Looks awesome. Can't wait to come over and see it in person.
Woohoo! Got mine installed and played a couple games before leaving for Allentown. During the second game, I knocked one of the teeth out of the snake's mouth. Time to place another Mezelmods order.
Had a minor heart attack trying to update mine this morning in the rush before work.
First - a little back story: When I got the sigma for my Metallica, the board fritzed out and died after a few days. I did the standard troubleshooting, then Randy had me try some other things, one of which was re-flashing the boot loader (which you do by putting a different rom file on the USB drive and it auto detects and runs) which didn't work and I ended up swapping the board out for a new one and it's been fine.
Now, today: I grabbed the colordmd.rom and went to install it. Plugged in the USB drive, turned the game on and just after a second or so the display shifted to a different color and then went off. I hadn't touched any menu buttons yet, so I wasn't sure what was going on. My brain immediately jumps to "oh crap, the board died again - is it my USB drive? is there something odd with the voltage in my game? CRAP!". So I turned it off and started doing standard trouble shooting from the colordmd support page. Voltage looks ok, leds are doing the right things, but it never comes on. Went to email Randy my tales of woe and noticed the bit about the boot loader re-flash in the old email chain, and realized what happened. The boot loader rom was still on the thumb drive, so it was auto-writing the boot loader and I didn't realize it. Thankfully, my interrupting it in the middle didn't kill anything (or I waited just long enough before turning it off the first time) and when I let it run it's full course, the bootloader & color rom programmed ok. And of course, it looks awesome. Just from watching the attract mode I don't think I'll stick with the smoothing now that it's colorized. I liked the HD mode in sigma, but it doesn't look right with the color for me. So XLDots it is.
tl;dr: Some dope almost wrecked his display by leaving a special bootloader rom on the USB drive.
Going to be a little late to work, but it was worth it to get a game in with the color. This really looks fantastic!
I now have a serious problem though: My GnR sits between Metallica and AC/DC, both with Color DMDs. GnR looks terrible now. lol
I can't wait to buy another one if GnR gets finished.
Quoted from TecumsehPlissken:what gives ? I look on the webpage & its still says coming soon ??
The purchase item may not have been updated yet, but the color file is on the support page (http://www.colordmd.com/support_firmware.html).
Edit: Doh, too slow.
Blargh!!!!! I knew I should have checked Pinside before heading into the office. Maybe I'll sneak home at lunch to load the ROM and play a game or twelve.
Quoted from Rarehero:Updated my display and played a few games before work! IN-FUCKING-CREDIBLE!!!!!!
Well said Greg!
Quoted from chuck1972:I have a Metallica Premium Monsters, is this Color DMD easy to install in this version?
It's easy to install in all versions. In the original premiums you wouldn't need the newer bits that are required for the new style head. A few screws, a few wires to plug in. Done.
Quoted from Rarehero:Updated my display and played a few games before work! IN-FUCKING-CREDIBLE!!!!!!
Come on...quit holding back...tell us how you really feel!
I must go home!
Quoted from Nexyss:OK, 7 hours is enough work for today. Time to go look at some colored dots.
I guess I should update the machine to the latest code whilst I'm in there. Jesus I'm lazy.
Going to run a short stream of Metallica with my ColorDMD now updated. Hopefully I can play well enough to see some animations! Come on and check it out.
http://www.twitch.tv/mcsirtuna
Quoted from McSirTuna:Going to run a short stream of Metallica with my ColorDMD now updated.
Awesome stream quality! I clicked on it right when you started Battery. Nice slide save, immediately punished by the right outlane.
I hate the ColorDMD on Metallica. Do you have any idea how many balls I drained to watch the animations ?
I had the same problem with wanting to watch the animations vs. playing. I'll be glad to start up the stream again a bit later tonight if anyone still wants to catch it. I'll start up again at 9:30 EST for a bit.
Thanks for the compliments on the stream too. I'm looking for feedback as I've mainly been trying to get it to work good technically. I know it may not have the flashy backgrounds or anything yet and i'm debating to try and do 4 cameras to get a player cam too as I do like having the low angle view too.
I have a few more games in now, and this is just an incredible upgrade. I had the cdmd tied into the speaker lights, so I was pretty used to the same colors flashing all of the time. The color looks great on its own, but it really offsets the other lighting effects very nicely. I am not going to have even a decent game for a while; too busy looking at everything. I have enjoyed playing AFM with cdmd at a show, and it looks great on my AC/DC, but neither of those compares to this. Nice work!
Quoted from NPO:I hate the ColorDMD on Metallica. Do you have any idea how many balls I drained to watch the animations ?
I thought this was a kind of funny post and a little sad at the same time....and then it happened to me again & again
Damn that shit looks nice. I have it on the standard smoothing now, and it doesn;t bother me like some other games I've seen. I'll try out some other modes later.
Just installed on my METLE, the only colours that show are showing are
mainly orange for the pics
Some yellow and white for outlines, scoring and text
I re-seated all the cables and reinstalled the rom
Previously I had the sigma rom installed with purple so I know other colours are available
Any ideas?
Quoted from c2scanada:Just installed on my METLE, the only colours that show are showing are
mainly orange for the pics
Some yellow and white for outlines, scoring and text
I re-seated all the cables and reinstalled the rom
Previously I had the sigma rom installed with purple so I know other colours are available
Any ideas?
Kinda sounds like you got the wrong rom and it isn't recognizing frames right. If you go into the menu, what rom does it say you're running?
Quoted from epthegeek:Kinda sounds like you got the wrong rom and it isn't recognizing frames right. If you go into the menu, what rom does it say you're running?
I used a different USB 3.0 Key and re-downloaded the rom and all is good
I just installed and made a quick video of the DOTXL mode of the DMD. I will soon post a Highres mode to compare the difference. ColorDMD for Metallica looks great, good job at ColorDMD on this one. All of the ColorDMD's look great on my machines.
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Wiggy, thanks for posting all those ColorDMD videos. They look great, and I'm sure they help potential buyers evaluate the product.
Quoted from Razorbak86:Wiggy, thanks for posting all those ColorDMD videos. They look great, and I'm sure they help potential buyers evaluate the product.
Thanks Razorback, appreciate it.
Here is another video done in the High-Res Mode. I personally like this mode.
Huh, in your videos the bonus is in full color before and after the flips - mine goes to solid drab default color before the flip, is ok during the totals, then goes back to drab after the flip for the total. HMPH.
Quoted from epthegeek:Huh, in your videos the bonus is in full color before and after the flips - mine goes to solid drab default color before the flip, is ok during the totals, then goes back to drab after the flip for the total. HMPH.
What version you running there Eric? v1.63 is the latest I think...
Keith
Quoted from Jazman:What version you running there Eric? v1.63 is the latest I think...
Keith
I think I'm up to date, but not sure.
Quoted from Pimp77:DotXL = bliss
I did try the different settings and, for this title, definitely agree that I think DotXL is the best.
Up until now, I had thought that the Simpsons was their best show to date. I think Metallica has now replaced that one at the top of the totem pole. Well done gentlemen!
Jaz
Man, just wanna say THANKS again to ColorDMD and the dudes who colored this game. Looks SO. F-ING. KILLER!!!!!
If I was allowed to make one suggestion - When the Snake gets hit by lightning in the "Fade to Black" Intro...I always imagined he would be completely charred...not just his tongue. Wouldn't mind seeing that revised if the colorists agree. Minor nitpick....everything just looks incredible.
Quoted from epthegeek:Huh, in your videos the bonus is in full color before and after the flips - mine goes to solid drab default color before the flip, is ok during the totals, then goes back to drab after the flip for the total. HMPH.
Oh, hah. I just realized why this is happening. I changed "Bonus" to "Boner" when I was replacing sounds with pinball browser. Dammit! heheh.
Quoted from epthegeek:Oh, hah. I just realized why this is happening. I changed "Bonus" to "Boner" when I was replacing sounds with pinball browser. Dammit! heheh.
That could certainly do it (depending on how the frame was masked and tagged).
Jaz
Can you use the 5 volt connector that's already going to the original DMD or do you have to tap the aux power near the front ?
Quoted from Mando:Can you use the 5 volt connector that's already going to the original DMD or do you have to tap the aux power near the front ?
I assume it needs both 5 & 12 volt , looks great !
I'm definitely liking dotsxl on this. Just blows the other colordmds I've seen out of the water... awesome job!
Quoted from epthegeek:Oh, hah. I just realized why this is happening. I changed "Bonus" to "Boner" when I was replacing sounds with pinball browser. Dammit! heheh.
Edited my rom back and it's in color through the BONER .. er BONUS like it should be. But now I can't chuckle like a 10 year old at the end of every ball.
Wanting to upgrade to the colorDMD but I am confused as I would like to sell my original display once I have the color one in. I thought all the newer SAM machines used the red LED displays? Through the threads it appears the original display is orange with a red plastic cover over the display and if you order thru colorDMD's site you need to buy the clear display shield. So the original one in my machine now is a orange LED display? Anyway, if anyone is interested in buying my original display PM me and it will be available soon after I put the colorDMD in. Thanks!
http://shop.colordmd.com/colordmd-replacement-display-for-metallica-pinball-machine/
Web site says "currently unavailable".
When will this be available?
Quoted from Lethal_Inc:Wanting to upgrade to the colorDMD but I am confused as I would like to sell my original display once I have the color one in. I thought all the newer SAM machines used the red LED displays? Through the threads it appears the original display is orange with a red plastic cover over the display and if you order thru colorDMD's site you need to buy the clear display shield. So the original one in my machine now is a orange LED display? Anyway, if anyone is interested in buying my original display PM me and it will be available soon after I put the colorDMD in. Thanks!
Both the original METs and the new ones ship with an LED display (not a plasma). The LED modules use red LEDs in a white faced 8x8 array.
The older games shipped with a clear shield with a red removable filter between the shield and the LED display.
The newer games (with the angled metal speaker panel) ship with a red shield.
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