Yes you will. It is going to factory reset the game.

it does save the audits to the usb so you do have them, just not on the machine.

It will backup all the audits to the USB. Yes.

So far I have heard no reports of anything wrong with the latest beta! I guess that means I should make a new awesome attract lightshow, add it in, and make a Production release of this version!
--Scott

Do it! YUP

Ressetting start button on coin play issue no longer happening!. The playfield beacon in attract mode is pretty cool! .

Love the Red/White destroy lights! ... My mate was here playing earlier in the week, asked me what he was meant to be shooting for when just the left destroy target was lit and he wasn't picking it up. The flickering red in there highlights it much better!. I would say it oscillates quite rapidly, almost appears pink ... I wonder if it would be more emphasised if the Red/White blink was a little less rapid? (like about half the frequency or something, so the player can distinctly notice the Red then White?)

Keep up the great work!

Was playing Alien breed 2 by team 17 for the commodore Amiga and the voice of the lady sounds very familiar to the lady voice on TNA, they even say the same quotes like sequence initiated. I thought that was very interesting

Amiga: Human voice Digitised.

TNA: Digital voice Humanised.

They meet in the middle

Fn hell yes

I agree with #1. The white and red is a nice improvement in showing what needs to be hit.

#2, I kinda like the white flash, but it is a bit fast for my taste. To me, it looks like an inadvertent white flicker rather than an intentional indicator.

I do still get occasional double slingshot hits with b8, and my switches are gapped probably ~0.7 mm when at rest. It's certainly not a show stopper; only a bit distracting.

One of the main things that I learned on this game is that it is very hard to change something minor that we are all used to and have it look good. Updated lightshows or music can look and sound out of place if it is not what we have been seeing and hearing for a long time. Quite interesting. I have found if I make small improvements to these things, I can sometimes slip them in there without too many noticing, which is a win. I am still having a great time with this game and so happy to see all the enthusiasm is still here!

Thank you guys and gals!

I will post up when the final production build is ready!

--Scott

As for the double slingshot hit, that is definitely a physical thing happening here as it does not happen on my machine and I would be getting a flood of people bringing this up to me if it were a code thing. I could solve this in code, but it would not be good to increase the debounce on these switches because a quick back and forth with the ball between slings could potentially get "missed". Hope that makes sense.
--Scott

TheNoTrashCougar the only thing ive noticed on the new code is like others said. shaker in low mode seems non existent on ball lock. Its my only complaint. Thanks for continuing to support the game. Its my only machine and gets played daily.

Feel free to add as many light shows as you want! You are a master with the LEDs.

Scott appreciate the quick fixes to your beta updates. A couple things I noticed

1. My shaker motor settings are now working better. The “normal” setting is still way too strong but when I go to “low” it is acting like the older settings at normal.

2. Attract beacon settings don’t seem to work for me. If it’s ON or OFF the beacon doesn’t do anything in attract mode. I have set it to ON and power cycled the game but this does nothing.

3. Love the new light display for the destroy targets!

OK, I can up this a bit more. My machine, it works and is supposed to rock the machine a bit, which is what I was going for.

I upped the shaker on low slightly, but it is still pretty good. It is tough to get this right as everyone has a different preference for how much and when a shaker should activate. Not everyone is going to be happy with it unfortunately. But 2 options are better than on and off in my opinion.

As for the attract beacon, does your beacon work in gameplay? The delay is pretty long in between cycles, so let the game sit for a bit and the beacon will activate. If you let it sit for 10 minutes and no beacon, then the beacon is probably not working. I just tested again on my machine and it is working as expected.

Thanks guys!
--Scott

OK, for the beacon, to make this easier, I made the beacon loop (if attract enabled) start immediately once attract mode is enabled. This way right at game over the beacon will start. I am going to give this a few test games to make sure it is not super annoying.
--Scott

EDIT: Yeah, I like this better.

i was thinking maybe when you're in the settings and set it to ON it does a quick cycle of it then. not sure if possible, but a thought.

Here it is guys and gals!
http://www.scottdanesi.com/?p=3643
TA Main7 - 1.4.0 Release (resized).jpg

Yes the beacon works during game play. Will download the 1.4 code and let you know.

That lights out blue GI going on in multiball is INCREDIBLE,,,fuckin A! I want to see more of that kind of light show as you progress trying to destroying the reactors. Make them all different for each level. You can do it Scott!!!!! Don't stop now...

Thank you for keeping this one on the tracks!

Kidchrisso

....to think I was going to sell this off a month ago...NOPE

The more shaker the better!- When a reactor is destroyed, I want everyone in the house to feel it!

Thanks For the update Scott!

I finally got around to looking back at the mod/upgrade post and saw the LCD upgrade. It looked pretty significant, but the ebay link now points to something that's $500. Is it still possible to get the parts for $100 as was the case about a year ago? Does anyone have a current source to do this upgrade?

Agreed on the more shaker power but now My normal and low are both pretty intense again after I updated to 1.4. Curious if anyone else is having this issue.

On a side note the beacon works in attract more now.

Yeah my low is now more powerful then regular during the time when the reactor is primed. Sorry Scott, can you turn it back down? I was wrong, id prefer almost no shaker on low to overpowered.

Did you contact Cliff directly? I don't see TNA on his site. Thanks.

My scoop hole is starting to get beat up, but I'm afraid it's going to make the scoop shot even more difficult!

Just discovered the game over you win new option for mystery awards. Is that actually achievable?

No. There are many fake mystery awards. I mean.... YEAH and you can also get 42 extra balls!

Yes it’s the exact same for me.

There's also "Save the Princess" or "Super Ramps!" Pmsl

So what mods or sound upgrade should be done to make this game rock more, any tech notices I should fix?

Also I am on 1.1.0 and when I grab a fat32 it won’t do anything with 1.4 code on it - am I missing something?

I love the ability to change the multiball GI color. Would love to see more colors added there, pink, light purple, etc. You could even randomize it so during the game it picks different colors by itself. It also makes me think that a cool idea would be to have themes. So you pick a color theme/scheme from the menu and it auto selects a blend of colors for the inserts and GI for multiball/regular play etc. Just spitballin.....loving the game still.

Installed this morning - TheNoTrashCougar a fantastic update ! Really positive, game feels a little
more snappy and more responsive, love all the changes! Thank you for continuing to add to what is already one of the best games out there!

If you dont have the green plastic protectors, you're missing out on the blue GI during multiball.

Are you using at least an 8GB stick?

What really looks incredible is the Blue GI multiball with Glow in the dark Titan Rubbers installed throughout the game. The light shows in this game really can’t be beat.

It's under the WIP section of his site (https://www.passionforpinball.com/wip.htm) . Shoot him an email and he can send ya one!

yup some generic one

Thanks for the update @thenotrashcougar! I’m loving the new lighting combinations and the number of warnings on the LCD.

Also just wanted to add my +1 to agree with those saying that the shaker motor low setting is now way too intense. I’d love to see Normal be what matches your vision for it shaking the whole house and low being like it was before.

Ran into one weird audio thing today. I destroyed a reactor and tilted out (mostly due to shaker motor) and ended up with a high score. While entering my initials I heard “locks are lit”. Not a big deal but maybe delayed audio call outs should be cut after end of game.

Yea this happened to me today a few times. Shaker motor on Low destroyed a reactor and the shaking was so intense it tilted me. Have to turn my shaker off now to play the game. Hopefully TheNoTrashCougar can turn the low setting back to the way it was before with a quick tweak to the 1.4 code.

Just installed the new update. Didn't change anything in my settings, just played after the update.
I managed to blow up 3 reactors before dying in my first game.
Definitely noticed the shaker is a bit "more" than it was, but really, not too much more.
I thought it was fine, and my machine did not tilt.
I'll play a bit more and see if I notice any strange behavior.

Definitely love the new light shows and the flashing targets.

Streamed new code yesterday. Love the new light shows and clear indicators. MB looks great with the green protectors. I still suck at this game. I cut out a three reactor game.

I will see what I can do about the shaker motor and release a 1.4.1 update as soon as I get a chance. Shakers are a tough thing to get right, since everyone prefers a different thing. I always end up releasing a vX.X.1 since there are little things people notice after the beta updates.
--Scott

I noticed a bug, the changelog says it's still April 2019...if only we could all choose what year it is

I have something weird occuring with the secret skillshot.

Twice now it has happened, Ball 1 first plunge (without delay), around the loop dead bounce from left to right and flick full toss into the lock. Most times this awards me Secret Skill Shot, but the second time now I have been awarded "Lock Quickshot" or something, for much less. I have collected this before as well, by plunging ahead on an autolaunch deadbounce and right flip only once into lock.

Just seem to be getting ripped off the Secret skillshot now and then from game start, for unknown reason.

Those Destroy lights are now a Real Highlight!

Cheers

New updates are great! Finally got to hear the lion man callout. 2 yrs and I never knew that existed lol....have you ever thought of syncing up different aspects of the light show with the individual drum/synth sounds? The new lock lights that pulse are awesome, but the drummer in me was really wanting them to coincide with the bass drum hits on the downbeat. Really cool visual cue that ties your brain to the music and lock shot. Fast break does something similar with the match sequence at the end game. Each set of lights syncs up with a different instrument and pulses in rhythm with the music. Just some ideas....Great work! Seriously needs to be nominated again this year for best light show.

I believe you can only get the secret skillshot once per ball.

Ball one, new game, score zero.

Sorry, I misread your post. When you said "second time," I thought you meant on that ball.

It might be possible you have a sensitive switch somewhere that is getting triggered, causing the skill shot to not be awarded.

This is what is most likely going on. The secret skillshot is deactivated by a number of other switches. Put your game in switxh test and hit your fist on the playfield a few times to find the culprit.