I'm still enjoying the hell out of mine. Not even remotely getting tired of it yet. Still the most played pin in my collection.

Yesterday I had started all the modes, simply needed to time out the last one and could have started Escape Terminus...then I drained from the damn Crossbow of all things.

What kind of pitch you guys going with on this pin?

6.5 to 7 for me. I like it FAST!

So true for me too.

I've been negligent on a detailed pitch measurement for my machine.. Mine is perfectly middle bubble on the OEM measurement. But it is better to self measure the pf. Not that eskaybee would not know that. .

All he does is play them and beat them, I don't think he levels shit. Once I heard he made it to the wizard mode on his Xmen and beat it with one front leg and one back leg missing from the machine

I'm at 6.6

If you go too steep, I would think the right ramp would get harder to make. So many times that ball just barely creeps over the crest to make it all the way around...

Plus 1 no airballs since i got the barn works perfectly

I just checked my audits since the newest update, only 88 plays

Been busy working a bunch lately, I do like the game a smidgen more with the updates, did a little more manhandling to keep the ball out the side drains tonight, great game all the way around.

Did I post my sweet TWD gulp in this thread? I dunno, here it is, sorry if its a dup....

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So unlike what Spiderman was like, you dont need to go as far as having to remove the coin door interlock to get the playfield out of a Walking Dead pro?

The pro had 2 latches inside the coin door with one to the right and the other to the left in the corners. Then you can close the coin door and lift the lock down bar and take glass off. And bring the pf up on its pegs.

Shut the front door! Where the hell did you get that? I NEED one!

Trilogybeer made it. Best custom gulps ever, the clearcoat on it is better than my twd playfield

What I mean is taking the playfield out of the cabinet completely. On a whitestar and WPC it was simple once the connectors in the backbox were removed. On Spiderman and WPT both wire looms were connected to the playfield, interconnected with each other which means a lot more work to remove the playfields from the cabinet. Just wondering if TWD pro is like the former or latter.

Can you post a picture of this?

Just picked up a TWD pro recently. I was not a fan of the game when it first came out with early code. Got this one all leveled and updated the code. Damn! I was way wrong. This game is awesome! Glad I gave it a second try.

Here's a fuzzy shit picture. Lol. Better than no pic I guess.

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Congrats welcome to the club

Same here - picked up a TWDLE last week. I wasn't impressed when it was released, but after the code update and actor voice additions,this game is soooo much better. It's really the full package now - in the top 5 Sterns IMO!

Damn thing kicked my Ass all night long!

Now Im fighting mad, and trying to get Crossbow Multiball!

...at one point, with Tunnel, and a few modes/multikills going, my wife came over, and said....Ive never seen it
play that way......!! Gosh, this takes modes to a different thrill level!

Anyone else find the crossbow much harder to aim than the AC/DC Cannon? Seems like I have to aim ahead of where I think the ball is going to shoot. I think I have it down now, but it was certainly tougher to get used to than the AC/DC cannon.

So the xbow is complete trash. Really about to start calling this pin the walking avengers. Hopefully some can help out.

Sometimes the bow motor goes out like it should. Other times it tries to close like it didn't do its full rotation last time and a fraction as it's about to release it stops, immediately ends xbow mode then motor runs as it should.

I've gone into switch test menu and there's 3 switches; xbow eject (ball locator switch), xbow home switch and xbow marker switch which these 2 indicate if the bow is home or out. All switches work fine; I've tried making them more sensitive, less sensitive. I've tried using a ball, using my fingers and the symptoms appear all the same. Works first few times then then the motor tries to go into the home position when it's already home and stutter steps in which sometimes it'll pause and other times continue the rotation.

Any ideas?

Well just after posting this I decided to make the home switch trigger super early and not so easy to go to the open position cause when the xbow starts the shaker motor goes off and the vibration may have been causing the issue. Who knows. Hopefully this is the fix but the last three times I thought I had it working it broke 10 games later. Crossing fingers.

Damn it. I knew I should have asked him if he had done one for TWD when I talked to him about the Road Case one. I'm sure he'd kill an LE styled one too.

In your issue, is the ball loading what appears to be normally, but then it seems to hesitate before it goes out?
I get this on occasion and my least favorite part is it fires the ball and it bangs on the PDI glass. Hasn't happened recently but it's unbelievably annoying and I can't seem to figure out what the issue is.

He made one a long time ago for the LE, had the crosses on it. PBL use to sell it, I'll dig up a pic of it

In this case I meant for my TWD LE. I think I've seen the Met one, never knew it was his work. Should have guessed after seeing your Road Case.

I installed the Mezel bow (nice) and was left with a bow that didn't operate correctly. After lubricating the bow metal parts with white lithium grease like you would use on garage door rollers everything is smooth as butter now, no hang ups, no issues.

Hope that can help anyone with hangups with the swing out mechanism.

Similar but sometimes mine wouldn't even come out or fire and I'd have to take the glass off to fix.

This latest fix of making the home position switch trigger sooner and staying closed longer has vastly improved. 4 games and approximately 10/10 on xbow. So you may want to try that switch. I used the leaf adjusting tool from pinball life: http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1518

Also, make sure your left apron score card isn't poking out enough to keep the crossbow from seating all the way back. Mine was driving me crazy until I saw my custom score cards protruding just enough to cause the problem.

Update?

I think you told me it turned out to be the switch that recognized the ball, not the home switch?

And like any great pin it absolutely punishes you if you miss shots by a hair.

It's all I play these days as well.

Almost a year now for me with this pin.

So far so good. But it was the home switch.....

About 20 for 20 now with successful xbow operation.

Yes the left stock card that came with my LE had that corner already cut off.

The most frustrating one for me is the missed Woodbury shot that ricochets off the blue rubber and flies straight down the left outlane ...

Well boys, finally got my pins setup and running after modding + tweaking this weekend.

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324 mil on factory settings with outlanes in so far.

And while TWD is one of the best pins I've played, it's all very similar to Avengers with how finicky it is to get tuned and working. I never thought Lyman could top ACDC rules, but I think he had with TWD. What say you?

Scratch that. Just did this! Lol.

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Still having issues with the xbow. Might need a new switch but if i know it's gonna mess up and I double flip the left flipper it'll run as normal.

IMO TWD is the most immersive pin Stern has ever made!

Try this out for fun ->>> Play sitting on a short/medium stool -> this gives you a view from a different angle which makes the game feel even more immersive! There's more glare from the backglass, but it's a blast.

Lyman has created another masterpiece.

I personally like the layout much better than Ac/dc, it never gets repetitive or boring to me, unique and different shots to me from any other pin.

And it's much more challenging than Ac/dc with tighter shots, although I still love it too!

Blasphemy!

Lets face it my fellow pinheads twd is the no 1 pin in the world right know 9 20 2015 we know it but the world is late

Well you guys have pretty much made up my mind for me....I believe I'll be snatching up a premium in the near future. I've been wanting TWD pretty much since it came out, and now with the recent code update, voice-overs, mods and everyone's comments I don't think I can hold off much longer.

It's like not asking out an attractive woman because you fear it won't last (again), and you'll just end up broke and unhappy (again). But sometimes you just need to take a chance and relieve the *stress* of not having something new to play with.

You guys get me!

Yup, and this Gal Bites!

I thought people were tripping when they said to avoid sdtm shots from the prison magnet you just double flip cancel the animation sequence. But sure as hell it works! When i do the double flipper the magnet usually sends the ball a bit to the right or left and sometimes it flings the living piss out of the ball. Makes me wonder why Lyman cant program it to do that when the sequence finishes?

Has anyone done an alternate translite for the premium?

Do pro owners care about the GI lightshow that they could get in the premium? I honestly can't find any video of the new code in the premium that contains said lightshow. All video I have seen has zero GI effects, even though there are three strings of coloured GI like in Met and ACDC premiums.
I will replicate it like I have for those other two pros if there is enough interest from pro owners.

Let me know if you want one and I will make a video for you. But don't get too ahead of yourself, you still need to do Xmen and Tron first!!!

Haha. I know I know. But I can do it fast now that I have a bit of practice. I can do all three. So how about a video?

I sent a query to Stern about this and they said it's the first time they heard about it. Everyone should call support and let them know the right ramp doesn't hold the ball. Last night I hit the Arena ramp and the ball flew off and hot the BG ramp and came back to me from the BG entrance. It's crazy.

It only happens on the combo never when you shoot for the right ramp in any other situation.

Ok uploading the video now. I will post it when uploading is complete.

Ok, here is the video. It is my son playing and he doesn't enjoy playing pinball (would rather play Playstation or his handheld games) so he didn't start any modes for you to see the lighting in each mode but he did start two multiballs so hopefully that will be enough to give you an idea of the lighting. (also make sure you watch in 1080p HD)

Thankfully, I have not had any air ball issues on the right ramp. My two biggest issues I've had with TWD is the xbow works intermittently and the zombie in the prison doesn't always register. I haven't tried tweaking the zombie yet, but the xbow has been a bitch! Stern is sending me new switches but u fear that's not the issue. I thought I had the issue resolved and it worked 99% flawless since Sunday night until today! Just as I was beginning to fall in love with the xbow shot, wham! Issues again where the motor starts then stops a second later and does nothing til it's time to ball search.

Other than those 2 issues, this is a great pin! But holy hell im having flashbacks of the avengers tweaking and tuning days