Thank you.

If hardware changes don’t help, please document via cell phone video and send to Rensh. He can share video with software engineer. They might be able to fix via code. This is the 3rd machine that exhibits these conditions that I have heard from.

Already in contact with Barry via Whatsapp- but thanks for the hint!

took a lot of pictures and videos of the game - hope there is a solution.

Luckily a friend of mine witnessed the error - feel better now that I am not the only one to discover this.

stay healthy!

Just recently the right sling has started firing randomly during a game without the ball anywhere near it. This also causes the upper flipper to die when it’s firing. Anyone come across this? Suggested actions before I tear into it?

Assume you checked the gap spacing on the sling contacts and the wiring under playfield where they plug in

I’m still in bed from too much drinking during our Halloween party last night. One of our guests sent me a video. But I’ll look at those two things.

Painted up one of the Dude's special gold & silver "Gutterballs" dream sequence bowling shoes and mounted it above the ball lock ramp.
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Cool.
Where did you get in/out burger sign?
Also, does it stay in place behind the rubbers - when the ball hits the rubbers?

How has your game been working since you zip tied the two cables together? Does the error persist? Any more errors to report?

QSS

Part of a magnet set that is available directly from In-N-Out's website store. I hotglued it to the upper playfield edge and no problem staying in place so far, but time will tell yet.

Hi proud tbl owners, I’m having a few issues maybe someone could help please:

1. At least once in the game when I go bowling after I bowl the pinball doesn’t always eject up out of the vertical scoop on to the playfield (it needs to do ball search)
2. Can I increase the power of the far left lane kick out? Mine is weak.
Thank you all

Short Update:

Replaced Mainboard and P3Roc-Board. (Thanks Barry!!)

After a few games I carefully would like to report : Now EVERYTHING seems to work!

I even have more - and now even colourchanging light on the bowling alley (didnt even know this was meant to be that way)

Couldnt find any obvious damage on both boards.

Funny side-story: The ballshooter coil in the cab for the bowling alley got loose and freed itself with a "clonk"-noise.... had to be re-captured and screwed back on the brace...

>> I can only guess that it really must have been a long and hard cobblestone-paved road from NL to Bavaria.

Cheers

ad 1. Check Position and Screws on the bracket for the coil. Make sure everything is in place and tightly screwed. Coil Sleeve shoud look through metal bracket like at any other machine. If it needs ballsearch adjust the switch wire and check that it reacts correctly.

ad 2: Please define weak. You can adjust the pulses in the menue - but i guess factory settings should be enough. It is not meant to be a Gotg-force-feedback-rat-shooter (sorry dont know how to describe it properly). The Ball drops out and i guess this is how its intended.

Awesome dude! Good to hear.

Today's NSNL for anyone who hasn't received it:

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11/13/2020 - The Big Lebowski™ Pinball - November 2020 Update

Dear ___

Firstly, we hope you are staying safe and healthy through these unusual times!

We hope you will enjoy this update about production, software, our new facility and some other stuff we want to share with you! So put on your bowling shirt and let's get rolling!

Production update
It has been about a year since we started (again) with the production of the game. Much has changed since then. We have now found a good flow in production and we now build about 4 games per week.

The biggest challenge turns out to be sourcing parts. With about 650 different parts and 2500 parts in total that we buy from about 70 different suppliers AND the Worldwide pandemic, it is quite a challenge to get everything right and on time. This part of the production is probably even more difficult than manufacturing the game itself, but we have also mastered this part of production by now. And so it's time for the next BIG step!

Two weeks ago - on October 28 - we signed the lease for a new building. The new building is about five times the size of our current building and offers the opportunity to expand production. Our goal is to get to at least 10 games per week within a few months. We will move in a few weeks and the new location will be fully operational from December 1st.

So - as we speak - we are looking for new people to join our team.

Our new HQ:

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Koen is back at the base!
We are happy to announce that programmer Koen is back at Dutch Pinball! From December, Koen will join our team again and will, among other things, continue working on software updates for The Big Lebowksi and other (future) projects.

Game Improvements
When we started manufacturing games again in our own facility last year we faced quite some new challenges. Building a complex machine like this is very time consuming and this motivated us to improve the game further and make it easier and faster to assemble. Now that we are in full control of production we have made a lot of improvements to the game.

To name a few:
• Improved cable harness Cabinet and Bowling Alley
• Added Distribution PCB's for the Cabinet and Bowling Alley
• Improved Mini Playfield Car Door Assembly (stepper motor moved up to mini playfield)
• Improved Mini Playfield Parking Targets
• Much more sturdy Playfield Target Brackets
• Improved Bowling Alley Ball Launcher Assembly
• Better Bowling Alley Mini Pins mechanism
• A much nicer decal on the Bowling Alley Pins
• New Sparkly Gold Paint on the "Boobie" Caps
• New PET-G "unbreakable" Plastics
• Much nicer (spray)paint job on the Display panel and the Wood Rails
• Improved Kickback roll over switch
Early Achiever Delivery Planning
At the moment, one of the four games we build is an EA. We expect that in a few months we will be able to ramp up to ten games a week and then we want to make 3, or even 4 out of 10 games an EA game. As soon as we are running at a fixed pace, we will send every EA an email with an expected delivery date.

We hope you appreciated and enjoyed this update. We'll send out more updates as soon as we have more 'new shit' to tell you.

Until then, stay tuned.

Best regards,
Team Dutch Pinball

Is .52 the most current version of code?

yes

I have emailed Barry for a copy of .52 but still haven’t heard back, does anyone have a copy of .52 they can email me?

0.52 has only use for those with an EA apron as the difference is the integrated light show in the apron.

Plus a bug which happens sometimes with Super jackpot is solved.

Don’t have a copy, sorry.

http://dutchpinball.com/suite/content/thebiglebowski/software/0.52/45GH92go/TBL-v0.52.zip

Just copy the zip to the root of an USB stick; don't unzip!
And select USB update in Software menu.

Kind regards,
Barry

edit.. never mind I figured it out

New mods:

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New (selling multiple, business) - “I am selling a number of mods for TBL. 1. Doobie (Joint) Mod: $45 2. Decal stickers: $45 3. Left ramp clip: $15 (this one is a must install in my experience) 4. Spare back...”

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So, with the new import tax to eu, seems like big lebowski becomes the one viable nib-option.
So how about getting a game from them?
If i order now, is it five months or what?
Howabout paying?
Not beeing rude, fronting cash to this company seems a gamble at best.
Cod seems the only way, but will dp accept that?
Is there a way to have someone, or do it yourself physically pick it up at location paying then?

Maybe you can order from coin taker and choose the pickup in person option. This way your money is safe. It's anyone's guess on the wait though.

Best you contact DP on this direct.

Payment is only required when you TBL is (nearly) finished. Guess paying in cash when pickup is done is possible but cash payments above certain limits in NL get special attention from the government ...

But talk this over direct with DP. Contact details are in their website.

As Resnh stated, DP itself is the european distributor. I got an invoice via EMail, wired the money and picked up my TBL the next week direct at the factory. Very smooth transaction.

BUT .. be aware: The TBL is 12000 Euro, for this money you can get also a Stern or JJP incl. the 25% "Trump Tax"

I set up my TBL a few months ago. Played about 20 games or so without any problems that I could see. Played last night and the left slingshot keeps going off and when I get to the upper play field, the flipper only works once. Any input would be great.

Left sling should be easy adjustment to the gap of the leaf switch, just open it up a bit.. not sure on the upper flipper.

Left sling going off probably due to one if its leaf switches needing to be adjusted (gapped wider).

Have you checked the flipper button contact switch and flipper mech assembly for your upper flipper?

Missing my keys to the coin door. My 3 year old daughter has misplaced them. How can I get new keys or anyone have a suggestion on how to move forward?

Yep - just drill it out per Toucanf16's video and get a replacement from Pinball Life. Cheap and easy.

Yep and as soon as you drill the lock, you will find the keys

There are modes in which the flipper works only once on the upper playfield, like car mode impound car and the rug mode where the car has to be hit.

So are you playing a specific mode or is it during regular gameplay?

Various new upgraded parts were mentioned in latest Dutch pinball newsletter. Any word on availability? I need a few of them to fix my game.

Thanks! That was it.

I was in rug mode. Thanks for the help!

have the same problem a month into ownership.

Did you replace or repair the part? Standard bally part?

Sounds like DP has new stronger standup targets that should be available soon. They are mentioned in the last NSNL.

Has anyone worked on the bowling alley? I am having problems with pins registering hits, especially when the single pin is moving around. Very solid hits on pins are not registering.

Thanks

From what I understood the ball should not actually Hit the pins. The pin hit is activated by the ball passing an opto.

That's good info to know. I didn't realize this. Thanks Yelobird.

Anyone have a link to replacement stand up targets (stronger metal) and the stern-style roll over switches? What about the gate assembly in the back orbit? I wish DP Would publish a parts manual

I am running with these switches already for some time and they work great.

https://www.pinballlife.com/rollover-switch-with-mounting-bracket.html

You have to cut at some places the extended wire after the bend as it otherwise will touch the PCB.

Gate assembly, you mean the controlled ballgate?

Rensh:

How about replacement stand up targets (lock targets)

Separately, but not expensive as toppers go and a nice addition!

This is at great price with the extras:
FYI
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/102453

Oops - wrong thread.

No but it comes with plenty of waiting, grief, and poor communication.

This is the nicest topper:

A friend from Munich is making them. This is a prototype, my topper will be in the size of the whole backbox and have some more 3D applications: Cannabis, Folgers coffee box .... will see ! In the middle is a full size used bowling pin. RGB lightning controled by an ATMEL ... until we figute out how to hook it up to the apron