I had one ball locked, made a mode shot in the left ramp without lock lit. It locked me second ball and released. Is that suppose to happen? https://clips.twitch.tv/RudePricklyNuggetsUnSane

What is the bugs email to Stern again?

I’m usually not one for wild shooter rods, but that Stern one is awesome. Well done!

Anyone have the Stern side rail armor installed? I can’t seem to find any pics here or on Google

What can I say this is a completely different game when you can hit the demogorgon. I've had this machine since January 15th and I've never experienced hitting it more than once in a game. Tonight I've made shot after shot after shot. I had no idea that the mouth shots on "what's that" we're worth 40 million + 60 million plus. Didn't hit the last one unfortunately hehe. I've got no modes started or multiballs on ball one and i have nearly 240 mil. I've been making my high scores of 500 million the really hard way

I really hope this fix I've got works for a while. I still have not hit it from the right flipper but the fact that I can consistently hit it from a cradled left flipper makes all the world of difference

Still not out yet.

so I think having been shooting the demogorgon so much and playing in such a different way that I'm used to I'm now experiencing the dreaded flipper overheating problem. power really dropped off on both flippers I can barely make the ramps and clearly not able to hit the demogorgon in the last couple of games I played. it's funny and it's a completely different way of playing the game I'm just not used to it but my pro is having the same problem with coil overheating. Going to give it 30 minutes to cool down lol

Yeah, played 30 minutes or so of my new potc and came back to St and the first demo shot went in. Looks like on my machine the demo shot is very power dependant. I'll be looking into that fan upgrade when it's available

Speaking of upgrades the Titan glow replacement rubbers are awesome with the UV light. I got the flipper and slings and love it.
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Wiring harnesses should be here late next week.

On the latest software I've been seeing one odd thing with the demogorgon qualification. Say I have 2 of the 4 drops down. Normally a shot passed those into the demo would qualify the word and if that gets the demo ready I'd get the flashing arrow to start. I've been having that center shot not just complete the word but also start the demogorgon mode. Almost like it's double counting the shot. Anyone else seeing that? Wondering if it's a bug as I don't remember it doing that before this software version. I've also made a lot of mods to my demo so maybe I screwed something up too.

Still waiting, they don't seem to be out yet. Just images of what they look like.

What did you use to get it to stick to the screen?
Did you remove it (the ramp/screen) for the application?
I would be bummed if I messed it up.

I used this stuff to stick everything:

Sheet of 3M 9474LE 300LSE... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CCGK31G

As to removing the existing material, here is what I did (YMMV): I stuck the new stuff over the existing on the screen to make sure I liked it, and to decide which of my choices I was going to go with. When I was comfortable with my decision, I pulled the old stuff off and there was plenty of adhesive that remained on the metal screen surface (almost all of it, in fact) to stick new material on the 3 sections. The targets I stick over, but that made them thick enough to be a little problematic fitting down into the drop mech. So I pulled the originals off the drops and stuck the new on there. I just put it over the standup targets hiding behind the drops. *NOTE* you have extra standup and drop canvas material in a bag that came in your game. Enough to redo them all, in fact. You just don’t have extra screen and ramp material.

yeah this is not that situation. It doesn't happen every time which makes it feel like a software bug. Maybe it's something that's been there a while I just never noticed it because I've not been shooting for the demo.

Not seeing anything odd in switch test. There are a ton of optos up there but none of them are acting strange.

I think it's called demogorgon exit opto. It was registering fine. There are also two optos for the up post and then the opto for making sure the ball doesn't get stuck behind the drop targets. Finally there is the opto for the demogorgon mouth. All of them are registering fine and show no signs of registering when banging on the playfield. I'll try to get it on video and report it to Stern and see what they say. It happens often enough on my machine it shouldn't be too hard to replicate. Kinda reminds me of the left ramp timing bug in the early code.

I’ve got my game in timeout currently for coil cool down. Couldn’t get it to make it up the ramp for the left orbit by the end of that last game, much less the TK lock.

**taps the table with fingers of one hand while clutching cash in fist of other, extended to Vireland in anticipation**

Got my shooter rod and going to install it today, is it self explanatory where to plug the power into? Instructions are a little sparse

Gotcha, thanks guys. I was on the Stern Shop before and they look like they’re available for purchase so it through me off. Probably a take your money now and ship it to you in 3 months situation.

It's not self-explanatory at all; in fact, the instructions suck. Plug it into the node board to the left of the coin door inside the cabinet. Bottom row of connectors, CN15. You'll see that the plug is keyed for that connection with the one blocked pinhole, so make sure you put it in the right way so you don't bork any of your node board pins. That'd be an awkward conversation with the fine folks in Stern tech support. If you can actually reach them, that is.

I don’t know if this is a programming issue or just an issue with my game, but it seems like you can’t hit the demogorgon with a shot and then another shot within a second or two and expect that second hit to register. Does a certain amount of time have to pass between shots? Thanks.

Damn, I got my first system crash and the pinball is not turning on. I only get the projector to turn on with the "No Signal" sign... Everything when dark on the playfield and I was able to move the flippers and hear sound for about 5 seconds more...

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Yes, Code .96 is installed. How do I make a new SD Card? I mean, I have SD cards, but what do I do?

Ok, sounds good, I will report back. Thanks!

New SD card didn't work....

Yes, thank you for the suggestion. Here are some pics. but I don't hear the fan going.

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This happened in the middle of a game? Went dark and no reset?

Yes, all leds turn off and the monitor at the same time. machine is not turning on now. I flashed a new SD Card, waited 10 minutes, tried to leave a flashdrive in the computer to see if it recover... Nothing...

What does it do now when you power the machine on? I see you have speaker lights. Do they come on immediately, with no other signs of life than the projector eventually powering on and into that test mode?

Do you have a multimeter? I'd check to make sure 48v is coming out of the power supply and not less, then if that's ok, check the output from the power distribution board.

Nice catch. What the hell is that?

(Awkward silence...)

That is the USB flash drive to reinstall the code. I removed it after nothing was working. I turned the machine once but it didn't do anything.

It's a flash drive that had the code. it was removed. I just happened to take the picture when the machine was switched on. One thing though, I don't hear a fan moving at all. I need to get a multimeter...

Was having dinner..

The fan is thermally switched. If there's not enough load to get the power supply over 120 degrees, it won't turn on. And if it does turn on, it will turn off again when it drops to 104 degrees.