Quoted from Coyohtay:

I did this mod to one of the PB Alien switches on my game with a leaf stack to give it a whirl.
I started with an unused Data East target stack I had lying around. Carefully disassembled and dremeled the targets off both.
Reriveted the clear Alien one on the data east leaf. I clipped off the microswitch from the target board.
To get the LED high enough, I carefully filed the holes to slide the LED board up. I trimmed a tiny bit off the inner leaf so it wouldn't hit the LED.
I also decided to use the stiffer back bracket because the stock flat blade gets bent back pretty quick, causing airballs and eventually the microswitch gets hit and breaks off the board. I might have to file a groove in the playfield to fit it.
I also elongated the backing bracket to raise it up so the top of the target hits the bracket to limit the travel.
Soldered the 2 wire connector on the switch.
I ended up dremeling a slot in the playfield so I could use the stiffer L-bracket. Especially on the target I took a picture of. It gets hammered and seems to work pretty good now. Its a lot more sensitive to light hits now.
PBL now has clear block standup targets, so next time I would order those to start and not have to worry about re-riveting the clear head.
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Quoted from Coyohtay:

I did this mod to one of the PB Alien switches on my game with a leaf stack to give it a whirl.
I started with an unused Data East target stack I had lying around. Carefully disassembled and dremeled the targets off both.
Reriveted the clear Alien one on the data east leaf. I clipped off the microswitch from the target board.
To get the LED high enough, I carefully filed the holes to slide the LED board up. I trimmed a tiny bit off the inner leaf so it wouldn't hit the LED.
I also decided to use the stiffer back bracket because the stock flat blade gets bent back pretty quick, causing airballs and eventually the microswitch gets hit and breaks off the board. I might have to file a groove in the playfield to fit it.
I also elongated the backing bracket to raise it up so the top of the target hits the bracket to limit the travel.
Soldered the 2 wire connector on the switch.
I ended up dremeling a slot in the playfield so I could use the stiffer L-bracket. Especially on the target I took a picture of. It gets hammered and seems to work pretty good now. Its a lot more sensitive to light hits now.
PBL now has clear block standup targets, so next time I would order those to start and not have to worry about re-riveting the clear head.
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Quoted from Baggerman:

what size microswich did you order for DIY repairs?

Quoted from Audioenslaved:

What do people think of the shaker motor use in this game? I’ve got motors in all my games bar WH2O and I don’t notice that it’s not there in Alien but enjoy its use in all my other game. The problem is that these are TWICE the price of a stern or other version @ $500 AUD give or take so it’s quiet an expensive mod

Quoted from Optimiser:

I recently got one along with the new cabinet box for my SV and yes it's expensive, but well made.
It works well but I think it could be better implemented into the game(s).

Quoted from cookpins:

Would love an update that duplicates the main display to the airlock display during Ambush multiball. Showing the tracker. Currently it shows nothing during that mode.

Quoted from Bmanpin:

This one has been giving me some bumps in the road. Nothing that I can’t handle, but any ideas? What adjustment can I make as my Xeno won’t drop the ball? The balls are carbon as well.
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Quoted from Bmanpin:

This one has been giving me some bumps in the road. Nothing that I can’t handle, but any ideas? What adjustment can I make as my Xeno won’t drop the ball? The balls are carbon as well.
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Quoted from Optimiser:

I'm having an issue where the left outlane "revive" comes on as soon as I start a game and turns off at the end of a ball and turns back on a the start of a new ball. I have tested the LED and the eddie switch and all work as they should.
I was told by PB to try and resolder the 6 legs on that LED (which are tiny) because my new shaker motor might have made it loose. I did my best to reflow the legs without damaging the LED and managed to get a bit of solder on each one, but the issue remains.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

Quoted from Indypin:

Whatzup my fellow Alien lovers.
Just wanted to make a post to anyone waiting on the power loader translite with Pinball Brothers.
Received an email from PB asking about the power loader translite I didn’t receive when my Ellen Ripley edition was delivered. I was advised by PB they did not forget and will be shipping out all of the translites, including the topper and other mods, in the next (2) weeks and we should be receiving word from the distributors from which you placed your orders thru shortly after that time.
I always try to show some patience, but I received a “supposed” email from FedEx the next day after I received the email from PB stating they are holding an oversea package for me since they could not deliver at my residence because no one was home at 9:00 am to receive the package in order to pay a $1.99 delivery charge. They even sent a picture of the box, but the picture was too blurry for me to read who shipped the item to me. I got pretty excited and almost fell for it.
I found it odd for several reasons…
(1) My wife was home at that delivery time and she stayed no one came to our house at all.
(2) They wanted my name and address, along with a delivery time and of course my card number. Why would they want my name and address when that should have been listed on the box already?
(3) When I tried to contact FedEx, they wanted my shipping number. When I typed in the number, their system didn’t recognize it.
(4) I called my distributor (Zach at FlipNOut Pinball) and told him about the situation. He informed me PB will always ship the items to him instead, stating they would not necessarily know the names of the customers who purchased the pins directly from him. In the end I erased the email, so I just wanted to make someone else aware of this.
Super impressed with PB so far, being I traded my Heighway version to get the ER version. They always promptly answer my emails and are super nice in their response as well.
Can’t wait to get the topper and beacons to put the crowning accomplishment on top of the pin. I think it will really “put it over the top” (no pun intended) and I can’t wait to see how it interacts with the gameplay.

Quoted from cookpins:

Would love an update that duplicates the main display to the airlock display during Ambush multiball. Showing the tracker. Currently it shows nothing during that mode.

Quoted from driph:

So, regarding the 4.1.1 changelog:
ALIEN 4.1.1
Changes since version 4.1:
- Free Play is now the default.
- Fixed the default coin auditing to match the coin door configuration shipped from the factory.
- Added many new topper & flasher effects.
- Allow staged flipper stacks to be reversed for each flipper.
- Renamed OPEN DOOR SAVE adjustment to BALL SAVE AFTER TEST, to make it more clear how this works (we can’t detect when the door is open).
- Fixed case where all the balls were out of play, but the game would not end the ball. This could happen in rare conditions when a ball was locked in the hypersleep chamber.
- Changed so that the drop bank is not reset at the end of multiball if all of the targets are known to be up already.
- Increase the time that the posts are kept up on the orbits by half a second.
- Fixed the airlock display timer pausing or abruptly jumping sometimes.
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My experience with the above so far, after a full rebuild and fresh install of 4.0 > 4.1 > 4.1.1, followed by a factory reset:
Game rev still shows as 4.10, Video rev is 4.1.1.
OPEN DOOR SAVE option is still shown.
If "Allow staged flipper stacks to be reversed for each flipper" refers to a new adjustment to reverse those, I don't see it.
Free play is not default.

Quoted from Stebel:

When playing Alien, the 2 return ramps cover the in/out lane area. Find it difficult to nudge when I can’t see what’s going on. Going to try and strip some of the art work off the plastic to make it so the ball can be seen through the ramps.
I hope I can peel off / remove the section outlined red.
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Quoted from argon:

I had intermittent and otherwise strange behavior on all of the leds that were on the bottom two playfield pcbs. This included all the modes, revive, and scream again indictors.
I think the noise on those lines pick up as they go from board to board via the ethernet cables. There are two I2C busses on each daisy chain. One of them goes to the last two playfield pcbs.
Since your issue is repeatable, it might not be a noise issue (although the source of the noise can be something that happens at those specific times) but I fixed my issue by replacing the ethernet cables with highly shielded Cat-8 cables and made sure they were routed clear of coils and other lines, especially the cable that comes from the playfield controller box to the first playfield pcb.
Haven't had any intermittent LED issues since.

Quoted from argon:

I had intermittent and otherwise strange behavior on all of the leds that were on the bottom two playfield pcbs. This included all the modes, revive, and scream again indictors.
I think the noise on those lines pick up as they go from board to board via the ethernet cables. There are two I2C busses on each daisy chain. One of them goes to the last two playfield pcbs.
Since your issue is repeatable, it might not be a noise issue (although the source of the noise can be something that happens at those specific times) but I fixed my issue by replacing the ethernet cables with highly shielded Cat-8 cables and made sure they were routed clear of coils and other lines, especially the cable that comes from the playfield controller box to the first playfield pcb.
Haven't had any intermittent LED issues since.

Quoted from ryalter:

Anyone else have their screens brick after the 4.1.1 update? Firmware updated to .72 and the screens break as soon as the game starts
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Quoted from Stebel:

When playing Alien, the 2 return ramps cover the in/out lane area. Find it difficult to nudge when I can’t see what’s going on. Going to try and strip some of the art work off the plastic to make it so the ball can be seen through the ramps.
I hope I can peel off / remove the section outlined red.
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Quoted from Pinball-Cruiser:

Nice update, now if we could all just get our toppers so we can enjoy the new topper effects.

Quoted from Chalkey:

I seem to recall reading something about "interactive queen sculpt" in the promos but I don't remember seeing anything on video. They told me the toppers should be shipping out last week but nobody here has posted anything about receipt or notification.

Quoted from Chalkey:

I seem to recall reading something about "interactive queen sculpt" in the promos but I don't remember seeing anything on video. They told me the toppers should be shipping out last week but nobody here has posted anything about receipt or notification.

Quoted from Indypin:

Whatzup my fellow Alien lovers.
Just wanted to make a post to anyone waiting on the power loader translite with Pinball Brothers.
Received an email from PB asking about the power loader translite I didn’t receive when my Ellen Ripley edition was delivered. I was advised by PB they did not forget and will be shipping out all of the translites, including the topper and other mods, in the next (2) weeks and we should be receiving word from the distributors from which you placed your orders thru shortly after that time.
I always try to show some patience, but I received a “supposed” email from FedEx the next day after I received the email from PB stating they are holding an oversea package for me since they could not deliver at my residence because no one was home at 9:00 am to receive the package in order to pay a $1.99 delivery charge. They even sent a picture of the box, but the picture was too blurry for me to read who shipped the item to me. I got pretty excited and almost fell for it.
I found it odd for several reasons…
(1) My wife was home at that delivery time and she stayed no one came to our house at all.
(2) They wanted my name and address, along with a delivery time and of course my card number. Why would they want my name and address when that should have been listed on the box already?
(3) When I tried to contact FedEx, they wanted my shipping number. When I typed in the number, their system didn’t recognize it.
(4) I called my distributor (Zach at FlipNOut Pinball) and told him about the situation. He informed me PB will always ship the items to him instead, stating they would not necessarily know the names of the customers who purchased the pins directly from him. In the end I erased the email, so I just wanted to make someone else aware of this.
Super impressed with PB so far, being I traded my Heighway version to get the ER version. They always promptly answer my emails and are super nice in their response as well.
Can’t wait to get the topper and beacons to put the crowning accomplishment on top of the pin. I think it will really “put it over the top” (no pun intended) and I can’t wait to see how it interacts with the gameplay.

Quoted from digitaldocc:

Does the topper move?

Quoted from kciaccio:

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Quoted from Rager170:

Think ill hold off on the newest update.. Things seem buggy..

Quoted from Harvester:

I’m with you. Joined the club last Thursday with arrival of my NIB Ripley Version; the alternate translite was in the box and I already installed it. I’ve been experimenting with different settings and flipper angles that I’ll share in the coming days. This is my first quad flipper and wide body and couldn’t be more excited to get to know this pin.

Quoted from brado426:

It says Starting Game Code 4.1.1, but look at the Game Rev after it starts. There's that and the fact that the features mentioned in the change log aren't there. PB responded to me saying they're looking into it.
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Quoted from Lermods:

It’s normal (and I noted this in this thread when the code was released), watch your screen as your game boots and you will see it says 4.1.1. I’ve had no issues with the code otherwise.

Quoted from rainman154:

Thoughts on the Mini Beacons/ Flasher Kit that PB is offering? I've seen the short promo video of it. Anyone install it and have experience with it? Worth it? Good? Bad?
I just received an ERV and am going to get the shaker kit and beacons... I'm just not sold on the Mini/Flashers so curious as to others experience.

Quoted from brado426:

I do see the 4.1.1 when it boots, but I don't see at least two of the features mentioned in the change log. One being the wording change in the operator's menu and the other is the drop target reset behavior change. Those are the two reasons why I figured I was missing something in the update.

Quoted from rainman154:

Thoughts on the Mini Beacons/ Flasher Kit that PB is offering? I've seen the short promo video of it. Anyone install it and have experience with it? Worth it? Good? Bad?
I just received an ERV and am going to get the shaker kit and beacons... I'm just not sold on the Mini/Flashers so curious as to others experience.

Quoted from cookpins:

Hasn't shipped yet, but I ordered one for my EV. After I added the beacons topper, I wanted more! Definitely overpriced for what it is, but when I think of Alien I think of those lights in the end scenes of the movie.

Quoted from Pinball-Cruiser:

Anyone get the animated start button for their Alien yet, is it worth $240 US?