YIKES indeed!

Were you able to fix this? Mine occasionally does the same thing.

Mine has the screw, but it was in the Australia batch so some of the last off the production line.

Yes! I checked the serial cables Scott mentioned and they indeed felt loose. The hot glue added wasn't doing its job, so I redid that and things seem good so far.

do you have a pic of the loose cables or can you tell me which cables were loose?

I swear sometimes when she says, "Shoot the left scoop to start reactor." I ACTUALLY HEAR: "Shoot the left scoop to start the reactor, or ignore me and RIP THAT FUCKING SUPER SPINNER."

Any chance you can add that, Scott?

I don't have pictures on hand, but I do have two useful links for you:
- https://www.scottdanesi.com/?page_id=5000
- https://www.multimorphic.com/store/circuit-boards/pd-led/

Based on Scott's comment I looked at J2 Serial Out and J3 Serial In for PD-LED 1 and the board it is connected to. They didn't look loose, but I reseated them and applied fresh hot glue. So far so good, but I'm curious how long my fix will last, hopefully a long time!

Shoot the scoop to start the reactor, then combo the spinner until critical

That would make for a great hidden achievement or bonus like the secret skill shot!

TheNoTrashCougar Hey Scott

Getting double backbox knocker intermittently ( as in game wise ) that it will double fire when either i achieve multiball or hit the pop. If it does it i get it throughout that game but not all games

I’m sure it has done it on other hits but i can’t remember and it defo did it as above at the weekend

Are you running the latest beta code?

There was a feature added that fires the knocker when a player takes the lead on the final ball

From the patch notes:
- Added new feature called "Last Ball Overtake" that will fire the knocker when any player of a non-co-op multiplayer game passes the leader on the last ball of the game.

Issue popped up on my TNA CE again. I'm thinking the next step for me is to remove the pins from the molex connector and see which ones don't have a snug fit. I might redo the crimping if needed

Getting access to this particular connector is a pain since you have to remove most of the other cables from the board, all of which are hot glued Given I'm not routing my game, I might skip reapplying glue to make accessing the boards easier in the future.

There's always something new to learn in the hobby!

If the reactor starts how can I rip the spinner only? Don't the gates stop the ball and drop it into the chamber?

Okay just based on that I think were talking about the same board/connector. Not sure if you noticed, but the left sling coil arm runs dangerously closed to the ribbon cables and edge of the core light board. in my case it was actually touching and recently got caught up on the coil locking it in the extended position. I was able to fudge the board and coil mech apart slightly and there is now clearance. unknown if this will fix the issue or if it was causing the issue, but thought I'd mention it.

Depending on your reactor difficulty and what reactor you've started, only one of the orbits is lit and will cause the ball gate to close. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_5o6BKTmyC1wInpu21ENg8EGnvUgxvmB/view has the difficulty matrix and explains how this works

Thanks for the tip! Next time my game is open I'll take a look.

Hi, I am running. 1.5.1.B3- I shall observe this - Can anyone confirm if it's a single knock or 2 quick knocks when you hit this feature in game play ?

Yes it is the leader take over knock. But mine double knocks

That's correct behaviour. Here's a post from Scott earlier in the thread talking about it. He mentions it fires twice.

Alright went to look at a TNA original one yesterday and as I was playing it the game just froze up, flippers stopped working and ball drained music would play over and over but nothing ball wouldn't come out.. Had to shut the game down and restart it to get it working again. Any information on this issue? Guy said spooky sent him a new raspberry pie for it that he already installed but still has issues.

Guessing the guy is already working with spooky to resolve it?

No he isn't.. He was going to sell it to me..

Recently purchased a TNA CE (2nd owner). I have to say it's an awesome game , right up my street .
Got to Reactor 4 earlier , got it critical , and had multiball running , and then it just died , flippers died and balls drained , like as if I'd tilted it , but no tilt shown on the screen so sure it wasn't . Also let me put my name in after ?
Anyone else has similar or knows what might be the issue ?

Check you settings. Specifically "Gameplay Features" menu and look for "Annihilation After Reactor." You can set a game to finish after a certain reactor there. It might be set to 4 instead of 9. We like to set ours to 1 on occasion and see who can get a high score the fastest.

You had a power failure to the PC most likely. Check all the connectors on the power distribution board and your dc power jack to the PC. You can also reach out to Spooky about this too.
--Scott

I just did this on my TNA CE and it helps not just to clean up the audio, but also reduces the number of pops the speakers emit when first turning on the game.

I just upgraded the display. It came with a new board for the HDMI and Audio in. I wasn’t able to use the 3D moulded bracket so just mounted it direct to the thread mounts on the back of the monitor housing.

I’ve got a power amp in mine so you get a really loud pop when turning on and off. Since the upgrade i get nothing - it’s wonderful

TheNoTrashCougar

Hi Scott - could you advise why this has happened please ? 4 of the keypad targets just stopped working. The game still functions correctly but no lights on right side and top middle

Checked all ribbon and everything else connections underneath. Power cycled and no change ?

Many thanks

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Its sorted. Loose ribbon cable.

I've been running the beta for months now and am a huge fan. I have not seen any bugs or issues, in fact I feel like it runs quite smooth compared to the previous version, specifically with the drop target behavior. I love the new light show on the speakers and the new sounds. This weekend I did the HDMI pass through with the shielded RCA cables and WOW what a difference. I'm hearing all sounds better...the mids especially.

It's such a fantastic game that keeps getting better and better with time. I on the other hand am not getting better with time...I am not good but am trying! This is the most challenging machine I have ever played. I love the challenge, and even though I yell at this machine (and myself) the most while playing TNA, it is one of my favorites.

Oscilated I would post it here but it's 27+ MB. Try this linky = https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DBoaesJyR2ZvOhrctB5dEMqXt3QlHRIZ?usp=sharing

2 files are used to make the "manual".

Disclaimer:
For entertainment and tutorial purposes only. Not for resale
As always - Use with CAUTION.!!

..and it's not complete - by far.. Iv'e been slackin'

Is there an option to have the beacon go off during attract mode? I didn’t see on in the menu but maybe I’m missing it. If not, possible feature request?

Just setup the beacons on my Alien that has this option. Would be fun for the TNA beacon to randomly go off too.

Which display upgrade did you select?
I plan on adding an external 12 inch powered subwoofer to my TNA CE, so no pops at startup would be very nice.

https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/team-tna-the-uks-total-nuclear-annihilation-pinball-club.55461/page-17

Post #497

I guess reading this and the associated links should help you?
If you have any further questions let me know

There is but i found it too frequent ( and too noisy ) and turned it off again

Home > Settings > Machine (Standard)

The first option is for the beacon to be on during attract mode.

Ha, first setting I somehow missed. Thank you!

I managed to complete TNA 3 times again tonight on stream, smashing my old GC of 17.6M with a new score of 29.2M

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This is the VOD for anyone interested: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2062431035

You're not allowed back in here!!

Can you please send me your log files please? Serious, just zip them up and email them to me. Thank you!
--Scott

Shit. I'm happy if I make it to #3.

For real!

Jesder do you play in tourneys? Sounds like you’ve got some serious chops, lol!

Yea...you have a broken switch for sure

Daaaaaaaaang, my personal best is #7 around 6.5M. What are your outlane posts set to? I have mine fully open because I am a glutton for punishment.

That is the way to play right there!!! ^^^ The outlanes are supposed to be in the middle for default settings, but I do recommend opening them up for people that can actually beat the game.

Fun story... I had Bowen and Ryan McQuaid over for a gathering. These 2 are a sample of the best TNA players around. So I opened the outlanes all the way and put 4 powerballs in it. These guys played a 2 player game, Ryan going for speed (obviously), and Bowen going for score. Both of these maniacs beat all 9 reactors on the same game against each other..... crazy...
--Scott

I'm still new to the pinball hobby and I don't own any modern machines like TNA. Can you explain what sending you the log files does for you? What kind of information can you decipher from them? Just curious. It's cool to think that you could see a bunch of game statistics. I'm curious to check out some portions of the video he streamed.

I wonder if he saw something weird on the video and wants to check out the logs to see what might have caused it.

Has there ever been an idea to do a 1 v 3 vs type mode for TNA TheNoTrashCougar ?

I've periodically had this issue where the drop targets just keep cycling in attract mode, and in gameplay. Usually lifting the playfield and jiggling the connectors would fix the behavior for a bit, and over time it would come back. Well, tonight every time a drop target attempts to trigger - the game reboots itself. I had a spare drop target board Spooky sent for the original issue, I put that in, and the issue still happens, so the game is basically unplayable right now - the drop target will trigger during the boot-up sequence, cause the game to reboot and create an infinite loop of uh, bad times. Any ideas?

For the drop targets resetting in attract mode, from:

https://www.scottdanesi.com/?page_id=783

Drop Target Issues
Drop targets are constantly cycling during attract mode
This is the machine telling you that it thinks there are balls stuck behind the drop targets. If there are not balls there, the opto switches are not registering properly. Check your opto power and check to ensure these opto switches are working correctly in the service mode switch test. This is most likely a serial cable (gray shielded cable) came unplugged to the switch boards.

Have also seen where a bad opto in the VUK behind the drop targets can cause the game to constantly reboot. The latest beta code for TNA includes a fix for that:

## Bugs Fixed ##
- Fixed issue that upon certain opto failures would cause the game to boot loop

This code can be found here:

https://www.scottdanesi.com/?page_id=1724

Thanks for the tips - updating the software did solve the boot loop issue, the drops are still cycling though, and in switch test the optos are just going nuts. Any tips for which area to look for to find what is triggering them? They look clean and well-aligned to me.