I may have missed it but is anyone making a foundry mod?

No they didn’t! Like all of Disney’s stupid woke decisions I pretend they never happened

Okay I’ll bite and answer.

A lot of the NIB sales are from speculators/scalpers who thought this would be the next TRON LE because it was Star Wars.

Other sales are always the same as every other release, newest game is brought a couple dozen or couple hundred plays later the next new title is revealed and they sell up for the newest release, happens every release.

As for the game itself, it’s fantastic, I prefer the LE/Prem because of the up/down 180 ramp shot that thing is just fun and both shots are great! Flow is great once you get it going and the foundry/beskar RPG element to the game is awesome!

My only real gripes are the upper playfield isn’t as good as it could have been and the child magnet above the rollovers is just a dump idea and complete waste - why randomise an area that’s already pretty random? But everything else makes up for those two gripes of mine and the upper playfield is still interesting and fun the only real negative is the magnet/child I mentioned above everything else is brilliant!

Now add Luke Dwight and his Mando S2 scene and this will be a keeper!!

Didn’t realise people where still putting these on.

Dwight is great at visuals and a lot of the time the frame work of his code is superb, I think Mando might be his best, the flamethrower is brilliant theme integration on a code level and the foundry RPG elements are very fresh and fun.

I just wish he would follow through with the polish that always seems to be lacking with his games, not sure if it’s timeframes Stern impose on him but when other coders are polishing their games to a shine why can’t Dwight?

If we can alter the code through pinball browser I would like to see a lot more of Cara Dune, loved her character and the fact Disney keep trying to push strong women as an agenda it’s ridiculous they removed her character.

Plus they don’t come much stronger or tougher than Gina, regardless of her political views she an actress playing a character that’s all that should be considered.

I have only played the LE so with that in mind:

Best

• Theme
• Full Audio/video assets
• RPG elements in the foundry
• Code implementation of the above 2 points
• shots as a whole are easy to shoot, Smooth and fun with special mentions to;
• Ambush up/down ramp both awesome and maybe my favourite shots!
• Ramps are both fast and fun to shoot
• Best Star Wars pinball machine!

Worst

• Upper playfield is repetitive and a little lacklustre to shoot
• Child lanes with magnet complete waste and make no sense although moving grogu mod makes that area feel less like a waste
• Razor crest swing target is abit meh a reverse drop target would have been interesting, or just a drop target.

Although it’s worth noting I wouldn’t call the worst parts bad, they are more like areas that should have a could have been better but what is there is still fun albeit repetitive, the child Lane and magnet is really the only WTF where you thinking part of the game, but the rest is so good you don’t really get hung up on it.

Any word on accessories yet? Namely topper?

No and worryingly it wasn’t mentioned on the last Stern of Union and without looking I can’t remember if it was on the one previous to that.

100% agree in my post above about the good and the bad that someone asked, that ambush ramp was one of my biggest plus points it’s a brilliant shot and super fun to hit and repeat as it drops and lifts

Anyone found Luke in the code yet? Listening to super awesome pinball show he is in there but not in “this is the way”. Managed to get the mission and razor crest mini wizard modes today so guessing it’s the encounter wizard mode?

Raise it with a couple of spacers worked like a charm, rejects from the left are my trouble, then when your too clean you get bounce back off the diverter even with dead stop foam on it.

Buy Robert’s @ Hooked on pinball and distress it a little yourself, the quality of Robert’s stuff is always second to none.

Any idea how many LEs are here in the U.K.?

.97 had this is the way debug yes/no option in the menu, very cool mode that unlocks those signets on the score leaderboard.

I don’t know if .98 removes it so make sure you are still on .97 go into the menu and off the top of my head without looking I think it’s in feature adjustments fairly close at the start maybe adjustment #6 you can’t miss it.

The adjustment will say “this is the way debug” with options “yes/no” set it to yes and when you start a game it will begin in the wizard mode, it’s a fantastic mode!

Come on Dwight get this game polished like a marble floor this ones too good to leave buggy.

It does concern me that with every update there are always new bugs more so than any of the other code teams at Stern, really want to see this one polished to insane levels, I feel like this is Dwights best code package to date and one of the best code packages out of Stern period!

How good is the mod? Does it block the view of child lanes or anything?

PinMonk any chance you have done any testing on Mando yet Vic? I am positive that there is fade after a good 30/40mins of constant play the left ramp just seems harder and harder to make.

Awesome thanks for the quick Reply Vic, anything moderate to high I feel is well worth the investment in your flipper fans.

Funny thing is I don’t notice it at all on my left flipper unless I am trying to back hand the left ramp (maybe that’s why after extensive play that seems harder, didn’t think of that previously) but right flipper most definitely starts struggling with the left ramp that’s what made me ask.

Shit didn’t know that!

I was about to post how do you get all 3 multipliers lit on the right.

Get one from completing boba stand ups (green), the other from competing all 3 shots of scope? How do you get the orange x1?

Agree with you here, maiden frustrates the hell out of me because looking at it from a layout point of view it should flow like a river but for me it’s clunk city, the ramps and inner loops rattle or clunk way more than they should.

And I totally admit it’s likely my fault and must play better but Mando is a flow monster for me - I will try that upper post disabled and see how I like that, does it affect the child lanes? Not much else the up post is used for to my knowledge other than the child lanes.

Yeah I would much prefer it only when child is lit, no other need to go into the rollovers unless child is lit and ready, come on Dwight change this and add in some combos and combo high scores.

Xaqery hey Dwight what is your take on the up post? Seems to be a popular opinion to only activate it when child is lit.

Mando flows surprisingly well it seems a shame to limit that flow and fun and any plans to focus and add combos? Thanks

Quite like the green might have to try that on the child lanes too.

Awesome and thank you for taking the time to respond Dwight.

The Child option for the up post sounds like a perfect way of increasing flow and balancing the top lanes so thank you for being here and taking on feedback, its hugely appreciated.

The Child option for the up post sounds like a perfect way of increasing flow and balancing the top lanes so thank you for being here and willing adjusting code from feedback, hugely appreciated.

Cheers Dwight this I didn’t know, mostly because I don’t have much chance to look up at the screen when playing.

So is there recognition for these combos within mission? For example on the lcd feeding back to the player they have achieved a mission combo.

And do you get additional Beskar for making these combos within missions?

A combo scoreboard would be a great addition, the more to achieve within the game/leaderboards the better especially with this game as it’s one of the best code packages ever imo, the foundry adding RPG elements into pinball is genius.

You can just time it out, well worth updating!

I don’t believe the issues on games Dwight codes are his fault, you can see the passion he puts into his code when they do the reveal streams and he deep dives into the rules, on podcasts you can hear his passion and the crazy amount of thought he puts into trying to make each code packages different from the last.

The fact he comes here and reads Pinside and takes on feedback (like the up post and hopefully fingers crossed more combos for Mando) is all the proof you need he is committed and passionate. It probably has alot more to do with the time Stern give him on a project before they assign him to the next.

Lyman is a code master but alot of his work was done on his own time and I wouldn’t ask anyone to work on their own time especially when it’s a management issue not giving a person long enough to put all they have into a project before forcing them over to the next.

I agree with you completely, there is a level of responsibility and if you know approx how much time your going to get allocated on each project it comes down to being tighter with your time management.

And there is no excuse for breaking a feature and not fixing it, as you say there is a pattern which is a massive shame considering what Dwight codes is often some of the best when it comes to theme integration. The RPGesque elements with Beskar and the Foundry is a stroke of brilliance, what’s there just needs polishing up.

Nice but I think the Foundry mod is best suited at the foundry scoop. Could this be mounted anywhere else without looking out of place, love the look but already committed to putting the foundry there.

Gonna need a pic Wool, I haven’t experienced any fouling so if you can drop a pic that might be helpful.

Strange I have never seen that happen, is there anyway you can move the end of the ramp either a touch lower or likely a better option move it in slightly to the right? so it drops the ball on the inside of the orbit rather than the outside?

Just don’t go too low, you still need the ball to pass under, I know I would make that screw up without thinking about it

If you can’t go lower try adjusting the ramp/ramp exit so the ball exits a little more to the right side of the orbit wall rather than the far outer wall of the orbit.

Loving the Razorcrest hurry up! You seem to only get 3 shots to it though? Would be great if you got additional shots to it for each playfield multiplier you have running.

Anyone else getting or noticing what looks like minor wear on the mini playfield exit? Approx 350 games.

Not the best photo but all I could get in a rush.

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Correct my point for asking was if anyone else is seeing this Cliff maybe able to make a snap on protector, so have you got any wear beginning on yours?

I got Dan Farrik at the scoop the other day, lightshow and music where awesome and the mode itself was a lot of fun for a frenzy multiball especially trying to hit both playfields at the same time.

You sold? Wow very short ownership, what was the reason for the sale dude? Stop gap purchase until Godzilla was released?

I was the other way with this one, saw the reveal stream and thought it looked boring and honestly a little shit, but after playing it was totally hooked, love the shots, love the RPG stuff at the scoop just an all round blast.

Compared to TMNT I loved the look of the stream and game but played it and hated it complete snooze fest.

But this is why Stern are king in the market they produce something for everyone year on year without fail.

Hope you enjoy whatever you replace it with mate.

Always bugged me that Stern stopped putting action button surrounds on games

After pestering Colywobbles with dozens of designs he produced this beauty! Col makes amazing products, top notch quality and his prices are equally as good, drop him a pm/order and show him some love.

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It’s only the edge that needs protecting, I am not a fan of those playfield protectors for my main playfields either.

Yeah good thinking, I can’t see one of those playfield protectors effecting the upper playfield gameplay too much at all, might grab one and see how it goes.

Wonder what the topper could be doesn’t give much away the icon for it.

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Really hard to tell what it is, kind of reminds me of the targeting systems in Star Wars.

What incline is your game at?

I am looking at create a plastic for the ramp exit that will force the ball down into the orbit.

6.7 here and not really any issues unless it’s a super fast clean shot and it just catches the edge. Testing something today that will hopefully be a cost free fix!

Got something I am texting at the moment that seems fix the issue even when a games close to 6 degrees and it costs nothing!

Pretty much mate yeah, by watching in slow-mo I could see the ball riding that left wall 99% of the time when hitting the ramp exit and occasionally riding the top of the orbit and not dropping into the orbit until it hit the plastic.

Your aiming to bring the left wall of the ramp in slightly further than the orbit wall itself so it can’t ride the orbit wall into the plastic and simply drops faster into the orbit itself.

Sorry this is really crude paint job but basically the ball would ride the orbit wall into the plastic red line, you want to adjust so the ball is dropping into the orbit cleanly white/green line.

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Awesome! Glad it worked for you buddy!

Now I just need to work out how to adjust the up/down ambush scoop. Anyone?

thewool did the fix above work for you buddy?

Cool, if you have enough play in things it should be a 5-10min fix, hopefully you don’t need to file the ramp exit. I’ve got my game at 6.7 so pretty steep with flipper power lowered from factory ever so slightly.

Little public service announcement for anyone with a Prem/LE.

Check the up/down ambush scoop is not hitting into or scraping the playfield as it drops down. It can be hard to see as there’s a little metal nub on the right side of the scoop body.

If your not sure put a piece of cellotape down on the playfield and run a few tests on the scoop coil, if it digs into the cellotape you need to lift the scoop up slightly.

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Already done, I’ll post a brief how to shortly, been playing the crap out of it before the end of school and the kids return home

Anyone played at midnight yet??

I have no issue with 2 LEs double press the button and it selects everytime.

I think your supposed to hold the button now to select (sure it says something in the readme, maybe I’m wrong?) but like you I double press and it works everytime, can’t wait for .99 to see what else Dwight adds in, easily my fav game of all time.

Maybe it’s too come, I know Dwight has more planned for Mando, very excited to see .99 and 1.0 arrive.

Thanks dude appreciate that, but I have no idea how to do that

Just happy the two fixes I’ve posted (center ramp exit to left orbit & ambush scoop) have helped people out and worked on multiple games.

I got another incoming although it is less of a fix and more of an aesthetic improvement IMO.

Unfortunately in this case the scoop would have chewed up the playfield protector after the first game.

Spare new washer or £150+ for a playfield protector that isn’t really needed and can make games play like crap, I’ll go with raising the mech or guides everytime, plus it’s more fun ripping it apart

Pretty interesting, LOVE that premium side art! I love Zombie Yeti on art but Randy knocked these art packages out of the park.

Just done the one side to get an idea if it was going to look as good as I thought it would and Chrome t-moulding is an absolute must on the LE, it just pops with the back glass!

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The more people that report this to Stern the better! Every bug report is read.

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So after fixing the center ramp exit into the left orbit and making a few other tweaks.

I decided to remove some of the unsightly plastic shields. 30 games later no issues at all and the game looks much better without all the plastic shields everywhere, also removing the shield from the right ramp has made the upper playfield easier for my kids to see as well as making the game look less cheap.

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Yeah https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/ sell 3/4” which is what Stern use.

Order the chrome with the blue protective covering, they do one without which is a little cheaper but that will likely turn up with some surfaces scratches.

https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/chrome-3-quarter-inch-t-molding-with-clear-protective-film.html

They do one with a clear protective film. Maybe worth a try? This one requires 1/16” slot and the other I brought was 3/33” I think.

thewool in fact I think it is the 1/16th one you want so grab that, might explain why it didn’t go in super easy on mine

But it looks amazing so whatever

No I have left the plastic front on the mini playfield its marked -01 that has to remain in place otherwise I guess you would be loosing balls all over the place, didn’t even think about removing that one.

I just removed all the plastics behind the red flasher domes and the big L shaped plastic at the back of the right ramp which was blocking abit of the view of upper playfield and a lot of it for my kids being shorter.

Game looks a lot better for it I think, less random plastic everywhere which made it a little cheap looking IMO.

To stop bounce back anything from 6.7 upwards seems to work. I have zero bounce back with game steep.

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Made them in conjunction with a mate but I doubt they will be available due to the material and the amount of time they take to cut they would be fairly expensive.

Lockdown bar surround will be available though.

I like that idea! My kids struggle with the upper playfield a lot, they are 5 and 4 and find it almost impossible to be up there much longer than a flip or 2.

I will let you know mate if it’s do able.

Something I have been thinking over and over is resizing the plates so everything lines up. Done a little edit on the right hand side plate to show what I mean.

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Looks great mate! Glad to hear the fix worked for you and your feeling better mate! And I do the same always replace Sterns balls and flipper buttons, no idea what it is but their flipper buttons just don’t feel right recently.

The good news is Mando is definitely worth the wait and by the time you get yours a couple more code updates will have dropped.

Seems stern are the ones prioritising the new title builds and pushing back older titles, I’ve had a deadpool premium on order since feb!

Tempted to get one of these myself, looks great.

Removed all the excess plastics, no ball hang ups or issue in over 50 games, game looks a lot better for it.

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I may offer them for sale just working it out this end.

Go with wizmod, often retros are lazy and the art doesn’t match the game, wiz does a great job of trying to get his products to match the games factory art.

Some more upgrades, LE should of had chrome t-moulding from the factory.

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Yeah I wouldn’t do anything until 1.0 at least, as the rules have already changed compared to the original rule cards that came with the game. Razorcrest hurry up, Dank farrik are not on the current rule cards and there are more rule changes and additions hopefully coming.

Weird my mini playfield and grogu lamps came with metal versions of those from factory.

If your really struggling a little hot glue works perfectly, used that on my Star Trek slingshot flashers and it’s never failed.

Projector, wonder what that could be? The only thing I can think of is a Bounty HoloPuck.

No issues here and I’ve been running .98 for at least 50 games.

Zero issues here dude, the foundry bug doesn’t seem to be a bug you just need to hold for 2secs to select your choice. I have not noticed any issues with .98

Find one of these and you will never have an issue, no need to reformat or go through any of the trouble shooting nonsense, put your code on it plug it in, job done.

It’s the only usb I have never had fail, recognised everytime from SAM to SPIKE and SPIKE 2.

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Anyone having shots not register on the ambush u-turn, simply adjust your switch by raising it up a little, the top wall of the lane is close to the switch but a fast can rid up on the wall so adjust the switch to make that gap tighter.

Here’s a picture from my LE and I assume Pro’s also have that plain black plastic which is used to keep the ball down.

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Adjust the switch circled in yellow, please ignore the the blue circle this is simply an image from one of my previous fix posts.
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I imagine you will have that black plastic mate so it has to be the switch sitting low, there really isn’t a lot of room for it to miss the switch with that black plastic on top.

It’s either that or a flakey switch, so maybe test the switch first in test with your finger?

if it’s registers everytime without fail it’s got to be the adjustment of the switch that’s needed, hope it fixed the issue, let us know!

So to my surprise Mando might just be my favourite Stern and Pin ever! It’s just a blast to play and then you have those rare games where you just flow from shot to shot and don’t miss anything, managed to loop ambush 4 times in a row which feels as good if not better thank looping the Warp ramp shot in Star Trek which is high praise as that was my all time favourite shot followed by Marvel Ramp in AIQ, but Mando takes top spot with the ambush up/down scoop.

Those looks amazing nice work! Wish I had those skills.