Hi @ecw0930! Viperbsd and I had similar problems on the Pro with optos flipping out. While i can't guarantee that you have the same problem, what we both independently found was that our Warp ramps each had one of the optos just BARELY half-way obstructed by different things (for me, it was a textured translucent plastic backing that was blocking about 45% of the opto sensor, and for them it was some wiring from an LED chaser mod). That PARTIAL blockage was enough to cause intermittent bursting of not only THOSE optos, but ALL of the optos. We both found that once we unblocked the partially obstructed opto, all sanity was restored. Check the opto paths on the warp ramp, and then perhaps even the other ramps, to make sure there's NOTHING that could be blocking their path. Do please let us know if this helps...

See https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/star-trek-clubmembers-only/page/176#post-5865813
and
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/changed-a-target-now-switch-test-shows-two-other-switches-going-nuts

foxtj24 - please see my preceding post; it might help? (It also might not, but this problem sounds very familiar...)

Cheers, open the coin door panel. To the immediate left of the opening is a beige/white little tab (kind of like a horizontal golf tee) that can be pulled out to the right when the door is open, and is automatically pushed back in when the door is closed. Pulling that tab out is the override that allows the coil tests (etc) to be performed with the door open.

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But yeah, the two of us had the same problem, where the issue was neither the wiring nor the boards. (I have four extra opto boards now to show for it. ) But at least it helped to rule them out as the problem...

I have 4 extra opto boards and 4 sets of opto's as well. I have not had a single issue since I lowered the opto's on my warp ramp.

Just to make it easy these are the color flashers I used as listed in the settings

Left Ramp (Top): Red
Right Ramp (Top): Blue I replaced the yellow dome with blue
Kick Back: Red
Ramp (Left): Red
Pop Bumper: Blue
Warp Ramp Entrance: Purple (I bought a blue as well but so far I like the purple)
Center 3 Bank: Blue
Ramp (Right): Purple (I also put a purple LED under the ramp, this is the only color I have in playfield GI)
Left Loop: Red
Upper Right Flipper: Purple
Vengeance Ship: Red (I have the red ring in mine as well)

Would you have a video showcasing the effect ?

Regards

Xaqery hey Dwight is there any chance of a code update for Star Trek that could add a high score board for each mode?

I don’t ever plan to sell my STLE and would love some more scoreboards to Chase, recent updates for AIQ, TMNT and DP added a tonne of scoreboards for modes and just adds another level of fun chasing them. Thanks for reading.

Yes all 18 modes and Spinner too.
Plus any wizard mode champ.
The people have spoken.
Now beam me up Scotty!

That would be the most logical outcome!

The most recent updates for AIQ and DP added a tonne of scoreboards to those games and it adds a tonne of replay ability and added life to a game.

Only 17 really. PD 2&3 are the exact same mode. Would be nice to see some variation in one of them.

I think it's highly unlikely an update is going to happen though.

Couple quick questions on Stern Star Trek pro scoring.

What triggers the "special" lamp at the away team shot? I was playing the other day on what was eventually a new GC score, this happens to me very infrequently so I'm not entirely sure as to everything I had accomplished other than finally hitting Warp 9. The special lamp lit but unfortunately I drained before hitting it. I've searched all the scoring forums and can't seem to find what specifically lights it.

Second, what are the different ways to get extra ball? I know Warp ramp and finishing Vengeance Scoring but are there others? I got an extra ball light, again on a decent game so lots going on, by what I think was completing all the shots for nero galactic away hitting the red matter targets I think 2 times through. Again did a search for Star Trek extra ball but came up with very little in any forum.

I also vote for updating the high scores for modes etc. My son loves talking smack about even the most trivial of high scores, that's the fun of all the newer games with a high score for everything.

Random mystery award. I've gotten it maybe 5 times in the 7 years I've had the game.

1. Warp ramps
2. Vengeance 2
3. Mystery award (also super rare)

Well those are significantly less exciting answers than I was hoping for. That qualifies as either extra extra extra special at that rate or not special at all since it's irrelevant to the point of not being rewarded ever.

That being said my BM66 has only awarded extra ball from mystery once I think as well.

Thanks though

There could be a chance that the logic to award it is tied into replay award percentage. I don't remember ever getting it on a location game.

As for the mystery EB, it is very rare and this might not be relevant, but I think every time I've gotten it I've been in a level 2 or 3 mission.

i have some stainless steel panels in stock

145$ shipped

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Contact your local pinball distributor. They can order them direct from Stern.

I had the exact same issue, as have others. I checked every opto, every wire, could not find anything. I then re-seated all the connectors in the back box. Now all is good. Might be a coincidence, but my game has been good for the last 10 plays.

This is exactly what mine does. It's currently being looked at by our local pinball wizard. Bad news is, he's stumped.

Stern is only communicating by email right now and it's been a week with no reply to his email. Pretty bad if you ask me.

None of the fixes on here have worked so far, but he's not giving up.

Once he finds it I'll let y'all know.

I emailed stern about something over a week ago and I haven’t gotten anything either.

This sounds like the exact same issue I had. I looked at your video and your issue looks identical.

I wanted to post a recent experience I had with the optos on my new to me Star Trek LE. I will try and make this short as possible, but I wanted to post this in case someone else runs into the same issue.
Since I got the game some weeks back I have had an issue where the game would start to award all sorts of random things including warp ramp hits. After reading through this thread I started troubleshooting the optos. I checked every single opto in test mode and I even removed some of the optos to reflow solder.
When I put the game into test mode I could see some optos just going crazy and the only way to stop it was to unplug a single opto from its board and the weird thing is that it did not seem to matter which opto I unplugged. As long as one was unplugged the random hits would stop?? It was hard to tell which opto was going off as it was happening so fast and appeared to be many differnt opto #'s while in test mode.
I actually thought I had this issue resolved on a few separate occasions after removing the opto boards, as well as the optos themselves, but in each case the issue reappeared after playing for a while.

The Fix:
So it turns out my issue was the led light strip on the warp ramp was interfering with the optos for the ramp. How in the world this effected so many other optos is beyond me.
I fixed the issue by lowering the 2 optos for the warp ramp down a little by using tiny washers, which in turn kept the optos away from the led strip that is attached to the warp ramp. Once I did this the problem never resurfaced so I assumed that the led strip must have been covering part of the opto beam.
The thing I still find strange is the amount of different optos that would go crazy in test mode, as well as the fact that when I rolled a ball past the optos on the warp ramp while in test mode it acted normal and did not cause all the optos to start going crazy.
Of all the pinball issues I have chased down in the past this one has to be one of the worst. I ended up taking a lot of the game apart including ramps and the Vengance ship while trying to locate the issue.

Just curious - does everyone having issues own one of the newer vault games? The optos look different on the vaults versus the original run.

Mine is one of the last Pro runs in 2019. No issues here.

It may be the drop target in front of the Vengence. This is a common problem.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/star-trek-le-drop-target-wont-stay-up#post-1646176

The issue is that when the ball kicks out, the target pops up but doesn’t stay up so the game thinks the ball is in play and has hit the Vengence. The game then starts a mission for you.

This is an issue with the opto wires under the playfield and around the magnet. You have to twist them together and move them out of the way. Search this thread and the forum for that. It has been years since I’ve seen someone post on this, but it was a common issue with early production games before they started doing this from the factory.

Aside from a connector on the drop target assembly that likely came loose during shipping and fixed on Day 1, my HUO Vault Pro (build date June 2018, ~500 plays) hasn't had a single problem, knock on wood.

Found it:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-star-trek-multiball-magnet/page/7#post-1601229

I think it is completely under the playfield, but I’m going on memory here. There’s lots of discussion and pictures in that thread I linked.

Just in case you need help with other stuff:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-star-trek-summary-of-fixes

I had an opto board go bad on mine. 2019 Pro Vault.

Generally speaking I'm on team always use the latest code. In this case, the 1.62 update did basically nothing. If you like the 1.61 version with the movie soundtrack, use it.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/star-trek-162/page/5#post-5820736

Just curious, has anyone tried to follow movie sequence in the game mission, and does it bring anything?

Cheers

last re-run this year

if you are interested in a stainless steel panel 145$ let me know before sunday

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Update on the optos problem.

Went and got my machine back today. Have yet to play it but will update after some plays.

Stern has not returned his emails in over a week. Pathetic customer service.

He went through it all and finally ended up moving some of the opto wiring away from the magnet. There is some documentation that says any EMF may mess up the wires if they are too close and not twisted properly. Twisting them makes the EMF cancel out from end to end of the wires. A straight wire will just carry the EMF and could mess up signal.

So, he said he played on it after doing that and has not had any problems. He's not 100% sure but.... Here's to hoping.

Speaking as the person who'd done the most (as far as I know!) alternative decals for Star Trek it just never made sense to me to offer new side art. Most owners wouldn't want to peel off their nice original decals to install alternatives. Just too much of a headache. Means a limited market for it, not worth the effort to design new ones.

I did the new speaker panel decal, but that's because the original one sucks. It's just that lame black and white texture. For the games after Star Trek that Stern made with that same metal panel they did proper color decals, but Star Trek got screwed for whatever reason. I'm obviously biased since of course I prefer my version, but just in general I think the speaker panel looks better with color art. (Or if you want one of the above metal panels that's cool too, whatever floats your boat, I just think the stock look is boring.)

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Your speaker panel is excellent. It almost looks to be illuminated. My Premium that I bought used had your kit, minus that panel that I then got from you. The entire kit is awesome and makes the machine.