Ok so if I go back to L-1 the game shouldn’t go into ball search while waiting for me to launch? But I will lose all my bonus if I get a tilt warning if I go back to L-1?

The 2c rom didn't fix the tilt bug either nor do anything for mystery so you didn't have that anyway. Just trying to get you back to a known point in terms of the ROM. I doubt the ROM is the issue but it sounds like since he pulled it even before all the other ones were pulled that it was a work in progress vs a finished ROM.

I think the game is going to work the same with L1. You're the one who said it's a bug so my suggestion for the romswap is to rule that out.

Ok thank you. The L-1 rom should be here by Friday.

I recently observed the game code CX-96 on a Star Trek Next Generation pin at a local arcade. The machine had other issues with a coil locked on, so it wasn't playable. thoughts on what that code is related to?

In addition, and sorry if this topic has been asked before. Is there a good resource for learning more about coding or updating the code? Soren is the number one resource for sure this extremely specific skill. thank you in advance for your thoughts.

https://missionpinball.org/

Hi soren - one bug in CFTBL that I've noticed is that if you're working to achieve the 2nd KISS and Sackbar awards you a "F”, is that you miss out on Extra Ball being lit. I haven't yet installed my v5 ROM however from the release notes this isn't listed. I realise that you are probably not going to be revisting CFBTL code anytime soon, however thought I'd let you know in case you are keeping a list of known bugs. Let me know if you need any further details

Police Force could use an update. A lot of
People like the game but not the rule set because of the center ramp
Shot being unbalanced.

That's both dependant on hardware I think, for I never have one of those problems. It may be that it's hard to fix once you have something like that, but I don't think it's a bug thing.

Great work you're doing. I think everyone with a game you're bringing an update for is/will be exited for that update.

PS: I know I'm repeating myself, but having random order of wolves in BSD and obstacles in DrWho added, instead of always the same pattern, would be enough for me to buy new roms, for it would keep videomode more of a skill thing instead of a 'how well do I know the patterns'. I don't know how much work that would be and if others would also like to see that as much as I do.

I’d love a small fix to Indiana Jones. Would love to install a vuk for the start mode hole. I am thinking the new stern shallow vuk would work.

Problem is when the coil tries to kick the ball out, the ROM is programmed to use half power, since it designed as a saucer kick out.
If the first attempt doesn't eject the ball, then the ROM recognizes this as a failed attempt and after two seconds, applies a full power to the solenoid.

I think I need full power at all times.

Thank you, yeah I changed the rom back to the factory and it is still doing the ball search. I must have a faulty switch that switch test is not picking up on. It really is driving me crazy lol luckily for the time being I can set the auto launch for 10 seconds and then it is out of sight out of mind for now.

Thanks again for getting back to me.

I understand you’re very busy, so when you get some time watch gameplay of Police Force and you will see how unbalanced it is. That center ramp shot lights for unlimited millions pretty easily and that becomes the only thing worth shooting. Buffalo Pinball and a few others have done some gameplay streaming of Police Force. At 1:35 seconds into the vid, you can clearly start to hear peoples gripe with this game.

I have read a possible mod that uses a Gottlieb pop bumper board. The pulse to fire the solenoid is feed into the board and the solenoid will always fire at full strength. Wethers it’s the low power pulse or the high power pulse. (My terminology might be way off here).

I am still going to cut open my IJ mode hole and make it square with the shallow vuk from stern. I am fed up with the rejected shots to the mode start.

It might be easier to install a solution provided by a pinsider Ricochet than hacking your playfield. More details here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ij-williams-you-cheat-dr-jones-club/page/187#post-6716456

A Big Wish for an update to T2 is that when 1 ball is locked in the skull during multi all please raise the drop target which will prevent more balls being locked in the skull. If you lock 2 balls in the skull and 1 elsewhere the machine will go into search mode and finally get 1 ball kicked out of the skull and loaded to the canon. The big issue is if you end up locking all 3 balls in the skull during multiball then the VUP doesn’t have power enough to get 1 ball loaded to the canon. This result in you have to turn off the machine and struggle to get the balls unlocked from the skull.
If it would be possible to ensure drop target is always raised when the skull is loaded all these issues would disappear

I can confirm that this "mechanical" inertia damper works VERY well indeed!

I would say its over 95% effective in sticking the ball.

What version of code are you running? Not sure which version that enhancement was introduced but it's definitely in the latest rev L-8

In your settings check that Feature Adjustment A2.21 Drop Target Down Multiball is turned off (which is the default)

Note that you can sometimes still end up with multiple balls in the skull, as the drop target can still be knocked down and a second ball can enter before the target is raised again by the game. This is not a software issue but rather a limitation of the mech's design, as the target cannot be locked in the up position.

and the super can b

rom home-6B has that (need to change the sound roms + cpu rom)

Even with the release of FH 2.0, are there any plans to tweek the original? Only looking for a real ball save.

Is there a plan to release rollergames? Just back to working on mine after a 3 year haiats.

Thanks for the response. I think a lot of us here on pinside already know about the jumper change. Maybe a disclaimer would help.

Make something on the TOTAN

@soren:
I've been following this thread for some time now, but haven't read all post yet. Would I be totally wrong to hope you're talking about TAF?
The missing ball saver is IMO the only lack in one of the best machines ever. I guess, most of the people would be fine with a simple solution, just feeding the ball back into the shooter lane within the first 10/15/25s. No DMD adaption, no sound file modification, just feeding back (I know, it might not be that easy...)

Best

Rainer

aside from the swearing, what other fixes will there be for demoman?

Man that rocks!

totally agree

Soren, great to see your activity again!

@soren, are there any plans for a ROM upgrade for Shadow?

I would ask that there is a max cap put on the loop combo shot, really the biggest scoring flaw in the game IMO.

Any plans for Congo and No fear?

plus one for No Fear !

there's also the bug for bonus/tilt warnings + blocking the video mode shot during the start of mist multi-ball.

I Think TOTAN would benefit a lot with small changes, increase the dificuld of getting jewels, because in some modes you just need one hit, is stupid, and no jewels on the bazar. I think this was already debated on other foruns, small changes to "default" software that could improve a lot the game.

Think about it Soren

I don’t own one but No Good Gofers has to be the most bug filled game of the wpc era.

Sure we would all like rule tweaks to our favorite games but fixing bugged out games would be great. It would sure create more demand for those games.