I am. Great game in my opinion. Not for everyone but it is a unique experience compared to my other pins.

Doesn’t own, and has never owned a Halloween…or even a Spooky…why are you in a club thread?

We freaking love our Halloween!

Got some time on a Scooby tonight. Many thanks to brerspidur for letting the wife and I come over.

She is in love with the game nuff said. Good thing I got someone’s spot then.

I have to say it is one of the best looking games I have ever seen. They absolutely nailed to look the colors the art all of it. It will be the best looking game in our house by a wide margin. Great job SpookyLuke

Coding still needs a lot of work but I already knew that and we already know it’s coming. In an hour of play the ball got stuck a few times and the ball search does not release the flipper target save. Balls would sit here until the machine was tilted.

We can’t wait to get the game and more importantly get the future updates which clear up the few things that we noticed tonight.

Yeah. I had that same issue today. Tried to adjust the launch power in the menu but it didn't do anything so I reset it to factory and restarted but now it is not working at all. Don't have time to mess with it tonight.

You need to adjust the upper portion of that ramp. Loosen the nut and slide the ramp to the right and tighten nut. (Which is counter intuitive i know) Takes about 5 seconds. This happened on my game a few times. Did that adjustment and it has never happened again. As far I as I know Spooky is not planning on releasing plastic for this. They are working on something for some wires hanging down by the center ramp. That never happened on my game so maybe it already has the fix?

Does anyone know which wires feed the upper magnets? I figured out which ones power the lower one. I want to tie my Pinstadium’s into one of the upper playfield magnets. Not sure how often the lower one activates. Otherwise shaker only other option to tie into.

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Ok cool. Will do that now!! Thanks for the tip!!! Really annoying when it happens. And it happens enough.

Maybe pinside has become too toxic. Not even club threads are moderated…Spooky is the last manufacturer routinely on here…if they leave…and that’s is up to them…I guess it’s on to the next…whatever that is.
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Be sure to report back. I only have a sample size of one but it happened multiple times on the first few games after setup. Hasn't happened since including my 2 hour live stream. I didnt bend or tweak anything. I just slid the ramp all the way to the right and tighten it down.

I just received a moderator moderating me for pointing out a moderating. Not sure what to say. My post has been deleted.

Should be pretty easy to follow those wires and see which one runs to the lower magnet. The others would be you upper magnet.

Lower is easy, but the view is so limited looking from the side to see the upper magnets. I see the purple and black wires that are tied into the stand up target by Captain Cutlers hand, but can’t see what’s coming off the magnet itself.

The upper right wires are covered and those feed to the left side and can’t see where they lead to.

I will for sure!

First rule of Pinside, don’t talk about moderators moderating!

Ok, been modded twice in the last 20 min in a club thread and have been a pinsider for over 18 years…times have changed. And never been moderated…ever.

So I ended up actually pinching the two metal tabs for lack of a better term together a little bit closer rather than apart and now it's working. It's not kicking it up all that powerfully but at least it's getting it up the ramp and fed to the right flipper.

I have loved pinside and the support…but
It has changed…I need to take a break. I wish all
that need support or ideas well, but this is not that forum anymore. I’ll look for other pin sites to help. New pinballers are the future. Peace and pinball!

Got me thinking. Only have really known Pinside in my rookie first and second seasons in this hobby. What other alternative pin sites or forums are out there that are worth looking into?

There are General and specialized pinball groups on Facebook, there’s even one specific to Scooby-Doo pinball.

I wouldn’t do that.

I doubt your LED lights are the same voltage as a playfield magnet.

If the magnet is 20v solenoid voltage, boom goes your LEDs.

Honestly — I could go on a rant about some of the mods I see on Pinside tapping into things they shouldn’t be. Dont get me started on alligator clips on test points! Don’t be one of those guys …

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The magnet is indeed 48v - too high power for Pinstadiums. If you don’t know what you’re doing, always check with a meter (or with the manufacturer) before doing any mods to a pinball machine.

I tested the pinstadium on the lower magnet. It worked and it did not blow out the lights. I did a coil test with leads tapped into the lower playfield magnet socket and they came on when I turned on the magnet to test it the UV lights came on. So your incorrect in this case.

Pinside is great when you customize it. If you leave it stock, you’re going to run into trolls all day.

*You’re* Incorrect

Pinstadium website states to not use a trigger more than 24v and I would think the magnets are 48v. Might not be an issue for a quick test, but could overheat the LEDs over a long session. Would be very easy to throw a resistor in series to limit the voltage.

Yeah if doesn’t go off in flasher test menu don’t hook pinstadiums to it.

Magnets in scooby are 48v

It's actually not the power for the LEDs in the Pinstadiums he's talking about but rather the flasher trigger input which can be as high as 24V but as Soooky just confirmed the magnets are 48v so it's still true that you shouldn't use that as the trigger input.

Times have changed: Woke

I deleted my response to you in support of your original post as it no longer made any sense since yours had been moderated and then, unfortunately, deleted. There are those who have dominated this thread for no good reason and, yet, they have been allowed to continue. I don’t get it. I will continue to go to pinside as I have for several years because there is good information here. I just wish the haters, as well as those who still appear whiny and pissed that they were not “allowed” to create this owners thread, would spread their misery elsewhere.
Joy filled day here though. Shannon is slated for delivery tomorrow, and Scooby should not be too far behind! Going to be a great week!

Has anyone cut the habitrail top wires off their game?

It’s one of the first mods I want to do when my game arrives. Seems like they are overkill being on top as well on the entire form.

Or is the ball going so fast the top two wires are needed the entire circumference?

SpookyLuke It doesn't look like there is any newer code than end of February (2/25/2023)? Is that correct?

Should be within a week or so here!

Hate to see you leave Dnapac. Have enjoyed your posts. Hopefully you’ll come back after a break. Understand where you are coming from though. Enjoy that Scooby!!!

Ruh Roh - it was lucky I was home on Tuesday when the truck showed up - but CE 144 is now set up on location in Listowel, Ontario!

Early reviews are that the game is great! Very approachable gameplay - super fast playing for a widebody machine - and of course the art / clips / audio are all instantly classic imo. The gameplay feels very smooth and so far we have had very few glitches or hangups!

I look forward to seeing a few bugs worked out with future code updates, my big request would have to be to add a 'timed-plunger' option so an abandonned game will eventually end. Also I notice the stock high scores have full names but you cannot change and option to add longer high scores names.. would love to see that in the future

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I see a note on the coin door saying it is on free play. I also see plenty of comfortable seating to rest on between games. If you also have beds there in your showroom I think I'll come over and stay the night.

I'm worried about that door hitting the side of the cab

These are awesome - great work.

I actually had another stuck ball on that left shot today but even FURTHER back... makes me wonder if it was the back edge of the plastic sheet. But I wasn't going to go through all the hassle to remove the upper PF yet to see.

What game number has been delivered so far?

I had the same issue with Halloween - slow motion vid showed the autoplunge prongs having a severe amount of play in them so it was launching the ball straight into the side of the lane. Checked the autoplunge mechansim underneath and it did have a lot of slop in it you could move the pinion bar left and right quite easily which would change the angle/trajectory of the prongs. I used a couple of washers so the mech wasn't so "loose" and it's been fine ever since. It did seem like a washer or a bushing might have been missing...

So far so good with moving the upper part of the habitrail to the right. No balls falling off of it onto the braver meter. Great call on that!!! Thanks for the help!!

184 is arriving tomorrow.