Ok, dum question here...where is the volume control? I am being blown away...disregard...found it.

Had anyone else experienced this?

I've never seen this particular issue on this forum. Sounds to me like a faulty donut-shaped PCB under the playfield. I'm curious what the fix is from PB. If it is a bad PCB, they should be able to isolate it and get you a new one quickly.

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Has any one received or payed for shipping for a sv yet in quarter 3 ?

Is the pop bumper switch just too sensitive, and it's being activated by the vibration from other coils and potentially even itself? Equally are the other bumper switches either gapped too much or are permanently closed (causing the game to disable them)?

I'd suggest going into switch test mode and see what the pop bumper switches are doing

Having bought this from someone who left a scathing review of this pin just after I bought it from him, a part of me thought “maybe it’s not that good”. After a month of play I just had my best game of 97m.

My assessment is as follows:

If you’re not hitting your shots it can be slow, clunky and frustrating. If you are, the 4 flippers all interconnect and flow. The modes are all varied and well thought out. They are fairly short. Starting one movie’s modes loops through to the other movie, so in one game you could have 10 modes and 5 multiballs.

The ramps are both fairly fast, the right can be made from both left flippers. The vent 3 loop from the top right flipper will rocket around to your bottom left flipper on occasions. The right loop is a little slow on mine, but this could be my setup or spinner.

In my best game that I just played, I played stranger things just before it.

It’s not as fast as that. But it pulls you into the modes and multiballs. It requires calculation and ball management. And once you chain your combos it speeds up.

I think it has been said but it’s like a wide body Bally/Williams. But with awesome immersive sound and light.

So am I going to sell it tomorrow? No, I will keep it for sometime. It’s not my wife’s fave, she prefers STH and GZ. I’m enjoying it. It’s not a stern. But you can only have so many sterns. I owned pirates as well. This is more cohesive and immersive than pirates.

Ok new one for those of you more tech savvy then myself.. Anyone know hwere i can purchase the button switches on the target/xeno switch assemblies? I had broken 2 switches from really hard ball hits and at 20 bucks a pop with shipping, maybe i could solder in a new switch and save some loot?

anyway.. thanks if you have anything for me.-BAG

Check aliexpress, I have a bag of 50 of the switches they used on the early ones but now the version 3 switches have a longer stem

Edit: https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32857436208.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.483b5ec9wUNycO&algo_pvid=0331c7cb-5e34-4782-b416-80a04e0931bb&algo_exp_id=0331c7cb-5e34-4782-b416-80a04e0931bb-15&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2210000013440523631%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21CAD%214.71%214.71%21%21%21%21%21%402101e9d416602294206942651e993a%2110000013440523631%21sea&curPageLogUid=VdIIUKMKgF64

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will do.. i thnk they are using 8MM now. Thank you!!!

Measurements of one of my xeno new switches

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Always appreciate the assist.. i got 50 of these coming in from Ali... cost me like 2 bucks with shipping.. crazy.. if too long, ill dremel them down a bit. too late now, but do i need to worry about ohms?

Yep, this all lines up for me except my right orbit feels pretty quick. Mine is between a GZ and STh oddly and it is the perfect break from a Stern. I just beat Self Destruct and Mando is the only new Stern I remember that has that feel of those tense moments but that is a Dwight hallmark. Stern are fast and fun but generally not immersive.

Wait till you get to all out war... all completed modes feed those scores, can really wrack up some numbers..... love this pin.

Oh man, that will take a beat. My high now is like 121M but getting hyper sleep mb in a game I also beat loader and self destruct seems like quite the accomplishment.

Edit: oh, just any completed modes. yeah, that would be crazy.

Still waiting on an SV paid in full Sept 21

Hi all, new LV owner here and having some issues. The game worked great when it arrived, except the left speaker light didn't work. Opened up the backbox box and it was just unplugged, easy fix. The game worked great after that for an hour or so, then I decided to update from 2.6 to 2.7. It rebooted as expected, but none of the buttons worked and I couldn't start a game. I restarted it again, now I get the volume flicker screen and nothing works. Unless a board in one of the boxes failed, I have a hard time believing it's a connectivity issue of any sort. I checked all three fuses in the playfield box with a multimeter and they're all good. Swapped them around just to see, no change. I then replaced each of the four USB cords with a spare I had, one at a time, no change. I then swapped in a new ethernet cord between the backbox box and the playfield box, no change. Then I swapped the ethernet cord between the playfield box and the cabinet box, no change. I'm actively working with support but it's slow going, so I thought I would drop a note here and see if anyone here had any other ideas based on past troubleshooting. I searched the forum, but all I've found is "check the fuses", which I did. Thanks in advance!

Check if the fuse is able to move inside the fuse cap. Fuse is spring loaded and if it don't bounce back it will not be connecting

You know, I have noticed that the fuse holders don't exactly spring out when you undo them like I'm used to seeing. I have to grip them with needle nose pliers to pull them out. You may just be on to something.

Has anyone figured out a fix for the crackling audio in attract mode?

Man, I really thought that was going to be it. The copper rings in the fuse caps were deformed and the fuse couldn't slip in and out of them freely. I fixed them up, the fuses slide properly now, and the caps spring in and out of the sockets like they should (but weren't). I really thought that was going to be it but, alas, no dice. Still flickering volume.

Sorry post delete, I was wrong

PB support just had me disassemble the playfield control box to look for disconnected or faulty internal wiring, but I could find no issues. I took the opportunity to do a continuity test across all three fuses from the through-hole pins behind the board, and they were all good, so the fuses and their sockets are definitely good. Waiting for next steps from PB support. I'll let everyone here know if we manage to figure it out.

Looks like they're declaring it a faulty box and shipping me a new one. We'll see how it goes once that arrives. While it is unfortunate to have such a major issue so soon, I have to say, their support and service has been truly excellent - on a level you just don't see much these days. I'm very impressed.

Yeah, that is a bummer to hear but my experience with their support matches yours.

Pbros support is putting on a clinic for all others to follow, truth. Now would i prefer a trouble free experience? Yep, but to have support stand by their product and be responsive, that is just as good. My issues are resolved, my machine plays fast and mean and i love it.

Sorry for this stupid question, I'm still new to pinball... Any advice on the perfect leveling for this game? I guess front and back bottom of cab to floor measurements?

The best is to use a digital level on the playfield. Should be 6.5° front to back and obviously level side to side.

Suffering RSI, I also find it worthwhile to get the front legs up at least halfway first and the use the level to work out the back legs. All personal choice of course but I find the front height for flipper buttons is important for comfort.

Well 7 years, 9 months, and 24 days after initially placing my deposit... my Alien LE is finally here. Only had time to play a few games but everything appears to operate 100% out of the box which is a big relief.

Only feedback I would give is about the packaging. I'm not sure how this thing made it from Europe to my house without any damage but by blind luck. The FedEx guy actually wouldn't leave and told me I should open it because of how banged up the box was.

That's crazy. Ours showed up almost pristine. A little bit of typical shipping damage on the box edges, but the game was in PERFECT condition.

It's pretty bad just how many and how often these boxes (a very major component) fail, including mine! They really need to hammer their supplier of these.

What settings do you change to make the center magnet trigger sooner? I’m getting 0 catches or flings on any alien hit.

What do you expect, it was 7 years underway

I just started getting the blue volume screen after boot-up as well. I submitted a ticket after going through all the fuses and cable connections. One thing I noticed with my issue is that the flippers remain active...I can't do anything else with the machine, but my flippers are working...are yours?

Do the below test about 3 times before making a final determination. It may work the first time, but not the second or third.

If you have System Update 2.5, 2.6, or 2.7:
1. Take the glass off
2. Start a game.
3. Press the Xeno target until there is only one Xeno target hit left to trigger Ambush mode
4. Grab a ball and with one hand, hold it on the magnet and press the Xeno target the final time with your other hand. This will activate Ambush mode.
5. Notice if the center magnet grabs the ball and then immediately drops it before the Xeno tongue can come out and grab it.

If #5 is true, then this problem will very likely be solved in System Update 2.8. This issue does not exist on all machines, but it is a confirmed issue on multiple machines.

If #5 is not true, then your issue may be with the ball hopping over the center magnet after hitting the Xeno target. In this case, I would recommend this solution: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nAbEz6VHpTw8Kl0FMe9Gfh8GaA52Q2-uChS36ffJNn4/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a video of the center magnet ball-drop issue happening that I have confirmed is fixed in 2.8 beta 6. This is why I'm relatively confident that it will be fixed in the official 2.8 release when it is made available.

Yep, same for me.

PB Brothers had me send in a video of the issue...guess we will see what the remedy is...they do seem committed to ensuring we get our games up and running.

Ahahaha fair point

I continue to have frustration with my xeno tongue stopping prematurely. The switch is working as it should, the thing just think it is at zero when it isn't all the way back. Next time I'm on site I'm going to check that the gear is tight but it was when I first investigated this issue if anybody has any recommendations on other things to look at.

When diagnosing I did the loop test for a few goes. The playfield and magnet were extremely hot after just a handful of reps and took over an hour to cool down. I wouldn't be surprised if my magnet coil was damaged. Don't run that loop for very long.

The drop issue is something that could be duct tape fixed in code. If position equals zero, switch equals inactive, and ball in airlock scoop equals false, I have fucked up. PB hire me now.

So I’m still pretty much on the fence with Alien. A lot of it has to do with what seems like the majority of the last 180 odd pages where there seems like nothing but problems. Computers dying and other major faults. Yes I understand there’s going to be faults here or there but something major like the computer dying really has me in two thoughts especially picking up a second hand one. Does the warranty transfer?

I'd get that info direct from PB my dude.

Got my "topper" installed

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OK I'm having a real hard time figuring out how to get the playfield to lock upright so I can get underneath to diagnose some things. I'm not sure why I can't figure this out, but I've damn near pulled a disc in my back trying to get it to lock.

The playfield comes out to the incline, and should then come all the way up the incline and then I should be able to lean it back and lock it in correct? It just won't work for me, each time it just slides back down the incline.

What's the trick to pull it out and lock it upright?

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Pull it all the way forward then stand it upright. She’ll stay. Kind of an odd way to design it. The metal on metal scraping sound isn’t great either. Make sure it pulled all the way forward though.

Watch you don’t pinch any wires when you’re putting it back down as well. My buddy had that happen. Caused all kinds of issues till he figured it out.

Or to answer you’re questions specifically up the incline.

A drop or two of 3 in 1 oil on each rail completely eliminates scraping sounds.

I pull it all the way forward and leaving it horizontal, it immediately starts to slide back down the incline. So then, I try and really get under the playfield and keep it all the way at the top of the incline, and life it vertical (which is not easy due to the weight) and it does not lock in and then starts to slide back down the incline.

It's almost like my machine is missing something there so it's not locking in. Very frustrating