************************************************************************** * * * STERN PINBALL, INC. * * (C) COPYRIGHT 2015 STERN PINBALL, INC. * * * ************************************************************************** * * * WHOA NELLIE * * * ************************************************************************** HELP US, HELP YOU! If you have any suggestions, questions, need technical advice, find errors or have comments, contact us through our website: http://www.sternpinball.com/contact.shtml or call 1-800-542-5377. You can also email software@sternpinball.com to report any software problems. This text file and all other documents relating to this product, playfield components, features, rules, programming and operation are subject to change without notice (Service Bulletins, if applicable, available through our website). PINBALL GAME SOFTWARE UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS 1) Download the latest code for your game by visiting http://www.sternpinball.com/game-code and following the links to the software update file for your specific game model. 2) Place game software update file (GAMENAME-VERSION.spv) into the root directory of a blank FAT32-formatted USB flash drive. Do not place more than one .spv files at a time in the root directory of the USB flash drive. 3) Use backbox power switch to turn off game. 4) Plug the USB flash drive into a CPU board USB connector at CN20 or CN21. 5) Turn the game on. 6) The game will automatically begin the software update and the following message will be displayed: "APPLYING UPDATE PLEASE WAIT". IMPORTANT: DO NOT turn the pinball machine off while this message is displayed. This message may remain on the screen a long period of time. 7) When the display indicates "UPDATE COMPLETE", turn the game off. 8) Remove the USB flash drive from the CPU board. 9) Turn the game on to play pinball! Detailed instructions and troubleshooting tips are available: - in the game manual - at www.sternpinball.com - at any authorized Stern Pinball Inc. Distributor. V1.52 - July 16, 2015 ======================= - Spike System Kernel Update v1.1.0: improved system reliability by making the kernel software more tolerant to performance variables in SD cards from numerous manufacturers. - Addresses a game system software bug that affected flipper performance under certain conditions. v1.51 - July 2, 2015 ======================= - All coils in game are now adjustable! Slow it down for a nice stroll through the fields. Crank it up and have those flippers hotter than a two dollar pistol! - Melony has been studying hard and knows every player by name! Listen up for when it’s your turn to play! (Billy Bob, Bob Bob, Jim Bob, Shishkabob, and many more!) - Scores tasting a little sour? Try the new lane carryover feature to ripen up those score reels! - Once those scores are ready for high score harvest, we have brand new speech, music, and sounds (just don’t carve your initials in the wood)! - Perked up the skill shot award. It's finer than frog hair. BAZOOOOOOMIEEEEEEE! - Scores flying by too fast in a four player game? Game now waits for you to take a good look at your score before next player’s ball starts. - Sounds now fully mute when their attenuation adjustment is set to 60. - “Score reels show highscores” adjustment now works as advertised. You can track highscores without the score reels displaying them in attract mode.