And in his presentation at Expo he said they have something planned for code that's a bit different than anything they've done before. Looking forward to it!!!

If it's a recurring issue and you don't want to change the pitch or level of the machine, then I'd say put one or two of these on the plastic to divert the balls:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-2-in-Self-Adhesive-Clear-Surface-Bumpers-16-per-Pack-49967/203661150

I don’t have mine yet so just brainstorming, but is it the 2 rollover switches (one in the lane and one near the pop)? When you say they’re registering in switch test, did you push on them with your hand to test them or did you roll a ball through the lane to test them?

I’d start by going into switch test and using my hand to roll a ball through the lane and see if they both register as the ball goes over them. If one or both don’t register, you might need to slightly bend the switch arm so a ball rolling over it will register. Just a guess though.

Wow!!! Just got mine delivered and played the first game on it. I'd played a pro on location a few times but it was leaning hard right and I couldn't hear the music and callouts very well so I didn't have a great first feel for it then. Holy crap what a fun game! Best first game impression playing at home out of any of my machines, and I LOVE those other machines. Looking forward to playing the heck out of this thing!!!

“Good golly Miss Molly it’s a double jackpot.” I freakin’ love that callout.

Nothing physically launches. If you hold the action button down long enough when it's lit, it will clear all the lit shots on the playfield.

Did a little bulletproofing today. I’m really happy with the steps Stern has taken over the last several games to change the design of the ball guides to minimize the chance of the ends scraping the playfield. In addition to putting Mylar in the shooter lane where the ball kicks out, I only found two spots on GZ that I thought might be a good places to protect. One is where the ends of two guides meet at the post by Ebirah. The other is the ends of the guides on either side of the magnet.

All the other spots where ends of the guides looked like they could take frequent hard hits seemed like they were nicely off the playfield. Nice that they put a protector at the scoop hole too.

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Borrowed an idea someone had come up with for Jurassic Park to make the lights on the signs pop to be more noticeable. Put cabinet dots over the lights.

Looks a lot better with the dots on both ramp signs & scoop sign compared to the lock lights where I don’t have them on.

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Yeah but it’s a jump ramp sending the ball against a rounded surface, so it’s probably going to fly different directions sometimes.

This purely a guess here, but I’d guess they maybe didn’t design it intentionally that way but maybe since it’s a fighting game they thought it fit with the action and left it that way. Again, purely speculation.

I think it's a call out to Harrison Drake, the mechanical engineer at Stern who designed the building mech. I like that they have a little fun with something like that.

Same could be said for the Pinburgh carpet and TWIPY on the floors of the building. Gotta have a little fun with stuff sometimes.

Gameplay question: Several times now during Godzilla Multiball a ball (and sometimes two balls) will be caught and held by the magnet on Mechagodzilla. I can't tell if it's awarding any jackpot for this or if there's anything significant to shoot for when this happens, or if it's just the add-a-ball happening. It's pretty cool, especially when two balls are hanging there like on the backboard of Stranger Things.

Anyone know if something is going on scoring-wise when this happens? It doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Tiltforums rule sheet.

Just noticed this plastic by the bridge rests against the inner art blades with the playfield in. Probably a bit of a risk for it to scrape the art blade when lifting the playfield up. I’ll probably look to enlarge the screw hole on the plastic a bit so it can pivot that end away from the art blade.

Edit. Only one screw holding it in so was able to unscrew it and straighten the plastic.

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Yep I have them. Just wanted to alert people to check that spot before lifting the playfield if they don’t have them. Also just a good idea to check it straighten it if necessary just in case.

Did you shoot the jackpot at the lit Maser Cannon?

I just hit 11 consecutive in a game. With the entrance to the loop being so wide I think shots are going to enter the loop with a variety of speeds and trajectories, so some will hug the rail, some will come away from it a little, and a few may come away from it a lot. It just depends on the speed and trajectory of each shot.

So to me it doesn’t seem like repeating the loop is a “gimme” in the design. Seems like if you’re sometimes able to get it to hug the rail and sometimes not then it’s probably playing as designed. If it’s just never hugging the rail then there could be an alignment issue somewhere.

On mine I can often get 2 or 3 loops in a row. For me hitting more than three is difficult. I’ll occasionally get 4 and rarely 5. For me it takes a pretty clean 1st shot and then really consistent following shots to do more than three either because I eventually miss the loop or I hit one in a way that enters the loop differently and throws off the rhythm, timing, and trajectory.

On the one just now when I hit 11 consecutive I hit a good clean 1st shot that hugged the rail and I hit every shot following it on the exact same spot on the flipper at the exact same time so the ball kept a constant velocity and stayed on the rail for each shot. And I probably won’t be able to do it again like that for another three years, if ever.

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… but for some reason Insider Connected doesn’t seem to have a record of the game where I just hit 11 consecutive even though I was logged in.

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I'd like to know what people use as audio settings on the stock LE speakers also. On my JP LE I changed them to match what someone suggested in this post quoted below. I changed my Godzilla to these settings and to me it sounded better than it did before I changed it, but it would be great to hear what other people suggest as good settings also.

Any thoughts/ideas on what settings to adjust to bring the highs down? I don't really know what each setting does for the sound.

I also tried switching the audio filter to the 10-band equalizer and setting them in a downward V, but that seemed to take most of the bass out. There's got to be a happy medium there somewhere.

It’s your machine so of course do what you feel most comfortable doing. I have over 13,000 balls played on my JP and over 7,500 balls played on my AIQ with no protectors. No issues at all on either one. I’d think GZ should be the same.

New Destruction Jackpot rules look pretty good. Can't wait to play this update!!!

I think it's too early in code to make a good judgement about the rules and depth. But, even at this stage I think it's looking like the finished product will be plenty deep and a ton of fun.

In normal game mode it lights Advance Train (square purple insert in front of the left ramp). Get enough trains and it starts train loops.

During GZ multiball hitting that lane instead of going through the front of the building gives you 2x Super Jackpot instead of regular SJ.

You don’t have this gap on yours under plastic #59?

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Yep, sounded like someone blowing one of those kids party noisemakers.

So one minor “complaint” about code/rules.

It’s a lot of fun to work to get Gigan started together with jets and also with lock lit so the building is down and you can just loop the right ramp for both Gigan and jet shots. So it’s a bummer if Gigan ends first and the building raises for Destruction JP while you’re still going after a couple more jets.

Seems like it might be nice for the Destruction JP light to wait until no other modes are running.

True about the combos, but 10 jets gets an extra ball too. Also, Destruction JP being lit doesn't time out so I like doing both by finishing jets and then moving on to still get DJP.

Awesome score!!!

I finally got to 1B and felt like it took everything I had to get there. Lol, I’m almost 1/2 way to you WizardsCastle !!!

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What pitch are you set up at? I initially had my game a bit steeper than I do now, and I was getting some bounce back off the end of that wire. After I lowered pitch (not because of the bounce back) it wasn’t happening anymore.

I don't agree. I think Jurassic Park is a great game. I think Godzilla is a great game. And I think the great thing about both is that they're pretty different from each other while being fun and offering plenty of depth in different ways. As with anything, it just depends on what style of game you like or don't like so you may end up liking one more than another. But even in the way you're looking at it, I'm not seeing how the Godzilla total is falling short of JP even in early GZ code.

In JP you're trying to play 3 Control Room modes, 4 T-Rex Events, and play through 4 to 7 paddocks depending on the path you take. Each set you complete has a mini-wizard mode and if you play through all of them you get to play Escape Nublar (forget about WDRTE cuz you have to BEAT the other wizard modes to get there). It also has Pternandon attack to play and KOTI multiball if you capture Spino. The total for all that is 17-20 things to play depending on how many paddocks you go through.

So far in Godzilla there are 4 cities where there are 4 modes to play (Raid, Bridge, Tank, and Power) in each city. That alone is 16 tasks to complete. Plus there are the three Level II battles as well as the Train and Jet Fighter modes, and there are inserts for at least 3 mini-wizard/wizard modes. Total for all that is 24 things to play.

So even if you're just going to do a very simplistic comparison between the games by counting main modes and side modes to play in the game, it seems to me that the count in Godzilla code already compares to JP.

If Godzilla multiball starts while the Ebirah battle is running, it seems like hitting the Mecha spinner becomes impossible because the targets turn to face the flipper instead of the spinner ramp. So unless you hit the Mecha spinner before starting GZ MB you can’t complete the battle (unless GZ MB ends while there’s still time left in the battle and the ramp faces the flipper again).

Is that what others are seeing happen also or am I missing something?

I think it feels more story based than random. So far in early code it's you as Godzilla going to a city and battling a monster as well as running three other modes/tasks to achieve total destruction of the city. If you leave a city before defeating the monster then you've given up control of the city to that monster without a way to regain it. In each city you get to choose which monster you fight, and then you get to choose whether to stay in that city or move on to a different city. As code develops further I'd guess there will be risk/reward factors in deciding whether to stay in a city or move on to a different one.

It of course depends on what you'd consider more story based vs. random play, but for me I'd say with these rules it's more of a story based approach.

Building automatically goes to that position when the mode starts. Scoop does light Train consistently when you hit it.

Some combo achievements would be fun. Last night I thought I saw something pop up on my screen that said "City Combo" or something like that. I only got a glance at it though. I think it popped up after I hit the inner loop, outer loop, and tail whip shots in a row but I'm not sure.

I think a fun combo achievement would be right ramp, left ramp, inner loop, outer loop, tail whip.

I usually start by lighting lock to lower the building. As part of lighting lock I hit the right ramp a few times to get 3 jets on the right inlane. Then I start Gigan and loop the right ramp for the battle. Jets ends up running at the same time so hitting the right ramp gets you both a jets shot and a Gigan shot.

I try to not start GZ multiball until I'm done with Gigan though. Instead I try to finish Gigan, then move cities to start Titanosaurus and start GZ MB in that battle since the MB action helps with hitting the 3rd target and the Maser cannon. If I haven't hit the 3rd target in the MB then I use Angirus to try again or use the Heat Ray to clear the shot.

After Titanosaurus an ally is lit, so if you can hit the scoop to start 2x and get a Level II battle started then there's a chance for some pretty good points. Lol, it's all easier said than done though. Such a fun game!!!!

Wow, looks like a great update! Love the incentives to play modes in a city and also to finish battles (with destruction JP only incrementing if Godzilla controls the city). EB's for Rampage shots and city combos too!!! Can't wait to fire it up!

I'm guessing that in future updates completing all four tasks in a city will get some benefit for scoring.

I really like the way they changed the Trains mode. I liked the mode a lot originally and was worried they'd change it too much because of the scoring exploit to just loop right ramp, but I think they nailed it with the way they changed it for this update. I hit 9 ramps in a row and it was really cool to have to switch and hit the left ramp in the middle of the streak. Amazing how they made a great mode and a great game even better with this update!

For city combos, anyone else having trouble with the Tokyo city combos not being awarded? I tried practicing the combos and was hitting Tokyo #1 & #2 at the start of the game in Tokyo but they weren't being awarded. Then I lit battle and started a battle in Tokyo & hit both combos again and they still weren't awarded.

So I took the glass off and played with it a bit. Seems like Tokyo combos won't register either before or after starting the first battle. Once you switch cities then the combos for the city you switch to will register. But since you can't go back to Tokyo after you leave it seems like Tokyo city combos can't be awarded. I sent in a bug report e-mail but I'm just wondering if anyone else is seeing the same thing happen.

Just got 157M on the new .85 version of Super Trains. Had the left ramp JP up to over 48M in it. In the same game I set a new GC at 1.3B and played Saucer MB for the first time too.

Saucer Mb was a lot of fun. Had cool lighting and a fun mode to shoot. Hit a couple JPs in it. Such a fun game!

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Heard a great call out when I played last night that I hadn’t heard before. I forget the exact way it was worded but it was something like “So you got up this morning and thought yeah pinball sounds good today?” I’m sure I just butchered it writing it here but I was cracking up when I heard it.

It seems like you might be confusing two different things. If the building changes levels by one level during gameplay (lock is lit) then the balls divert to different ramps.

When the building collapses to start multiball the balls are released out the front toward the flippers.

After over 1,300 balls played on mine I rotated all three stock black flipper rubbers 1/4 turn today. Pretty amazing how that (plus playfield cleaning) adds some zip back into the ball coming off the flippers.

Answered here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-godzilla-official-owners-club/page/104#post-6671055

When lock is not lit right ramp feeds right flipper & left ramp feeds left flipper. When lock is lit building lowers by 1 floor so right ramp feeds left flipper & left ramp feeds right flipper. Lock lit means building shots go up to roof, then when 3rd ball locked building falls and balls are released forward to the flippers. Maybe try taking the glass off and rolling the shots by hand to get a quick feel for how it works.

Some things you can look at for flipper power questions:

1) What pitch is your game set at? If it's higher than about 6.7 or 6.8 then maybe try lowering it a bit.
2) Try bumping up the left flipper power setting a bit. I bumped mine up by 5 from default.
3) Check the rivets on your coil stops to see if they're loose
4) Rotate the flipper rubbers 1/4 turn and clean the playfield
5) Check left to right level of game

The right ramp isn't a super difficult shot but it isn't super easy either. Being a bit off line on it will cause a miss that comes back down. Flipper fade likely isn't the issue after just 1/2 hour of play.

Mine has the metal guide flat against the backboard. Maybe there was design change to make it overlap after initial production?

I wouldn’t necessarily call it a problem. I don’t know if one way plays better than another or if they both play pretty much the same.

I was just curious after seeing your post so I thought I’d post to share a data point for comparison. I haven’t noticed any issue with how my orbit plays, but it could be that I just don’t know any different. Mine is a late October build.

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I had what might be a similar issue on my Jurassic Park. Game would start out fine with auto launch strength but then the launcher power would start to get crazy weak after a very short time. I powered down and then turned it back on awhile later. Same thing happened - started out fine then progressively got way weaker.

At first I replaced the coil sleeve and jiggled on the coil plunger and that fixed it. But then about a week later it happened again. So that time I jiggled & pushed on & reseated all the connection points from the coil to the board and it instantly went back to being 100% strength. It must have been a loose connection somewhere along that line causing it, but I don't know for sure which spot was the issue since I pushed on them all before testing it again. It fixed the issue though, and it's never happened again since then.

If this is similar to what you're experiencing then I'd suggest working a bit on each connection point from the auto launcher to the board to see if it resolves. Here's a post I made about it in the JP forum:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/welcome-to-the-jurassic-park-le-club/page/93#post-5491214

I think he might be referring to the possibility of damaging the building if you hit it with a shot while it's between floors before it's had a chance to get to it's next set position for shots.

I don't understand the big deal about balls going to the drain off the Godzilla multiball start. For me, I don't want a big cluster traffic jam of balls in front of the flipper when I'm trying to hit my first shots in the multiball. On mine the balls go to the edge of the left flipper, but I let all but the last one drain so I can get a cleaner shot off to start it out. If all three went to the drain I wouldn't care.

And, if I'm interpreting correctly that what Keith wrote means the delay for balls going to the drain also helps protect the building a bit as it changes levels, then so much the better.

Just a few posts back the designer of the game pretty much said what the deal is.

Was previously answered here. Just needed to search keyword magnalube in this forum.

Lol, Pinside when a game doesn't have much licensed video in it: "They should have licensed a bunch of video and put it in the game. The game needs more video."

Pinside when a game has a bunch of great licensed video in it: "They need to let us skip the video. It's too much."

Keith Elwin has addressed this before going back at least to Jurassic Park. He's said that if you don't want a timer to run out then don't hit it where the ball is going to be held. It's part of the challenge on his games. Like any designer or or artist there are things you think will like about the way a game plays and things you might not like so much. So you need to decide if what like outweighs what you don't like for keeping it around.

I think overall this game is great. Great layout, seems like the final rules and code are on their way to being great, and great music and video & callouts. Is it going to be great in every category for everyone's taste? Of course not, because people's preferences vary. That's why people should look to get machines they enjoy playing and that will be different for everyone. But overall I don't think there's much arguing that the entire package on this game is pretty darn good.

Over 1600 balls played on the one in my basement, and 99% of those are me playing it. So yeah I have a bit of mileage on it.

I just feel like for how great this machine is overall the nitpicking whining in this forum is a bit over the top. "When I miss a ramp the ball goes SDTM". "When I leave the orbit shot short the ball goes back to the outlane." "We can't double flip to cancel every video clip" even though it's early code.

Like I just posted above, is the game perfect and will it be perfect for everyone's taste? No, but no game will be 100% great for everyone because tastes vary. I guess when I play a machine that has a little something I wish was different I just take it for what it is instead of shaking my fist at the sky crying "Whyyyyyyyyyyy is it like this?!!!!"

There are so many aspects to a pinball machine (layout, rules, music, video, callouts, mechs, art, etc.) that I guess I don't feel like it's worth obsessing over any one little nit. But, again, people's feelings vary and there's no right or wrong to it. Just my thoughts.

Lol and it begins. I was wondering how long it would take for a post like this to appear. I don’t have the mod so I don’t have any feeling about it one way or the other, just as a reader of the thread knew the question had to pop up soon.

Wow! Wizard mode, combos (and secret combos), skill shots, control perks... Awesome! Can't wait to fire this one up!!!!

Go into the menu system and choose "Net" then scroll down to "Software Update". Click on that and it will search for new code. Then click install now.

So much awesomeness in this update. Great new callouts, sound effects, and clips too. That goat clip before battle select made me LOL.

This is such a fun game to play. I’d avoided knowing anything about Planet X until playing it myself. Played a couple games this afternoon only focused on making it to that mode, got there, and beat it first time sight unseen! Such a fun mode to play and a great callout/video clip at the end of it.

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New Code!!!

V0.91.0 - February, 17th, 2022
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- Godzilla Multiball - Jackpot value only increased by 25K instead of 50K for building hits
- Godzilla Multiball - Jackpot value only increased by 50K instead of 125K for building through shots
- Godzilla Multiball - Jackpot boosting for subsequent multiballs reduced from 500K to 250K
- Tesla Strike - mode is now ended if you select to travel to a new City when it is currently running
- Annihilation Bonus - adding "ANNIHILATION DRAIN BASE AMOUNT" adjustment which is what the mode total will reset to for Annihilation Bonuses after draining
- Annihilation Bonus - fixed an issue with Bonuses not ever contributing multipliers after you drain out of them when starting them again in a new city
- Annihilation Bonus - fixed an issue with Annihilation multiplier not being applied properly sometimes
- Annihilation Bonus - Bonuses are now active during all Tier 2 battle modes
- Saucer Attack - added Destruction Jackpot +1X + Light Destruction Jackpot at 20 and 30 Saucer threshold
- Saucer Attack - 2 second grace period added
- Saucer Attack Multiball - updating intro video to include Xilien popup and better starting choreography
- Heat Ray - fixed an issue where pressing and holding the Action Button when the ball is draining will sometimes allow you to hold the button and keep the game from ending
- City Select - fixed an issue when playing a Tier 2 mode and completing it before completing a Tier 1 mode causes a Rematch message to be shown when a Rematch is no longer possible
- Super Train - now only allowed once per game, and 50M points are awarded for future thresholds
- Planet X - flippers are now killed when the Xiliens are defeated when shooting into the scoop, Victory phase will begin by launching balls out of the trough again
- Planet X - fixed an issue where the Award and Jackpot light shows were hiding the active shots
- Planet X - fixed an issue where the music would cut out randomly in the Victory phase
- Planet X - fixed an issue where the Xilien transmission would be seen again if you win the Victory phase
- Planet X - removed the Xilien callouts in the Victory phase
- Imposter Battle - fixed an issue where it could be triggered more than once per lighting
- Callouts - adding many more callouts to the game
- Sound Effects - adding many more sound effect to the game
- Light Shows - adding many more light shows to the game

- High Score Champions - added the following high score champions:
- JET FIGHTER DESTROYER
- TESLA STRIKE CHAMPION
- POWERLINE ANNIHILATION CHAMPION
- TANK ATTACK MULTIBALL CHAMPION
- TANK ANNIHILATION CHAMPION
- BRIDGE ATTACK MULTIBALL CHAMPION
- BRIDGE ANNIHILATION CHAMPION
- GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND RODAN VS. KING GHIDORAH CHAMPION
- GODZILLA AND JET JAGUAR VS. MEGALON AND GIGAN CHAMPION
- GODZILLA AND ANGUIRUS VS. GHIDORAH AND GIGAN CHAMPION
- DESTRUCTION JACKPOT CHAMPION
- CARNAGE BONUS CHAMPION
- MONSTER RAMPAGE CHAMPION
- SAUCER DESTROYER
- SAUCER ATTACK MULTIBALL CHAMPION
- EARTH BONUS CHAMPION
- PLANET X MULTIBALL CHAMPION
- HEDORAH CHAMPION
- TAIL WHIP CHAMPION
- ALLY CHAMPION
- MOTHRA CHAMPION
- RODAN CHAMPION
- ANGUIRUS CHAMPION
- HEAT RAY CHAMPION
- TRAIN CHAMPION
- SUPER TRAIN CHAMPION
- TRAIN JACKPOT CHAMPION
- LOOP CHAMPION
- CONSECUTIVE LOOP CHAMPION
- UNIQUE SKILL SHOT CHAMPION
- CITY COMBO CHAMPION
- SECRET COMBO CHAMPION
- IMPOSTER BATTLE CHAMPION

- Insider Connected - added the following Achievements:
- Skill Shot - Make the Skill Shot
- Mecha Skill Shot - Make a Mecha Lane Skill Shot
- Secret Skill Shot - Make a Secret Skill Shot
- Super Secret Skill Shot - Make the Super Secret Skill Shot
- Rage Combo - Complete a Rage Combo
- King Ghidorah Win - Score 100 Million+ in Battle vs. King Ghidorah
- King Ghidorah Big Win - Score 500 Million+ in Battle vs. King Ghidorah
- Megalon and Gigan Win - Score 30 Million+ in Battle vs Megalon and Gigan
- Megalon and Gigan Big Win - Score 100 Million+ in Battle vs. Megalon and Gigan
- Ghidorah and Gigan Win - Score 100 Million+ in Battle vs. Ghidorah and Gigan
- Ghidorah and Gigan Big Win - Score 500 Million+ in Battle vs. Ghidorah and Gigan
- Bridge Attack Multiball - Super Get a Super Jackpot in Bridge Attack Multiball
- Saucer Attack - Destroy a Saucer
- Double Saucer Attack - Destroy 2 Saucers at once using an alley pass to the pop bumper
- Saucer Attack Multiball - Start Saucer Attack Multiball
- Saucer Attack Multiball Saucer Jackpot - Get a Saucer Jackpot in Saucer Attack Multiball
- Saucer Destroyer - Bronze - Destroy 15 Saucers - Lifetime
- Saucer Destroyer - Silver - Destroy 50 Saucers - Lifetime
- Saucer Destroyer - Gold - Destroy 100 Saucers - Lifetime
- Planet X Start - Start Planet X Multiball
- Planet X Complete - Complete Planet X Multiball
- Planet X Victory Complete - Complete Victory phase of Planet X
- City Combo - Collect a City Combo
- City Combo Set - Collect all the City Combos in one city
- 5 City Combos - Collect 5 City Combos in a single game
- All City Combos - Collect all the City Combos in all the cities
- City Combos - Bronze - Collect 10 City Combos - Lifetime
- City Combos - Silver - Collect 25 City Combos - Lifetime
- City Combos - Gold - Collect 50 City Combos - Lifetime
- Secret Combo - Collect a Secret Combo
- All Secret Combos - Collect all 10 Secret Combos in a single game
- Imposter Battle - Level 1 - Collect an Imposter Battle award
- Imposter Battle - Level 3 - Collect 3 Imposter Battle awards in a single game

- Adjustment Changes:
- added "ANNIHILATION DRAIN BASE AMOUNT" default:20M min:10M max:100M
- added default score / count adjustments for new high score champions above

- System - Updated to V3.07.0 on OS: V2.6.0

- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v0.84.0

I put a dot on mine in the same spot. Before I had it there any stuck ball in that spot meant taking the glass off. Now with the dot there it can be nudged out.

Just trying to clarify what you're saying your issue is here: It seems like you're saying you can make the right ramp shot from both 1) a cradle from the left flipper or 2) from on the fly when the ball is rolling through the left inlane onto the left flipper. You say it's impossible to hit the ramp "unless" it's from a cradle or on the fly from the inane, so I guess I'm a bit lost as to what type of shot you're trying to make that's coming up short that you think should be getting there?

Are you trying to hit the right ramp from the left flipper on a shot like a baseball pitch as the ball is coming down the playfield straight at the left flipper? So you'd have to be timing it perfectly to get it there? If that's the type of shot you're saying is almost always coming up short then, yeah, it's because that would be a very, very difficult shot to make.

The right ramp is fairly steep and a relatively long way away from the flipper, so if you're trying to shoot the right ramp like you're hitting a baseball pitch then you would have to have the flip timed almost exactly perfectly in order to make that shot. Any little bit off on the timing would result in not having enough power to make that ramp. So I think a pretty big percentage of shots attempted like that would end up short and roll back, which would mean that what you're experiencing is just the physics of a difficult shot to make.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you wrote, but based on you writing that you can make it if it's from a cradle or on the fly then it seems like that "baseball" style must be the type of shot you're saying is coming up short? And if that's the case then it's just bad shot selection by you because that ramp is only makable consistently from a shot on the fly or from a cradle. is my understanding of your issue correct or am I mis-reading it?

I checked mine and I can’t tell for sure but it looks like the two screws on the back would just be threaded into Mecha somehow. It looks like there’s a plate on the bottom of Mecha also that connects as a pivot point somehow underneath too. Not sure if these pics will help but here are a couple from mine.

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I just looked at the manual. The Mecha assembly is on Page 56. It shows there's a plate on the bottom of Mecha with the two screws in the back and two from the bottom, and that plate looks like it connects on a type of hinge. Doesn't show any nuts in the diagram. Looks like the screws just go into Mecha.

https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Godzilla_LE_Pre_web.pdf

Copied from the PinballLife website. Just look up shooter spring on their site and they’re there.

Spring tension from lowest to highest:
Blue (266-5001-05)
Green (266-5001-04)
Standard (10-148-1)
Orange (266-5001-07)
Purple (266-5001)
Gray/Silver (266-5001-14)
Red (10-148-2)

That's the normal feel compared to JP.

The power up for a 5x Tier 1 battle time bonus is pretty juicy!!!!

Check the readme again. The first part of it lists the power up levels. Right below that is a list of 20-25 things that increase the power up meter.

This post shows a picture of where I put a cabinet dot on mine in that stuck ball spot. The ball will sometimes still get stuck in that spot, but with the dot there it only takes a very light nudge to get it out. Before putting the dot in it would get stuck too deep to nudge it out. Having the dot there doesn't impact ball travel through that lane.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-godzilla-official-owners-club/page/59#post-6612467

That's not a blemish, it's starting to hatch!!! Run for it!!!!!

Any chance Tesla strike mode was running at the time? I think if that were the case then Change City wouldn’t light until the mode is completed. Might be wrong on that but I think that’s how it works.

Heat Ray takes off 5 or 10 spins. I forget where it says, but somewhere on screen it says how many spins a Heat Ray will take off. Not enough to complete a spinner target though. So in general not worth using Heat Ray for Ebirah.

.98 code just released!!! Can’t wait to play it and… April Fools!!!

Have you checked the trough optos and other switches in Switch Test?

Well done! Not usually worth it though to use Heat Ray on Ebirah. It doesn't award enough spins to finish the spinner. One rip on that spinner usually gives you enough spins to finish it. So that means you have to hit that shot once in the Ebirah battle with or without using the Heat Ray, so might as well save the Heat Ray for a different moment.

Blocks wayward balls to one side or the other so they don't come off the plastic straight onto Mecha's back.

I didn't say there was a big issue connected with it. I just answered the question the person asked. Take it off if you want. Leave it on if you want.

Welcome to the club! Scoop just takes practice timing it to hit the ball when the ball is at the end of the flipper.

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.

Just played Terror of Mecha. So much fun! Love the design of limited flips in multiball with stages of shots to build up jackpots followed by a frenzy to go for it all in the final stage. Before this mode I never really focused too much on whether or not I got much of a score in Mecha MB, let alone a super. Pretty great idea to tie qualification of the new mode into getting the super in Mecha MB. It's amazing that code is at .94 but has so much great stuff in it already!

First get a super in Mecha MB. Doing that opens up the ability to collect Level 5 to light Terror. Without the super the best you can collect is Level 4.

From the release notes: "Godzilla Powerup - Level 5 and above are only available after qualifiying Terror of Mechagodzilla from Mechagodzilla Multiball Super Jackpot"

I only played two games on it so far and I got the super before collecting Level 4, but based on the way it reads it seems like there's no Level 5 collect unless you have the super.

I don't think they're very similar. Very different formats (single ball vs. multiball) and objectives for the initial stages (hit shots to lock a ball vs. limited flips to hit shots to build jackpot values in final stage). And Gappa cuts off when you fail a stage whereas Terror is always played through all 4 stages.

Just checked different sizes on mine. 5/32 seems to be the best fit.

Magna grab hasn't been an issue on mine. I got flipper cooling fans for my AIQ. Fade was very noticeable on that game and impacted game play after 60-90 minutes. So far on Godzilla I haven't felt a need for the fans. Plays well for me through 90 minutes of continuous play.

If you got to 8 powerups I'd think you would have started the Terror mode at some point. Are you sure your machine updated to .94 code? The Level 5 power up in the .93 code was a 50 million point placeholder.

Go to Adjustments, Game (Feature Adjustments) and scroll to #138, 139, & 140.

I wonder if Heat Ray will award tail the whip mecha super jackpot or the one through the spinner lane. I guess it's time to play and find out!!!

This new mode Monster Zero is comparable to Gappa Angry

No issues playing new code on mine last night. Played for over an hour and no problems at all.

Go into the menu, select "Net" and scroll down to Software Update. It should find the update and download it. If after downloading it doesn't start installing automatically you can click on Install in the same menu under Net.

Are you getting this screen when you go into “Net” in the menu?

And can you start a game and log into Insider Connected to verify that the machine is online?

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http://tiltforums.com/t/stern-godzilla-rulesheet/7210

You can use the city inserts in the center of the playfield to know also. Solid white for a city means you didn't finish the battle and left the city. Rapid flashing white for a city means you're still in that city and the battle isn't over yet. Slow pulsing white means you've finished the battle for that city so Godzilla controls it.

The ring is very bendable metal. Common for it to be a bit crooked when it's delivered. Just bend it so the ring is parallel with the floor and so it's centered around the tilt bob. It's a 1 minute fix.