I love me some medisynl mods and have a bunch in my pins, but the recent Sth i just couldn't fall in love with. Has some really neat components but to me the different parts seemed cooler than the sum. Im very interested to see what you come up with. Thanks for doing this.

I’m getting my machine tomorrow and then I’ll run to the races on trying to figure this thing out.. was gonna buy the spare projector but the all mighty mod guy beat me to it hahaha

I’ve been spending a bunch of time on this. I just can’t see how this cheap China made projector can accept a custom firmware. Now if there was an installed mini dongle in the USB port maybe. I still believe it has to be in the custom prem/le code to accept whatever resolution the projector requires ( or a simple code with hdcp making it not send output to the device ( but I really don’t see that either) HDMI is crazy finicky with output signals. Really wish I can get my hands on that model projector from the manufacturer and not through stern to find out if that’s the case. I’ll be calling some of our reps this week. I truly can’t see why my company wouldn’t be able to figure out some sort of solution… I’ll keep you updated

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because Stern contracted with them to build a thousand or 1500 of them that way, is my guess?

medisynl does great work but for me, the most recent Sth mod makes it too much about eleven and the portal room, which were not really big parts of the focus of the first two seasons of the show- they focused on the kids and the town, and not as much 11

still super rad though

Im ecxited to show off what i been working on and see what people think about it.
Every one has his own liking and thats the great about it.
My Parts i am working on, can be used with or without the medisinyl upgrade (wich i like a lot by the way).
I can't tell if you will like what i have done but time will tell

I Opened a separeted Topic and will post Updates there:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-upgrade-by-lucxor

Anyone in Florida thinking of selling their Premium or LE anyone soon? PM me. Thanks!

I jumped in an watching your other thread.

The lab and portal were still big parts of seasons 1-3. It would be impossible with the limited real estate on a ST pin to capture a bit of everything. I have the mod on order and am going to add a few demogorgon and demidog figures to the concourses to complete it.

The portal is a central part of the show throughout the seasons and the deprivation tank was also part of season 4. As such, the mod does a good job of capturing something that plays a role throughout the series.

Would someone trade there stranger things premium for a restored high speed and a restored f-14 tomcat, the f-14 tomcat has a new red and blue display, new hardtop playfield, and all LEDs. The high speed has LEDs and a new backglass. And I would like it to be within 400 miles of Santa Barbra ca. I might consider a pro if it has mods. Let me know what you got.

Just got my machine. Dang this thing is super fun

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Tried googling and searching posts and not finding an answer.

Quick terminology question. Emailing Stern about an opto issue. They said, "the top board should have an LED that turns on and off when it is flagged", do they mean trying to activate it in switch tests?

The issue is that its stuck to open/active, with no led showing at any time.

Trying to save some back and forth since I haven't received a response in weeks and dont wanna loose them while I got them on the hook.

Thanks! Yea that was my confusion, i already stated to them the issue was the opto is stuck on as if a ball was there, so then led is always off and unresponsive. Asking to flag the switch was a new term and made me think it was something else. Thanks again!

Does anyone have a recommendation for art blades. I prefer the Stern ones over the tilt graphics designs. Are there any others out there?

Everyone has Stern ones in stock. I think Marco and Cointaker had them last I checked. Stern art blades are the best! Nice thick material and always match the art of the game.

I do like the Stern blades. These look nice too https://wizardmod.com/products/stranger-things-pinball-wizblades

Get what you like.

Of course! I didn’t realize that the quality was different on some of these. Makes sense. I’m also wondering about matching colors. The Stern blades seem to be a good choice there too.

100%

These... I like them because they don't have the demogorgan on them. Just the woods.

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Mirror blades look awesome on this pin. Got to be careful with the premium in the amount of light that they bounce back into the projector. If you have a pro really think about it. I have them on my premium and I still love it

Are those the made by Tilt?

I like your little helper

Pics?

Mine came with the Stern blades. I like them but if they hadn’t, I would have bought these.

So awesome you got your game! Looks great!! and thanks for spending time on this, I believe you can figure it out. I just can't see something being custom with the cheap projector either, that would cost a lot of money to do that and they would've needed to hire a programmer and then embed it into ROM, I can't see Stern springing for that with LEAN going on. I also know that with HDMI it's very finicky, yes, it could come down to the resolution but also something simple like the type of HDMI cable being used according to what year it was made, maybe good idea to try the cable Stern is using that runs to the projector in the game. I've sometimes had to try different cables, both buying new & updated one's and sometimes using older one's depending on the equipment to get the right HDCP compliance with various home theatre, gaming equipment & tv's.

Stern Blades or Bust.

New Game Code ! (Mainly Home Team feature)

V1.06.0 - July 29, 2022
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- STERN INSIDER CONNECTED
Home Team
The Home Team features allows Insider Connected players to log in
and play without scanning their QR code.
When the game is registered to a home location and set to Free Play,
Home Team can be enabled via Standard Adjust #51 or from Guided Setup.
Up to 8 players can be added to the Home Team from the Stern Insider
Connected Setup menu.
The Home Team can be shared across all games registered at the game's
location by enabling the Home Team Standard Adjustment on each game.
Players need only be added once to the Home Team. Players can be
later removed from the Home Team, and guests can be temporarily
added to the Home Team.
Find out more about Home Team at http://insider.sternpinball.com.
- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.00.0
- Correct the replay score boost when Standard Adjustment REPLAY TYPE is set to DYNAMIC.
All REPLAY LEVELS for all players are potentially immediately incremented instead of only replay level 1.
- Correct Standard Adjustment FREE PLAY LIMIT. Previously this adjustment would not be honored
in all circumstances. FREE PLAY LIMIT sets the maximum number of free games which a
player can win during a game. Once the FREE PLAY LIMIT is reached, a player will not receive
a free game from:
a REPLAY level (if REPLAY AWARD is set to CREDIT)
a SPECIAL (if SPECIAL AWARD is set to CREDIT)
Grand Champion/High Score (if HIGH SCORE AWARD is set to CREDIT
a match (if MATCH AWARD is set to CREDIT)
- The default setting for FREE PLAY LIMIT is 5 games (per player per game played).
NOTE setting the FREE PLAY LIMIT to a value less than the number of REPLAY LEVELS
will decrease the number of REPLAY levels available.
- Fixed redundant sound effects when scanning into Insider Connected in some
instances.
- Added Standard Audit "Total Power On Time". This is a lifetime audit of the
hours, minutes, seconds the machine has been powered on. This lifetime audit
will start accumulating with this update.
- Added the ability to unregister a machine via the Stern Insider Connected menu.
A machine must be unregistered from an Insider Connected account prior to being
added to a new account. Highlighting and selecting "Yes, unregister this game."
will unregister the game from your account.
- Stern Insider Connect Setup Screens:
IP, network name, and Wi-Fi signal strength displayed in top corners of display.
- Added Net->About->Events page
This page will display:
The current date and time
The date and time the game was recently powered on
The play count since powered on
The coin count since powered on
The paid credit count since powered on
The service credit count since powered on
The coin door open count since powered on
The tilt count since powered on
The date and time the game was previous powered on
The date and time the game was previous powered off
The lifetime power on count
- Update the factory default value of "ALLOW LEFT+START TO END GAME" to "FREE PLAY ONLY".
- Update Install Competition: set "ALLOW LEFT+START TO END GAME" to "NEVER".
- Added new Standard Adjustment "COIN ACCEPTOR" whose value can be "MECHANICAL" or "ELECTRONIC", and
default value is "MECHANICAL". This adjustment is only available when the Country is set to Italy
and Free Play is set to No.
The coin door for Italy with a MECHANICAL acceptor is configured:
left coin switch: EUR 0.50
center coin switch: EUR 0.10
right coin switch: EUR 0.50
4th coin switch: EUR 0.10
5th coin switch: EUR 0
6th coin switch: EUR 0
The coin door for Italy with a Electronic acceptor is configured:
left coin switch: EUR 0.50
center coin switch: EUR 1.00
right coin switch: EUR 2.00
4th coin switch: EUR 0.20
5th coin switch: EUR 0
6th coin switch: EUR 0
- Guided Setup
Added "Coin Acceptor" setting, only available when Country is set to Italy and "Free Play" is No.
Hide "Game Pricing" when "Free Play" is set to Yes.
Add translation strings for some top level selections.
- Fixed game reboot issue at power on with coin door interlock switch in the open position.
- Insider Connected attract mode screen updated to display the location name and green check mark with
Verified Location if the machine is registered to a pro account.
- Fixed a bug where the game could play the wrong "Send it Back" Jackpot award Sound Effect.
- Fixed a bug where the number of credits were not being updated/displayed immediately in the attract mode.
- Removed left flipper competition mode select (superseded by both flippers for game mode menu)
and replaced default game mode menu with a game specific menu.
- The Game Over display effect now appears before the Play Again display effect.
- Now the game shows the 4 player score display at game start.
- Now any locked balls are released immediately off the back panel at game over
when the match adjustment is set to OFF.

No rest for @cleland!

I got to Isolation Mode #1 for the first time last time and a score of over 500M.

I'm getting better at hitting the shots, but it still took me 2 extra balls to get there.

I'm not sure my left eject is working correctly and my right orbit ramp exits right. I've tried adjusting the left eject and it will go around the 'burn it back' loop but the second it gets a few plays, its out of wack again. The right orbit has a mind of its own and will dump balls all over the place. I've tried the correction video on YT, but minimal success.

So, even with all that and new to pinball. I'm pretty happy with my new high score

Doesn't look like they fixed the one bug everyone has been complaining about with the mini wizard mode. Seems without insider connected I don't need to update.

I'm guessing this will be the norm now where they just keep all the games up to date on insider connected features not doing much game feature or bug wise for the older games.

glad i don't have to go through the SD card dance f insider connected imho

My insider connected is disconnected and laying in the coin box, i dont really even understand its usefulness for a home game. Seems like a lot of wasted potential there.

its usefulness is in letting Stern know exactly how much, when, and for how long you play your game

My wife and kids all have an account and it allows us to compare games, trophies and sign in to other games we find out in the wild. Also, proof of high scores... etc.

I think its kind of fun and a couple friends of mine have it and we swap achievement stories. I like it, probably more can be done but a good start.

can't wait until we both log in to the mandalorian and you get 10 seconds of extra ball save because of your juiced up Insider account

hell, you can already level a Turtle

Ya, that part is bullshit.

it'll probably be used to freeze out stuff like Cleland's sound mod eventually as well

I can see that happening. Which, would ultimately be a terrible idea for Stern or others, part of the reason things become popular is because they can be modded and fiddled with.

The post lock under my left ramp has started cycling then it disables itself. Usually this happens soon after the machine turns on though I’ve also seen it

They may make a middle ground where you can purchase customizations. I think songs/movie clips/actors voices and images etc. that might be too expensive or complicated to purchase for public/private use of an unknown number of people could be much cheaper and easier to license for a single person or family.

i'll pass chuck's advice to clean the optos under the ramp along, here

i use a cotton ball with novus 2 rubberbanded to a chopstick

Then sell it to me

Can you update the code if you have insider connected on your pin without downloading it from a computer?

I agree. I love it! I have installed it on all my games that didn't have it and me as well as my friends, all enjoy it! Hands down one of the best features (IMO) Stern has implemented into their games. I can't wait to see where they go with it in the future.

Maybe the reason I like it so much is because I am a video game console player as well. Xbox and PlayStation have been doing stuff like this for years.

Happened to my machine, still working with stern to get it fixed. Clean and reseat as previously recommended, also check that there is an indicator led light on all the opto switches.

Nah Ill keep it around in the hopes that someday it will be used to put out something cool like new mini games or an extra mode or something. Until then it can just lay there doing nothing.