Wisconsin Dells, WI
i am not in front of mine right now, but i believe it comes down from the beacon and goes into the driver board. its a power and ground.
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I received 344 today, and I think it's worth noting that you should try wiping down the playfield and edges of things on the playfield; I keep finding wood fibers and random bits all over the place on there. Better to remove it with a cloth than smash it around with pinballs. 
Quoted from Maide:I received 344 today, and I think it's worth noting that you should try wiping down the playfield and edges of things on the playfield; I keep finding wood fibers and random bits all over the place on there. Better to remove it with a cloth than smash it around with pinballs.
Good to know thanks
Quoted from rai:My question the beacon does not seem to be active, where can I find the beacon test?
My TNA #314 was shipped with the beacon turned off in menu. Could just have been a mistake at factory. Once I saw that and turned it on, no issues.
-Mike
Quoted from Chosen_S:335 was delivered a few days ago... it’s gotta sit in its box awaiting my gameroom... I mean TNA’s house to be finished
Also got an extra playfield to have around
What did the extra playfield set you back?
Quoted from Grizlyrig:My TNA #314 was shipped with the beacon turned off in menu. Could just have been a mistake at factory. Once I saw that and turned it on, no issues.
-Mike
What part of the menu I didn’t see it.
Is there an owners manual?
Quoted from rai:Can someone summarize how to set up co-op or vs mode?
When you start player 1 hold down the button for co-op, when adding player 2 after co-op keep holding to start vs mode, Im pretty sure instructions are in attract mode
Previously loved the Hackers references, recently saw the Goonies references. Thanks small tidbits Scott.
Quoted from Rascal_H:One of these days I’ll get that Super Ramps award.
PM o-din I'm sure he's gotten it by now.
Quoted from rai:What part of the menu I didn’t see it.
Is there an owners manual?
Ah ha, I just looked, it was for attract mode. Sorry, I thought it was for anytime.
-Mike
Quoted from gottafixit:Previously loved the Hackers references, recently saw the Goonies references. Thanks small tidbits Scott.
I'm a little bit sad that I don't get to see most of them anymore. We need a new update.
Quoted from Pinballocd:What did the extra playfield set you back?
Fourfiddy at the time
They have wall hangers for much less
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:Sounds like a washer is binding up on your shooter rod. Try removing the washer that is between the inner (long) spring and the shooter housing.
--Scott
Still felt a little crunchy for me so I bought some other tension springs to play around with.
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Quoted from Jakers:Is there a way to reset all the high scores without doing a full factory reset? I’m not seeing it in the menu. Am I blind?
Will be in the next update. Sorry, was an oversight by me.
--Scott
Shepparton
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:Will be in the next update. Sorry, was an oversight by me.
--Scott
Next update.
I'm liking that
They are mylar meant to be under the star posts. After a while into production, they realized they need to try and add extra protection there because these posts near the lock and scoop take a beating. Spooky sent me some to try and protect the post near the scoop on my that I was worried about playfield damage. They are coming off mine to and I am currently looking for another option to protect those areas
London
Quoted from NeilMcRae:Spooky's Session at Pinball Expo. Was fantastic...
Thanks for posting! I'll have to watch it later.
Quoted from Muskie82:They are mylar meant to be under the star posts. After a while into production, they realized they need to try and add extra protection there because these posts near the lock and scoop take a beating. Spooky sent me some to try and protect the post near the scoop on my that I was worried about playfield damage. They are coming off mine to and I am currently looking for another option to protect those areas
They were put on as a precaution for high impact areas. Feel free to peel them off if you don't want or need them.
Quoted from Rascal_H:I bought some other tension springs to play around with.
Let us know which one you find to work the best!
Quoted from NeilMcRae:Spooky's Session at Pinball Expo. Was fantastic...
Thanks for posting. Very cool. Love the inside stuff on a game I will soon have.
Quoted from Rascal_H:Oh man, my game won’t boot now.
It just cycles the score readouts forever.
Any help?The noise you hear is from my dehumidifier not the game.
Ehh, powering off and on a few times didn’t help... but unplugging the game from the wall and popping it it into a power strip did. I don’t know. Happy to have my game back.
Quoted from Rascal_H:Ehh, powering off and on a few times didn’t help... but unplugging the game from the wall and popping it it into a power strip did. I don’t know. Happy to have my game back.
Check your fuses for your CPU. Just look at the fuses in the game. I had this and I had a coil short that blew a fuse
Quoted from Maide:Any idea what's up with these plastic rings around the feet of all the star posts? All but one of mine are falling off all over the playfield. Are they supposed to be there, or why are they coming off?
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mine had the same issue around the inlanes/slings. I figured they got loose when the factory installed my plastic protectors. I just loosened the plastics and protectors and removed them.
wondering now if I should put more mylar back under them... mine is HUO. so Im not that worried.
IMG_0035 (resized).jpgIMG_0036 (resized).jpgQuoted from SpookyKT:They were put on as a precaution for high impact areas. Feel free to peel them off if you don't want or need them.
It's not necessarily that I don't want them, it's that they've (all but one) bubbled up and are falling off with fewer than 50 plays. Since mine will only ever be HUO while I own it, I don't mind and I will remove the ones that have come up, but if these are designed to address an issue, they're not working too well.
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Thanks for posting - wanted to see this
Quoted from rai:Just set up my TNA #343 looks great and plays fast.
My question the beacon does not seem to be active, where can I find the beacon test? Is it possible that it is not plugged in, when will it normally light up?
Thanks
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you can also just activate the reactor with the glass off and see if it works...i thought mine didnt work but it did
Quoted from xbmanx:you can also just activate the reactor with the glass off and see if it works...i thought mine didnt work but it did
Got it to work, just jiggled the connections but I couldn’t see anything explicitly disconnected.
Calgary, AB
Here’s a tournament related question. It seems the player scores can sometimes glitch out and show all 888888888 or some error code. Seems to be an intermittent problem with this game, which I’ve seen on a few different TNAs.
The scenario in question is in a 4 player group, ball 1... Player 4s score goes glitchy suddenly. The group plays on, immediately on ball 2, player 1 score glitches out. Player 2 and 3 scores never glitch out. Nobody is really sure of player 1 or player 4 scores. Of course we can play to the end and see the scores on the main screen. But how do you gauge how you are playing compared to the unknown scores during the game ?! What would be a proper tournament ruling in this scenario be?
Quoted from JoshODBrown:Here’s a tournament related question. It seems the player scores can sometimes glitch out and show all 888888888 or some error code. Seems to be an intermittent problem with this game, which I’ve seen on a few different TNAs.
The scenario in question is in a 4 player group, ball 1... Player 4s score goes glitchy suddenly. The group plays on, immediately on ball 2, player 1 score glitches out. Player 2 and 3 scores never glitch out. Nobody is really sure of player 1 or player 4 scores. Of course we can play to the end and see the scores on the main screen. But how do you gauge how you are playing compared to the unknown scores during the game ?! What would be a proper tournament ruling in this scenario be?
I would contact spooky support as this is not normal behavior at all.
this might only happen 1 in 100 games maybe, or less. I see it happen occasionally and nobody really makes a big deal out of it. It always seems to correct itself and display the proper scores when the game is over, which leads me to believe it is a software thing potentially, but I am not there watching the game often enough to see if there are patterns that lead up to it. In my experience, when it has happened, it's happening during games with 3 or more players
Other people who have seen it happen on the particular machine I experienced it on last night commented that they have also seen another TNA do it on occasion at another location in town. I've also seen it happen in a tournament in Edmonton, where player 3 score went all 8s until the end of the game. Note that this is happening on location with machines that are on all day and easily see 100+ games played in a day. Maybe home users are not playing them enough to trip across this behavior
Quoted from Maide:It's not necessarily that I don't want them, it's that they've (all but one) bubbled up and are falling off with fewer than 50 plays. Since mine will only ever be HUO while I own it, I don't mind and I will remove the ones that have come up, but if these are designed to address an issue, they're not working too well.
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If someone has another solution to protect this area please let me know. Already losing paint on the playfield. 
Quoted from JoshODBrown:The scenario in question is in a 4 player group, ball 1... Player 4s score goes glitchy suddenly. The group plays on, immediately on ball 2, player 1 score glitches out. Player 2 and 3 scores never glitch out. Nobody is really sure of player 1 or player 4 scores. Of course we can play to the end and see the scores on the main screen. But how do you gauge how you are playing compared to the unknown scores during the game ?! What would be a proper tournament ruling in this scenario be?
I would rule play on, knowing that the scores are recoverable when the game ends. The alternative is to have the player stop, drain their remaining balls and play compensation balls on a fresh game added to the score. As a player, I would rather keep my progress and stay in the live game (due to things like lock stealing).
Quoted from Rascal_H:If someone has another solution to protect this area please let me know. Already losing paint on the playfield.
Can you post a pic?
Got my TNA (sn: 430) last week and now temporarily abandoned my other machines! TNA is a brilliant game, although infuriating to say the least. I've got it set to a five-ball game and still haven't got passed destroying reactor 4. Looking forward to some real progress on that...
IMG_8462 (resized).JPGIMG_8496 (resized).JPGQuoted from Rascal_H:If someone has another solution to protect this area please let me know. Already losing paint on the playfield.
You are already through the clearcoat and into paint?
-Mike
Quoted from Rascal_H:If someone has another solution to protect this area please let me know. Already losing paint on the playfield.
Here ya go. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/playfield-protectors-tna-playfield-protectors-now-available
Quoted from Grizlyrig:You are already through the clearcoat and into paint?
-Mike
Quoted from NeilMcRae:rascal_h i'd really like to see a picture of that so I can figure out a solution before it happens to mine. thanks.
Neil.
There shouldn’t be white in front of this post, correct? From all the pictures I can find it’s solid black in this area.The post on the other side looks like the art is raised slightly in front of the post. If I had to guess it’s not so much from ball impact as it is tightening down the star post really hard... maybe on a playfield that wasn’t fully cured? I’m no expert... just kinda sucks.
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