I still really enjoy playing those pins!!! LOL

I have the PBL kit, but when I went to install it, I was missing all of my hardware from the bag, so I have emailed them and they are sending replacements. hopefully it will help! what fixes are you talking about? I think I have done everything that I have read re: fixes, leveling and pitch.

not sure if it was his or not, but I saw somewhere, someone clipped the post rubber and then inserted it around the metal guide. (he posted a picture as well.)

100% of hopping over drains

30% less side drains in general. I explained why earlier in the thread.

PBL outlane and Center Post add lots of the "Fun" back into the game, getting you longer times and further progress.
There is so much to do!

Yes, Ill call them training wheels, as after 3 months, Ive taken mine off, and now see the challenges again in its toughness.

But for those that dont want a center post, and different than other side protectors, The one I am finishing accomplishes 2-3 things.

First, its a full sling shot protector on all sides.
Second, it stops lane hops, and is the only one Ive seen that covers both rails.

Lastly, by doing this, if one slits a mini post and puts on rails, it moves, or falls off, but now it can be anchored/glued to the
underside of this plastic to keep it in place.

Heres the one pic I have, I didnt add the rubber, but will fully test when protos come back in a couple weeks.

I think this solves every side rail issue, (Its currently for Premium and LE) preserving lanes, preventing hops, and allowing
a nudge to have more affect.

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GB Lane Gaurds (resized).jpg

I tapped up the rail on my Pro and my Premium and can confirm.
Virtually no jump overs and less Outlane drains.
I did just a little less then 1/4 inch.

You have to pay your dues on this pin the harder the pin the better pinballer you will become

having an issue on ghostbusters pro with the upper playfield lights going out. they're blinking very faintly atm. the pop bumpers are also out.

node board was swapped and problem still occurs.

any suggestions?

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Marco has them. Bally ridged flipper bats.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=bally+ridged+flipper+bats

I had the same thing happen. Top and middle GI's had a faint flicker. Left orbit lamp row, ramp row, and right orbit rows also did a faint flicker. I pulled every connection off on node board 9 and reseated it. hasn't happened since.

New code - anyone tried the video mode yet? 1.10

Pretty weak update, to be honest. Some good things, but very small given how long that took.

rarehero should be dancing in the streets.. he's gotten his mode bailout features he wanted so bad

And all the people moaning about being stuck in modes...

And griping about the video mode...

And they made starting modes with slimer easier.

They listened to most of the complaints and yet pinside says 'meh'. Figures.

- Added TIME OUT MODES Adjustment; When a mode times out it will not require
the player to restart it. It will not relight modes.

Does this mean if I don't finish Gozer the Gozerian in time, it'll just let me move on to Staypuft Marshmallow man the next time I get to start a scene ?

I think so.

Now you can just trap the ball and let all the modes time out. Change Slimer to easy, and you'll get to see all the modes in one play through.

Yup

Wtf Flynnie? ONE guy said meh. Everyone else is downloading it and installing it.

So some reward at the end has to change if you choose to timeout through the ladder, surely?

What is the video mode? Don't cross the streams?

I'm happy as fuuuuuuuck, and so are all the other people who wanted GB to be fun! This is exactly what I wanted. Thank you Dwight! I had put my order on hold...I am taking delivery now!

For those who want the game to be repetitive and impossible, you can change it back to the old way in the adjustments.

I've been trying to figure this out as well, I believe shooting the gozer target doubles one shot (left ramp i think) and shooting the right ramp doubles the right orbit maybe, I assume there are other targets that will double shots but the game doesn't exactly do a good job of explaining. Getting to stay puft isn't really the time to start experimenting either!

My issue is that it's mostly adjustments and bug fixes. Game balance tweaks are very minor. Scoleri targets still are out of whack with risk/reward, and not much in regards to addressing the uneven score ramp.

It's a decent set of updates, just very light given how long that took.

yeah node board 9 was what we swapped. also tried a new cat5 cable. guessing it's some wire(s) to the board we need to check one by one.

Installed!!!! Time to PLAY!

looks like there is also version 1.07 in the new update which is related to power optimization and node boards. maybe this will help our issue. we were running 1.05 which i believe was the latest.

PRO V1.07 - September 26, 2016
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System:
- Simplified Switch Test Menu to fit on display. The graphical switch display
shows the state of all switches on the node that last reported switched
activity.
- Optimized Node Power Usage.
- Added Node Configuration and Tech Alerts to Audit Dump.
- Fixed - Electronic Coin Mech (used in non-US games) stops working on some
games after many hours of operation.

It's Eddie Murphy.

Haha.

Wow! Nice update! Lots of bug fixes and less airballs and the Scoleri targets drop a lot better!!! Nice!

Yeah man! After the update, my playfield ghosting and chipping has gone away too!

Well for me Slimer is almost impossible to register a hit now the entire time he is out.
Looks like they forgot to turn the sensitivity back after he comes down.
I was pegging the hell out of him directly game after game and getting nothing on my Premium.
I think I got one hit out of 40 or 50.
He used to register just fine with even a side glance.
Anyone else noticing this?

My update is almost done and I'll try. I never had side hits count for me, it had to be a straight on hit, but it was almost 100% consistent before.

Pretty weak statement for you to make, to be honest.

I have to admit, I am stoked about the "Dont cross the streams" video mode.

I suggested this 6 months ago.. THANKS DWIGHT!

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So edgy. I hope you remembered to thumbs down the post too.

Looks like the new mode timeout and mode continues are on by default. Slimer default difficulty is set to medium.

If you have a mode running when you drain, it continues where you left off, and it changes all the skill shots to be what they are when modes are lit.

I think that I found a bug though. I had a mode going when I drained, so i selected right scoop for the skill shot (award video mode). When I hit it, it just gave me points and ejected the ball. Didn't go into any video mode. Does this just award max points for the new mode now rather than starting you into the mode?