Isn't that what the delay and hold adjustments are for? Maybe tighten up the delay (which I think is the time between the switch activation and when the magnet pulses) a little bit so it catches faster balls?

Any secrets to the spinner to pop Tokyo city combo? I swear a direct hit from the spinner, hold left upper to the pop has not registered consistently.

A Million thanks to Palmer for these fantastic instructions. I have been dealing with my ball getting stuck at the entrance to the Drake building, ever since purchase. Your instructions were extremely informative and made making the adjustment soooooo easy. Thank you!

Maybe you have another switch that registers sometimes before the pop by accident.

Mine does the exact same thing. I emailed Stern and they had me swap the node boards to see if it was a driver issue. Both node boards give the same result. I also notice that sometimes when the building shot is made it doesn’t swing the ball like it should and it lets slide by and SDTM. Hopefully they fix it with the next code update.

I am getting the same magnet action on mine as you

When the ball is auto launched, where should it be good? Mine often hits the side of the magnet, and goes SDTM.

Another thing I'm noticing very often, at least once per game, is that a shot to the right ramp will rattle side to side rather than go up the ramp all the way, and then roll down the ramp for a SDTM.

It's happening a lot! Is this supposed to happen on failed Ramos shots? It's like a 90% chance of SDTM.

Have you changed the magnet timing delay in the settings to try it a little tighter (but not too tight, so it misses medium speed balls)? That adjustment is the amount of time between when the building switch is triggered by the ball and the magnet fires to grab that ball as it goes past.

Same here and its aggravating as hell. If someone has found a power adjustment for the auto launch that works, please share. As far as the ramp shots go, that's just part of it. Make sure you are getting a clean shot with ample ass behind the ball.

So balls rolling back down the right ramp are almost always supposed to go SDTM?

If I accidentally hit the ramp from the upper flipper, that a 90% SDTM too.

I have not but I’ll try it out thanks!

Joined the club! Didn’t care for the theme when it was announced, but after playing it it is too fun to pass on.

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Factory delay is 0 already

Then maybe it's firing too soon? Try incrementing it 25 at a time and see if you can find an improved spot.

It should almost never go SDTM. Check your level.

Possible but that could most likely be adjusted out with the holding time setting. I’ll play with it more tomorrow when I have some time

I’ve found that as the code has been updated, the magna grab seems to be grabbing the ball less often. I’m referring to the moment when the manga grab insert is lit, you hit the magnet, the magnetic Godzilla animation plays, and the imposter insert is lit. I played a game the other night when it didn’t grab it at all in that moment.

But it’s functioning fine for all other moments, like Destruction Jackpots, etc. I’m guessing it’s a coding thing that needs to be adjusted again.

Agree, maybe it was adjusted to make magnet last longer or something but it’s noticeable. Doesn’t really affect gameplay though I guess.

We discussed this a bit ago yesterday on the thread. One recommendation was 122 for the auto launch, but I found mine is closer to 120. Regardless, dialing it down made it so the balls wouldn't just slam into the right side of the magnet.

I settled around 130 I think. Still gets the ball up and out but doesn’t let it roll back down the middle

This is why the pinball gods invented nudging. Balls rolling back off a missed ramp shot go SDTM in like 90% of all games

Could have been an inadvertent bug. Or maybe on purpose to reduce heat

Lots of pages on this thread. Not sure if this has been covered, but my magna grab doesn’t seem to drop the ball far enough to the left so the upper flipper can get a clean shot for the loop. I can barely hit the ball with the upper flipper when the magnet drops it? The game is level too. Any suggestions?

I would double and triple check you level. Down by the flipper and the upper third of the game. Should drop it closer to the flipper for a perfect shot to the loop. The game give plenty of time for the ball to come to rest.

I checked the level multiple times. So weird. I can hit the ball with the upper flipper, but barely.

When the ball comes to rest on the magnet it should be on the left side of the magnet. Is it doing that?

Just drop the left side of your game by a couple turns of each leg.

I’ve been emailing back and forth with Stern about the funky magnet issues. Once they update me I’ll post it here.

Received and installed my Sleal16 UFO Saucer. Mine's the larger V2 style.

I have to say I am very impressed with the quality and the engineering used to mount it with no screws showing.

I think it actually lights up better than the original as well. Very well done and I highly recommend!

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What did you use to check the level? Where did you check level? What your describing is usually because it's off just a smidge. Godzilla is EXTREMELY sensitive to small changes in angle. The most sensitive since Star Wars, in my experience.

You are correct, it was off just a hair on an older level. I used a newer and slightly larger level. I had to dial in the level perfectly. It’s now dropping the ball nicely onto the upper flipper. It’s amazing what a small amount did to improve the ball drop from the magnet. Thanks!

Yes, it happens with tons of flippers. When i bought my TOTAN i was like: " wtf, when the fall falls from the genie it's always a SDTM.... " and in fact was just because it was not well balanced

Glad that worked for you. Godzilla can be affected positively or negatively by as little as a quarter turn of a leg leveler. It's SUPER PICKY for everything to work smoothly. Like I said, the only other game that I've run into that was this sensitive, at least recently, was Star Wars.

Got some cool led wire and wanted to play around so was inspired by Godzilla and made a Tokyo Sign - 59 x 94mm with lettering about 17.5mm high.

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Just installed green armor on my premium.

Huge thanks to Steve at Pinball Refinery for doing the amazing powder coating job on this!

These pics below are under the regular dim lighting in my pinball room.
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These pics are under bright lighting from my LED tri pod light.
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Two questions for the group here:
1) Anyone have issues with their VUK taking multiple attempts to kick the balls to the top of the building? I hear the coil firing but the ball isn't kicked up. After a few attempts it usually makes it up there. A handful of times it even took so long to get up there it went into ball search and actually drained the ball that was already locked up there. Very weird.

2) Any good scoring paths people have discovered? I'm hovering around 250m per game but really want to hit that Billion mark. Are people going for Planet X or just destroying a city for annihilation and carnage bonuses to really boost their score? Would love to hear some strats!

Concentrate on always having a heat ray ready and also be an expert on what gives you Allies. The key is to have 2x playfield or add a ball during modes and MBs if you can. Always go for the destruction JP when lit. The more you collect that the better it gets.

If you find yourself having a great ball stay in the city and try to do all the modes. That will make the bonus for leaving way better.

Also be an expert on what gives you EBs.

Steve does such great work! I will be chatting with him at Pinball at the Zoo this week about doing something very similar to my new Godzilla

I've set my level three different ways and a failed

I've set my level three different ways and anything other than a perfect upper ramp is shot is still about 75% STDM, and the failed shot is because the left flipper is too weak to get it up the ramp. And I've changed coil stops, sleeves, EOS switch timing, max strength etc.....big frustrating flaw in this game, at least on my LE.

I see you mentioned a while back that the alignment was below the holes. Did you end up moving them up? Don't see a comment if you did that or not. Also when you mine the flipper by hand, does it feel smooth?

And yeah, failed shots have been known to go sdtm. Mine is kinda 50/50 on their way back down. Either sdtm, or hits the top of the Mecha a little bit and bumps to the left

Was your game NIB or previous owner? You might want to go into setting and check the VUK power for the building. If it's default setting try increasing it in small increments of like "10" and see how it pans out.

VUK power could be too high. Some have posted in the past about lowering the power to the VUK to reduce rejects. Might be worth a try.

I’m having this same issue but am considering the possibility that the playfield itself isn’t flat. If I drop a ball from the magnet, it rolls STDM. But if I drop a ball from the right of center, the ball rolls left. I put a bubble level on the playfield and see a huge difference between the left and right sides of the playfield. Anybody else seen this with a level?

I don't think we are listening at volumes that could jeopardise the amp or speakers. Try in your settings switching back to 8ohm as the music is playing. The soundstage doubles in width.

Stern is programming something fishy into the impedance setting other than changing the output tap. On my hifi amplifier I have a 4, 8 and 16ohm tap on the speaker outputs. Changing these does not affect anything other than gain.

Mine is the same and I've played with the power a lot. Also, it was doing it on a friends machine I was playing a few days ago. I found that ducking down and looking at the ball exit to the top of the building to see if it's even reaching the top ( wondering whether it's bouncing back down or spinning back down like it can on TSPP upper playfield VUK ) I could see that the ball isn't even making it up there to be seen at all, even with power on max. My feeling is that when it fails, the ball possibly isn't sitting correctly on the coil plunger/cup. I've been meaning to lift the playfield and have a look at that to see if it's the case, maybe the plunger is set a little too high ( if it's even adjustable ). If it was just power related with it set on max you'd at least see it get to the top and bounce back, but no, it's not even getting there hence my feeling that something else is causing it, like the ball on coil plunger not being correct.

Don’t use PinGuy on your phone. Are you using a normal small level?

What’s you pitch at?

What’s your pitch?

Check that your flippers are aligned properly. This will change shots drastically if they are not pointed directly at the alignment holes. Also get some flipper cooling fans. Will keep them at peak performance.

Should never have issues making that ramp. And if it doesn’t go, it’s should only be from a poor shot.

Mine very often takes two attempts...

On the VUK, I took the power down I think 10-20 notches and it fixed it. Went from 1/5 fails to 1/20.

I’ve also dropped both flippers power a bit. I find the lower power on the left makes the ball fly off mecha godzillas belly less and also makes the right scooper easier to hit.