Re: Tech: Whirlwind target bug-like oddity


Gruggy wrote:
seymour-shabow@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Every new ball will spot a compass target - not sure if the one after
the lock does though. Have to check on mine. Similar rule as on
Earthshaker too where every shot that ends up in the spiral (25,000,
50,000 or 100k) will spot the next building zone - Whirlwind just spots
it no matter what you hit.

Guys,

This didn't seem right to me, but I've been wrong before. Fortunately,
I have a nice Whirlwind to use for research. I just played a few
games, and tried all three Compass Difficulty settings.

Regardless of settings, the game only spots a compass target if you do
one of two things:
1) Shoot one of the flashing compass targets,
or 2) Shoot the left ramp.

The Compass Difficulty adjustment changes the rules for which targets
must be completed to light Lock... but under no circumstances that I
know of does the game "give" you a free compass target.

My game is on LA-3 software.

My game is la-3 also - it doesn't matter which switch you hit for the
first target to be spotted (it doesn't spot the whole compass point,
just the first target). It does not pay out tolls for this, so it's
not the left ramp spot. There are no stuck switches, switch level
shows what I'd expect - 3 trough switches and ramp down. In switch
edge test and the "pound on the playfield" method, no switches close
that shouldn't.

I DO have 3 lock switches in the lock lane - I understand they might
have removed one in later revisions? I don't know what that has to do
with it though..... but between our 2 games, I don't think both of us
would have the same stuck switch problem. My compass is set to Medium
if that matters.

The only thing that's goofy in my machine is that on a rare occasion
during multiball if you park a ball in the upper jets and hit the
single drop down a lot (like more than 5 or 6 times in a short period)
it WILL score the left [millions] ramp.

Anyone else with a Whirlwind want to comment on their's behavior? My
overall difficulty setting is "medium - altered". Gruggy, yours is
medium but did you go full custom or start with one of the presets? If
it IS a setting, it's a hidden one that might be linked to a preset, or
something else like if the game was originally jumpered for another
country, changes some of the rules slightly. (Mine is a US domestic
model)

the plot thickens......

-scott CARGPB#29

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