hi guys...

for those usual with the code things, could you confirm that the LIFETIME audit was not there with old codes, but than only with the 1.10 ?

tanx

edit : ok, i have my answer... https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-star-wars-clubmay-the-force-be-with-you/page/186#post-5837525
and than i have to judge the pin on his state

and than SW PRO is home... that means few monthes to share with you

i feel mine (3 days playing on it) really eating balls a lot at the outlanes, remind me... TWD
posts are placed at the middle, didnt "calculate" the slope (lower at front, middle at rear)
than with my son, our prob is not aiming to make the shoots but more battle with the pin to avoid balls going out (also tilt is set sensitive)
we're at 3.8B & 3.7B, and each of us from just 1 mission to reach WM, code is 1.10 and set to factory settings of course

meanwhile, its a very nice pin, its a pleasure to discover it right now (and may be not with early codes)

+1
seems this game kick your ass (while eating balls), and than when he let you play it ends in a great game... nothing in the middle

well than, 5 days home, and just scored this (all factory settings of course)

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ok, just 1 week home, and i've just finished it beating the emperor (let's admit this pin is "easy" when it let you play)

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was more thinking to grab an IM VE, never had it home...
well, anyway, i dont hink i will already look for a swap, i'm not boring at all after 1 week, its still the honeymoon, and finishing the game doesnt mean we'll stop playing it

for those going (very) deep in the code, is the wizard mode becoming harder if you reach it with a 2nd hero ? and so on with the 3rd, and than the last !?
btw, did someone already succeed to make it 4 times to WM ??? i mean while playing normally

(Yoda talking) well, may be i'm... but may be i'm not !

well, after 1.5 week on this pin, i'm not sure there's a "good" or "bad" path, as the only objective (for big points) is the multiplicator ONLY !
keep this at X20 (or even better X40), and you've done the hardest

of course, if you're asking the easiest way to go to WM (while just forgeting points), than i dont know
think i have 3 diff heros for the top scores i've done (13B 11B 9B)on my SW, i'll have to check...

well, i'm not usual with SW, but seems that 7-8 B is already more than nice
also not sure how the pin was before with older codes (easier ? harder ?), while there're some really big ones here on the score section

no

same on 1.10...

near 2 weeks home, and 2nd visit to the wizard mode, this time trying to better use the multiplicator(s)
missed 2 (or 3 ?) big hyperspace hurry up, did well the overall rest, including a lightsaberduel at 2.2B and a jedi multiball at 2.8B...
fun is still there, and having games like this one did really push your adrenaline

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well, you were close, i'm right now ... 1247 ! loooooooooooooooooooool

mostly, top players are not posting their scores here (to not make us having a depression ! lol again)

i dont understand...
if you can score 21B in "easy" settings, than you should have enough skill to play in "factory" and still make some nice scores !?

ok, i understand, and than enjoy your pin

+1
i dont know how this work (well, even if i cracked the game, i'm still missing some code/rule detail lol)
will check next time, but i should be at 12.XXX parsecs...

parsecs : in fact its 18.279
i've tried to follow while playing, but...
well, i need somebody watching

dont close the outlane...
and yes you are right, as i noticed it too when i got the pin
its because in fact the plate is not a piece of wood there, but this is metal (well on my PRO), that means absolutly 0 rebound
i've added a small square of soft plastic (its 1mm width), with double face, like this the outlane remain open as intended (well -1mm) and you can now nudge and play pinball like... a pinball (in my case TILT is set sensitive)
as it, you didnt feel the frustration you describe above (even if this pin is still eating balls a lot lol)

well, just play it a few days, and you got it easily, the game/code is not deep (but really fun as it, dont misunderstood me)

the only things you have to know (because sometimes a lot is blinking on a same insert) is the color code :

blue : hoth mode
orange :tatooine
green : andor
purple : death star

than :

red : t-fighter & jackpot on main shoots when in multiball
yellow : hyperspace hurry up
cyan : combos
white : boba fett

and you've done

in jedi multiball & light saber duel easy to understand what to shoot

for those usual for long time with the pin, what was the default setting to get an extra ball (code 1.10)

- after having played modes : 5 or 7 ? quite sure i've read it here but...
- and collecting how much t-fighter ?

here, its set on factory, and than these 2 settings are in AUTO, that means 10 modes & 100 t-fighters, its a bit high when i have some visitors not being pinball players...

yes of course, i know, same as ST for example... and also yes, the more you get it, the higher that calue grow
than my ask was to set it to a fix number, to be fair for evbd at home, its not as we were playing in exploitation

ok, and tanx

well, 5 or 7, but not less than 5 (would be way to easy)
and about t-fighter ? somebody remind how much it was before that AUTO setting add ?

if someone is still on 1.05 can you check please... tanx

well, i'm not in front of the pin, but check for them, its a 2 minutes job

do not unzip, let these 3 files as it, for /to put on your USB key...

and yes, as said above, LIFETIME came with 1.10, and of course, it will (re)start at 0... your shooterlane will than be the main point to check when wanna know if lots of games or not

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yes it is...
did you tried another usb key ?

indeed

and does it works OK again if you reinstall "old" 1.05 ?

do we have a SW post about the code idea/feedback (for Dwight) ?

you'll finish in a Empire jail for that !

1.10 is the last version
yes you should update... even if sometimes shit happends (as Scott), but no prob related to the last code itself

rightclick on the post number, then copy/past the link...

we have a new Jedi home... well done my son

for what i've read, its than (quite) impossible to shoot the DS from a left flipper backhand !?
as i did it with regularity on my PRO...

oki

overall replies (talking about last 1.10 code) :

there's a power adjustment for the tatooine scoop
and also about the action button to remove the "start a game"

when its friday night and you decide to make a little battle with your son (player 1)...
and than ball 1 :

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FY son ! (lol inside of course)

and to complete the story, he finish at 21...

tanx... but this time my son kick my ass (again)

and reading here, yes, seems PRO is easier than PREM/LE only because of that Death Star shot
in fact, i didnt remember having played a PREM/LE already

tanx

but again, my son & i we are tournament players, not "wizard" guys, but than we're more than good without a doubt...
than dont compare while you're a lambda player (this not being pejorative at all), the more important is to enjoy while playing, this should remain the objective n°1 when you're behind a flipper : fun, fun, and fun !

with shooting the 4 white inserts
and same when you're not playing with Han, you have to make combos (cyan color) to enable the white ones...

but they are, believe me lol
my son did beat again the wizard mode this afternoon, that's 2 in 2 days, this time scoring "only" 13B...

good point... in fact just i've said few posts above
than for your other sentence, sorry if i'm boring you

please, put me on your "ignore list", its easy & only 2 clicks away...

as i'm very sorry to say it, but late yesterday my son did beat again the wizard mode ! that's 3 time in just 2 days :/

have a nice sunday

lol ! my son is the actual Jedi, as all my scores are being erased day after days...

ok, more serious, i feel SW not being hard once you understand the color code (orange+green+blue+purple for the 4 planets, white for boba fett, yellow for hyperspace, cyan for combos, and red for jackpots/t-fighters)

may be the 1st thing when discovering the pin (i also have to do it) is to study all 4 heros, and what is their personal force
also which planet are near to be finished (to the mini wizard), including the shoots you are easy with (to me the hardest remain the DS, as i think most of us)
in fact, reaching the mini wizard (multiball) often help you to easy get the t-fighter multiball, and also the hyperspace hurry up/multiball, all following/stacking

also, at the begining, simply forget about the 3 bank targets & the multiplicators, this is too hard to assimilate all in 1 pass
just play to advance in the game without the multiplicators
and only when you will be comfortable with the overall game, than add to it the multiplicator factor & the changing lane(s), this will of course send you to big scoring (dont be upset at first as you can't get big points without the multiplicator, the only key is to keep it alive in X20 or even better in X40)

that's how i see SW... but of course some others may see it from another way

no

dont forget :

sure, control is the key (same as all pins)
but on SW, most of the modes running are timed/hurry up, than while you get in control, think quickly on what to shot next (in fact, you need to know even before you're getting control of the ball)
than you must add the multiplicators factor in all this, and yes, playing that way, SW is a hard pin ... but ok, step by step, slowly, evbdy will improve

enjoy !

first of all, let's suppose you're on "factory settings"... if not, set it as it

i dont understand the question
simply shoot the 3 bank targets... you can than go up to X20
than shoot the drops, and there you can get an overall X2 playfield, that means X40 for the X shoot
dont forget to keep this alive, this is the big task in this game, as shooting the bank targets is always a dangerous shot (much less from right flipper)

well,

i cant "feel" IRON MAIDEN, hard to get in that game, dont know why
GHOSTBUSTERS, from factory, is quite hard to play
WALKING DEAD... as even with good shoots, you're still in danger

and more than 5 years, but others pins i really always have difficulties are :

STTNG
THE SIMPSONS (STERN)
CFTBL
RIPLEY

will tell you when i can put more than few games on a PREM/LE version, but seems as an evidence that the DS shot is indeed harder to get

oh dear ! lol of course

meanwhile here, just scored a 9.5B with another visit to the Emperor, and its not even enough to put my name somewhere on the table scores ! nothing, nada, rien !!! in fact my son did now get more than few

+1

mine is at minimum, and working perfect... of course, on a PRO, no magnetized balls !!!

nice ! and see, as said, nothing impossible
how was the game, did you remind what you have done and/or score big ?

no lol, i mean, in that game, what have you done to score big ? video mode in X40 ? hyperspace in X40 ? victory lap(s) ?

until your next one

Phbooms

there're so much ways to play this game...

my son like Leia, growing the multiplicator at the very begining (risky than) for simply shooting main modes (in combo when not lit), pay a lot of points

i'm comfortable with r2d2 going for the usual strategy : death star > death star final > in which i often get t-fighter multi > same with hyperspace multi > and if all going well i'm than often on X40 to go for the video mode

else Luke : i like playing it with always choosing +5 t-fighters

talking about the game, 1 thing we dont like (and may be it has been reported already) is when you have light saber ready, you can't pass it (and risk to lose the ball while something else/better was ready to play)... even if you can cradle the ball once started

something new (?) my son just noticed :

when starting smashing the button for t-fighters hurry-up, the 2 ramps inserts are turning red
quickly shooting these 2 ramps in the 5 seconds (we did it) shut OFF the red inserts but does just nothing...
btw, not sure something should be there, but quite strange if not !?

allo Xaqery ?

will check this - tanx

yes, as others pins, but than we're not more on factory settings
and of course we will "lose" the light saber, which is needeed to get to WM... i mean : you really have to play/win it

anyway, not a big deal of course, SW remain very nice

the higher level the more pts you get completing targets
and you need to reach last level to get the wizard mode
in fact, Dwight added this to make the pin a bit harder, even if to me (and mostly others ?) i never really aim for these targets, this came "alone"...

also notice that targets may be lit for a t-fighter (which can help if you're not far from the multiball), in this case may be you wanna aim for them, but this remain dangerous with some return ball

you're welcome
i read a few above you finally get 1B points, than let me ask : are you playing while really using the lane(s) multiplicator ?
if not, that's the main point you have to focuse on, the real key on SW, and than you will see that 1B is just not that high
good luck !

about bugs (1.10)

there're few others :

when shocking the game, and the tilt bob moving, if you enter the mystery sequence scoop, than indeed make enough contacts to TILT the pin, there's no priority to the TILT animation, the game did TILT and all goes OFF, you also get the TILT sound sample, but you have to wait the mystery sequence until the end to only get after the TILT animation on the screen

tanx to my son, i have 2 more linked to gameplay, 1 giving a small advantage (by design)... if Dwight Xaqery wanna know, simply PM me

we're all big kids... aren't we !!!???

than i've played a 4 players battle VS me ! lol

R2D2 win (logically for me, i would say), more strange is Leia finishing 2nd (generaly Luke is my 2nd "choice")

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bad mood ? in need of sleep ?? and/or even sex ???

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/spike-and-spike-2-power-for-mods

you just have to be faster...
and of course i know its hard (to me too), as most of us, i often have to cradle the ball, but than i'm losing precious time on a pin which is based on lots of timer modes !!!
well done Dwight ! because this is why SW is a great pin when talking about the code (and a good shooter when talking about the design, tanx to Steve)

on the other side, my son (26 years old) is really easy with it, really "djing" with his 2 hands and the 3 buttons with no need to cradle, mainly playing on the fly
when i watch him, i honestly even can't understanding what he's doing, but the fact is that he's doing right

the only dumb question is the one you didnt ask...

well, not sure what you didnt understand, but than here's all the "how to" :

- at the start of the ball, no matter which hero you chose, you have 3 main inserts taged with the "X" (they are RED, that means you can move them by 1 pass, to the left > left flipper, or to the right > right flipper)

- you launch the ball they became GREEN, that means they are now fixed, to the 3 shoots concerned, these will now be multiplied by the value of the X on the main screen (which increase when you hit the 3 bank and/or with mystery and/or with skillshot)

- while you're playing your ball, and thinking on which shoot you have to do next (for example the VIDEO MODE), you can change these X by hitting the central button, X inserts became RED, that means you can now move them, as said above, to the left, to the right... hit the central button again to fix them where you want, and they became GREEN & active again (in this same example, if you are on X40, that means you video mode scoring will be X40 !!! a 10.000.000 pts with no multiplicator on it, will indeed be 400.000.000 ... now you understand that mastering the multiplicator IS the key to big points on SW)

NB : the more you are higher in value, the less you have X arrow available, from 3 you go to 2, than to 1, this also depending on which hero you choose at start (as its linked)
NB2 : again, the more you are higher in value, the timer is shorter before reseting to X1... this to make you take more risk to shoot the 3 bank, which of course is very dangerous

not sure this is what you were asking, if not, tell/ask me more

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yes, simple as that
than ticktockman you get these multipliers by collecting upper lanes above the bumpers (like in lot of pins), but you can add more as you've said by chosing this as skillshot (in fact, this can be very lucrative if you had a bonus held running with a great bonus the ball before)

else "play better", i mean once you know your pin, nudge it before it happends
in your case (similar for all of us), i suppose the ball go to the 3 bank, than the left side, yes ? if yes, you than have 2 possibilities to nudge and avoid the return in the center

you now know your lesson young padawan, seems i have nothing more to teach you !

(big lol of course) ...

well, quite simple, it desactivate when ball goes out there...
but than, sometimes you are with the "ball save" running, than...

in fact, feeling Dwight could/should correct this, as one thing you seems to not have seen is :

escape activate > ball goes out thrue the outlane > ball back > automatic launch > 1 sec & 2 rebounds later, ball again out thrue that outlane (you even didnt flip !!!) > ball over ... but we may also admit thats just pinball !!!

in this particular case, you really must forget all we've already talked about this pin, but than only shoot for the upper inlanes again & again to advance bonus multiplier

as its really easy :

- grab the ball on the right flipper
- aim for the left lane
- advances upper inlanes/multiplier
- ball finally goes out/down thrue the right lane...
- back to point 1

my friend, to not let you enjoying alone, here's my tonight "training" with the 4 heros beating the emperor again, with Han

and what a mess while i really cant play with Leia (neither some exceptions)...

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with my poor english, i suppose you wanna mean "bored" (board !?)
if yes, than bored is not the right word, as SW can be played in so many various way
but i agree this game is not really hard when you understand how to play it/what to do, and i also agree with the PRO being easier for just 1 shoot : the death star (which is an important one, as needeed in lot of situations)

mine should leave next week, as usual for a turn around (i only have this pin home), and than discover something else
for sure i will miss it ! it was a very good surprise to get/learn it, while at 1st i had a so-so feeling to buy it, but than i know now its a very nice machine
without a doubt, you can't go wrong getting this pin

just beaten my Hyperspace "best shot", with 3.598 B !!! for a single shot, that's crazy & let's admit very satisfying in the same time
this pin is a beast for that part of the code mixing very nicely hurry/up & multiplicators

i'm out of the club
again, must admit that SW was a very nice surprise to me, a very fun/good pin if you can get into the code

see you in another club (hotwheels ? iron man ? jp ? ... !?)

it was a pleasure to simply share with evbd

and next one is here, not really an "as quick" game but no matter (lol)
just made a 1st hi-score... there still enough room to TILT it under the million

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this one as nostalgia item in my desk
but than IRON MAN should follow soon in the garage, as more hardcore game...

yes, of course, but... the NIB one didnt stand at the Pinball Museum !!!

(sarcasm inside, as a joke of course)

only ???

lost your sense of humour again ? so simple to put me on your ignore list, as i'll do it in 5 seconds
and btw, i love you too, a big tanx for the kind words

tanx for understanding that my com was, as always, in funny/friendly/provoc mood
and good luck to reach the WM, its hard to get there, but than not really to beat it, you'll see

not sure how points are really working here
my hi is 1.2B, with of course also a clear run, also at X40, and at full speed from A to Z
almost you know you can do even higher
this pin is all about keeping that multiplicator at max, easy to say, hard to do, but so satisfying when it happends

kick his ass !!!

as ManU... (i'm a fan :/ )

i should miss something (being not usual with these kind of show) : than, you have to pay to get an autograph !!!???

ha ben m*rde alors !

well, should i have to understand that he finally gets a hiscore in the SW topic !?

this would have been 400.000 "only"

its possible to do much better... go on Luke !

"Trap up"

well, not too much/long, else no big points ! as once you know the rules, main rule will be to make your shots quickly

nice tutorial, well done/build, easy to understand & to follow (let's admit i knew the game before watching)
btw, your TILT bob is way to friendly (or even missing) for a player like Craig lol

Craig : even when you're playing in a tutorial like this, we can see what is really hard with SW : always (always & always) stay focused about the multiplicators... even you here, you did forget it on few occasions, playing with that X factor set red/moving (the one in the 1st video mode was funny)

hope to see you soon, Michel R.

in fact, when you have kicked enough FORCE targets, the lockbar button turn ORANGE, you know add-a-ball is available/ready...
and than, to reply to your com, in SW, if you didnt use your AAB for the running multiball, you can keep it for another one later (but not working for all, didnt remember well, SW is not more home, works for another planet MINI WIZARD MB, but also for T-FIGHTER MB & VICTORY LAPS MB, has to be confirmed )

the solution is to found why the ball get stucked !
is this happening when ball must do the full orbit ?

nothing more

i had a single shot to collect hyperspace at 3.598B
(not bad when theorical max would be 4B)

again, and as said above already, the multiplicator is the only key to score big, always keeping it active at X20 (X40), and of course place it on the right next shot... easy to understand, more than hard to do because all is under timers in this pin, than you have to be quick to think/shoot, you can't cradle and lose 10 sec to decide what you will do next

good luck !

PS : of course, you can also play that pinball with the objective to simply finish it & kill the emperor
than forget about the multiplicator & only focuse on the shoots, this will be easier and achievable, but beating the wizard mode as it will not gives you big points

and now, go for the 20X shoots, in double scoring (X40) of course

if i remember well, the LIFETIME audit was only in since the 1.10 ...

the code/rules has the Dwight similitude on these 2
almost that's what i feel...

great game without a doubt, giving much more than you would imagine by just watching what is on the playfield (not so much in fact !)
but yes, its hard, brutal, and fast, very fast... well, its SW
and as said above, advanced players will use the multiplicator, that's what will give you great scores, and casuals ones will forget it, but than you have the other objective, which is to beat the wizard mode by killing the Emperor

"mint" is the key, as dont forget that the lifetime audit was working on SW since the 1.10 only... (not sure which version was on it when you get the pin)

anyway, enjoy ! even more as your wife also like it (this is may be the key point !!! lol )

thats the only way to put great score on this pin

i suppose Boba Fett is the same prob for everyone

that will be 6 (or 7, didnt remember) extra balls, for sure "to much", but than you set-up your game as you like it, simple as that

if i remember well, you mean orange (and not yellow)