Hey all, I searched the thread but could not find an answer to an issue we're having; GnR won't allow a song to start? When a song is qualified (screen says Start The Song), the four inserts below the scoop light up as expected, but then a few seconds later they go out except for the "song" insert. Then, when you shoot the scoop, the ball just ejects out? It's like the song mode is canceled? This will continue to repeat. Only other thing odd is occasionally we're getting auto plunges at the start of a ball. And I've noticed each time the pin boots it says "calibrating sensors" in the lower left, but maybe that's normal and I just never noticed it before? I checked the switch test and nothing is stuck on. Any suggestions? Thanks!

I found Lights and Pyro multiwall difficulty however I can not for the life of me find where to raise the Crowd multiball difficulty I do not see a crowd multiball specific setting option.

Thank you!! That’s gotta be it. I did Jack w the setting yesterday. Specifically xtra ball. I will change it back.
I am on beta code.

Just curious. Where does everyone have their xtra ball set? My best score in this game is 52mil. I have trouble breaking the 10min mark.
I guess I just suck.

I posted pics about 20 posts back. It’s under the skill shot section.

Calibrating message at boot is totally normal.

It sounds like maybe you have a flaky shooter lane switch. Does the green light at the song start scoop light up?

Thank you for the reminder. And thank you for your work and taking the time to post these as I am LOVING it!!!!!!! Its way less frantic and I am now able to slow down and understand what's going on.

I normally go Pinwoofer with my pins, however this is my first music pin so I figure I would ask the community which speaker brand(if you updated) did you go with?

Yes

What's your normal strategy?
So do you stack and collect mb to help increase your song value prior to starting a song? Extra balls are key anytime.
Collect patches that help scoring during songs
Try Pick easier songs and take the 15 points hit to your song value. If you have patches for a specific song that can help.
Work on collecting band members and locking balls prior to song. If you can start song by locking 6 balls then all the better.
During song, work to get band frenzy going and then feed the pops over and over.

Disclaimer I don't think I suck but my GC is 71 million. And the majority of those points came from collecting 66 million on out ta get me. Haven't had a game like that since. Breaking 10 mil pretty regularly can do... 20+ is a great game. 30 plus rare

Yes, the song start scoop lights up green for a few seconds, then turns off.

Have you gone into switch test mode to see if any of the switches are red (error)? You might have a switch registering from vibration. To test that, glass off, pull the white post inside the coin door left inside edge, then go into the switch test menu and hit the playfield firmly at a few places with open palm or fist and see if that vibration triggers switches (except the sensor ones like keyboard, which will trigger from your hand hitting them).

If you want to slow it down even more, get the TShirt + Poster patch combos. Then you can trap more often during songs without too much worry to the crowd meter. Enjoy!

Thank you! it never ceases to amaze me how JJP and their rulesets crush. I am LOVING the patches as it really mixes up how you want to steer the game. Its also not easy for me to switch to the ones I want or remember to and in the order I need them! I love this game. Kinda crazy as I am new to the club however I almost passed on this as I just read too much of the forums and it seemed the general statement was this was a bore fest with waay too many multiballs. I am so glad I had a chance to play it first as this is and was a sleeper for me. Especially with your settings, its up there with Wonka as thats my other favorite pin of all time that will stay bolted with what appear to be with GNR! I hope its a hat trick with GF CE!!!!

It looks like you have a playfield protector on the upper playfield. This causes the playfield to be higher than the ramp exit to said upperplayfield allowing the ball to roll back onto the ramp. Without that playfield protector the playfield is a bit lower than the ramp preventing the ball to roll back.

Turned out the ground loop isolator didn't fix the issue, after a few more plays issue started again. PinWoofer reached out and suggested the expander board delete, which has completely fixed the issue. Thanks again to PinWoofer for all the assistance getting my GnR rocking and rolling again!

Once you start to develop your ideal patch strategy, you'll eventually remember how man action button hits it takes to get to the next patch. For a long while, I was focused on reaching Not In This Lifetime mode, so I'd prioritize T-shirt and Poster, then go back to Fender and clear out all the sponsor patches to get the extra ball. While it's not worth taking your hands off the flippers when you're at risk of draining a ball, you'll eventually be able to quickly do it without looking at the LCD screen while the ball is on the ramps or up in the pops.

Glad you're enjoying this game - welcome to the jung... er, club!

Pretty sure I haven't, and the upper playfield surface is about half an inch lower than the top of the ramp.

Try sliding a credit card over the ramp to see if it catches/snags on the diverter hole. If it does you can add a few post rubbers to lift the bottom area of the diverter hole. On my game the ball use to jump up the ramp but once I did the “ramp lift kit” it’s nice and smooth. Hope this helps.

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Aw this is a great reminder post. I totally forgot that combination. T-shirt poster t-shirt poster t-shirt poster t-shirt poster T-shirt poster. I'm trying to remind myself.

Holy sh1t, I turned my GnR up really high other day with Pinwoofer.
It’s unreal!

Regarding using the action button during gameplay to select patches....

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I can't tell you how many times I've been reminded of this......by the game. Yet I still find myself trying to get away with it anyway.

That’s why it’s extra important to come up with your patch strategies and also count how many times you need to hit that button to cycle through to the next patch you need. I’ve got about 6-8 roughly memorized now on my high point strategy. I also work on selecting them when a ball goes into the lock. Helps give me a quick break to find one I don’t have the count for yet. Plus during that break you could map out the count you need for the next 2-4 patches or however much you can remember. Then you don’t need to memorize 10+ at once. Start with your first 5 or so then add the near few to your memory when you get a break.

And for the one booster multiball I just try and look at the firecracker thing right away and count it out in my head about when I need to glance at it again to be ready for triple jackpot.

mmm, guess its an optical illusion then from the angle of the picture then. Sorry i can't help more then. I have a buddy who has the same issue sometimes and have not had the time to check his game out. If i do and find out what it is in his game i will get back to you.

Never had any rejections in this area.
See my pic attached for reference.
Is is possible this area is proud from your photo?

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cradle the ball and safely change your patches.

Lol I do this too. I get it right At least half the time, the other times I'm too busy draining a ball.

A little help please.I got earbuds for a gift how do you connect to GnR Bluetooth?My Wi-Fi is connected.Also does Wi-Fi stay connected until you disconnect?

I never could connected with Apple Earpods; other BT Headphones like Jabra works, also external BT speaker

I got these connected but the volume level was pretty low with the pin pushing too volume

First ball... November rain, blew an 18 million jackpot. Got an extra ball tho. Gotta go . Ball 2...

Guess I better join you and take a run on mine tonight.

Slash solo idea. Add both spinners to the record shot as a way to qualify guitar lock phase. Lock balls 1-3 and be awarded ”light extra ball.” Lock balls 3-6 and be awarded a second “light extra ball.” Maybe massage points earned as well.

Boom. Simple. Now slash solo is worth playing without trying to code into stacking or other intricacy

How do I get past this?

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Back after one long game. I got Live and Let Die first, then November Rain and I blew a 24,000,000 or so jackpot on it. Ended up playing Paradise City, Out to Get Me, It’s So Easy, Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child of Mine (cashed out early), and maybe one more I’m missing. Ended up around 120,000,000 for the night. One game and done. That was a workout. Had a ton of patches but didn’t get max song until SCOM.

Plug a keyboard into the motherboard in the backbox, press F1. Sounds like you need to change your motherboards battery. It's losing settings.

I'm more guilty of doing it during the Make Some Noise jackpot timer thing. Can't tell you how many multiballs I've wasted trying to smack that button - and not even trying to time it to the yellow/red segments, either!

What mode did I hit when I thought my electronics fried in my whole game?

The album mode for Chinese Democracy, "Shall We Play a Game?" that apes Wargames WOPR simulation. Gets new players every time. Great prank intro.

Got that for the first time tonight and ... well after shitting a brick, I laughed my ass off. Great to see them pay respect to war games!

That's an awesome setlist.
Your game ended waaaaay better than mine. I can't imagine playing that many songs in one game... the extra balls must have been your friend? Oh wait I forget who I'm talking to. Lol.
I struggled and couldn't cash out on my jackpots. Didn't focus on patches like I said I was going to do either. I got the t-shirt but I never got the poster before the next song started.
Ball two I was rockin the multiballs trying to build up points and I'll be damned if I didn't have three balls going two of them decided they were going to join together and head down the left out lane together and time it exactly to meet that third ball coming sdtm between the flippers. All three of them join precisely together in single group below the flippers to synchronize going down the trough together for a very abrupt ending. It was like I hit a brick wall at 60mph I just stood there processing that seemingly coordinated intentional 3 ball drain shaking my head.
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Ball three, working my way up to a song, but My plans got cut short early......got mystery song, happened to be don't cry, nope, wanted a song that rocks... not as much a ballad, So I took the song value point hit and chose estranged..... I was riding the adrenaline train, but knew I wasn't playing like I was going to make it to applause, also I was not able to get down to one ball and cash out with the extra ball option either and so I double drained and went out ... Only blowing a small jackpot... Not even enough to really care about and finishing with a whopping 5 million.
For anybody new to the scene reading this, that's a very very normal game. GNR loves to have its way with me. But I like it. The "no two games alike" keeps me coming back as I know every game is going to have great moments and the next game could be my new GC.
That game took it out of me, I could see how it was going so I wasn't setting myself up for more punishment so instead I played one game of Rush, Just to teach gnr a lesson and had a great game 415m. Looked over at GNR, and snickered as I walked towards the door thinking "next time, sweet game of mine, next time" and powered down for the night.

It sure did I was like OMG I can’t fix this, then to laughing some SOB really got me good!!!

Thanks vespula for all the insight.
My normal strategy is frenzy the duff then thunder chucker. Then it is gun then rose then GnR emblem.
I may go for an album patch after a song to help me w album mode.

Volume on my ear buds is pretty low on my GnR.Volume is maxed out to get anything and still weak.
Other owners have this problem?
Any ideas?

There were changes to bt and headphones in beta.. are you on it?

I wish JJP received an email or phone call from each person who asks for a code update online somewhere, every time they asked for one.

PS - totally happy with my GNR just how it sits. Anything I didn’t like was an easy settings adjustment. The only setting I changed was how many spins it takes to get Slash solo.

Mine is like this. I think someone mentioned to try swapping cables or reseating cables or something. I still haven’t bothered investigating but open ears lol.

It was a failed GNR song joke.

You sold your CE?

SO ... with all the hype on the new snappy Flippers on GF do you think we could order the GF flipper assembly for GNR ??