That's what I'm asking, why is all that is released are “basic" rules?

I understand your desire to want to know all the rules and nuances of a game. I'm the same way -- you'll see me frequently in rules discussion threads.

But I'm glad Stern doesn't publish the rules when the games are released, or after updating. Part of the fun is discovering the rules while playing the game, and then discussing it with others or watching others discover/use rule nuances of which you weren't aware.

Further, if you're a business/manufacturer, and your customer base already has an established community that documents/discusses the rules (albeit sometimes disjointed and difficult to see them all in one place), would you want to have employees spend time ($$$) producing a rule sheet?

The disjointed nature of various aspects of the rules being contained in different resources/threads also supports players primarily learning the rules as they play, and only using the interwebs to supplement that learning.

Last, PAPA / pinball.org / pinballnews.com already do a very good job of publishing gameplay/rules/video/commentary on all new games. Even the commentary of tournament videos -- while not formally "tutorials" -- contain nuggets of wisdom on how to play the game and/or how to play the game in a competitive setting.

The programmer already does this,right?

Nor is a rulesheet (or video tutorial) a replacement for playing a game.
I don't really see anything that important that can't be figured out through play.
Except song bonus, and that is covered already.
What do you really want to know?
VIP? Add-a-Ball?
Or do you just want to know about Encore?
I heard Lyman mention that he planned to do a rulesheet for this game (when finished), but that was some time ago, and he may be too busy programming all sterns games to do that now.
Play On!

If you're averaging under a minute ball times, even on a pro, a rulesheet ain't gonna help. AC/DC is littered with sucker shots. If you haven't learned those yet, learning the rules isn't going to help. Get your ball times up, then look at the rules.

I don't think an AC/DC rulesheet will be as helpful as say the TSPP rulesheet. Even if Bowen writes it. He's an awesome writer, but the nature of the game is very different than TSPP. Learning the rules on AC/DC won't be as advantageous as learning the rules on TSPP. Part of this is longer ball times on TSPP, but still, two very different beasts. I don't recommend anyone starts placing any bets based on any upcoming rulesheet.

Well, good luck with the rulesheet fund.
In the meantime, just try different strategies and try to find one that works for you to get higher scores.
Lots of different players use different strats. when playing AC/DC, but they all kinda lead to the same thing, big song jackpots and kicking it's ass!
When the rules come out, you may then feel tied to a way of playing the game that might not really be your style, and results in lower scores.
Wouldn't that be a kick in the pinballs?

Seems like we all just need to take up a collection & send it to KME for a add on or disc 2 to pinball 102 exclusively dedicated to ACDC. I'd love to have seen the rest of that 1.4 bil ball 1 game.

Having a rulesheet simply to have better scores isn't the point. Pinball will continue to alienate new players as long as there exists a steep learning curve, why make it even steeper? You wouldn't suggest publishing zero rules for a game and telling people to just pay attention to the lights and sounds and figure it out because it's more fun that way

The programmers certainly have the rules recorded, though perhaps not in a nice format ready for public consumption. I think the reason we don't have them available is because the manufacturer's market is the operators not home users, and operators aren't pushing for lists of rules.