Stranger Things (LE)
Stern, 2019
Stranger Things (Premium)
Stern, 2019
Stranger Things (Pro)
Stern, 2019Quoted from chuckwurt:Seems like this code has messed with the switches in the game. Anyone else seeing this? The center shot behind the drops, right orbit, all the standups, are only registering like once out of 5 times hit.
Sounds like you've been Ropp'd.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Seems like this code has messed with the switches in the game. Anyone else seeing this? The center shot behind the drops, right orbit, all the standups, are only registering like once out of 5 times hit.
Makes me scared to update to it 
Did you accidentally install pro code on a premium or vice / versa?
Quoted from chuckwurt:Seems like this code has messed with the switches in the game. Anyone else seeing this? The center shot behind the drops, right orbit, all the standups, are only registering like once out of 5 times hit.
Quoted from jalpert:Did you accidentally install pro code on a premium or vice / versa?
Nope. Just double checked.
Quoted from FlawlessJS:Makes me scared to update to it
Could just be bad luck. Doesn’t seem to be though. The switches register fine in test.
I have an LE though. Maybe the premium and pro code files are okay.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Could just be bad luck. Doesn’t seem to be though. The switches register fine in test.
I have an LE though. Maybe the premium and pro code files are okay.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Could just be bad luck. Doesn’t seem to be though. The switches register fine in test.
I have an LE though. Maybe the premium and pro code files are okay.
I'm running the files to a flash drive real quick and I will throw it on my Premi as soon as it finishes. I'll keep you posted
Thanks. I have a couple LE friends that said they aren’t seeing the same as me so maybe something weird happened on mine during the update. I’ll try the update again.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Thanks. I have a couple LE friends that said they aren’t seeing the same as me so maybe something weird happened on mine during the update. I’ll try the update again.
My buddy and I both have the LE and are experiencing switch issues with this new update.
Well you guys were my LE friends I was referring to so I guess you’re seeing the same things. Bummer.
Brian has been notified. They are looking into it.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Thanks. I have a couple LE friends that said they aren’t seeing the same as me so maybe something weird happened on mine during the update. I’ll try the update again.
Yeah it's not just you. First game my center shot to start demogorgan wouldn't register. Opened the game up, reseated connections, and it seemed fine for a game or two after but I haven't played since. I assumed I had a loose connector, but I doubt it's just coincidence that you are having trouble too. Bummer, but I'm sure they will fix it up quick.
I have a pro, FYI.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Well you guys were my LE friends I was referring to so I guess you’re seeing the same things. Bummer.
Brian has been notified. They are looking into it.
Optos are not consistently registering for ramp shot as well as the burn it back shot for me....disappointing.
Well good thing is that it’s for sure a bug so not just a crazy problem I was having. Haha. But yeah bummer I can’t play the new code right now.
Quoted from FlawlessJS:D and O on the demo dog stand ups not working either...
Sounds like lots of Roppgret to go around...
Quoted from FlawlessJS:Is there an easy way to revert back to .98?
If you have the files still, just reload that code. I deleted mine. Haha
Quoted from chuckwurt:If you have the files still, just reload that code. I deleted mine. Haha
I think I deleted them too
Quoted from FlawlessJS:I think I deleted them too
You can re-download 0.98 :
LE/Prem
https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/gamecode/stranger_things_le-0_98_0.spk.zip
Pro
https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/gamecode/stranger_things-0_98_0.spk.zip
Quoted from PinMonk:You can re-download 0.98 :
LE/Prem
https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/gamecode/stranger_things_le-0_99_0.spk.zip
Thanks!
Quoted from FlawlessJS:Thanks!
Make sure you got the 98 link. I accidentally posted 0.99 for a minute first.
Just played a couple more games. Definitely not a fluke. Middle shot behind drops is intermittent. Left light lock seemed ok but right only worked once in 3 games. Other demodog targets were mostly dead. Everything else seemed ok but not positive. Definitely a bummer. It they already know about it, you'd think they would take the facebook post down at least. I usually give Stern a lot of grace, but seriously how did they not catch a bug this major? One play test would have told them something was haywire. :/
I don’t think they use beta testers. This would’ve been found quickly if so. I know Dwight does, but I guess it’s a team by team thing. Oh well. They are working on it as we speak so I admire the dedication. I would’ve waited until tomorrow. Haha.
Quoted from FlawlessJS:What product does everyone use to fix the soft flipper issue?
PinMonk pin monk store here on pinside. Flipper fans.
Quoted from chuckwurt:vireland pin monk store here on pinside. Flipper fans.
Thank you so much!
Quoted from chuckwurt:vireland pin monk store here on pinside. Flipper fans.
Have a link? I find it hard to find in the market.
Quoted from EricHadley:Have a link? I find it hard to find in the market.
Found it. Searched this thread for vireland and found his link. The market is so hard to search :-/
Looks like stern pulled the 0.99 update from their site. Probably due to the issues you folks experienced.
{
"code": "not_found",
"message": "File with such name does not exist.",
"status": 404
}
Quoted from EricHadley:Found it. Searched this thread for vireland and found his link. The market is so hard to search :-/
Pinmonk.com is much easier to browse, but here on the pinside store or there both work.
Thanks for the support!
Bummer on the .99 code. My machine definitely has all of the side effects mentioned here.
Got my Tibetan Breezes installed yesterday and they made a huge difference. Played for a few hours tonight despite the code issues and was crushing the tk lock. Definitely a must buy for this machine.
After the tk locks performance tonight, I thought I should mention a couple of adjustments that stood out to me. First I should say that I have messed with the lock mech since I've had the machine and no matter how precise I had the mech arm from the back of the cabinet, the mech never seemed like it worked right. I even tried pulling the ramp out as far as I could and that seemed to make it a little worse. One thing I never adjusted until yesterday was the height of the rod. The height on the rod was a solid 2 1/8", way higher than Stern and chuckwurt suggest. So I bent the rod to about 1/16 under 2" and made sure it stayed there. The other adjustment I made is little harder to explain. The general idea was to pull out just the left side of the ramp and stick a 3/4" rubber ring behind it as a spacer. The thought behind this was to bring the back wall of the left side of the ramp closer to the lower part of the mech arm so that the mech arm was more underneath the ball instead of on the side of the ball reducing potential pinching and so that pulling out the ramp didn't create as much of a lip for the ball to travel over as it travelled up the arm. I added the tibetan breezes, lowered the arm and pulled out the left side of the ramp throwing scientific caution to the wind, so I can't be sure if it's just one adjustment or another that makes my tk lock work effortlessly, but it does. I also noticed that it just sounds better now (smoother?), there's not a lot of extra noise. Hope this helps somebody, hope my breezes help get me to the Final Showdown, and I hope the code is fixed by Friday afternoon. 
Quoted from killborn:Bummer on the .99 code. My machine definitely has all of the side effects mentioned here.
Got my Tibetan Breezes installed yesterday and they made a huge difference. Played for a few hours tonight despite the code issues and was crushing the tk lock. Definitely a must buy for this machine.
After the tk locks performance tonight, I thought I should mention a couple of adjustments that stood out to me. First I should say that I have messed with the lock mech since I've had the machine and no matter how precise I had the mech arm from the back of the cabinet, the mech never seemed like it worked right. I even tried pulling the ramp out as far as I could and that seemed to make it a little worse. One thing I never adjusted until yesterday was the height of the rod. The height on the rod was a solid 2 1/8", way higher than Stern and chuckwurt suggest. So I bent the rod to about 1/16 under 2" and made sure it stayed there. The other adjustment I made is little harder to explain. The general idea was to pull out just the left side of the ramp and stick a 3/4" rubber ring behind it as a spacer. The thought behind this was to bring the back wall of the left side of the ramp closer to the lower part of the mech arm so that the mech arm was more underneath the ball instead of on the side of the ball reducing potential pinching and so that pulling out the ramp didn't create as much of a lip for the ball to travel over as it travelled up the arm. I added the tibetan breezes, lowered the arm and pulled out the left side of the ramp throwing scientific caution to the wind, so I can't be sure if it's just one adjustment or another that makes my tk lock work effortlessly, but it does. I also noticed that it just sounds better now (smoother?), there's not a lot of extra noise. Hope this helps somebody, hope my breezes help get me to the Final Showdown, and I hope the code is fixed by Friday afternoon.
So glad to hear your TK lock is money.
I did the same this you did and put something on the left side of the ramp to help pull it away from the back wall.
And yes, you’ll know when you have it right as the mech and ball transition will be butter smooth. No clunkiness at all.
Quoted from chuckwurt:So glad to hear your TK lock is money.
I did the same this you did and put something on the left side of the ramp to help pull it away from the back wall.
And yes, you’ll know when you have it right as the mech and ball transition will be butter smooth. No clunkiness at all.
Is there a link to the TK ball lock fix you are referring to? I have had mine shut off since the beginning because it doesn't work properly.
Thanks for the update on the .99 code also.
Every thread has a listing of key posts at the top. It’s up there. Here’s a link.
Don’t expect to get it perfect the first attempt. Took me like six months to finally get mine right. Haha. But this should help immensely.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-club-join-our-party/page/35#post-5472488
Quoted from chuckwurt:Every thread has a listing of key posts at the top. It’s up there. Here’s a link.
Don’t expect to get it perfect the first attempt. Took me like six months to finally get mine right. Haha. But this should help immensely.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-club-join-our-party/page/35#post-5472488
Thanks Chuck!
Quoted from killborn:It appears the .99 code is back on Stern's website.
But no notification if anything was fixed
Quoted from TomGWI:But no notification if anything was fixed
Yep, nevermind, clicked on the link and said code not found.
Quoted from killborn:Yep, nevermind, clicked on the link and said code not found.
Hopefully they will have a fix up today.
Anyone that can point me on how to adjust the screen? I just noticed that when it comes down to battle the demo that it’s not all the way down (just slightly off the playfield). Once I shoot a shot up it, then it goes down. It doesn’t effect the first shoot though since it’s just ever so slightly off the playfield
EF2C42B4-D138-45E4-8B4C-DD1D7F9951A0 (resized).jpegI would say put it in test and see how it behaves. Then probably a physical adjustment is in order or it’s binding on something.
Quoted from Yesh23:I'll try it Chuck. Any idea how you adjust it?
I haven’t had to mess with mine. I would start with the manual to understand how it works then visually inspect it topside and below to see if it’s getting caught on anything.
Diagnostics should show you if it’s stopping before the down switch is tripped. If that’s the case I say it’s binding somewhere.
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