Current setup for me is 6.7 / 205 flipper. nailing it left and right

Which inclinometer works? Never used one before

I have this one that I use to level left/right and check the pitch. you can really only tell if it's somewhere between 6 and 7 for instance.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00002N7UH

It gets me in the ballpark and is a quick cheap tool to have in the bag. For the tweaking the final bit I use the pinball leveller app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nottud.pinballleveller

You have to have a device with good sensors tho. My phone is not accurate enough but my tablet is.

I've closed all of the leg levellers and the pitch is right at 6 degrees and it's perfect. Maybe as we get better at the game we'll increase the pitch. As I said at 6.5 we were making it but it was 1 in 20 shots or so. Now it's 8 out of 10 which makes the demo modes much more bearable.

Download the pinguy app on your smartphone, calibrate it, enjoy! love it.

Picked up my used stranger things pro. I’m gonna have fun and play it at home for a few days, then it goes on location at the brewery.

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I figured out the Austrian thing. The number one dip switch on the cpu board in the backglass was on. For USA all should be off. Once changed it seemed to reset all settings and scores.

Just in case you are interested, I did an interview with one of the rules designers of Stranger Things, Mike Vinikour from Stern. He is a great guy and he talks a bit about the game he is so proud of. You can find it here:
https://slapsave.podbean.com/e/ep-55-slap-save-interviews-sterns-mike-vinikour/

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Joining the club. First thing I did was dialing down the flipper strength to 180. Pitched the bubble to the center. Could never even once nail the demo shot. So I tried going up step by step. No success.
After 1 hour or so of trying and testing I noticed that the ball was always touching the lower part of the demomouth first and then clonking to the upper part. So I figured the flipper wasn't strong enough to get it straight into the hole. Put the flippers to 250 because I was a little fed up and just played the game. And I nailed the demohole 100% every time from a left flipper cradle. 100%!
Even got through the 3rd demo mode and killed the 3 demogorgans succesfully. I'll just leave it at 250. Screw the aiballs, I'm playing like that. And I am not even getting that much airballs. Not enough to get me concerned.
Just want to have fun and I must say that for a game with incomplete code it is a hell of a fun.
Particulary love the music and sound effects on this one A LOT!
I love it and I am happy with this purchase.
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Is Find Barb a random mode where when you hit the correct lit shot you finish the mode? If so that is pretty damn cool. I am just asking because the mode lights up every light, and after hitting 2 of the shots I had completed it.

I did not notice but I certainly will now. Thank you.

Now that my machine is set properly to US I am seeing the 48v warning on boot up before the leds do their power on test.

Mine does this too and I think it's a code bug? Also, yes this game needs to be dialed in for best results. I finally settled on 7.0 degrees pitch and flipper settings of 192. Your results may vary

So I guess my one way gate wasn't fixed after all. Maybe 50 games in and a ball stuck there. I widened the gate a bit then put it back. Was a pain to get to without taking things apart but will keep an eye on it.

Mine has been doing this since day one. Everyone here kept saying “that’s not good”. But I talked to a tech at stern and he said it’s a code bug and should be removed on next update

Hows the machine running ?

Code suggestion - for the demo multi ball, LEAVE THE RAMP DOWN until the second ball drains. I cringe so hard every time I about nail the edge of the ramp as it raises after a slight delay after ball 1 drain.

It’s not. New motor and driver board still not working. Finally broke down yesterday and called my distro. We walked through a bunch of stuff. Had me disconnect and reconnect a bunch of wiring connectors on some boards. That seems to help but after a couple hours of playing, went back to the same. So I have to call back on Monday. Pretty frustrating to say the least.

When you installed the new board and motor, did you have all mods disconnected and leave them disconnected?

Of course. That’s what I said I was gonna do. Only 2 mods were connected and I disconnected them both prior to installing new motor and driver board

Going back to the problem again....so the ramp works but stops lowering before it touches the pf?

In test mode, does it go all the way down?

What is the real purpose of the white up post in the left ramp? It only holds the ball for a second, then releases it? I’ve heard these have been breaking. I’m putting mine on location, can this be disabled? Sorry if the question has been asked before

Yes, was mentioned here before. Don’t know the exact setting.

Well it gives the whole "Lock ball" the ... lock part of it

By not having that post, the ball is never locked at all. So that would be weird without it.

...and disabeling it would make it impossible to get the super jackpot during telekinesis multiball if you are only left with the left ramp jackpot arrow and the left eject hole jackpot arrow. You have to lock the ball and then while the ball is hold on the left ramp make the left eject hole shot for superjackpot. It works like a hurry up with the second ball trapped on the left ramp.

It doesn’t work at all. Stays in the upright position. In test mode it fails. Does not move.

How do you adjust the optos? The left ramp opto is sometimes registering a ball when no ball has gone up the ramp. I had it start telekenisis when I drained for instance. I've never had to adjust an opto before.

Ok thanks I'll take a look. There are cutouts so not shooting thru the ramp.

Any way you could take a video of this happening and post it? Might make it easier for us to give you some more suggestions

I think I remember reading this, but anyone else have the ball get stuck under the demogorgon after hitting that middle shot? Any solutions known? I believe game is pretty level; all other shots are hit consistently, including the demo shots into the hole.

Do you want the video taken while it’s in test mode?

Yeah - even during play too if possible. There's gotta be a logical reason this thing isn't working !

Ran the switch test and cleaned the area. Not a lot of play to adjust them. What I did find was some bits from where the drill went thru that was still attached to the ramp. I was able to get a needle nose pliers in there and pull the excess out. Played a few games and wasn't able to recreate the issue so I guess that little bit was enough to cause it to go off from time to time. I checked all the other holes and they were clean so it was only this one.

Was on the phone with game room guys tech for a couple hours and we thought it got fixed. He had me disconnect and reconnect a bunch of connectors on some of the driver boards. Started working again but died after a couple of hours playing. I’m supposed to call back on Monday to follow up and try some more troubleshooting.

But originally you said it worked but would only go 1/2 way down or something? Now it doesn’t work at all, even after a complete new motor and node board?

Originally sounded like a switch issue. Not sure now.

Just finished putting in a shaker, the LE speaker mod, and a speaker light kit all before putting the balls in the machine , but hey tomorrow is another day!

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Does anyone know where I go to change the speaker settings from 8 to 4 ohms?

When they added that adjustment the read me said:

- Added adjustments for backbox and cabinet speaker types to the service menu
UTIL->VOL. Supported speaker types are "STANDARD 8 OHM" and "HIGH
PERFORMANCE 4 OHM". The amplifier power curve is appropriately adjusted for
the selected speaker type.

...but I also seem to remember hearing they changed where it was or the order or the options or something since then.

Thank you I was so close I didn’t go through the vol. menu far enough.

It’s intermittent. Sometimes it will. Most times it doesn’t work. Yeah. I’ve had it to where the ramp only went down partially. Yeah.

LE speaker mod? Where can I get this ?

Just curious, if you were to start it up right this moment, would it work? Does it always work "at first" and then start acting up? Or, is it completely random with no rhyme or reason for failure?

Pm sent.