I'm kinda new at this. How do I do that?

Go ahead, put a post in your Premium. Then explain to the buyer why you drilled a hole in the playfield when you sell. Not worth it. STTNG lane extenders are reversible.

Whoa whoa whoa...sorry my fault, I thought the Prem had a thread hole it was just empty like DI? Obviously no one should ever be drilling any holes themselves

Usually the metal guide can be loosened and moves a little and then retightened.

I think there's a screw near the tip, under the plastic, that you can loosen. Then adjust the guide and tighten. Probably move it a bit to the right? It's supposed to hit the force targets, not the rubber above them. Even if it doesn't do that, a tiny change can make a huge difference across three bounces it takes to hit the outlane.

Sadly you may have to partially remove the right ramp to get in there

Thanks for the help

Occasionally during tie fighter multiball it will eject 2 balls into the launch at the same time. Anyone else have this happen? If so how did you fix it?

I notice that I sometimes get two balls ejected if I am rapidly hitting the lock bar button to destroy tie fighters, and it’s usually just as the multiball is starting up. I am not certain, but it almost feels like a code timing thing. It hasn’t bothered me enough to seek out a solution. It also isn’t putting more than 3 balls into play, which is the correct number for TF multiball. If I am starting TF multiball by shooting TF targets on the playfield instead of mashing the lockbar button, my balls get ejected into play properly.

I've gotten this in most multiballs, not just TIE. Never actually causes a problem though. I assume it's a bug

I have this as well. Usually at Tie fighter start. I feel if it was a trough problem or something, it would happen at other times. I agree it feels like a code timing thing.

The shooter lane ball detection switch was loose on mine and tightening it really cut down on the issue. It did not eliminate it, but now it hardly ever happens.

Looking to purchase a partial set of Star Wars art blades. Prefer Dagobah and Carbonite Scene. PM me if available.

I sent you a pm

Joined the club. A co-buy with a friend of me. Light routed (like 1500 plays) and in good condition with just need of some playfield cleaning and some very tiny touch up on the siderails.

Only issue is that I don’t have room so I have to travel 1 mile to play it

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Is there a guide on how the shot multiplier works? Every time I think I have it I hit the shot or do the video mode with the green X and I don't get the multiplier.

There isn't much to it, or there shouldn't be.
Hit 3 bank increases multiplier number, green shots are multiplied by that number.

I'm not getting the multiplier when I make a shot. The X is green I make the shot and get nothing not even video mode and the green X is there when I make it. I don't follow how you are actually getting it. Can someone explain how it works please.

Hmmm...yeah videa mode 'should' have text on the after screen that tells you how much it's multiplied by. Trying to find a pic now..

EDIT: Can't find one.

Anyway, take the glass off and get a solid multiplier going, then trigger a hurry up (hyperspace) that shows the points counting down and see if it is multiplied when you hit it.

Maybe it's turned off for you to move it and that's why it isn't scoring? I thought that was how it worked. Frankly I don't pay that much attention to the multiplier, I just play for progression.

Did you start the video mode from the Hoth shot or a different shot? It can be started from a different mode shot (i.e. Endor ramp) as the video mode is one of the mode selections, and if that Endor ramp doesnt have the multiplier on it, it won’t be multiplied.

Now if you hit the Hoth shot while the video mode insert was lit, and your multiplied arrow shot was active (green) then it should be at least 2x (or whatever your current multiplier is at).

Multiplier works like this:
+ 3 shots are lit green which Will multiply the shot value. The multipliers can be turned off (red) with action button and moved with flipper buttons, then press action button again to lock them in (green).
+ The multiplier starts at 2x; hitting the mini LCD 3-bank targets will increase it by 1 to a maximum of 20x.
+ a count down thud sound indicates when your multiplier is about to reset back to 2x. Hitting the 3-bank resets the timer. There is a generous grace period if the timer ends and multipliers reset so you can get your multiplier back if you hit the 3-bank in time.
+ As the multiplier increases, the # of multiplied shots will diminish from 3 to 2 and eventually to 1.
+ The furthest left multiplier is the master multiplier so to speak so as your multiplier increases, you will lose the furthest right multiplier first, then the next multiplier, leaving you with one multiplier which was the original furthest left one.
+ there are two ways to double the multiplier. First, random mystery award. Second is spelling FORCE on the drop targets. Each time you clear the FORCE bank targets you will be awarded a letter, F-O-R-C-E.
F = lights mystery
O = lights escape
R = lights video mode
C = double multipliers
E = lights light saber duel.

A good beginner rule of thumb is to just keep your multipliers locked on Death Star, Endor, Hoth and only moving it (if necessary) when video mode is lit.

Why don't you think you are getting it?

Also remember that the higher your multiplier is, it takes shots away from your multiplier. When it's at 2X (the default), you have a spread of 3 shots. as you increase the Multiplier, it will drop down to 2 shots, and then finally to 1 shot. Choosing to play with R2D2 lets you have higher multipliers before it removes the number of multiplied shots available. I believe it moves the rightmost shot, so in theory, if you locked the default multiplier on the Death Star, Endor, and Hoth shots, once you've maxed out the multiplier, only the Death Star shot would still be multiplied. I don't recall the Multiplier thresholds for it moving to 2 shots, and then 1... it varies from character to character I think, but definitely, R2D2 is the one you want to use if you are actually paying attention to multipliers and want to optimize your results.

Also, apparently Leia Multipliers default at 3X During Mini Wizard modes.

One more thing.. the multiplier times out if you aren't constantly hitting the 3 bank targets under the playfield LCD. When you hear that THUNK THUNK THUNK sound, your multiplier is going to time out soon and go back to 2X and you need to fire a shot off at the 3 banks to reset the timer. This 3 bank shot is what makes playing for multipliers risky (it could easily fire the ball right back down the middle). As someone said above, just park your 3 multiplier shots on Death Star, Endor, and Hoth and forget it if you don't want to manage the overhead of multipliers and just enjoy the game. You don't need multipliers at all unless you are playing competitively. You can beat the emperor without ever worrying about the multipliers, and if you've made it that far, you're probably going to have a pretty impressive score anyway.

Oh, by the way, can someone tell me how to switch my game on? I'm totally confused and don't know what to do and I'm to lazy to read this thread...

LOL, are you looking for the power switch? The power switches on Stern games with Spike systems are located on the lower right bottom of the backbox instead of the usual spot by the right front leg on the bottom of the cabinet. I notice you posted this question 4 hours ago, so you might've found it by now.

Pretty sure he's being sarcastic and suggesting that people are asking questions easily answered by opening the manual.

Hahaha, I was wondering, but around here, who knows?

Asteroid Field video mode does show the multiplier in one of the corners while you are navigating. It also shows what level asteroid field you are navigating.

After two weeks of owning the game, I met this guy for the first time last night. Factory, 3 ball, replay.

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My apologies - it was too tempting after the 100th lazy request for having the multipliers explained....

Two weeks?! Damn - it took me a year to defeat him with my outlanes set to easy :O

Ditto - and with 5-ball.

Owning this game now for three days and men it can be frustrating but has the one more game feeling. The drains left and right if you make a wrong shot

But most frustrating is that quite some times, 5-10%?, the inner loop shot returns the ball sdtm

Already played a little with leveling the game different which did help some but is this a common issue? Should I be bending ball rails?

Any advise would be appreciated. Thnx.

Yes i personnaly install a diverter, 100% no more sdtm

A diverter? Any picture of this?

Please show us some pictures of your mod.

I remember somebody glueing a small rubber thingy into the horseshoe to divert the ball...

I just gave an ever so lightly slight bend to the exit of the ball guide at Hoth. And, increasing the pitch (roughly 7.1 deg) helped too.

Just tweaking it a bit is all that is needed.

What is the maximum number of balls that the hyperloop ramp can accommodate during HSMB?
I’ve reached 3, then the balls fall off the ramp and onto the playfield

There has been talk that you hit the yellow shots to increase the time on the multiball loop. I've gotten 4 in there and i think i've seen others report 5 and 6

If the loop has a ball already in it, every successive ball that is shot into it can collide with any balls that are there and that can screw it all up.

This only happens if the ramp shot to load the ball is timed perfectly with the other ball making the turn by the ramp. EXTREMELY rare. I have seen it once. Put your game into hyperloop test to test this. Make sure all 4 magnets are working properly. You can load six balls in there with little issue. Doing it in a game is another story. Very hard to accomplish. I have loaded 4 in there. Seen others load 5.

In order to load more than 3, you need to shoot the yellow arrows during the hurry up to extend the hurry up time and give you enough time to load the extra balls. The right ramp and left orbits are lit yellow during the hurry up / start of hyperspace Multiball.

I have my sw premium since 2 weeks... factory settings, 3 balls :

Death star destroyed, emperor dead and 19 billions... ok... damned... already finished...

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I'd submit my application for PAPA A bank right now with that score on a premium.

Impressive especially for a premium. How many plays in that 2 weeks? I think the Game is a little too easy on factory. Try setting extra balls max to 1, extra balls from missions off, tie fighter extra ball at 100, hyperspace and tie fighter on extra hard, victory multiball ball saver at 5 secs.

Also try wearing an eye patch and rollerskates.

Whenever it happens to me it's one of those weak shots that just makes it up the fork.

Now try it with the glass on. Also, your death star needs adjustment.