He actually makes one for both sides of the ramp. https://www.passionforpinball.com/WIP/Mick-mando-rt-001.jpg

I sure hope so but I don't feel like Dwight has the greatest track record on tweaking and re-working code to address gameplay issues that are exposed by extensive play by the pinball community. I feel like TMNT is in a very similar place right now. It's a real shame because you can tell Dwight is passionate and excited about his rulesets when the games release and he's obviously a very capable rules designer and coder. But for whatever reason he lacks the follow through to really fill out and balance his games after release to take advantage of extensive public play testing. Frankly, it's probably due to short timelines and needing to move onto the next game rather than seeing a game across the finish line but who really knows.

For what it's worth, I'm guessing that any code updates that are ready or near ready will be released when Insider Connected is official released.

Wait, so you mean the post being up ISNT a conspiracy to sell more Insider Connected kits? haha, that other dude sure had me convinced!

In all seriousness though, I love how you're willing to engage with the owner communities about coding decisions and future changes for this game and the others that you code.

You'd really think so but for context, TMNT's Final Battle mode and Final Battle Challenge still don't have audio since the last code update about 5 months ago.

Have you known pinheads to not be vocal about issues? haha. I believe it will be updated soon when Insider Connected is implemented in the code, but it has been a known issue for nearly half a year.

While I am not going disagree that Stern likely doesn't give him enough time to work on his games post-release, there does seem to be a pattern that is hard to ignore relating to polish and bug fixes, at least recently. Surely at some point, a Lead Game Developer has some responsibility and authority when it comes to the development of the game. A quick update to restore previous functionality broken by an update should be relatively simple (but what do I know) and a relatively high priority in my mind.

You know, I never thought about that as a feature of his games but looking at his Stern Spike games, he really does seem to consistently nail that aspect. Thanks for pointing that out, it's always nice to appreciate the positive and not get stuck on just the negatives.

It just alternates.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1191167511 @ 8:19:30

From the latest Readme file:

- Changed how and when the action button works regarding equipment.
- As before, there are two types of presses: HELD and SHORT. HELD is
holding the button down for some time. SHORT is a quick tap of the
button.
- You can now use the Flame Thrower any time you want if it is available.
- The action button will be orange or toggle orange and another color
if you also have other equipment lit that is applicable.
- To use the Flame Thrower press and hold the button down. Soon it will
begin setting shots on fire from right to left across the game. When
you release the button after it begun, it will stop setting shots on
fire.
- If you also had other equipment available and you hold the button
past a very short tap the Flame Thrower will win and your other
equipment will not be used. Likewise, if you have Flame thrower and
something else available and you just tap the button you will use
your other equipment and not the Flame Thrower.
- The action button now flashes a bit differently.
- As before each equipment has its own color:
- ORANGE - FLAME THROWER - Set Shots on fire for 2X each
- GREEN - AMBAN RIFLE - Add-A-Ball in a multiball
- YELLOW - WHISTLING BIRDS - Spot lit shots in a Mission
- RED - JET PACK - Spot a level during an Encounter
- The button will flash of the color that makes sense depending on the
Equipment and where in the game you are. But if you also have the
Flame Thrower and can use it the button will now toggle between two
colors, orange and the other of the 3 colors.

I can pretty consistently catch the ball with a live catch on the left flipper, on occasion, when I want the ball on the right flipper, I'll try dead bounces as well but those usually just end up back on the left flipper anyway.

I was thinking about adding some lexan above the lane to prevent the ball from bouncing over the switch, but I'm also thinking about adding a one way gate to slow the ball down a little bit because I really dislike the way the ball bounces out of that shot.

But I guess that wacky, inconsistent feed when shooting the U-turn is just kind of part of the game, hey?

What do these upgrade kits include/fix?

Thankfully that ramp is quite easy to remove: a nut below the playfield and 2 screws above, I believe.

It really seems like that should be a post stud like this: https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/02-4002-1. I wonder if every game is set up like that and why they chose to do it that way.

I think you probably just need to make that switch more sensitive by bending the metal actuator wire up higher/make it bush the microswitch earlier. The machine I've got had that issue as well, then I adjusted it and have literally had 0 shots NOT register since then. I was actually quite surprised to be honest.

I definitely agree with both of these. For ambush, I think you could make it worth some beskar. that would definitely make me more likely to actually play it and not just time it out.

The use of the term "mini-wizard mode" here is funny. I believe Dwight uses the term for a mode that basically locks you out of all other things which actual mini-wizard modes tend to do but that isn't what makes them mini-wizard modes. If anything, Ambush is the complete opposite of a mini-wizard mode because you literally need to do NOTHING to qualify it because it is available only when nothing else is happening.

No.

I bent the switch arm up to activate as high as possible without becoming a ball trap on a ball that dribbles in. Since then I don't think Ive had a single shot that didn't register.

Truly the sign of a great mode or feature.

From a layout perspective it might be a great compliment to Mando. Mando has lots of close shots and quick returns, Star Wars has further away shots and lots of flow.

I was having that issue and was thinking about installing some sort of 1 way gate that would slow the ball down but before I did that I adjusted that rollover switch to be as sensitive (high) as possible without becoming a ball trap (I also don't think that switch has missed registering a shot since either) and after that, the ball feed became much more consistent for me so I never bothered.

I would look at all of these coils and see if there's a grey/orange wire broken off. They all daisy-chain together so if one broke off, any coils further down the line wouldn't be functioning.

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Did that only kill one of your flippers though?

Edit: NVM, depending on which of the two of those grey/orange wires broke off, one or both flippers could be dead and if none of the other coils I mentioned have a broken off grey-orange wire, NickBuffaloPinball should look under the mini-pf as well.

Pinsiders Assemble!

Is there a list of broken achievements? I started trying to go for achievements on this machine and had a couple that I thought I'd done but could just be mistaken.

Mission Master: Complete I Like Those Odds wizard mode
I got to the Wizard frenzy phase and figured that was the completion, but maybe I needed to just survive that 60 second countdown to get it?

Jack of Other Trades: Complete Hunter, Ambush, and Scope
Jack of all Trades: Complete 1 Mission, Hunter, Ambush, Scope, score one Super Jackpot and complete 1 Encounter

I'm fairly certain I did all of these criteria for both achievements. Jack of Other Trades a couple times I believe.

And I assuming the Tatooine Sunset: Score 75M in Mandalorian Madness is still unknown?

Interesting, I seem to have that one awarded.

Try playing a two player game and see if that awards it. There are a few achievements like that with TMNT.

Don't forget extra balls! Though this game doesn't have too many. Mode Extra Ball, Foundry extra ball and CHILD extra ball? But still, that's a couple more cracks at the skill shot.

What constitutes completing Ambush? Normally I just ignore it so I'm kind of unfamiliar with it.

Go for the "fire triangle". You do you scope and hunter to get their multipliers going, maybe grab the Amban Rifle from the foundry for an add-a-ball and start MB 1 or 3, pick off the final PF multiplier from the Boba Fet Stand ups, hold the action button to light all of your shots on fire and then profit! If you do MB 2, spend the MB building your Super Jackpot by shoot the left ramp until it maxes out at 50 Million, then wait until the Super Jackpot is lit (when you return to single ball play) to use your flame thrower and then cash out your Super Jackpot for up to 600M (if you maxed it out during the MB and have all your PF X going.

Easier said than done, but super satisfying to accomplish when you do.

Has anyone had the right ramp airball plastic break? If so, are replacements available? Or does anyone happen to have a template for making a new one?

Star Post = 11mm (sorry, no freedom units here)
Straight post = 6.75mm

The readme mentions a final shot of 15m, but with pfX maxed out it can be 720m or something? I don't understand the math of it though" +5x (6x playfield) and the shot lit for 2x of that from flamethrower should be 12 X 15M = 180M. I must be missing something.

The extra way to light your pfX is interesting. It seems like Ambush might now be THE way to get your 6x playfield running, I feel like it should be a lot easier than lighting and completing Hunter and Scope. From my reading of the readme, it seems like once Ambush is going (WhitePhase), you shoot Red shot to move to BluePhase, shoot blue shot to go back to WhitePhase, if you were to do that 5 total times but shoot the red shot instead of the blue shot the 5th time to complete the mode, you'd come out of Ambush with 6x playfield and a flamethrower in hand, all set up for the fire triangle!

Oh yeah, the right ramp X. I guess EACH 2x standup target double the shot value? So 15m x 6 (full pfX) x 2 (flamethrower) x 2 (left standup) x 2 (right standup) = 720m. I've never been too sure about those targets but that would get us to the 720m value.

fyi, the Tiltforums rulesheet is already updated courtesy of CaptainBzarre.

The switches are likely always closed now. The smaller posts will move the rubber ring closer to the switch so you'll need to slightly adjust the gap between the two blades of the switch. When either of the switches close, the slingshot fires so the further the switch blades are from one another, the less sensitive the slingshots will be.

While I agree that you should have and usually use a proper switch adjustment tool, I feel like a flat head screwdriver, especially the miniature ones, work really well for widening the gap between the switch blades, but the adjustment tool is much better equipped to close that gap.