Quoted from Maken:The switches need to be perfectly level with the PF, if the switch is sitting even a tiny bit above the PF, the ball will hop over the star when travelling at fast speed and won't register.
Thanks!!! I was going crazy trying to figure out why my skill shot score didn’t seem to have any correlation to when the ball rolled over the star switch. I lowered the switch level with the PF and now it works. This is a new machine and wouldn’t have expected the alignment of the switch to cause the problem.
For those that want to know how to make the adjustment, I took out the two small screws from the small circuit board and removed it. That let me screw (turn) in/out the plastic piece that the board was screwed into. It took a bit of force, but eventually was able to turn it.
BTW: as everyone knows, the update by Cleland really brings the game to life. My pre-teen son’s friends should get a kick out of the R-rated version that I installed. Not so sure their parents would agree.