07/26/2025
NEW CODE! Stern Pinball has posted new JAWS code v1.01.0 for the Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition models. This code contains numerous game enhancements, adds additional polish, game adjustments and bug fixes including:
Shared Progress
- In Co-op and Team Play modes the following progress is shared between players on the same team:
- Chum line
- Barrel Locks
- Jaws Multiballs
- Bounty Hunts
- Shark Encounters
- Wheel Awards
- Fishfinder Awards
- Gear
- Skill Shot Level
Smile You Son of a...
- Add time for each Phase now honors the Oxygen Tank gear perk and gives 8 seconds of extra mode time in addition to the base 30 seconds.
- Add time for the 2nd Phase now gives a base of 40 seconds.
- Ball Saver timers for each Phase are now honors Oxygen Tank gear perk and gives 5 seconds of extra time.
- Timer display is now visible during the awards.
- Added time is displayed near the timer display when seconds are added.
- Added a better "lit" lightshow at the center ramp.
- Added some more Brody speech during Phase 3.
- Fixed a grace period issue where sometimes Super Celebration Multiball wouldn't start properly.
- Added new intro light show.
- Added award progress light shows.
- Added new total light show.
- Added topper light shows.
Super Celebration Multiball
- Adding Fishing Reel scoring of 250K a spin
- Added a Ball Save timer adjustment and doubled the default 15->30 seconds.
- Increased Pop Bumper hits for playing Rescue Multiball from 3M to 10M.
- Increased switch scoring for playing Say Ah! from 15K to 50K
- Perks now have a Positive / Negative sound when they are revealed to be completed or not.
- Added "Perfect" text and sound effect when you are awarded all the Perks for this mode:
- At least 1 Firework collected in 4th of July
- 5 / 5 Bounties (including playing Great White), Multiplier max is now 6X
- Play Search Multiball
- Play Rescue Multiball
- Play Say Ah!
Say Ah
- Upgraded to a 3 ball multiball for 60 seconds.
- Added intro display text indicating shot values for each available shot.
- Added background display text indicating shot values when scored.
- Gear is lit at mode start.
- Machete +3 awarded at mode start.
- Shark Ramps increaseed scoring to 4x.
- Shark Combos increased scoring to 3x.
- Super Spinner increased scoring to 2x.
- Oxygen Tank gear doesn't boost the timer for this mode.
- Removed timer adjustment.
- Added flasher light shows when shots are made.
- Added new intro light show.
- Added new total light show.
- Added topper light shows.
Cheap Drain Ball Savers
- Added a ball saver for a Quickshot lane exit to the outlane. See "BALL SAVER ON BAD QUICKSHOT LANE EXIT" below.
- Added a ball saver for a Right Inlane gate failure to the outlane. See "BALL SAVER ON BAD RIGHT INLANE GATE" below.
Quint's Challenge
- Knot #1 gives a temporary +1X end of Ball Bonus.
- The other knots give a permanent +1X end of ball bonus which is unchanged from before.
- Can't be started when wizard modes are lit. Will re-light when wizard mode condition is complete.
Wheel Awards
- Final wheel award re-lights the wheel so you don't have to shoot ramps again to get the "Locked Award".
- If Say Ah! is started and other wheel award modes are running it will kill them first and total up before starting Say Ah!
- Center Ramp - Improved mode conflicts when Center Ramp is lit when other wizard modes are lit.
- Great White Lit - Holding the ball on the right inlane post until the Great White Lit display has completed.
- Gear - Shark Cage - Ball Saver in Fin hit now works in wizard modes if you are in single ball play.
- Super Cast 'N Catch - Added a better "lit" lightshow at the Center Ramp.
- Competition Mode - Fixed an issue where the competition index wasn't getting reset so the players were not getting the same Mystery awards.
- Jaws: The Revenge - Fixed an issue where the flippers would not turn off during the "You Died" screen.
- Beach Closed Hurry Up - Fixed an issue where the flippers would not turn off during when the Hurry Up would time out.
- Shark Encounters - Fixed an issue where the timer wouldn't add +15 seconds for the boost if you hit the shark soon after starting.
- Raft Attack - Combo light show flashes all chum line lights blue to call more attention to it.
- Encounter Jackpot - Improved light show highlighting the chum area when the Encounter Jackpot is lit.
- Night Swim - Adding improved background instruction text where the was none before.
- End of Ball Bonus - Don't show Feeding Frenzy line if ther is no score for it.
- Default Game Adjustment - Fixed an issue where setting the default game mode adjustment and then starting a game would start the wrong type of game.
- Default Game Adjustment - Added the ability to set Cooperation or Team Play modes as the default if desired by the operator.
- Drop Targets - Don't allow targets to complete when bank is attempting to reset.
Adjustment Changes:
- added "BALL SAVER ON BAD QUICKSHOT LANE EXIT" default: yes, change to no to disable this ball saver.
- added "BALL SAVER ON BAD RIGHT INLANE GATE" default: yes, change to no to disable this ball saver.
- added "SUPER CELEBRATION MULTIBALL BALL SAVE TIMER" default: 30, min: 25, max: 50
