2017 Chuff thread

[Malenko]

Reinstalled my pin2dmd into my Terminator 2 pin, and used wire taps for the 12V this time...... and it didnt break!
Some scenes aren't triggering the color replacements since I removed the profanity rom and installed the LED ghosting patched L8 rom instead; so I gotta figure out why. That's a little naffy, but Im chuffed over all. Going to be finalizing the Lethal Weapon 3 color files next and I have a replacement PF on the way for my Comet!



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[pbj]

Do WCS 94 next and get your friend pinballjim a discount.

 

[Malenko]

Do WCS 94 next and get your friend pinballjim a discount.

 

I also deleted over 1,000 of my posts without anyone noticing. I am between colorization projects so I might tackle WCS94.  Can't get you a discount but they'll be a group buy for them when I release Lethal Weapon 3 , it doesnt matter that you dont put it in a LW3 pin.  You'd have to privately beta test the files since I lack an actual WCS94 pin.

[pbj]

How much are they?

Supposedly there's some Mortal Kombat character cheering animations in WCS 94 but I've never seen them in real life.  Think you have to defeat all the teams and do a bunch of victory laps or something.

[Nephasth]

There are MK cheat codes (or special moves or something) on JM. I own JM, but have never seen them.

[Malenko]

How much are they?

Supposedly there's some Mortal Kombat character cheering animations in WCS 94 but I've never seen them in real life.  Think you have to defeat all the teams and do a bunch of victory laps or something.

About $200 : https://germangamingsupplies.com/RGBPINDMD-SET-V3-ready-to-go-128x32-Standard-DMD_1
ColorDMD brand displays are $380 but WCS isnt colored for their system yet.


I looked at all the raw ROM data and there is 1 mortal kombat animation, looks like Raiden in his MKII gear:

There are about 6 frames, just zooming in on his face, there are 2 of them ^


I stitched together a few sequences so you have a general idea of what to expect:

[pbj]

$200 all in?

[Malenko]

$200 all in?

$10 to activate the firmware and that's it. You just tap12V for the pin2DMD and load a mcrosd card with the files (use an OLD crappy 512MB one,  plenty of room)

There are MK cheat codes (or special moves or something) on JM. I own JM, but have never seen them.

Looking at the rom data theres 2 MK logos at 0x449 and 0x44A


There is also a 6 square box but no MK3 symbols

So its likely the box is filled with numbers like 010010 (which disables blocking in MK3)


I found a thread on pinside that shows a screen: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/johnny-mnemonic-is-there-an-owners-club-yet/page/6#post-1299765
It looks like its using the MK logos above, on that screen

[pbj]

So, $210 and I've got everything I need besides the microsd card?

[Malenko]

So, $210 and I've got everything I need besides the microsd card?

Yes, depending on conversion rate and shipping but there's nothing else to buy. You just tap 12V and replace the old DMD with the new one. I think GGS ships it with an SD card.

[pbj]

Thanks, I'll be keeping an eye on this.  It's my favorite DMD and I've owned mine 12 years.....

 

[Howard_Casto]

Man I wish I had room for pinball.  So the colorized dmd stuff.... is it integrated into pinmame yet?  I had the urge to make a mini pinball unit, but I went over to the old vpforums and it's even more confusing than it used to be.  I understand how some of my users feel having to cobble together stuff to get it working.

[Malenko]

Man I wish I had room for pinball.  So the colorized dmd stuff.... is it integrated into pinmame yet?  I had the urge to make a mini pinball unit, but I went over to the old vpforums and it's even more confusing than it used to be.  I understand how some of my users feel having to cobble together stuff to get it working.

With ColorDMD, AFAIK no. With Pin2DMD yes. You can have the pin2dmd play the files from something like  .//tables/AltColor/  I believe it requires a specific DLL.

Haruman still has  my gingerballs , but when I get it back I plan to write up a quick how to and what not. Worked on WCS for like 4 hours, its gonna take a while.

[Howard_Casto]

Yeah man that would be helpful.  The next pick n pay is dec 1st and since I can get monitors for practically nothing now would be the time for me to build.  I might be able to get away with a solitary full sized cab, but I'd really have to de-clutter. 

[Mike A]

Holy freakin Chufftober.

First the Rave Racer and now this.

I picked up this Pole Position with 2 board sets. A PP1 and a PP2. The monitor worked, but everything else was dead. He wanted 300 bucks. I talked him down quite a bit.



I got it home and went straight for the fuse block. A 32V 25amp fuse was blown.

Threw in a fuse and The PP1 board  is giving RAM errors and won't play.

Threw in the PP2 board and ...



There is graphical corruption, but the player cars, opponent cars, and track are all perfect.

The game plays like it should.

[yotsuya]

Holy freakin Chufftober.

First the Rave Racer and now this.

I picked up this Pole Position with 2 board sets. A PP1 and a PP2. The monitor worked, but everything else was dead. He wanted 300 bucks. I talked him down quite a bit.



I got it home and went straight for the fuse block. A 32V 25amp fuse was blown.

Threw in a fuse and The PP1 board  is giving RAM errors and won't play.

Threw in the PP2 board and ...



There is graphical corruption, but the player cars, opponent cars, and track are all perfect.

The game plays like it should.

That’s a goooooooooooooooood deal!

[yotsuya]

Oh, on the PP board, go to KLOV and search for the "5v mod" for PP.

[Mike A]

Yeah the guy before me already did that. There are a couple of smoked pins on the board side of the edge connector. There is also a bunch of bad solder work on the board that errors out.

[yotsuya]

Too bad you're not local, I could fix those smoked pins.

[Mike A]

I read up on it a bit, and I am going to take a whack at it when I have time. Having a playable cab takes a lot of the pressure off.

[pbj]

Texas institution Asleep at the Wheel doing a free concert with free beer for Hurricane Harvey victims in Rockport.  The situation is better here but still debris and destroyed buildings everywhere.

[Mike A]

So far I have been stupidly lucky in the arcade machine repair hobby. I took the edge connector from the non working board set and swapped it to the playable board set. The graphical glitches disappeared. I now have a fully functional Pole Position II machine.

[pbj]

Go buy a lottery ticket.  Now.

[Malenko]

Go buy a lottery ticket.  Now.

^THIS


So my driver board finally died in my Daytona USA 2 machine, so now instead  of Building my Dayclona USA cab, Im going to convert this one to my driving machine. Im not naffed, but chuffed, conversion is a lot less work. Of course, I already fabricated 2 lower brackets using the stock one as a guide......

FS: Daytona USA 2 main PCB and audio PCB ; Sega SuperGT/SCUD Racer main PCB and audio PCB....................

[Mike A]

When one door closes another one opens... unless it is a coffin.

[harveybirdman]

Enjoying some grub and beer with the Mrs.

[yotsuya]

Enjoying some grub and beer with the Mrs.

Looks good, professor!

[knave]

I just bought a generator for $50

Pretty stoked being that my town is besieged by wildfires and My mother is out of power.

Only down side is that I thought I would get to be a great small engine mechanic. (I've been watching videos!)

But I get the non running generator home and can't resist pulling on it a few times. Sucker starts up on 4th pull. runs lights no problem.

I didn't even get to test for spark.

But it's still awesome!

For those that care, it is a Generac SVP5000 from around 1997
it has 5000 running amps and 6250 surge.

Guy changed the oil and spark plug I thought for sure I would have to clean the carb. But I started it 3 times. Still I will clean it up. I did watch all those videos after all.

[Howard_Casto]

Generators are a great thing to have now that our proud nation has become a third-world country as a result of climate change related natural disasters and a crumbling infrastructure.  We've used ours twice this year already.

[knave]

I don't know...I kind of agree but I remember the power going out as a kid multiple times a year. now I have it go out once a year maybe.

We never had a generator, we just lit candles and played board games until bed time. I always thought it was fun.

Fast forward to adulthood and its your food spoiling in the freezer...I still don't need a generator. But for $50 and a bit of no pressure small engine practice. it's worth it.

Plus I can take it camping...

...or if I don't go camping I can use it when I rent a bounce house...

...or I can wait till the one time the power goes out longer than 5 minutes and charge my wife's cell phone and be a hero.

...Shhh...no one tell her that I have several inverters and batteries capable of charging said cell phone...

...---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- $50 10 horse engine is not bad either...

...I'm just searching for reasons to be happy when my town is burning down around me. Northern CA Fires...Sigh.

...Still chuffed about the Generator.

[Malenko]

Do WCS 94 next and get your friend pinballjim a discount.

 

Man, ---fudgesicle--- this game and its random fireworks. lol
Jim, if you want to follow along:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pin2dmd-colorization-of-world-cup-94

Not gonna clutterbuck the thread with colorization posts.

[Howard_Casto]

Cool.  Has anybody done the Elvira tables yet?  Tales from the Crypt?  Horror themed tables is what I'm after. 

[pbj]

So you can now get a virtual pinball machine for like $1,500 shipped from China.  With fresh Stern artwork, plug and play.

Someone sacrifice your wallet.

[Howard_Casto]

Got a link?

Hmm.... that means there are Chinese distributors with virtual pinball parts.... Half of that $1500 is probably shipping, maybe more.  Buy the monitors and electronics and get the rest of the parts local. 

[pbj]

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/virtual-pinball.html

[Malenko]

Haruman cut the advanced prototype gingerball kits, he shoul dbe selling them soon.  They are minis though, not full sized machines

[Howard_Casto]

I don't think I like the ones from China pbj, they have huge borders around the playfield ..... I don't think they bothered to de-case the monitors. 

[pbj]

If you're gonna be a fussbudget then build it yourself.

[Le Chuck]

Was there a discussion of color Dmd kits? Should I get one for my TAF? Is there one that doesn't cost 400 ---goshdarn--- dollhairs?!

[Howard_Casto]

It's been quite a while since I was involved in the pin/vpin scene but I was thinking that someone was working on an open-sourced solution at one point....did anything ever become of it?