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Total Nuclear Annihilation
Spooky Pinball, 2017-
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Spooky Pinball, 2022
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Recently joined the club... I love this game.
Question do you have a pad of black foam under your left scoop ?
I can hit this shot but ball never drops left or right flipper what seems to be right on the money.
Only way it drops is coming out of reactor or a floater that rolls in there.
Wondering if it’s something that was added by previous owner and why.
Quoted from tomdotcom:They would have added it to try and make the ball go in the scoop better. The scoop is notorious for rejects. I always just fire the ball up the left orbit into the reactor when possible, and let it drop in from above...
Thank you
3 weeks later
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:These are the stock ones:
https://www.pinballlife.com/perfectplay-1-116-thin-stern-compatible-rubber-post-sleeve.html
--Scott
Thanks Scott !!! I ordered the wrong ones !!
I can tell you my family has gotten into pinball over last two years... bk3, wonka, jp3, then TNA. Dispute my kids skepticism at first they love TNA! It’s their most played game !! We cannot wait to get Rick and Morty !!
Appreciate all the great stuff you do for the community!
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:Turn the volume on the monitor WAAAYYY down. The monitor acts as a pre-amp for the main amplifier and I bet your new monitor controller board is set at 100% volume. Turn that to 20% and reset your amp settings to your liking.
--Scott
Thank you sir !
Tried that helped was at 50 dropped to 20 but then after several games it happened Again and I started getting weird sounds during the rumbling times. Sound like when you plug in headphones and What is happening is the 3.5 jack seems to be loose and that is no bueno. So ordered a replacement to try to swap that out and give it a try.
If that doesn’t work I’ll try an HDMI audio extractor and break out to 3.5 before the monitor is involved.
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:You could also get a 3.5mm to RCA cable. The RCA jacks hold tighter to the amp than the 3.5mm I have found over time.
--Scott
Switched the vga controller... it still farted ... even at low volume. I tried my idea on the hdmi extractor, still farted at me... switched to the 3.5 to rca and so far so good.
Thank you Scott !
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2 weeks later
Quoted from joelbob:Hmmmmm. I like this. I wonder if you could link it to the start reactor light somehow so it isn’t always lit.
Good idea. I just put it into the accessory psw board. However if it could tie it to start reactor + active rea tor that would be cool.
Its been surprising so far how cool it loos with rest of light show as its always changing color and so is the play field.
It looks cool always but randomly seems to match more than it should which is also cool
So fwiw I used a comet slow charger light... it always on and slow rotating color... I like it. Also I am going to try the integrated one once I do the drop target update next week.
That said I just wire tied the light to the scoop. Will get you a picture asap tomorrow
1 month later
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:Hi everyone, good morning.
OK, here are some follow-ups to some things posted above.
RGB Clear Drops:
So it was only a matter of time before someone figured this out!! HAHA! Awesome. I was planning on making a kit with all the components needed to install these along with instructions. The hold-up right now is I need to make this a fool-proof install as it is not a simple mod installation. This is going to require skill to replace the drop targets, route wires, and screw new holes in the bottom of the playfield to mount the lights. I am actively working on this to come up with the easiest way possible to install and prep the kits.
If you feel inclined to just do this yourself now, below is the list of what you will need. I used these exact parts on my machine.
1x - RGB Harness: https://www.pinballlife.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PBL-600-0274-00
3x - RGB Insert Lights: https://www.pinballlife.com/p3-roc-single-rgb-insert-led-pcb-assembly.html
3x - Frosted Drop Targets: https://www.pinballlife.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PBL-300-0021-00-71
3x - 3/8 Hex Screw: https://www.pinballlife.com/6-x-38-unslotted-hex-head-screw.html
3x - 3/8 OD Rubber: https://www.pinballlife.com/38-od-black-mini-post-rubber.html
1x - Pack of Zip Ties (optional): https://www.pinballlife.com/4-nylon-cable-zip-ties-pack-of-25.html
Super basic installation instructions:
1. Turn off machine and raise playfield.
2. Replace all 3 drop targets with clear ones.
3. Plug in rainbow cable to the only open slot on one of the green PD-LED boards (visually match orientation from one of the other boards).
4. Plug in RGB Insert Lights into the first 3 positions of the rainbow cable harness (verify by carefully powering on machine and once in attract mode they should all 3 start flashing. If one stays white, it is in the wrong spot. If they do not light up, they are plugged in reverse.).
5. Screw down the RGB lights behind the clear drops pointing up at them, but not interfering physically with the drop. Use the little rubber between the light and the playfield.
6. Route the rainbow cable carefully using zip ties away from anything that could snag them mechanically.
7. Power on machine and in attract mode, make sure the lights are hooked up in the proper orientation. The lightshows will make it obvious if they need the cables swapped around (easy fix). LED test also helps too.
That should be it, but I do want to assemble proper instructions with pictures and make a one product kit to help make it as easy and self explanatory as possible.
The Scoop Error:
The code in this game will do what it can to prevent the scoop from firing if a drop target is up. This is great, but if you have a flaky drop switch, this can cause the ball to get stuck in the scoop. Another way the ball can get stuck in the scoop is if the scoop opto is not functioning properly. Check all of these things and you should be good to go. I would hate to have to remove the scoop safety check, but if this keeps happening, I may have to do something different to deal with it.
--Scott
Ok all... I bought this drop target list of stuff... did the upgrades all was good until the last step. Only 2 of 3 lights actually light up. One slot is dead the other will light white but note the colors when I flip it around.
Is it possible I have a bad ribbon cable ? What else could I try ?
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1 year later
Quoted from TheNoTrashCougar:I will look into this as I know a bunch of people want then for the first run machines as well. They are amazing looking on this machine. I have a set on mine, and I also accidentally scratched them. We will need to make protectors for these too.
No clue yet. But not 10k... yikes. Spooky will ultimately come up with the MSRP for this including how many they are going to make for this re-run.
--Scott
Thanks Scott…. That would be awesome !
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