Haven't seen #1. #2 I've seen and it is kind of annoying. #3 is a known bug, hope they fix it soon. Can't comment on #4 as my game isn't on free play.

The only one of these issues that I've had is #3, the ball getting stuck behind the castle doors, but I believe this was resolved with 1.14 - I haven't seen it since. Maybe try re-installing 1.18 and see if any of the issues go away? If not call JJP tech support, they'll help you with your game's issues.

I've been running 1.18 since it came out. I've not seen #1. Definetly seen #2 (anoying is correct), #3 yes I've seen and as has been said known issue. I've not seen #4 either. That one you may want to check the menus when it acts up and see if it still says free play.

Cheers

Weird.. haven't had those issues... yet.
First of all for sure let Alex, know.. write up a ticket.. and maybe also email Lloyd or call him.

Never heard of this before. The already-captured ball is supposed to be ejected on the other ball's way up. Will look into it.

This is probably due to hitting a flipper when the ball was in the shooter lane. It's a bug that's already been corrected for the next version.

This obviously shouldn't happen but I'll doublecheck the kickout code to make sure it's always trying to open the door correctly.

Never heard of this before either. Will double-check the logic here.

TVP, the previous post is the man, or one of, writing the code. You cannot get the answer from a better place.

I know when this has happened to me (ball search and launch from shooter lane) nobody has been near the game, we were standing and talking.

Check fuse F711 - "20V Coils/Motors (BLU) - Castle Single Door Motor, Castle Double Doors Motors (Left & Right)"

If that is bad, your door will not open.

Is the Witch Hurry Up already programmed? I did not get them. When I start the witch it goes up and with the next hit it goes down and nothing happens.

Regards,
Mirco

The problem is not that the doors will not open. The problem is the doors open after the ball has been kicked from the saucer, and they knock the ball back into the saucer.

The problem is like this. 1) A ball gets snuck behind the castle doors when they are closed, but the ball is NOT in the saucer. 2) The game does a ball search and opens the doors first. 3) The doors knock the ball back into the saucer then close, the saucer ejects the ball behind the closed doors. 4) Game still can't find the ball (they are still stuck behind the doors). Go back to #2 above and repeat until the game gives up and launches a chase ball.

So the ball never gets cleared from behind the castle because the doors keep knocking the ball back into the saucer.

Sounds like for a ball search, the doors should be opened and stay open and then the saucer should eject... and then the doors should shut.

This has happened to me twice now. I had to take the glass off to clear it out I believe on both occasions. I think if you can add more time to the castle door clear timer that would fix this issue. It probably needs at least another 2-3 seconds to ensure it does not push the ball back up into the VUK.

Cheers

If it is contacting you can insulate it with, say, a little piece of electrical tape.

I found that the single castle door motor has a wiring problem that is intermittent. Sometimes it works in coil test and sometimes it doesn't. Looks like the motor wiring terminal is resting on the left orbit rail/wall and moving the motor with finger will allow coil test to fire the motor. I wonder if it is grounding out. I guess I'll have remove castle playfield and see if I can create a gap.

Simply insulate the lug/connection point with heat shrink tubing.

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Hello, a little anger against the woz.
Since the beginning, I have a lot of bugs (like everyone else but some prefer not to talk about): sound, LEDs, gameplay,,,,,,
Often bugs have been fixed (jjp people are very helpful and professional).
But then with 1.18 code, I have a lot of bugs and I do not understand why a small update has been made ​​to solve the problems:
- The scene "there no place" starts very often alone
- The stage of the wizard does not appear once in two
- I had the winning horses for no reason
- Coils of sligshoots have less power
- The ramp which releases a ball from time to time

I explained my problems with tickets but I never answer.

Yeah, join the club. Ticket #406-My playfield looks horrible with major planking. (on an LE mind you.) What are you going to do about it? Well no response for awhile now. It would be nice if they could at least figure out the ball search so we don't have to constantly remove the glass.

Funny, you have an almost identical set of complaints as this fellow: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/woz-118-online/page/6#post-1053700

1) More than likely you have an oversensitive switch in the There's No Place Like Home targets or outlane switch.

2) Not sure what you mean here.

3) Not quite sure what you mean here.

4) Increase them? Most people are more than fine with the default setting of 4, but they go a lot higher.

5) Check your incline and make sure the meachnisms aren't binding. Now and again, it seems normal for it to occasionally release two balls accidentally, especially if the ramp shot had a lot of speed to it. If either of those balls goes back up the ramp, the game re-locks them.

Mine shipped with 1.17 2.5 weeks ago, even though I believe 1.18 was available before then. I've kept it at 1.17 since I was reading about some frustrating bugs with 1.18. There are still some things happening, like getting ball behind castle doors that eventually is released, but overall I think 1.17 has less things happening. I won't update until the next one comes out. I'm hoping that the next update will fix many of the current issues plus add some more to the modes. I'm having fun with the gameplay as is, and it excites me to see that there's a lot of the rules on the progression map still to come.

As far as planking, I have no issues there at all. The only things I've had to do playfield-wise is just to tighten a popbumper and a switch under the Winkie guard target. It is an extremely well-made machine. Much better quality out-of-the-box than any other NIB experience I've had.

My switches works fine.
When I put the 1.16 code, all is well.
1.18 code is bugged.

And yet other people with 1.18 are not experiencing what you are experiencing, and it has nothing to do with "not wanting to talk about it". Perhaps your download was corrupt - that has messed a few people up.

I don't know if 1.18 added any new bugs, there are bugs and I'm confident JJP will fix them. Look at the changes in the code from 1.16, its hardly any additions with only a handful of fixes. Check it here: http://support.jerseyjackpinball.com/downloads/woz/changelog.txt

I would recommend trying to keep up to the latest if you currently have the game. That way you can let them know if you run into something you feel is a bug or even a new feature you would like to see with very little downside.

Cheers

I heard the same things about early 1.18 downloads. I would estimate that the next release is coming sometime next week. The last two updates were around 30-35 days a part so next week would be that time frame again

I'm waiting for the update to fix my crappy planked playfield So far no response.

Awesome good job!

I have had 1.18 for 4 weeks and no sign of any of these issues so its not down to the code

+1
Any ideas?

It's not planking. Do you see cracks and lines of bare wood breaking up the playfield artwork? No? Then it's not planking. But you knew that already.

and so did everyone else that abandoned the topic days ago...sheesh.