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Dre2Dee2
Dec 6, 2006

Just a striding through Kamen Rider...
Picked up Season 4, and I'm liking a lot of the tables. Starship Troopers is pretty fun, but I cant help but wonder how seriously they take the theme of the movie. I cant tell if they are echoing the parody or actually think ST was an awesome war movie and are trying to make it epic :v:

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Domus
May 7, 2007

Kidney Buddies

TheMcD posted:

Thanks for the info - I didn't reply for a while because I've been having a problem getting that manual. Somewhere stateside, the route just goes dead and I can't reach the website at all - I thought that it might get fixed over time, but nothing yet, and I might have some time to check the table out over the weekend. If somebody could reupload the manual to some file hosting site, I would be much obliged.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6-yRa-5HPVDTG03bE52LVg3Q1k/view?usp=sharing

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

Smoking Crow posted:

Wait, that was Python? I could have sworn that interview was Trudeau

That was definitely the late Python Anghelo. :rip:

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy
Also, Pinburg is broadcasting atm. :toot:


edit: Turns out Scared Stiff with wide open outlanes and super sensitive slings is a tough game. :stare:

algebra testes fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Aug 3, 2015

Squashy Nipples
Aug 18, 2007

After I replaced the chair kickout weldment on my TAS, suddenly the switch stopped working. So the ball will sit in there until the table starts cycling all the solenoids, when it pops out fine. If I flip the table up, I can poke the switch with my finger and the solenoid fires. Put the table back down, sink a ball in the chair hole, and nothing.

Maybe it's aligned incorrectly? I can't figure out how the ball isn't triggering it.

tonedef131
Sep 3, 2003

Probably just not depressing it fully. Sometimes those have a pivot adjustment where one of the two screws is on a slot instead of a hole. Failing that, bend the arm until a ball resting in it gives you an audible click.

Domus
May 7, 2007

Kidney Buddies
Also make sure the diode or one of the wires isn't loose. Sometimes when they're barely connected, they work in one position but not another.

cosmicjim
Mar 23, 2010
VISIT THE STICKIED GOON HOLIDAY CHARITY DRIVE THREAD IN GBS.

Goons are changing the way children get an education in Haiti.

Edit - Oops, no they aren't. They donated to doobie instead.
I got lighting in my garage working, so I finally got around to messing with my Hardbody.
So I bought this for $160, because they guy that got it from a storage unit sale couldn't get it to start, but all the lights and readouts made it look like it is working.
I figured out the coin mechanisms aren't working. I don't know why, yet, but I'm not too worried about it.
I got online to figure out how to put it on freeplay. It has a weird little keypad that navigates the menus, and in the freeplay options you must enter "65" to activate freeplay.
Absolutely no way to figure that out without documentation.

One flipper barely worked, and the others aren't super strong, but I cleaned the solenoid arms and they work much better and every shot in the game can be accomplished.
Someone replaced any bad bulbs and several rubbers before it was put into storage. The nuts holding the plastics were replaced and they look nice, but they don't properly secure them.
One in particular is cracked and floppy and when the ball hits the standups at that spot it has a tendency to make the ball go airborne.

Overall it's a fast game, and fun in my opinion because of the "flex save", but the art package is just really bad.
I thought about trying to retheme, but when googling people were worried about the heavy breathing noises it makes when it's time to launch a ball. While messing around with the sound settings, I figured out you can turn that off.

In reality, I'm too busy and lazy to retheme it, but it is the perfect candidate.

Dr. Hurt
Oct 23, 2010

Over the summer I've been getting way into the pinball in my area. Fortunately the barcade near me has JackBot, Addams family, and a bunch of other machines. Now that this thread has introduced me to Pinball Arcade I guess I don't have to blow my money over there as often. If I just want to buy one season, which one gives me the most bang for my buck?

e) Also is there really any value in picking up the Pro pack compared to the Table pack?

Dr. Hurt fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Aug 9, 2015

Tony Phillips
Feb 9, 2006

Dr. Hurt posted:

Over the summer I've been getting way into the pinball in my area. Fortunately the barcade near me has JackBot, Addams family, and a bunch of other machines. Now that this thread has introduced me to Pinball Arcade I guess I don't have to blow my money over there as often. If I just want to buy one season, which one gives me the most bang for my buck?

e) Also is there really any value in picking up the Pro pack compared to the Table pack?

Season One far and away, and not really.

Dr. Hurt
Oct 23, 2010

Tony Phillips posted:

Season One far and away, and not really.

Okay that's good to know, thanks. I'm going to grab Seasons one and two since they are on sale on steam and seem to be the best value.

Unrelated side question: Is there any online database about where pinball machines are around the United States? I've got Pinball Map on my phone but its got nothing for my local area.

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

You can try the Pinside map or Pinfinder, but these, like Pinball Map, are all user-generated and usually incomplete and out-of-date.

canyoneer
Sep 13, 2005


I only have canyoneyes for you

Dr. Hurt posted:

Okay that's good to know, thanks. I'm going to grab Seasons one and two since they are on sale on steam and seem to be the best value.

Unrelated side question: Is there any online database about where pinball machines are around the United States? I've got Pinball Map on my phone but its got nothing for my local area.

Season 2 is good too. I got it for $15 last year and it's been worth it for White Water and Terminator alone.

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004
TPA posted some shots on Facebook today confirming the next table... The Getaway: High Speed II

Dr. Hurt
Oct 23, 2010

The Kins posted:

TPA posted some shots on Facebook today confirming the next table... The Getaway: High Speed II



Is this going to be included in Season 4 or will this have to be picked up individually?


canyoneer posted:

Season 2 is good too. I got it for $15 last year and it's been worth it for White Water and Terminator alone.

White Water is probably my overall favorite out of Season 2. It just seems to flow extremely well, especially when it came to getting multiballs and combos.

Last night I went to a place and played some newer tables for the first time. I really enjoyed the Lord of the Rings pro, but found the Metallica game to be completely lacking. Am I just missing something when it came to Metallica? I was just having a hard time getting into it. Party Zone was really goofy and fun, it was obviously done by the same people who did Dr. Dude and his Excellent Ray.

Clouseau
Aug 3, 2003

My theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters, and you don't like my tie.

Dr. Hurt posted:

Is this going to be included in Season 4 or will this have to be picked up individually?

I think it's the first table in Season 5.

quote:

Last night I went to a place and played some newer tables for the first time. I really enjoyed the Lord of the Rings pro, but found the Metallica game to be completely lacking. Am I just missing something when it came to Metallica? I was just having a hard time getting into it. Party Zone was really goofy and fun, it was obviously done by the same people who did Dr. Dude and his Excellent Ray.

I really like Metallica! You gotta know its rules though. There ain't a lot of cash to make crazy toys and layouts now, so when they finally finish the code that's when the game is at its best. The little mini wizard Turn It Up modes in Metallica are really fun.

Dr. Hurt
Oct 23, 2010

Clouseau posted:

I really like Metallica! You gotta know its rules though. There ain't a lot of cash to make crazy toys and layouts now, so when they finally finish the code that's when the game is at its best. The little mini wizard Turn It Up modes in Metallica are really fun.

It might have been that it was the most expensive machine at the bar (75 cents compared to the regular 50) so I just had this underwhelmed sensation when I was done. I just kept hitting it into the snake and bouncing it around thinking "is this it?" I think I might just be spoiled by Addams Family and other machines.

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

cosmicjim posted:

I got lighting in my garage working, so I finally got around to messing with my Hardbody.
So I bought this for $160, because they guy that got it from a storage unit sale couldn't get it to start, but all the lights and readouts made it look like it is working.
I figured out the coin mechanisms aren't working. I don't know why, yet, but I'm not too worried about it.
I got online to figure out how to put it on freeplay. It has a weird little keypad that navigates the menus, and in the freeplay options you must enter "65" to activate freeplay.
Absolutely no way to figure that out without documentation.

One flipper barely worked, and the others aren't super strong, but I cleaned the solenoid arms and they work much better and every shot in the game can be accomplished.
Someone replaced any bad bulbs and several rubbers before it was put into storage. The nuts holding the plastics were replaced and they look nice, but they don't properly secure them.
One in particular is cracked and floppy and when the ball hits the standups at that spot it has a tendency to make the ball go airborne.

Overall it's a fast game, and fun in my opinion because of the "flex save", but the art package is just really bad.
I thought about trying to retheme, but when googling people were worried about the heavy breathing noises it makes when it's time to launch a ball. While messing around with the sound settings, I figured out you can turn that off.

In reality, I'm too busy and lazy to retheme it, but it is the perfect candidate.

That machine is literally a repurposed Bally BMX table, with a few alterations. So it would probably work with a BMX kit if you could find it, but I think that table is kind of uncommon?

breaks
May 12, 2001

Dr. Hurt posted:

It might have been that it was the most expensive machine at the bar (75 cents compared to the regular 50) so I just had this underwhelmed sensation when I was done. I just kept hitting it into the snake and bouncing it around thinking "is this it?" I think I might just be spoiled by Addams Family and other machines.

As was mentioned it's definitely a rules game, especially the Pro which is a pretty plain pin toys-wise. It has a mostly good ruleset that is maybe a little spammy for the multiball starts but otherwise encourages you to shoot around most of the playfield, try for some tough stacks, and make some risk/reward decisions. Try to get a handle on whats going on with the rulesheet and/or papa video if you want to give it another try. The basic idea of the usual strategy is to bash Sparky and sometimes grave for multiball starts, score and collect Crank it Up items during the multiball, and then score even more points in Crank It Up. Multiball scoring is mostly oriented around getting the snake doubler/add-a-ball, and if possible also stacking it with the fuel doubler, then collecting jackpots/super jackpot while the 2x or 4x is running.

Pretty fun game and also a great one for improving nudging and multiball skills.

cosmicjim
Mar 23, 2010
VISIT THE STICKIED GOON HOLIDAY CHARITY DRIVE THREAD IN GBS.

Goons are changing the way children get an education in Haiti.

Edit - Oops, no they aren't. They donated to doobie instead.

King Vidiot posted:

That machine is literally a repurposed Bally BMX table, with a few alterations. So it would probably work with a BMX kit if you could find it, but I think that table is kind of uncommon?

They are just different enough, that it would be just as easy to make a new theme out of it. I'll probably just end up changing the translite.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

BMX is pretty rare if I remember right. It was ET but they couldn't get the license so they just pumped out a couple hundred with a hasty reskin and called it good.

TheMcD
May 4, 2013

Monaca / Subject N 2024
---------
Despair will never let you down.
Malice will never disappoint you.

New update on Steam! It not only brings Getaway, but also the new flipper physics to ALL tables, and further improvements to these tables:

Black Hole
Star Trek:TNG
Funhouse
Dr. Dude
Junk Yard
Taxi
Fire Power
High Roller Casino
Attack from Mars
Theatre of Magic

EDIT: Also, the next game should be F-14 Tomcat.

TheMcD fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Aug 21, 2015

Anonymous Robot
Jun 1, 2007

Lost his leg in Robo War I
Wow, I am so psyched to hear that. I thought Farsight would take forever to get the new physics backported!

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

cosmicjim posted:

They are just different enough, that it would be just as easy to make a new theme out of it. I'll probably just end up changing the translite.

Give it to me, maybe I can start a weird collection of Hardbody translites.


TheMcD posted:

New update on Steam! It not only brings Getaway, but also the new flipper physics to ALL tables

Wait, what? :siren: It's Happening?! :siren:

sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Guys, don't get too excited, they must have hosed it up somehow.

I am super excited for F-14 Tomcat though.

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!
Actually the new physics doesn't seem to be for "all" tables it's like ten tables: http://pinballarcadefans.com/showthread.php/10582-Version-1-41-x

quote:

Version 1.41.7
- Added The Getaway: High Speed 2
- Added Season 5
- GI fix for all emulated tables
- Tuning improvements to these tables. More info in the Blahcade podcast #20
* Black Hole
* Star Trek:TNG
* Funhouse
* Dr. Dude
* Junk Yard
* Taxi
* Fire Power
* High Roller Casino
* Attack from Mars
* Theatre of Magic

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!
Alright, can't vouch for every table but I just tried the new physics with Funhouse. Some weird poo poo is going on like balls getting shot out the back of Rudy's head, "vacuum suck" where balls will be obviously sucked into ramps when they go near them... also balls seem to really want to drain down the right outlane but I don't know if that's a bug or a feature.

I have a bad feeling about this physics implementation :ohdear:

TheMcD
May 4, 2013

Monaca / Subject N 2024
---------
Despair will never let you down.
Malice will never disappoint you.

King Vidiot posted:

Actually the new physics doesn't seem to be for "all" tables it's like ten tables: http://pinballarcadefans.com/showthread.php/10582-Version-1-41-x

Quoting from the Pinball Arcade newsletter I just got:

quote:

Flipper Physics 3.0
We're proud to announce that the flipper physics 3.0 enhancement has been expanded to all tables on Steam. You will now be able to Live Catch, Drop Catch, and Tip Pass on every table!

Table Tuning Improvements
With this update you will also notice tuning improvements on the following Steam Tables.

Black Hole
Star Trek:TNG
Funhouse
Dr. Dude
Junk Yard
Taxi
Fire Power
High Roller Casino
Attack from Mars
Theatre of Magic

We will be rolling out these improvements to mobile platforms next. Stay tuned!

Unless I'm even more braindead than I originally thought, the improvements to those specific tables are separate to the flipper physics.

Clouseau
Aug 3, 2003

My theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters, and you don't like my tie.
I couldn't really tell if they implemented the new physics with Ripleys, but man I love any excuse to play that game again. Ripleys has to be my most played TPA table, both because it's been around the longest, and because I have only been able to find a handful irl and never got a lot of time with them. Underrated Pat Lawlor gem.

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy

Clouseau posted:

I couldn't really tell if they implemented the new physics with Ripleys, but man I love any excuse to play that game again. Ripleys has to be my most played TPA table, both because it's been around the longest, and because I have only been able to find a handful irl and never got a lot of time with them. Underrated Pat Lawlor gem.

There's a bar near me that has it, and I bitched and moaned about its condition because it plays in slow motion so the average game time is huge.

FredMSloniker
Jan 2, 2008

Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.
Well, I can definitely tell the ball physics have changed. I'm not sure if it's making my games better or worse yet, though. :v:

hexwren
Feb 27, 2008

I've been playing Championship Pub off and on for a bit, and I lose every single fight I get into because the ball will take a bad hop and drain down the outlanes. What literally the gently caress is the deal. Is it just me?

BiggerJ
May 21, 2007

What shall we do with him? A permaban, perhaps? Probate him for a few years? Or...shall we employ a big red custom title? You, the goons of SA, shall decide his fate.
The next-table clue is a big equation that works out to 14. Any ideas?

algebra testes
Mar 5, 2011


Lipstick Apathy

BiggerJ posted:

The next-table clue is a big equation that works out to 14. Any ideas?


TheMcD posted:

EDIT: Also, the next game should be F-14 Tomcat.

Collateral Damage
Jun 13, 2009

So apparently Farsight has a maximum length to their passwords, but the password reset form doesn't tell you.. It says it's changed but then you can't log in anyway. :downs:

edit: And I still can't log in in the actual game. :argh:

edit2: And now it crashed. Good product you have here, Farsight. :thumbsup:

Collateral Damage fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Aug 22, 2015

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Playing pinball arcade is like living with a woman who's chronically ill

You love her and enjoy spending time with her but it's a matter of time before she throws up on you

cosmicjim
Mar 23, 2010
VISIT THE STICKIED GOON HOLIDAY CHARITY DRIVE THREAD IN GBS.

Goons are changing the way children get an education in Haiti.

Edit - Oops, no they aren't. They donated to doobie instead.

Allen Wren posted:

I've been playing Championship Pub off and on for a bit, and I lose every single fight I get into because the ball will take a bad hop and drain down the outlanes. What literally the gently caress is the deal. Is it just me?

Calm down and remember the center post is up during the first few fights. You shouldn't try hitting the bash toy from a dead stop on the center post, but you will find a sweet spot. Also use the plunge button if you have a smart punch. When you get better you want to save them for harder fights.
I had the same problem, then found my groove and the first couple fights for easy when I calmed down.

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

Allen Wren posted:

I've been playing Championship Pub off and on for a bit, and I lose every single fight I get into because the ball will take a bad hop and drain down the outlanes. What literally the gently caress is the deal. Is it just me?

Welcome to Real Pinball :v:

I had more right outlane drains in the first few hours trying the new physics than I had in the dozens of hours prior to that in Pinball Arcade. I think a thing we're all going to have to adjust to is what shots not to take now (because the physics is pretty consistent... not always but mostly). We'll probably also have to nudge a lot more vigorously to keep the ball alive. It's no different than if you'd been playing a real table at a local bar that had a gradual slope and then the owner decides to adjust it to be steeper, you have to get used to the new feel of the table.

Dr. Hurt
Oct 23, 2010

Allen Wren posted:

I've been playing Championship Pub off and on for a bit, and I lose every single fight I get into because the ball will take a bad hop and drain down the outlanes. What literally the gently caress is the deal. Is it just me?

Nope it's not just you. Probably about half my fights end that way, sometimes almost as soon as they begin.

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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

TheMcD posted:

Quoting from the Pinball Arcade newsletter I just got:


Unless I'm even more braindead than I originally thought, the improvements to those specific tables are separate to the flipper physics.

I'm pretty sure the listed tables are the only ones with the new physics.


Try holding a flipper then tapping it really fast, like if you were doing a flick pass. I think the "new physics" tables have a smoother flipper movement, while on the "old" ones, it almost looks like the flipper instantly returns to the top.

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