Pre-selecting illusions

[Kevlar]

According to the table instructions you can select which illusion is selected before launching the ball with the left flipper. I can't get this to work, before launching the ball you have the off table launch plunger view with no control over the flippers and you can't even see the illusion select panel on the table. Am I missunderstanding something here?

 

[Patrick McBride]

I think it's just a poor design for touch screens. I bet it would work on the PC/console versions where there are dedicated buttons for flippers, plunger, etc. But like you said, you can't see the playfield anyways, so you wouldn't know what you're choosing. Hopefully this is something that will get addressed.

 

[Ben Thebear]

Agreed, this needs to be fixed. It also says in the instructions that if you hold the left flipper before you press the start button you'll get digital pinball on your first visit to the basement, which doesn't work. Also the DMD will show the buy-in high scores even though there's no way to buy in for an extra ball.

 

[eric]

i activated the instant digital pinball mode somehow but didnt know how i did it.

also, i get the Mortal Kombat 3 hints mode fairly frequently.. i tap the screen a lot as im starting the game.. impatient.

 

[Patrick McBride]

Eric is right! If you press the start button then immediately hold down the left side of the screen it will start the game with digital pinball ready! Hold the right side for MK codes.

 

[Daniel Osborne]

If you wait before you put the ball in play, you can go through a cycle of varying skillshot trunk bonuses, x2, 10 million, 20 million, start illusion etc. I presume it's not this you're talking about?

 

[goforthewall]

Eric is right! If you press the start button then immediately hold down the left side of the screen it will start the game with digital pinball ready! Hold the right side for MK codes.

this! works like a charm.

 

[Bowflex]

Only bad thing is that digital pinball is only for points and not extra ball. But it is a great way to knock that wizard goal out.

 

[PiN WiZ]

Only bad thing is that digital pinball is only for points and not extra ball. But it is a great way to knock that wizard goal out.

I think you mean "credits" and not "extra ball" cause extra balls are instrumental in topping high scores. Extra credits are useless unless FarSight allows us to use them for "buy-in" in the future.

 

[Jan Duin]

During one game the basement gave me Digital Pinball twice in a row, both times I got an extra ball..

 

[Bowflex]

I think you mean "credits" and not "extra ball" cause extra balls are instrumental in topping high scores. Extra credits are useless unless FarSight allows us to use them for "buy-in" in the future.

No, let me clarify. I meant to say if you pre select digital pinball, you are going for extra points ONLY. It will not ever award extra ball. Thus it's a great option to use to beat the farsight wizard goal but if you are going for high score and wizard mode (grand finale) then you need to hit the trap door and beat video mode without having activated digital pinball at startup.

 

[PiN WiZ]

No, let me clarify. I meant to say if you pre select digital pinball, you are going for extra points ONLY. It will not ever award extra ball. Thus it's a great option to use to beat the farsight wizard goal but if you are going for high score and wizard mode (grand finale) then you need to hit the trap door and beat video mode without having activated digital pinball at startup.

Thanks for clarifying that for me...I must have misunderstood you.

 

[Bowflex]

Yeah, I tend to either ramble on so long that my posts lose everyone or they are too concise and leave out clarity and detail!

 

[Kevlar]

If you wait before you put the ball in play, you can go through a cycle of varying skillshot trunk bonuses, x2, 10 million, 20 million, start illusion etc. I presume it's not this you're talking about?

No, from the table instructions under starting illusions ' before you launch the ball, you can set which illusion is lit by pressing the left flipper '

 

[Mike]

I was just coming on here to ask what the mortal combat 3 codes thing is. The iPad kinda slipped in my hands then I heard "congratulations!" I had no idea how I did it. Thanks for the info.

 

[PiN WiZ]

I was just coming on here to ask what the mortal combat 3 codes thing is. The iPad kinda slipped in my hands then I heard "congratulations!" I had no idea how I did it. Thanks for the info.

When you activate this feature, it displays random codes for Mortal Kombat 3 on the display as you spell T-H-E-A-T-R-E. It's activated by holding down the right flipper immediately after pressing the start button.

 

[Bowflex]

I never figured out what the Kombat Kodes ever did on Mortal Kombat. Never was too into Mortal Kombat but I remember trying to mess around with the codes from ToM and never really knew what to do with them properly. Anyone ever figure these out?

 

[Trash Man]

No, from the table instructions under starting illusions ' before you launch the ball, you can set which illusion is lit by pressing the left flipper '

I'm struggling to understand how you change the illusion. After hitting the trunk enough times to allow the ball to be deposited in it, I have no option to choose the illusion with my flipper button.

The illusion just seems to change randomly. I guess I'm doing something wrong but it's making it really hard work for me to get to the grand finale.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

I'm struggling to understand how you change the illusion. After hitting the trunk enough times to allow the ball to be deposited in it, I have no option to choose the illusion with my flipper button.

The illusion just seems to change randomly. I guess I'm doing something wrong but it's making it really hard work for me to get to the grand finale.

Thanks for any help.

You hit the left flipper to choose the illusion before you plunge the ball (i.e., while the DMD is showing the hat and offering you the skill shot choices). Once the ball is in play, the illusion will change whenever the ball hits a slingshot or jet bumper.

If you're going for the Grand Finale, you have to play all 8 illusions anyway. The trunk will never start an illusion you've already played until you've started all 8, so it really doesn't matter whether you choose illusions or just take whichever one is lit.

 

[Trash Man]

You hit the left flipper to choose the illusion before you plunge the ball (i.e., while the DMD is showing the hat and offering you the skill shot choices). Once the ball is in play, the illusion will change whenever the ball hits a slingshot or jet bumper.

If you're going for the Grand Finale, you have to play all 8 illusions anyway. The trunk will never start an illusion you've already played until you've started all 8, so it really doesn't matter whether you choose illusions or just take whichever one is lit.

Thanks for the fast reply Good to hear you don't replay the same illusions until after the Grand Finale. Guess I'll just stick with it I managed to get 6 illusions and the 3 other GF prerequisites done earlier.

Thanks again.