I have not yet been to reactor 6, but I have been to 5. I am also not a good player.
--Scott

Yes - I have it just at 3 and 6 reactors, no replay/EB score related.

Also just thought I'd say Hi from over the pond.

I bought TNA from another UK pinball owner in March of this year - my first pin, and it's been brilliant.
I also do not get tired of it, and play most days - the audit says I've played just over 2000 games since getting it.

This thread is also really useful, and it's great that Scott both responds to posts and continues to improve/develop the game.

As a first time pinball owner (used to play at college 30 years ago), I've enjoyed both playing and the maintenance - cleaning, replaced all the rubbers with Titan glow, added an led strip to the rear of the backbox and under the cabinet so it glows purple, and had a couple of wires come adrift from the flippers, so have brushed up on my soldering too.

Currently considering the illuminated drop targets mod, and trying to decide on the best strategy for potentially getting a really high score.

I have only one comment really regarding what is displayed on the screen, and that is that I find I do not have a lot of time to look at the screen during gameplay as there's too much going on, so if it's not already maxed, I find it hard to keep an eye on the reactor value. About the only time when there is a chance to get a glance at the screen is when you lock a ball. There's then a second or so to glance up at it before launching the next ball (beating the auto plunger). Unfortunately, at that moment, the screen no longer displays the reactor value, as it is going through the "ball locked" display sequence. It would be good if the reactor value was still visible at this point. Just a suggestion!

Anyway, cheers for such a great game, and mine is going nowhere - especially as I have since bought a second pin (BK3LE) in the house, and have permission from my wife to add 2 or 3 more to a cabin we are putting together in the garden!

Nice C_n_C ! It was also my first pin and it keeps me coming back for more and more. JUST ONE MORE REACTOR! It’s like you’re always just one shot away and nearly every drain is your fault. It’s a high speed ass kicker but an incredibly fair pin with The outlane/center drain saves. Killer job Scott and Spooky. I’d also love to have a BK3, another brutally fun game that fights back! Good taste in games mate. Cheers

Little bit of a competition going on using the Scorbit app for TNA. Better get in while the scores are low!

https://sv.scorbit.io/viewer/leaderboards/48

Get the Scorbit app on your phone, go find a TNA and play. No cheating and no Bowen Kerins. <3

--Scott

TheNoTrashCougar I’ve got a bug report for you. Start a reactor so the orbits are lit. Drain to end the ball. Press and hold the start button to end the game. Start a new game. The orbits are still lit but should not be. v1.4.0.

Everything should be set to default. Sorry I went on a social distancing vacation and haven’t been able to check. I’ll get you the numbers tomorrow.

Damn, I hate that reset option... Thanks for the report. I will get this fixed in a coming update.
--Scott

Just make the game reboot when people restart games after ball one- yes, people will have to wait.... but that is their punishment for forfeiting.

Jack would surely see the funny side of it!

Got a trade offer of one of these plus cash for my MMr I am seriously considering. Do you know if Spooky is planning on making any more of these or is the manufacturing on these limited like they were on Rick and Morty?

Thanks!

TNA is not limited. Iirc they made 550 and stopped because they don’t have enough interest (order) for more but said they could make more if interest was higher like if they had 50 or more on a wait list.

I’m not sure what’s going to happen might give KT a call at Spooky to see if that’s still the plan.

Anyway long story short there is not any number cap on TNA but only will make more if demand and they have time. Currently are booked up making R&M for the next year plus.

Even if they are considering another run at some point I wouldn't count on it for quite awhile. They are about a 1/3 of the way through the R&M builds and already teasing a collab with Chicago Gaming for Ben Heck's design so I think their hands will be full for at least the next 2-3 years. I think if you have the opportunity to grab a TNA you should jump on it and not hold out in the hopes of them making more years from now.

not mine.... but if you want one....
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/104070

I also have one for sale.

I reached out to them and it cost me $100 to get a new backglass. I'm thinking I'll clear coat both of them and use the old one for wall art.

One of my speaker lighting strips was having a sporadic issue so I assumed it was most likely a cold solder to 1 of the pads on the PCB of the LED strip. I disassembled to trouble shoot and noticed a fair amount of yellowing in the LED strip's waterproof coating, along with some browning on the PCB, and the strip was fairly loose since it was detaching from the glue in places. I've had my TNA on route for 2 years straight so it's spent a good portion of it's life powered on so I figured the best coarse of action would be to replace the RGB strip with a new one that doesn't have the waterproof coating in hopes it doesn't get as hot when it's on for many hours a day.

Here's the issue: I soldered the color coded wires to corresponding pads on the new RGB strip but it lights up yellow instead of the game's default purple/pink. Anyone else out there that's knowledgeable about why this might be? Maybe TheNoTrashCougar can shed some "light" on this?

Also, I replaced the speakers with these since I thought the cone color would provide a better background for the speaker lighting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S52O5M/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CUgIFbSK54AGX

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Where would I find "Flipper Hold Boost Level"?

Here are the coil settings ->

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Just had a game where I activated multiball with a light hit against the bottom drop target and the middle drop target stayed up so only one ball was released. Then a short time later during multiball the second ball was released. Is that a feature or are my drop targets getting weird again?

Well if drop targets got weird once, I'm betting they are weird or weirder again.

Just joined the club (Hooorraaaaay) Very Excited to get this on location and welcome my little college town to the future!! Only playfield additions I did are a dimmed purple trough light and 2 color changers in both the scoops, frosted light-up drop targets might be next but that's it, this things amazingly awesome!!!

Sorry for the delay, it is located under the Machine (Standard) settings section.

--Scott

Just joined the club! I will let you know how it plays when I get a chance to play it. Still undergoing official "testing".

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Seems to play right... but how do you find out what the credit dot is for in this?

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Why are you doing a playfield swap? Mine has some post pooling and I’ve considered buying another playfield but I am intimidated about doing the swap.

That could be from something as simple as the jam opto got triggered above a certain threshold. You can view the errors by going to the Error Report in the service menu. You can also clear the error report by going to "Home -> Utilities -> Clear Error Report" and see if it pops up again. Post a picture of your error report before you clear it. Most of the time this is just to give an operator a heads up of something acting flaky.

--Scott

I just released a new beta with some cool stuff in it. Any of you want to give this a run for me before I package it up?

#################################################################
v1.4.2.b3 BETA - 10/18/2020 - Scott Danesi

## Bugs Fixed ##
- Fixed reset issue on ball 2 with orbit status not resetting

## Features Added / Modifications ##
- Scorbit functionality added
- Added service menu option to show scores on LCD
Machine (Standard) -> Scores On LCD
- Added ability to turn off backbox LED during gameplay
Machine (Standard) -> Backbox LED On During Game
- Added Super Spinner progress on main screen
- Added ability for game to autolaunch balls if left unattended.
Machine (Standard) -> Unattended Launch Time
['Off','30sec','1min','3min','5min','10min'] - Default is Off

## Download Link ##
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15I9zFU1NyWi1owkQ7R4k7wyQadThJbAv/view?usp=sharing

#################################################################

Thanks Scott. Loving your pin. Here is the error report. It is new to me and so far as I can tell the drop targets are working. Where do I go to get the latest software? I am on 1.3.

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Hey there!
OK, looks like your drop switch 2 might be starting to flake out. These are standard DB5 microswitches. You can get replacements here:
https://www.pinballlife.com/1225-switch-assembly-for-1-bank-drop-targets.html

The game has built in fault tolerance, so you probably will not notice anything too bad in the gameplay. I would suggest going into Utilities and running the drop target test. This will go through and see if there are any issues with your drops. If it all checks out, just keep playing.

All the latest code and stuff can be found here: www.tnapinball.com. That will lead directly to all the TNA stuff on my website.

--Scott

TNA headbands and wristbands would be cool.

I’m pretty sure I’d buy all the TNA merch.

Ok, time for new rubbers and cleaning. What’s everyone using to clean their spooky playfields? Is waxing the playfield for home use necessary ? What about cleaning the optos?

Does anyone have a TNA/Co-op flyer with the two mode descriptions and hold-start button instructions etc..? I was going to make one for my location where we just got a TNA to put on the wall next to it, but thought I’d check here first to see if anyone’s made one already. THX

This is just me, but wouldn’t it make more sense to just continue using the current playfield until it’s unplayable, knowing you have a minty one on hand? Just seems kinda wasteful to rip out a playfield because of a tiny little Art chip, but again to each’s own.

Cool! Btw, I noticed that the GI light near the right destroy target was green?

Thanks I didn’t realize that! When I got it in I noticed the right sling had a red gi and I just ordered a replacement from pbl, good thing I went ahead and ordered a few just in case there were any other issues!

That’s what I’d do.

Ok I'm no designer by any means, just downloaded a free program and hacked this together.
For those of you who have this on location please let me know if there's some verbiage tweaks that could be better or if any other info could be added/removed to help casual players understand how to jump into the Co-op fun!... THX

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Fwiw, a pinsider and pf restoration expert Ron Kruzman sells a "playfield prep" kit with various drill bits and other useful tools for making pf swaps easier/less risky. I don't think there's any site to order them from, as far as i know you just have to contact him directly for the kit. I've been following a couple pf swap threads and folks there were talking about it, said it works well. I have a couple pf swaps coming up and I'm planning on ordering a kit in preparation for them.

Good luck, TNA def looks a bit more involved than a lot of pfs out there.

I just wired this up using the 4th unused LED wire from the drop target mod. Blue when ready, green when activated and red when ready to blow. All it took was one zip tie and I was done. It would be cool if the first color was yellow but otherwise I like it. TheNoTrashCougar might have a better place to tie into this light but the 4th unused drop target wire was a super easy and a quick addition if you wanted to test it out.

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Lately when i start a new game the first drop target defaults up. Any ideas why this is and how i can fix it? Thanks

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Is it partially dropping?

I have had an issue in the past with the switches underneath on the drop targets.

The switch was adjusted too high and would get caught on the lower drop guide post, the ones with the spring and circlips on there. Getting caught on the post prevented the target from dropping, and the game gave up on trying to drop it. To remedy this was simple switch adjustment, lowering it to activate later in the drop stroke.

Another posibility might be that the switch is registering that the target is already dropped? ... but then it would still get dropped by code at game start when the lock lane is set up, so that one kinda doesn't add up.

Check drop operation below playfield, that there is nothing fouled is where I'd be looking for a start.

Will do thank you

**Also just clicked, could just be a broken wire on the "auto drop" coil. The small coil off to the side of the drop mech.

Test this by going into coil tests,;also by physical check of wire connections to that little coil.

If the little coil is not working then the only way a drop can go down is by the ball hitting it.

Awesome thank you - i will check this out over the weekend