At the end of the day, that amp is all a pinball machine needs. You could go put a $5000 Class A valve amp in there if you want, but what's the point?

Sorta like putting fancy $300 speakers in a Stern pin and having them being driven by the standard 4w Stern amp.

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Yeah, I have used several of them over the years. They do pretty good. Wife banned all of them from the kitchen setup, though, due to tinny sound and they weren't quite able to drive anything above very small speakers. Driving the sub in the pinball machine is probably having overconfidence in it.

/Nicholas

The ultimate flow game?

The ultimate reaction based gameplay.

Just what we need, another undefinable game play term!

#12 arrives today, any tips on set up to feel the full RZ love?

Small gaps between pop and sling switches. Adjust the VUK coil power to the upper playfield as need to get it to hit the little flipper. Take it out of family mode obviously. You can turn up the brightness on the display, it didn't help much but I did it anyway. I would check the connections in the backbox and make sure nothing came loose during shipping. The game will come with a sheet of mylar, I didn't apply any to the main playfield, but I cut a piece and added it to the shooter lane where the balls kick out. The other thing you can do, cut a piece of mylar for under the lock down bar on the sides where it comes into contact of the rails, the rubbing can make that looks bad over time.

Oh Yeah I want to tell you about Dead City Radio man and the New Gods of Supertown......

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First few games good so far!

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yo Fawzmagames, suggestion, I don't know for sure from my handful of games on an earlier version of code, but glancing at pic above, may I suggest anywhere where there is scores, use comma formatting.

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Thanks... this wait isn't getting any easier!

Good observation and I agree. FYI, for those with games Fawzma announced this morning V 006 of code is now available:

V006
added extra protection to servo driver routine to prevent positions going beyond limits
What! mode total score resets to zero when mode starts.
Demon Multiball changed to eject 3, you can still add a ball
SuperBeast Multiball changed to eject 2
Removed multiball settings from menu (they didn't set anything anyway)
What! skeeball game removed for the time being. Needs more stop post testing and graphics.

Where do we go to get the update?

I'll add this to the wish list.

Team Spooky is getting it done. I applaud your steady and consistent ability to deliver RZSSI LE games to date. As you begin to jack the manufacturing speed, don't worry about going too fast. Bad stuff almost never happens.

edit** watching full scene explains why Lucy is doing what she does and also shows her boss to be petty and demanding. She's kind of a douchebag

Silly question but, is RZSSI really going to be the official acronym of this game? Is just plain RZ already taken? I haven't seen this noted before.

Call it what you want. To me it's RZ.

David took tons of feedback on Zombie - he was there watching play for most of the MGC time - every time I walked by he was there talking to players or those who just played. He is very open, and has learned a ton about what people are using as strategies and what complaints or feedback, both from newbies and experienced players alike.

David comes from a gaming background, and Charlie knows a good game of pinball rules - I'm impressed with David's quick learning on how pinball players think. No worries about depth, or glitches - bugs or scoring exploits won't last long

I'm a numbers guy too. Did the same graph with AMH, and its not linear - the first 75 were at 2-3 per week, the last 75 were hitting 5 a week. The original estimate was shortened by at least 3 months.

RZ will probably start at much higher per week than AMH, and I expect will only go up in the weekly rate as they optimize the new space.

I'm #42 and KT said this week or next. That will bend the line some!

Holy Smoley! What week of production will end of next week be?

Is there a way to turn off the automatic launch feature from the shooter lane during a multiplayer game?

We had a few balls launched while we were waiting for the player to return to the game for their turn.

Check your lane switch. I actually have code that prevents any auto launching from happening until the skillshot is a success/fail (3 tries).

And are you talking about when a new ball is loaded and waiting?

Also, what version are you at?

Did you get the skill shot possible?
I haven't figured out the right set up. I've haven't even been able to get it with the glass off rolling the ball into the sling.

You usually get when you aren't trying

skillshot shoudl be called "random luck shot" no real skill from what I can tell and pretty silly just random factor. I guess it is supposed to feel cool when you randomly get it?

I have had this discussion before here and some disagree, but - there is no luck in pinball. The skill shot on RZ is entirely dependent on factors such as slope of game, speed of plunge, friction coefficient of playfield, etc, but not one element of "luck" or "randomness". Why do many relate difficult shots or complex algorithms to randomness or luck? There are no such things.

I can pull off two hits on the skill shot with the factory settings. I haven't managed 3 yet!

I think the skill shot needs to be made easier, Ive played 100 games and still have not gotten it. The more the game breaks in the slower the game gets, make it even harder. I try to get the skill shot on every plunge and no success. There is skill involved, because you have to plunge the ball perfectly, but more luck than skill as I see it. Love the game. Just needs code tweaks

Will do when I get back home. Yes, I am talking about when a ball is loaded into the shooter lane. To confirm, you are talking about shooter lane switch, correct? If so, I do know it seems to be working correctly because I get sound fx when the ball clears the switch.

Version? I am not exactly sure as I am not with the game. I have whatever version shipped with the game and I am number 13.

Thank you for the assistance.....Loren

Is anyone one having an issue with a ball getting stuck behind the drop target and it not being able to clear during the ball search?

I try to refrain from this but I can't resist:

lol- cmon dude- no matter what you think, the luck is in the MINUTIA of details
at an atomic level. Now Is luck a big part? not typically, depends on the game! Magnets in modern pinball operate on chaos theory, not a player's control or understanding of the table. Sparky, Magneto, Tron disc, etc can throw the ball wherever and whenever it wants. Avoid magnets? sure, just not fun and fun is the point.

The gravity, weather patterns, tectonic plate activity, etc etc are all impacting the slope, friction, character of the wood or coating, impacting the switches, impacting the springs etc etc. Pro's do a better job of maximizing accuracy and control on varying games and in varying environments. They adapt quicker and are able to repeat the portions of play which are "controllable". But no game I've ever seen has allowed the player to have 100% control, otherwise I believe some pro would still be playing the same game they started a couple years ago. The ball is designed to go in the drain.

I don't have my game yet, so maybe RZ already does this, but...it could be programmed to have a skill shot much akin to The Hobbit rollover skill shot, which awards partial points for hitting "some" of the shot. Which is to say, if you hit the 1 it is 1 million points, if you hit 1-2 then its 3 million points and if you hit 1-2-3 its 10 millions points (or whatever scoring as I have no idea yet what the scoring is like on RZ - my only point being that the point award is exponential).

I did have this on an earlier version and has since been changed to its original design (what we have today). It's all or nothing with this skillshot.

when the physical mechanisims combine to the point where skill is so small, that is luck.

If it is skill then you should be able to practice on a game and after a reaosnable amount of time start to increase the number of times you make the shot in total attempts. Reality is the current skillshot is more luck than skill. Toss on that the factors impacting this particular skillshot have large variability that impacts trajectory and speed greatly from minor environmental changes (i.e. the tolerance of required skill is too tight for realistic environmental settings) so a simple thing like nudging between balls may ever so slightly change the physical factors impacting the skillshot = more luck than skill.

Nothing wrong with making a luck shot because it is still sweet and fun when you do get it. However, it is also not much fun when 100 games in you have not hit it once.

I put the drop target in the search routine anyway even though it won't clear it. Give it a nudge.

I'll agree with you on the magnets since they are computer programmed to be random. But the rest, again, it is all science. That is not to say that pinball is easy - just because its all skill or that supercomputers could figure out the ball trajectory if given all the requisite info is not the same as "easy." The best billiards players in the world miss shots too, or do you think that game is also luck?

While I understand what you are saying there are most definitely elements of randomness in pinball... for example when a magnet flings a ball the player has no control of the direction, which could result in STDM or outlane drain. If there is no magnet your argument becomes more valid as most behaviors can be attributed to aim... "You know, if you didn't flip the flipper at that instant, hitting the ball 1/2 inch up on the middle right bumper at 3.97 mph it wouldn't have bounced off the right ramp standup, hit the top of the sling, and into the outlane. Now if it had been waxed 10 games prior you would have been fine!"

RZ skill shot is definitely a step up from the common (and lazy) top lane selector design which requires no skill to achieve in 99% of ball plunges.

How could the skill shot be made easier at this point? Just curious if you have an idea in mind. And do you have suggestions for other "code tweaks" that you think the game needs? I like hearing people's ideas and seeing them get worked into the code.

Is there any chance at all that you might be over thinking something like this? I've hit the skill shot half a dozen times. I can hit the first goal (upper left sling) about 1 in 10. It's a skill shot... with a little luck.

Let's look at it this way... the odds of that one sperm in millions hitting the egg, and ending up as Hilton (or any of us) is PURE LUCK. That doesn't mean that we can't enjoy life right? That doesn't make living and playing pinball any less fun does it?.

Oh, I'm about to walk over and final test your game Hilton. Feel free to come pick it up whenever!

correct, it is mostly science- however, does the player have the time or ability to measure the ongoing wear of the switches, pops, rubbers, Gravity, etc.

billiards is almost no luck, no pops, no switches, no magnets, not as much wear as a pb machine..., just tiny amount from physical conditions

I personally like how hard it is to make the skill shot. It forces you to try it every time and put some effort into it!

As for the drop target, it can get back there fairly easily, but mine has only hung up there once that I remember. A small nudge should fix it or maybe adjust the game angle?

I like the idea of partial point reward for hitting 1, more for 2, and more for 3.

I think also the damage to the robot shuodl carry over between balls.

Hitting 1 is skill, 1+2 takes more skill with more luck, 1+2+3 takes heaps of skill or more likely luck.

Altering code to provide some reward for partial skillshot completion would be cool and help level out the game play of that feature. I would likely also make a robot "kill" be either 1+2+3 in a single ball or 4 hits in total over the game.

For example 1 = 1 mil
1+2 = 3 mil
1+2+3 = 6 mil plus defeat the robot for a bonus 4 mil.

Ball 1 you get 1+2 = 3 mil
Ball 2 you get 1 = 1 mil
Ball 3 you get 1 = 1 mil plus you got the 4th needed hot for the 4 mil bonus kill.

points and # may need some tweaking over time but this is how I would improve upon the current idea.

I have about 30 games in, I've hit all three shots three or four times. Non pinball people hit it a couple times. Really guys, it's not that hard.

Can I give a swift kick first.

#26 for those thacking trajectory of build.

What week in production are we? They started around May 1, right???

Once I leveled the game that mostly went away - now in the rare time it sticks a slight nudge will send it down. It's really a non-issue for me now. I get most sticks from behind - either in the center back of the orbit in a flat spot that I hope to modify somehow, or somewhere under the upper PF but I haven't figured out where exactly yet, but most of those can be recovered with a slap to the backside of the cab.

I got the notice that #24 ships tomorrow.

Curious-
How many and where are the game's flasher bulbs? I see a dome in back left corner.

Does anyone else wish for more GI on this baby?