About to put mine out on location and am wondering what settings you're using for the flipper strength, slingshots, etc.?

I'm going to put some protection in the shooter land and in front of the left scoop kickout as well. I noticed the "new playfield" dimpling is pretty intense in front of that scoop.

I'm a little worried about the all the connectors used in this game, combined with the intense/sustained shaker motor activity (and sub, for that matter). Seems like connectors working lose could become a real problem (hope not). Do you have a shaker in your machine, and if so did you dial it down in intensity to perserve the game?

I am running newest beta code which has all coil settings at Bryan Kelly recommendations (I believe same as previous code, just turned down the slingshots 1 or 2). The slingshots turned down gets rid of multiballs under sling rubber effect that happened early on.

No shaker as I NEVER use a shaker on a route game. Things get loose over time so no reason to expedite that with stupid shaking IMO.

Playfield is rock solid! Dimpling happens on EVERY playfield. Wear is non-existent on TNA IME and no real need for any mylar that I have seen. I mean, feel free to put it down, but from what I see, this is the best playfield out there and tough.

Connectors are all with a dab of hot glue to keep them in place. I have had the game since Sept and no issues with any coming loose.

So who else saw Bowen Kerins destroy all 9 reactors last night? Pretty impressive play.

My only complaint that I saw was it wasn’t all that exciting once the 9th was destroyed. A mini light show and that was about it. I was really hoping for some awesome wizard mode and crazy as hell light shown potentially that will come over time?

For sure the whole game needs to explode and die! And then slowly re-start......

UG... hey man, spoiler alert jeez!

!!!

Canceling my order.

SIGH

If you've ever advanced through Cirqus Voltaire, that's exactly what happens and it is a wicked cool effect. I would never tell Scott what to do but I'd love it if something like that would happen on reactors 6 and 9.

Wellllllllll, me a couple buddies were going to visit Charlie tomorrow, but it turns out he's on his death bed with the flu.

And here I was going to get answers to everyone's questions.

It'll have to be another weekend.

I will say, I'm sure Scott could have done what so many other designers have done with cool light shows and effects once the end has been reached....but he didn't. Similar to the game, he did something no one else has ever done.

And if you want to see what it is, simply set your reactor default to one reactor instead of nine.

In fact, Scott, Yancy, Bangerjay and friends play dollar games with the game set to one reactor. It makes for a completely different strategy when playing. I'll just say you may not want to defeat the reactor. Or in some cases, you may.

This! Some of the most fun I've had playing dollar games with those guys.

Well crap. I’ll be there but with no Charlie to harass. Won’t be a long visit.

Its hard to see from the video what actually happens when you beat the 9th reactor. Also, that is old code.

I'm back-seat coding, Bryan. No game yet and haven't a clue what I'm talking about.

Opening soon in Marysville, WA!

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Can we PLEASE impose a NO SPOILERS clause here?

I know I will eventually blow up the 9th reactor and I dont want the surprise ruined. Seriously, the most achievable but challenging thing in pinball for me currently and really lame if someone is being a dick to publish this. I skimmed the post and tuned out whatever was said... please dont be a dick!

He didn't describe anything. No worries man.

$200 reward for being a dick!
(Just playing with ya, Hilton)

Settle down, big guy. I see no dicks here.

cool. I saw mention of final reactor and scrolled past. In general it would be nice to maintain this as a no spoilers thread. If someone wants to talk about the end of the game then they can go start a spoilers specific thread please.

Chill homie. Just said I was a little underwhelmed that’s all. Apparently it’s old code anyhow.

“There is a theory whitch states that if anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory that this has already happened.”

Aka. Scott will now just change the rules and end.

...underwhelmed?!? Didn't you see that giant rocket fly over your head putting that shiny sports car in to orbit when you blew reactor 9?? What more do you want man??!

Haha! I’m so confused by launching a car into space not sure of the why.

Did someone say dicks?!

Yes. Yes we did. And we weren't talking about Hilton either!

damnit!

i'm just watching videos and reviews and the game is growing on me like crazy, i think i need one, badly.
the more i watch the more i want one.

few questions;
what's the latest number out?
what's the latest number sold? i saw #301
realistically how long before getting to #305 so i can get ready?

anyone with this game in canada yet? how was shipping?

They are in the mid 70's right now, and around 300~ish sold. You'll need to keep track over the next month or so to see how fast these start cranking out; it looks like Spooky is hitting their stride now.

yeah i think i better make a move now, just sent KT at spooky an e-mail.

Ahem. I assume you meant to type "awesome shaker" and just flubbed it up a bit.

Yeah, think I'll disable the shaker on location and just turn it on for league nights and tournaments.

I've reduced my slings to '6', and the trough kickout to "20". Seems to work fine without banging the ball through the side of the wood on the shooter lane as much. Tried lowering the main flippers but they felt pretty soggy below the default "30". I was surprised to see these are using the same FL-11629 coils as my STTNG used. Of course, STTNG was shooting the ball across a steeper widebody PF and up steep ramps.

...I assume Scott's SW is freq-modulating these down a lot from full power though or those standups would be pulverized in no time.

We have seen this before
Today it is the Falcon Heavy
Back then it was Heavy Metal

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I can’t decide if I should get a shaker or not. I’m generally not a huge fan but for some reason I’m tempted.

go for it dood!

btw when mine arrives come and play it at flipout in croydon.

It's really well integrated in this game. Super spinner is awesome as is the whole reactor-is-critical mode.
I will try it with the shaker disabled and report back, I could see the big bass being almost enough as well, depending.

I am not a shaker fan in general. This is the only game in my collection that has one. The only other game I liked it in was Earthshaker. I had one in Spiderman and saw no use for it there.

Starting up a TNA stream in a few minutes at 7PM EST. Let's blow up some reactors! http://twitch.tv/owlnonymous

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Over already?

Thanks @owlnonymous.

I think I placed my order over the weekend. Not sure what number I am or when I can expect the game. But I am stoked! I played the pin at Alamo Drafthouse in SF and can't wait to own it.

What am I missing?! I’m trying to update to v1.0.6 after downloading the update file. Copied it to a USB thumb drive, booted the machine, inserted the USB into an empty slot behind the back glass and nothing. Tried booting with the USB already inserted, nothing. Tried inserting the USB while booting and nothing.

Is my USB thumb drive too big? 8GB. Wrong format? FAT32. Is it the wrong day of the week? Thursday. I kept the original file name tna-gamecode.pkg

Cheers!

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Try a different USB stick. This seems to be the first issue I have seen with someone trying to update code.

Are you getting anything on the screen at all with the game booted and inserting the USB stick? If not, the USB stick is not being read at all. Try a different one. If it shows the Spooky logo and says that the settings and audits were backed up, that just means it could not find the pkg file.

--Scott

Same here.
Same batch of games.
Having some weird flipper movements too.

I finally got to play. What a refreshment to see a new game like this to appear.
Fantastic package all the way around and a blast to play. Maybe hope to get one
down the road.

My money is on 420. Almost there. Might have to add another 1 in front.

I reckon they may sell over a 1000 but it will take a few years.

Weird flipper stuff happening here also. My initial thoughts were exactly the same - is it intentional like Dialed In. Apparently its not. Did you end up correcting it?