20 hours 40 minutes for me.

Not happening.

Hope everyone has a great time !

LTG : )

What happened to updates via Internet? That was a great feature!!!

I know Stern doesn't do it, but they should! Everyone should, by now. C'mon guys, its 2013 for crying out loud..! Even the thermostat in my house connects to the Internet to get the weather for my area so it knows how to heal/cool my home.

Every other piece of new technology does this, why not shiny new pins?!?

I believe this has been covered before, initially updates will be done via usb and later on the games will be able to use Ethernet or wifi. Wifi will be an add-on because there would be additional certification (FCC?) needed and it will allow for better flexibility and compatibility with wireless access points.

The rate this thing is receiving updates is staggering... things like the start animation, is JP still working on those or are the assets completed and Keith is just tying them into the software?

I audibly 'oohed' when I saw that. It reminded me of the potential that I saw a long time ago in WOZ.

That's coming. Very soon. Logistics of that are far more involved then most know of. And it's not even the update mechanism. That's built. It's the ip addressing and config.

JP is still engaged and awesome. New ideas popping up all the time. The new start animation is killer. Along with the new lighting effects and a bunch of other things in 1.04.

Good to hear

I look forward to seeing what's new in the updates as they are released.

When connecting the aux audio jacks in the back to a sound system, capture device, etc. do the cabinet speakers mute?

Just got back from Cigar Club Meeting...can't wait for Pinfest! ...and, hopefully some videos tomorrow, er, today...

No the cabinet speakers do not automatically mute when connecting any device to the jack in the back. The mute button on the coin door will mute the speakers in the cabinet, and still output an audio signal to the jack in the back for those hooking up to a external audio system. If your in Allentown for the show we will have a powered subwoofer hooked up to a Woz in our booth showing the extra use of the jack in the back.
Thanks,
Lorenzo
Pinnovators.com

That's good - that's the logic I would expect (not only for the subwoofer example, but also for other purposes where you might still want game sound without having to unhook things).

Yeah, I'm looking forward meeting you and getting my stuff.

OP it's your Pinside duty to post HD footage of in depth gameplay

Alex, I really enjoying reading your posts. I hope you'll be continuing on with JJP for The Hobbit? And maybe get a little pay too?
I read the OP's comment on the 'Lights Out' mode and I'll also have the same issue. I too tend to play my games with the lights off. Just a suggestion but ... what if the lights went to a really deep purple tone (like a blacklight look/feel?). I think that would be awesome. Or as the OP said, at least a few lights on the lower half of the playfield would be nice.

Or maybe leave very few lights illuminated to both help the play and give it an ominous look.

I was thinking with "lights out" all the playfield inserts could be left on VERY dimly - just enough to see the ball moving in the pitch black. And, perhaps they could pulse softly, or even slowly spin in a pinwheel pattern, or get sucked in waves towards the Witch... the motion growing quicker as time runs down.

I cant say for sure but I bet the lcd cast enough light onto the pf

Agreed. Sounds cool to me. I'd like to play it in person before requesting changes to how Keith and team envisioned it.

So If I hook up headphones, press mute, the sub will still be thumping?

Wearing a hat and dark shades, I hope.

If you watch the 1.01 teaser video Alex put up you will see there are a few lights lit during "lights out". In back by the ramp and the throne room seem to be lit to cast an little glow (there may be others that didn't show on video).

And speaking of that video, don't watch it if you don't want to see some things in the game. I have of course watched it at least 5 times now and there is a lot in there I didn't expect. In my opinion this game is going to be spectacular. This whole team seems to know exactly what they are doing.

Alex, thanks a bunch for posting that. It made me even more excited for this game.

I think all you're seeing there are the 3 spotlights, which are positioned behind the Throne Room aimed at the house, behind the house aimed at the backboard, and on the upper castle playfield, aimed at the castle walls.

What a great feeling that must have been! I liked the description. Reminded me when I spoke to Jack twice for about 30 minutes each before buying my LOTR from him years ago. My first costly pin. And I was nervous and unsure if LOTR was the right decision. He was so nice, and so patient.

WOZ looks awesome! Very cool of you to share and Ted, thanks for the great pics! Ima thinking ima wanting one of these!

Oh, you will....you willlllll. (insert Yoda voice)

I agree; this game looks much faster than it was when I played one. Looks great actually.

Well, I might have a little extra cash when...IF....you ever buy one of my games!

But until then, when is the WOZ party?!?

Is the crystal ball kicker still a problem or have the kinks been worked out?

Time to post video!

That's all fixed

Not much new in this Allentown video

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotherpix/8708710596/

JUST walked in the door. Phew...traffic back was bad!....but, now it's time for food, cigars and margaritas!

What was the issue with that? Coil pulse width?

i played a 3 ball game in allentown and my only objective was to see the speed of the game - i was quite satisfied. i don't want to repeat what others have said so i will just keep it to the speed and it was fast enough in my 3 balls.

the mini playfield on the left was fun and challenging - heck i played with no sound as somebody esle was wearing the headphones - and i still liked it - also after talking to jack i will be buying the hobbit once i have my woz

thanks ed

I played the updated code today At Allentown as well.
This game is fun and yes very satisfying. It is leaps and bounds better than when I first played it at Comicon a few months ago.

The magnet in front of the witch reminded me of TAF.. There is quite a bit going on in this game. The Crystal Ball although a little hard to see in the well light showroom..will pop in a darker setting for sure.

I played at least 4 times today.I was able to get the Dorothy rescue and open the upper Witch gate on the left.. the music suddenly changed to OOOeee OOO .....ahhhoooooooo.

Very nicely done.

I was a little confused as to why ToTo outlane was still not functioning though but then I overheard someone say there is something else coming for that. I could be wrong though.

The game is gorgeous. As we all know. I can't what to see what other things they will throw in the code. The LCD..I Like it especially with all the new animations. I know some purists do not.. and I hear where you are coming from. However, I really believe in this day and age..you need it..to attract the younger audience. Which it does. It attracts everyone. You simply cannot walk by without being intrigued. It will get a lot of attention wherever it set up. No doubt

The flippers were strong and snappy..again..WAY better than last time.. No problem. The update really worked wonders. I guess this machine was really dialed in.

Modes. I feel there is some real substance now. This is going to something else when all the code is complete. But the way I see it.. They could just keep adding and adding to this game .. of course eventually you have to stop..haha

Overall.. was very pleased and looking forward to getting mine soon. And of course It was great to see Jack and all my pinball pals again including James from CNY.

PINCHROMA.. you do some A grade quality stuff. And it shows. I didn't officially introduce myself but I meant too..but you were pretty busy guy today. So sorry about that.

I was the Big Guy with the Black Hoodie FBI sweatshirt on.

Big shout to all the Pinsiders that were there today!

-Joe

WoZECLE #835

My best score for the weekend was 218000. All multi ball modes stack and there are 4 in the game so far. The game is awesome.

Joe,

I'm never too busy I was bouncing between my booth and Newstar/JJP doing WoZ tutorials and feature demonstrations. Glad they were next to each other. Thanks so much for the kind words and I hope to formally meet some of you in the near future.

I don't mean to be trollish, but that almost sounds like the best way to play it. The theme music is easily my least favorite part of the pin so far (just from videos) I honestly don't think I could listen to it all the time in my house.

Count me in too the music is why I did not buy the game

from what i understand there is already a mod that costs $50 or so that will change the music for you - maybe the person who developed it we respond to this if he sees it.

thanks ed

It fits the theme,but maybe they need to mix it up with other music to keep a us from getting tired of it.

Alex says you haven't posted a video because you don't like PinballWizard79

C'mon man, do it!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=JoqDYcCDOTg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJoqDYcCDOTg

Those rollover switches still do nothing? Please tell me that Jack didn't ship games with rollover switches that do nothing.

Pappy

I think you get a barking sound, that's something

They light. There will be function to follow but they aren't pertinent to the current modes and they are in the outlane

Has anybody ever got so many thumbs down before ?!?! Lol

The witch's magnet threw my ball into the VUK for the left mini playfield. I remember hearing Alex saying that he's never seen that happen before.

Yup. I've seen it toss it all over the playfield, even rdtm but backwards into the vuk was cool . It really is truly random so it can do anything.

I hope you enjoyed the game

Pinnovators, the guys who made the headphone jack for the coin door, are going to have an aftermarket board you can install inside the game where you can plug any mp3 player into it, and be able to toggle between game sounds/music and your own music. They said they are looking at a price point of around $50. They had a sample there and it certainly sounds like it will be a worthy aftermarket add on.