Is there a supposed best way to hit the top right powerline target? Is it a shot off the upper flipper? Lower left flipper? I always blow my heat ray on it in Titanosaurus

Those are the best ways. Personally, I’m a center spinner and then upper flipper guy. It’s pretty reliable, and usually if I miss, it’s late which ends up going around the loop and gives you another crack at it.

Mine took like 35-40 minutes. I kept going around the house unplugging devices lol

Nice! This must be best machine that pinball has ever served up and it just keeps getting better.

Go Go Godzilla!!

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Obviously this is because GZ is selling so well, but I REALLY would love it if they would do an update to EHOH

Really? Mine takes over an hour and a half

Fair point, but in the past, code updates were hard to come by for even the games that sold well.

Elvira would sell better if they would friggin actually make more of them. It's been what, almost 2 years since the last run of them outside of that stupid 40th edition? Yea no pro models, but at least put the premium on a regular build rotation.

Can you download the new code via WiFi if your not a member of insider connected?

Yeah, I was just kidding...

Actually this was the first update I've ever done using the WiFi (only had GZ for a week now) and it took an hour over a weak signal, which I didn't think was too bad at all.

no you have to register your game to use connected

You can download the code from Stern and then upload to the game via a USB drive. I don't use Insider Connected at all and downloading the code direct from Stern works best for me.

This is what i've done in the past when I had IMDN. Just thought it'd be easier via WiFi

I don’t think you need the paid ic membership though (if that’s what you were asking). Just the free one.

Old school rules!

When they dropped new code for all the machines at once I was pretty happy to just turn them all on and let them do their thing . The usb route is faster for one machine, but that quickly changes as you scale up.

Updating via wifi with the wifi dongle that came from Stern was impossible for me. It said it would take like 170+ hours for that shit. I also had other IC issues due to connectivity with the dongle.

So I got another $10 one from Microcenter that I already had in my JP, which had no issues, and now the connectivity is much better with no issues and the updates take like 25 minutes to download.

I’m not sure what the issues are there, hopefully they address it in the future. When I did them all at once a while ago the speeds were very different on some and it was not a home wifi issue (not sure about the dongle). In that case most games were very fast but Rush took all day. If I notice Rush is slow on a future update I’ll try swapping dongles.

Just got my GZ premium at the end of October, and it sometimes puts 2 balls in the shooter lane at once, anyone else experiencing this at found the solution?

Blenderhead balls are probably magnetized- replace them and see if it helps-

Thanks, I’ll try that

I found moving the dongle to out of the backbox helped the connection and performance heaps.
I'd say its a combination of dongle quality and backbox shielding/interference.

I tried that as well with the Stern dongle that came with mine and it didn't change anything.

Then the one I got from Microcenter, that is the same form factor as well (just a tiny USB dongle), works flawlessly.

Can you tell us what model WiFi dongle you got at Microcenter? I have one nearby and might like to pick one up.

This is the one I have 2 of and have had no connectivity issues at all.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/395710/tp-link-tl-wn725n-150mbps-wireless-n-nano-usb-adapter

:thinking:https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-godzilla-mod-thread/page/66#post-7253625
Maybe this would help with download speeds.
My update took 25 minutes over the home Wi-Fi

Next pro run is March so I've got 4 more months of waiting

Same issue here. I think the giveaway was a ball sticking to my skill shot MRS switch during a GZ multiball…. When that was the last ball it still wouldn’t let go. I’ll be swapping out balls later today. Thanks for the tip!!

Anyone have any issues with their playfields from the April Premium run earlier this year? I noticed a crack in clear coat on my ball return lane back in like May. Now noticing this like ghosting on many of the inserts. You can see an example on the light destruction jackpot insert. Will this get worse overtime?

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Yip, that's what I was saying. It's way better for me than inside the back box.
That's not too say that a different dongle wouldn't be better still....

I talked about it in the playfield issue thread awile back and was shocked nobody cared I see it on almost all modern sterns from the last couple years since they almost stopped putting clear coat on I would say. My thinking was ppl didn't notice because stern changed the keyline outline to the inside of the insert to almost hide it. Ppl lost there minds and got new populated playfields on Ghostbusters now nobody cares was the impression I got. I care..I didn't cancel my Godzilla but I'm trying a playfield protector not sure if even that will help or I'm out.

This is my GZ. I love mods, but I've never had so many mods on one pin. GZ just lends itself for lots of mods. I really like this pin.

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I’m not sure a playfield protector would help in this case. I think you are right on with that clear coat. Stern has been saying for 6 months they are gonna send me a new playfield. I’m yet to see it. I keep trying to push them for a populated field. I just picked up a Turtles from 2020. Playfield looks great on it. My Godzilla has that like vertical ripple going through it all along the playfield. Guess they said screw it on the clear coat job. Just rush em out the door.

Yeah It's the only other thing I could try is a big giant condom cuz you know ppl love wearing those! The thinking is it will be less movement in the insert with it on cuz I believe that's what causes ghosting. If there was more clearcoat the insert wouldn't move right? Or they changed glue to something terrible along the same timeline as when they stopped clearcoating. If I wouldn't of had one on order well before I'd be out after looking at the games at my favorite location 7 of the 8 spike 2 games have it prominently! Ironically his November 21 godzilla was the only one I couldn't find it on but it was too dirty to be certain. It's widespread I can promise you that. No kidding about the rushing my playfield is October 17th and game date is October 18th. My other games are usually atleast 2 weeks to a month difference. And yes it will get worse I swear a new insert started every time I played my EHOH that's what's so frustrating is you can't stop the bleeding!

I joined the GZ club today. I picked up a premium from the local shipping depot and........a big tear in the lower part of the box. There is a five inch tear along with a few smaller ones on the right side of the cabinet. It is right where the bug's wing enters its body. I initially refused shipment and called Tilt Amusements. Troy said he would need to refund my money and I would have to wait for the next available machine. That could be another six to nine months. The other option was to accept the machine, send Tilt some photos of the damage and they would ship me a new cabinet side decal. If nothing else I can hold onto the new decal if I ever sell the GZ. I opted to keep the machine. I can't wait to get it set up and going. That said, what do you folks think? Keep or return?

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Did Stern give you a new playfield for your machine with the ghosting? I’d definitely reach out to them if I were you to at least get some kind of compensation for that bs.

sarty51

My GZ has the same vertical lines. I’ve seen it on many newer sterns. Was this the playfield they were going to replace for you?

They said they would but they haven't made any EHOH since my May 21 run and who knows if they will. Also I'm not doing a playfield swap especially when the new one will probably do it unless it's populated like they did with Ghostbusters so it's issentually useless.

It's a job to replace decal properly. But I'd put the bad side against a wall or between 2 pins and keep it. It's too good to wait for another run.

Yes, it has that vertical planking/ribbing whatever you wanna call it going on. Some ghosting on most of the inserts. Initial issue I noticed was a crack in the clear coat on the ball return lane. Got my machine in April this year new.

I hear you man. I could only imagine how much of a pain in the ass it would be to re-populate a new playfield on either Godzilla or Elvira lol.

I hope you get one I have been waiting months .

Keep it. I know it sucks when you spend nearly 10k on something and it comes jacked up. They can get you what you need to replace on there. Otherwise you are going to be waiting forever to get another machine.

I’m honestly surprised they agreed to do something.

Return. Plenty of huo ones are popping up.

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Nice mods! GZ is a strange beast. It’s such a stacked game and yet there are so many amazing mods to add to make it even better.