Hey all. Total Pinhead newb here. But my first pin finally arrived today. My brand new TWD pro.

The installers really werent much help for me so i have some questions. Ive read the 1st 5 pages of this thread and then since page 40 to here. So ive gotten some bits and pieces of info. However hard to connect the dots until i finally got my pin. So here it goes

1.) I believe my installer set the game to 5 balls per game. Is this standard for you guys and the scores ive seen posted. Or is 3 where it needs to be. If so What menu do i go in to change this back to 3.

2.) My game has preinstalled high scores. I believe starting at 25mil. Is this normal? Can i change this?

3.) How many high scores does the game hold? Are 3 initials the only option?

4.) Angles. Ive also seen 6.8-7.0 degrees is the ideal set up. Its currently level inbetween the lines in the bubble. How do i know how much to raise the rear legs to get to the desired degree. Do you guys use a tool to measure the degrees?

5.) The knocker is somewhat annoying. Im not exactly sure what its for. I saw somewhere int he manual i can turn its volume down?

6.) Are there any other standard settings i should know about?

7.) Does the pro have last man standing mode or is that only Prem/LE? I hope i dont regret not getting a Prem/LE.

8.) My first mod i bought is underglow lighting which did not come with instructions. There is a plug inside the coin door to the right of the machine that looks like this would plug into. However how i get the wire inside the machine? Is there a general access hole?

Im sure i will have a many more but thats it for now. Thanks for any help in advance. I cant wait to get home and start playing!

lol thats what i thought i will be sure to change it to 3 balls promptly. lol and ty for the angle measuring device.

Thank you so much. Again sorry for the newbish questions. Excited to be part of the club. Ill take some pictures tonight to post up.

Oh also what about the code. How do i tell if mine has the latest update?

Very cool. Ill have to make a trip to spencers sometime soon.

My very first pin. But heres my current set up and loving it so far.

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Oh im already starting a wish list. lol. Its definitely addicting. But tyvm

Ok all i have a major dilemma. I just got my TWD and had a few friends over the weekend to hang out. One guy got on the machine and just played it most of the night. A good 3 hours. I had the highscore 77 million. (Pathetic i know) But i just got it a few days ago. (My first pin) Anyways i wasnt worried about anyone beating my score. Right at the end of the night his previous highscore was 40 million and he only hit that once. But then he got lucky as hell and posted a 112 million to top me. I can not let this stand. lol I spent 2 hours straight last night attempting to beat this. I was pretty confident i would in a few tries however best i did was 90 something a couple of times.

What happened to me a shit ton last night was terrible 1st balls. I felt like the game had it out for me. Multiple times my 1st ball would only be a few million. So i have a few questions.

1.) Does the 1st ball early deaths tend to be a trend for anyone else or is this just me being terrible. Also whats the proper way to restart after a terrible first ball. I would just shut the power switch off and back on.

2.) In my previous reading high scores is all about bloodbath. However i spent a lot of time last night just trying to hit those targets only and not one time did i ever get there without dying. do BB targets count during a multiball?

3.) Are there any strategies like for example try to hit the well walker from the left paddle only? Also a trick to hit woodburry ? Its sucha hard shot from the left paddle i very rarely have hit it aside from just being lucky not even trying to hit it.

4.) Im also assuming the longer a multiball mode goes the more points you get. So a major strat would be to have it last as long as possible. Do you guys try to hold the balls for more accurate shots. (Seems dangerous) Or just try to paddle them around towards the ramps. During both well walker and prison multiballs. Are the main targets the ramps and BB targets? Well walker and prison are both kind of dead targets right?

Thanks for any tips to help me regain my top score.

What is PBR? Machine looks awesome with the mods. Gratz

Thank you i found the rule sheet PDF that someone posted in a previous post. That helped quite a bit. Once the extra ball at woodburry is lit do you guys really go for it or is it kind of if it happens great kind of thing? It seems like a dangerous shot to attempt over and over again.

But reading that rule sheet has helped me quite a bit. i need to study that thing. I plan on playing tonight after work. Ill update you guys if i regained dominance on my own machine. lol

UPDATE!}}}}Oh hell yeah regained domination on my machine! I was happy with it. Only took me a couple hours after i studied the rule sheet pdf. I finally hit BB Even though i only got 28mil out of it. But i was one wep away from reaching HORDE mode at the end.

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Looks amazing. Is the topper lights just on a loop or are they wired to light with specific objects hit. I like this much better then the fishtank. Bravo!

Good to know thnx for sharing.

So quick Newb Question. My friend outscored me again.. But i noticed hes shaking the crap out of the machine while he plays. Ive shaken some. But i mean if he plays for 1 hour the Warning sound pops off 50 times during that hour. Is this bad for the machine. My machine is on carpet. Should i get those slider pads to put underneath the legs. Or is this completely fine. ?

Thanks guys. Thats what i thought. I just thought he might going crazy with it. Maybe i should tighten it on him. Hes logged more hours on my machine than me. probably 14 hrs compared to my 3 hours. But just this past weekend he managed to smoke my 329mill. And posted up a 744 mill score on me. I was wondering how in the hell he did it. Im pretty sure the massive nudging hes doing now is the answer. Ive got to practice that if i have a chance at his score.

See this is why i was thinking of getting felt sliders for under the feet. Cause mine is on carpet. The feet arent moving at all. Im worried about the arms busting out of the bolts to the box. Hes shaked it so much already the front right arm squeaks at the bolts to the box now when you shake it even a little.

Damn fucker has already posted that score. Ive studied that rule sheet pdf for about 30 minutes now. It seems so damn confusing. So much to remember. What each mode does. Then when to hit what certain ramp. Im struggling to find a strat that seems best to start out at. Like start a dead mode first then while thats going do you try to get multi ball or try to hit the ramps for the mode your in before the time runs out on the mode. Then in the intensity of the game. trying to remember all this stuff. Maybe i just need more play time. Currently i havent memorized what a single mode does.

Yesterday i played for a quick half hour. Got to BB for only my 3rd time. on my 2nd ball. Had a prison multi and a well multi before that. Kept the balls up for a decent amount of time. But 2nd ball ended and i check the score and only 67 mill. I was like WTF> I did all that and only 67 mill. Ended that whole whole game with a pathetic 78mill. Frustrating and fun all at the same time. Its going to take a hell of a game to beat his 700 and something mil. Ive had multiple 175mill games and only one 327mill game. Hes the same way. He has 1 200+ mill game then his 700 mill+ game. Lucky as hell.

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Wow great score. What are outlane posts! >/

I typically just give the machine a little shimmy side to side when the ball is getting ready to fire. That solved the issue of firing down the middle.

So i have a controversial high Score on my machine that was put up a few weeks ago while no witnesses were around of 797 million. I strongly suspect because i have never seen this person score higher than 150 million that he grabbed the manual and switched the balls per game to 10 balls per game. Theres many other factors as to why its very suspect. A few are as follows. This person has only played pinball a handful of times in his entire life, He only logged about 50 games on TWD when he got the score, Also has basically no idea how the code works on the game other than prison multiball and WW Multiball, and hit ramps to kill walkers.

Im wondering if there is a way i can prove his score is not legit by going through the menu. Or do i just have to live with him calling himself champ everytime pinball is mentioned. lol Yes im a bit salty but im fully convinced he cheated. lol

Its set to the latest code. And default settings other than that. And yeah hes grand champ.

But he didnt score over 50 million in horde that highscore is still default. He did hit a X-multi shot worth 98 million. he has that record as well.

default settings though so 3 ball game. My thought is he messed with settings (Most likely 10 ball games) Got a high score. then changed settings back.

I thought i had read somewhere that you could break down a highscores game. Something like highlights of the game. And thought i may be able to prove there was trickery somewhere in it. lol

So what would you expect to pay for a new premium and what is the best place to buy from. I dont think i got the best deal on mine when i got my pro. Kind of a impulse buy.

from my experience The bubble is touching the top line or just past when at or slightly above 7 degrees. I recently got a gauge so i could tell exactly. And i lowered mine to about 6.5. Measuring from the middle of the playfield. However i may raise it again. Ive been getting balls flying over my paddles off the slingshots.

Yeah im champoin of BB And also champion of most modes. Somebody just said theres a setting where you can change every shot to kill a walker. Thats what he might have done. Because he does hold the walkers killed champion with a whopping 134. changing to 10 ball and with that setting as well. Now im starting to see how he did it. Chances of him as a extreme novice legit scoring 134 walkers is basically non existent.

Gratz all the mods look great. Whats the little house?

i left mine unmodded and found if you give the machine a nudge right as it is exiting the pops there. Most of the time it is just fine.

Ok so question on how to install one of my first mods. Ive never messed with modding a machine before. But people i bought it from said it was very easy. I got a zombie head launcher to replace just the chrome ball. It only came with the rod. They said its a direct replacement of the chrome ball and rod. Any quick DIY tips to throw in before i tackle this.

I looked at the outside briefly but saw no rubber tip. Im assuming you mean on the inside of the machine. ?

BTW thanks for the quick tips. Hopefully ill get to it tonight.

This^^^^

So i decided to upgrade my membership to the TWD Premium Club. I braved a winter storm last night for 7 hour drive 30mph on the highway and howling winds. Just so i could have it for the weekend. Pics incoming. Got my first game in on it after set up and wow. The light show alone is worth the upgrade.

PS ---Any helpful hints on scoring. Like how to use walker bombs. How you get walker bombs. And how many you get etc. Also where to shoot the crossbow>?

on my new premium my prison doors are taking about 4-5 shots to activate. i believe they needed adjusted somehow. ill hit them and nothing. then hit them nothing. then maybe on the third hit they respond.

anyone had to adjust them and how>?

ugggh i was hoping it was a bit easier. so theres some sort of laser beam thats in front of the doors and thats the trigger>? Its not mechanical.

btw my game is new out of box so id assume it has no cliffy type protector.

PS. i would assume i need the protector for the bicycle girl ramp>? Maybe even the light as well for the bicycle girl. But i havent found the vendor that seels those.

the bicycle girl ramp protector is a must mod right>? does one just pm "Cliffy"

ive noticed something else with my new premium. Sometime when i plunge the ball never makes it up to the skill shot area. It ricochetes into the pops. my pro machine never had this issue. Any ideas on what i need to adjust>?

same auto plunge is just fine. Ill dig into it tonight and check the tip of the manual plunger like suggested.

Agreed that painted WW looks dope.

However i was unable to find a solution to the plunge problem either. While i was tinkering with it, i could only see maybe figuring out a way to bend that lane guide a bit like said above might be the only solution.

Alright I have had my TWD premium for awhile now. Ive never tried to address this frustrating issue ive had out of the box.

#1 The skill shot plunge. about 75% of the time my plunge gets hung up in the pop bumbers. Never makes it to the inlanes. I havent really tried anything. The plunger appears to be alligned correctly. I guess i could attempt to bend the lane guides in the shooter lane. Mianly curious if this problem has popped up already in this thread.

#2 My crossbow only rotates halfway. Then returns.

So long shot

But i screwed up a color dmd install on my machine. Installed the ribbon cable backwards and also wrong power source. I know im stupid.

The ribbon cable sparked and smoked i switched the machine back off after 1-2 seconds once i saw the spark.

I installed a new ribbon cable and the dmd correctly.

And the machine wont boot. When switched on now the top left board lights up. Accessory power items light up. (Speaker lights and under cab lights) But the only play field lights are the two tiny red lights right in front of the Prison.

Just wanted to ask here before i sent the cpu board out for repair.

Maybe theres something else i should here first. I checked the fuses on the top left board as well. While they were in the machine though.