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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 bug.report@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).

Installation notice:
The code release is in ZIP format.

Update instructions:
-Download the zip file.
-Unzip the file; this will create a folder that contains file(s).
-Open the folder, copy the file(s) to the root level of a FAT32 or NTFS
formatted USB drive. (Do not copy the folder)
-Power the game off.
-Insert the USB stick.
-Turn the game on.
-After the game boots up, there will be an option for software update.
-The volume buttons change options for full or quick update.  The enter button
selects the option and starts the update.
-Once the update is completed, turn the game off and remove the USB stick.
-Turn the game on and the game will be running the new code.



V0.84 - October 7, 2024
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Official Pro Release

-Added new mainplay and shooter groove songs.
-Added pop bumper award videos and sfx.
-Added combo award videos and sfx.
-Added Beast Lab award videos and sfx.
-Added sound fxs and speech game wide.
-Added trough power adjustment with updated default.
-Added additional power adjustments for devices: Head, Hand, Finger, Diverter, Cerebro, Post.
-Updated Score UI to improve visibility for Mission progress, Beast Lab, Danger Room, and Mission advance.
-Updated Mission Select display and sound.
-Updated Beast Lab award text.
-Updated To Me, My X-Men Multiball award messages.
-Updated main play video.
-Updated Danger Room videos.
-Updated Sentinel hand and finger videos.
-Updated playfield light effects and light shows game wide.
-Modified Danger Room rules to enhance all scores missions and multiballs. Its effects persist throughout the game.
-Modified later stage missions to be available earlier on.
-Modified shot arrow indication for missions and multiballs.
-Modified duration of bonus screen to be shorter.
-Modified Bitter Rivalry shots to have more variation.
-Modified Sentinel Facility Raid rule to be more straightforward.
-Modified High Score entry screen to game font.
-Modified scoring for balancing.
-Modified game wide sound balancing.
-Modified default auto-launch power to 255.
-Modified the debounce for switches on the Sentinel Head in LE/Premium version.
-Adjusted Sentinel Jaw power.
-Fixed Bishop action button behavior where it was giving awards beyond its scope.
-Fixed Bishop action button for it to award its current selection automatically if the ball ends.
-Fixed some action button light issues.
-Fixed an issue with Time Loop Skillshot where the grace period would not continue the skillshot.
-Fixed an issue with Cerebro where the Cerebro post would not hold when coming in and out of certain special events.
-Fixed some Sentinel Head device behavior in The Future.
-Fixed an issue with Save the City start where the post would not hold correctly.
-Fixed an issue during multiballs where the X-Mansion ball save would be awarded incorrectly during multiball ball save.
-Fixed an issue where the ramp diverter would activate incorrectly in The Future.


V0.83 - September 24, 2024
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-Added Beast lab level up and award SFX.
-Added some lock out code for the Sentinel head while playfield is not validated.
-Added some timing functions to adjust for some Sentinel head where the jaw operation is triggering the kicking target.
-Added a new light effect for Bishop Action Button to quickly blink the spotted shots.
-Added Bishop Action Button LTS strings for Bishop lane shots to LTS tables.
-Modified Bishop Action Button lighting with additions/improvements.
-Modified Bishop Action Button are now included Combo and Sentinel inserts in the roving shot light effect.
-Fixed a bug where Bishop Action Button couldn't spot the left center ramp. 
-Fixed an issue where Sentinel jaw activated unnecessarily on ball start.
-Fixed an issue where kicking target could still kick if jaw is up.
-Fixed an issue where Sentinel Hand could trigger in attract mode.
-Disabled Sentinel Head Test move failed logic.


V0.82 - September 23, 2024
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-Added ability to store Sentinel Head position bias and Sentinel Finger wait
times in adjustments.
-Improved music, sound, and speech mixing.
-Fixed a stutter when modes ended while draining.
-Fixed some test menu text that was slightly too large for the screen.