Donated again not enough but something
Love my turtles

Per PM with the OP - the new version is now compatible with Insider Connected

YES!!! donated also! Thank you

Is this on the 1.54 game code? Or still 1.50?

Has April been updated in the Final Battle with Shredder? I believe in 1.50 she was still oogly. We have not updated as my gf refuses to play without this upgrade.

1.54 is the most current stern update and April update

I dont see a pro version in there....I have a Premium/LE anyways, but is there no pro April code? Am I just not seeing 1.54 pro code?

Oh yeah I have been waiting on this thanks so much.

So awesome! Thank you!

Thank you!!!

Oof - installed the Scandell 1.54 LE on my premium. All went well, reloaded my settings, logged in via Home Team. Starting playing - once the first April animation was supposed to load (ball one lock), games hangs, locks up and restarts.

On restart, insider connected no longer works. I get a VALIDATION ERROR. So I reinstalled my original SD card (vs 1.54). Still get "GAME VALIDATION ERROR, UPDATE SD CARD". Insider Connector won't work.

No sure what to do now - this happen to anyone else?

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I was just about to post something. I get something very similar. Once I lock my first ball... The game continues but another ball is not kicked out. It doesnt even do a ball search after a few minutes. The playfield is on and the music is playing, but no balls are in play.

Oh man - I wonder if Stern has some type of checksum system online and invalidates your machine if you tamper with the software - even after you switch back to the factory code?

Man, this really sucks.

I hope not. One of many reasons my pins will never go online. I'm against it on a fundamental level.

I was able to switch back to my previous version of Scandells code. It updated the node boards and everything plays fine. Maybe try it again?

Are you using Insider Connected? I haven't used Scandells mod since before IC, I think. I just did a full reset of the pin using the regular Stern SD card/rules and I still get the Game Validation error while playing and Insider Connected doesn't work. I mean, it has to be flagged in the cloud since the Scandell card is no longer in the machine - there should be no trace of it locally, right?

I was on Scandell v.1.50 without IC. After I performed the Scandell update to 1.54, I installed IC. Added the game to my "home game room". Added myself to my Home Team and played. After the game hung up on the 1.54 version, I turned my pin off and swapped back to the 1.5 Scandell version. I put the updated code on a different SD card, so I had the original 1.5 version still handy. It booted and updated, and I was able to play fine.

Of course with it being back at 1.50, my IC doesn't work at all.

Thanks for the info - this will be helpful data trying to get my game to work again!

Here is the problems I'm having.
1) No April animation
2) No Turtles logo at bootup
3) When ball is locked, game doesnt shoot out the next ball unless i hold both flipper buttons together
4) No match or video for for match at the end of the game.
These are the only problems I've see so far
I also re-formatted the SD card. This is the card I have been using for April code. It flashed with no problems

I have a premium turtles.

I hope not either. The mod community really improves audio and video aspects of some of these titles.
One of the reasons I’m hesitant to ever update JP or Beatles online to newer code with IC.
Following this situation.

TMNT 1987 1.54 works flawlessly with IC though, I’ve been using it for a while now.

when you get a code validation error could you please do following.
get a fresh unmodded 1.54 version install it in the machine and wait until the Game validation error vanishes (15-30minutes).
After this try to reinstall the 1.54 modded version and look if it stays ok.

Are both images affected? Pro and LE

No idea why Stern are being so difficult with TMNT, George said on a Bond stream we couldn’t get certain songs due to cost but I’m sure you guys will be able to fix that with a little smirk/wink at the screen.

Something I saw on the 1987 forum about validation errors. Be sure to update to the stock 1.54 code first. Then get your mods also on 1.54. if the error happens go back to the 1.54 code and play a few games. 20 min it seems then go back to the mod and it should work. Also reading to never go on IC for either mod ?

For the developers I found this, not sure if it amounts to anything Scandell

It looks like the game file is just a standard elf binary? I don't know if they are always unsigned or just as a byproduct of the mod, but the 'Game validation error, Update SD card' string only shows up in a single location and if you patch that string the message goes away (ie, change the 'G' to a null byte.) I'm not planning on using IC with this code nor do anything 'evil', but I'll delete this message if this breaks the rules or is otherwise frowned on.
With some further testing, there is a small red rectangle, but much less pronounced than before. The game appears to play fine.

This is great news! I’ll be sending a dono. Quick question, does the size/type of the SD card matter?

Thanks for the help, Cabal!

I did let this sit for about 1/2 hour with factory code v1.54 and the game has since self validated and everything is back to normal now. I'm going to wait on trying Scandells code again until further data is collected. Damn, I sure miss those great animations

in short can we summarize that the premium/le people got the problems?
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i think i have not seen any pro with problem, so maybe only this image needs to be redone.

I have same issues with my non internet connected Pro. When ball one is locked next ball will not eject. If you press both flipper buttons it will eject next ball but the screen freezes and machine restarts. After switching back to the standard v1.54 I am getting “game validation error” which goes away after a few minutes.

thanks just tested out the pro version too, it seems to have the same flaws as the prem/le version

Ok, so I flashed your code on the card. Everything looked promising and booted up nice. When I hit the start button it says "Chose your turt....." and freezes up. I left it there and watched it reboot. It then got to the same point and froze again. I then turned the game off and back on and it got to the same point and froze.
On bootup screen, I did see the TMNT logo and mods by Scandell on the screen.

At this point, I don't know why STERN doesn't just pay you to include the animations in their next update

Likely licensing, the original animations would have been signed off on by the licensor, whoever the hell signed off on the April animations should have been demoted though.

Ok I just got home and was fixing to install it on my pro but after reading this it is not working right

I basically got the same thing. The 54.5 code doesn't work on my prem.

I had that same issue with default code too a while back. A fresh SD card fixed it for me.

At the moment new images are created and being tested, we hope to get them tested in the next days. Please keep calm.
Sorry for all this trouble.

Im going to try this

This is sooo cool! I don't even have the game, and I've only played a couple times on location, but the level of creativity and talent on display here is making me want to get one!

get one! if you like pinball games that are challenging, then get one.

So I downloaded it on sd card but I see it’s not working right with some people. So I’m assuming I need to wait

Probably a good idea to wait. It's not working quite right yet.

Thanks I appreciate that I will hold off.

cabal and Scandell have been working on it and testing. Please hold off until Scandell or cabal posts it again. I'm pretty sure its close to being done.

I'll try to wait, but I'm sitting on my hands waiting to see what they were able to do with Baxter. So exciting, I've missed this mod and I was surprised when I came back here to see Scandell uploaded new files like a month ago! Has anyone had luck with this new file without IC installed?