I agree. There are a lot of oddities with the way you'd have to make the game work with a pin2dmd. I colored a little bit of the game but I plan to get a colorDMD for my getaway, which reminds me.....

Im a member of the club now!
Also, don't order from German Gaming Supplies. I'm 2 weeks away from the 1 year anniversary of him not filling an order I placed. Yes, I wrote it off, and no I don't expect him to ship or refund me.

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I'm the same guy

Ive colorized Street Fighter II, Godzilla, Lethal Weapon 3, TMNT, MS Frankenstein, Baywatch, Terminator 2, Checkpoint, World Cup Soccer 94, and Terminator 3, and most of Batman Forever. Probably others, I cant think of off the top of my head and I cant access my gdrive at work to see. I looked at Getaway and the major issues are the screen wipes, and video mode. Pin2DMD doesnt handle video mode well and while I could cheat in simpler ones like Lethal Weapon 3's video modes, HS2G's video most is much more complex. I could probably get the car colored and make the road and everything on it grey, but ColorDMD's video mode would still be significantly better.

It certainly is closed source but I understand why. If you want to customize your colorization Pin2DMD is the only choice. It would still require coloring the entire game or hoping that someone released the colorization source files.

It was worth losing the money to know not to deal with him anymore.

So, I noticed I have a credit dot. I went into test mode and all the switches and solenoids worked fine but the dot is still there. Any common things I should look for or do?

The only thing that pops up is Date/Time not set. Could that do it?

NVRAM

previous owner put it back to factory settings. I'll set the date and time when I get home and see if it fixes it.

it was the date/time setting. Dot is gone wooo hooo

Am I the only one who has wires sticking out of the metal plate where the donut heaven sticker goes?

This is the best one I have on my phone.
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The switches on the right habitrail come out of the hole closer to the player and go down behind the plastics.

If you go back a page to Its_me_aj's post, his wires come out of the metal plate as well. I like it behind the wireform better, so I'll reroute them , probably heat shrink a tube as well to make it prettier. Are those mile marker stickers standard ? (near the top right flipper) I think they look great.

So theother thing I need is a screw post cover thingie by the left outlane. It actually divides the left outlane and the left lane, mine has an exposed screw right now, and I'd like to remedy that. No idea what the part is called or where to get 1 (or 2, so they are both new and matching)

Exactly there, there's 2 there I was hoping to keep everything as OEM as I could but maybe I'll have to just use the vinyl spacers.

This is the mile marker sticker I was talking about, says Mile 1 and its just outside Donut Heaven:
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How much for a Mile 1 and a do not enter?

Couldn't find the mile marker or the do not enter sticker. I'll prolly buy other stuff too and send ya a PM. Im going to reroute the right habitrail switch wiring first.

Thanks!

EDIT: Found them, I must have glossed past them.

I'm at 5, only over spent on 1 machine. Players condition is where it's at for me. I do miss my sf2 pin sometimes.

most I spent was 2500 on TMNT, 2200 on Getaway of course I got Comet for a song and ended up dumping like 1200 into but its practically a brand new game now.

display unplugged?

Replaced the motor in my beacon:

Big thank you to WeirPinball for a great price and fast shipping.

The Aluminum tape on the backboard is a running joke from BYOAC

I see you're running my Pin2DMD beta!

Update your Pin2DMD files

Any idea where I can get the metal thingie above the U turn that has a sticker on it in your getaway? Mines missing the metal completely.

I'll order those and get the U turn sticker from you :p
Looks like you're running v.07 , a lot of bugs were squashed in v.08 and I should have v.09 out before you get back.

Its no secret I love colorized DMDs; but for some games I think sound is more important. This rings true for the getaway and T2.

Some ALT translights are superior to the factory one , but a lot of them suck too. I've heard a few remastered games, and they are pretty good. I've heard some "remixed" games and they are pretty bad. Getaway without the Supercharger is just High Speed. I think the first mod for HS2 should be the pinduino for the super charger, that looks AMAZING

I didn't mean hs2 specifically , but there's some ugly factory gottlieb's like sf2

And the Burn Rubber award

Mr_Tantrum New color beta will be out this weekend if time allows!

That's fine to do. Most grounds are all tied together with a metal strap so they all act as 1 big grounding point.

the row numbering? One set skips 6, the other leaves off 9?

I guess you dont like the colorization thats out for the getaway for pin2dmd? Its almost complete

I just uploaded a new version 2 days ago. There will be 1 more release in about 2 weeks, then it'll just be bug fixing after that
Its all getting sorted out on a Vpin first, then after that all gets squared away I'll test it out on my actual getaway pin and fix any triggering issues.

Same google drive link. While ColorDMD is infinitely better at doing the video mode , my take has more accurate colors based on the back glass :p
Its actually a recurring thing, any game that has complex graphics on video mode ColorDMD just does better. Since Lethal Weapon 3 had pretty simple video modes, I was able to color those pretty well; but I just dont have the means to do T2 or Getaway's video modes nearly as well.

this is from an older build:

maybe I'll make an alt color release and make donut heaven match the mod.

I was being semi-serious, but I didnt realize you printed them in different colors. heh. I get my pin back in 3 weeks then Im gonna get a buncha mods from you.

There's a freeway sign in the market I like the idea of, but not the execution of. If you could do that freeway sign like you did this one, it'd be perfect

I'm probably just going to cut down an electrical conduit plate and get you to print a sticker. Like I said before its a neat concept but the sign just doesnt look appealing to me.

WOB found a buncha bugs in v.10 so Im busy working on .11 right meow anyway.

I'll message ya out of band

Since there are a bunch of Chicago references on the burn rubber map...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Chicago

That looks way better. Get tantrum to print you some freeway labels and I'll order one from you

Since I'll be releasing V.11 later today ; here's the beta video from v.10

A lot was fixed that you see wrong in the video.

So much better, I'll order the first one Geteos send me a PM with payment info

WOB's got a V11 video up already. SOOOOOooooo many bugs squashed, but a few remain. I still need to color 4 scenes and then Im done.

Short it out, see if it registers

bridge the connection between each lead with a little piece of wire. if it registers, its the switch, if it doesnt, its something else

well my advice was for testing , not a fix. If shorting it makes the switch register, its the switch that needs replaced or adjusted. Once you do that, you should be golden.

5 months later and I finally rerouted the wires for the ball lock so they go behind the wire form instead of under the plate.

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Did my first mod on the Getaway. total spent was about $8. kept the old pop covers incase I want to revert to stock. I need to get the bright pop bumper lights now.
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I didnt lose the pop bumper screw, it was missing when I bought the pin. Its on my list of things to buy.

I changed the order around a bunch, I ended up with the yellow and green on the right because they are the easiest to see caps. I guess the best thing about this is that when I feel like changing the order around, it only takes a minute to do. Can I have your old bright caps? :p

I know they are pricey, that's why I said to give me your old ones :p

They looks really good on your AFMr...and I'm super jelly you have that game too.

Thanks for posting both the issue and the fact you got it fixed!

and I'll try to squash any bugs for the real pin as fast as I can

video mode will likely never get colored, pin2dmd doesn't have a good way to color it.

I'll look into the other stuff

yeah I started to color the map thinking there were only a few variations, but there were too many. I even tried to start coloring the video mode trying to just brute force it.

There are over 20 background variables, 16 player car variables, and 75 "traffic" car variables, multiple all them and there is approximately 24,000 frames that need captured and colored. I am working on a super simplified video mode color mask that will color the mountains, score, and gear; maybe even the lane lines, I could also put a giant glob of red at the bottom so the player car is always colored but the downside of coloring the lines and player car would be that when the non player cars go through, they'll turn red.

I had some shit luck tonight with my pin2dmd, plugged in the first one and the external power supply popped and some magic smoke left the pin2dmd
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So I wired up the other pin2dmd using the other kind of power supply and I get no picture. This is the back lit up since the displays are blank:
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Id just buy yet another pin2dmd but I just spent $700 on a new T2 playfield and got like $400 worth of stuff for the getaway. I'll prolly ping dpannell and see if these can be fixed.

In other good times, I 3D printed the super charger ramp sign bracket replacement because I thought it looked neat. I went to install it today and realized my factory one was broken. Plastic was broke, some tin was wrapped around it, and it was hot glued into place.

before:
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nasty:
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After:
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I didn't take a pic but I also changed the pop bumper covers to match MrTantrum's suggestion of red up top, amber to the left, and green at the bottom

Video mode is 2 bit, all the pixels are either white or off. A generic mask could make the score and gear red, the mountain brown and leave the rest white. This is likely the best solution unless pin2dmd comes up with some sort of object based colorization mode. With this solution the signs would still be brown when they first come on screen where the mountains are but that's not a huge deal.

I can look through all the rips WOB has provided and see how many he has ripped, he may have already gotten them all. This is the part of the colorization that really slow me down, finding/ripping/triggering isnt as fun as coloring.

I can tell you were looking at the source files Thats why Im WELL over the 100 hour mark on this game. Ive probably spend 20 or so hours coloring stuff I didnt end up using.

Yeap that looks like the right part. dpannell knows the hardware better than me, and I'd rather him take a look before I make it worse

I PM'ed ya back, we'll get it all sorted. I appreciate the free offer but if its pricey I'd rather chip in that have you absorb the cost of something I may have screwed up.

I'm waiting for WOB to get me a v14 release but heres an old v13 beta:

ColorDMD still does video mode and the map better, but my hitch hiker has blonde hair! :p

I think this is the most cost effective mod ever:
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Looks stock

While I was installing some goodies from Tantrum, I was also adding some LED strips and plastic protectors. I decided to not reinstall the red slingshot plastics and just leave the clear plastic protector there instead. This allows all the light from under the slingshot to shine through and light up the gauges better without adding any additional light:
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and I know the slingshot plastics wont break if they are in a little box inside the pin.

I'm waiting for my cliffy mountain hole protector to come before I install the mountain mod. I am looking forward to getting the supercharger pinduino installed though. Tantrums gonna make me get a darn pinsound and shaker too

I installed some plastic protectors and swapped out my mountain plastic and installed the pinduino super charger mod . To do this I removed the super charger cover , installed everything, . After putting everything back together, when I turn on my Getaway I get an error report. The report says to check the optos and left ramp entrance. If I start a game the ball launcher doesn't fire, and the flippers dont work either. Any idea what I could have knocked loose or broke? I'll be cross posting this in the general help as well and will put the solution in both threads too.

I have reseated the plugs at j206 and j209 , and I verified f104 and f105 fuses are good.

I actually upload new betas pretty frequently. I'm trying to get all the "burnout maps" done before the next release, which hopefully will be the last one.

The latest beta I uploaded should fix a few attract mode issues and more.

Im about to send all my boards off to get looked at, I cant seem to figure out why my game isnt working and now the 12v LED is off too. I havent touched anything so Im at a loss.

I figure I mine as well make paper weight prettier and put in the Mountain mod I bought. I modded the mod and pulled out the small LED strip and put that on the metal behind the mountain to shine in the area in the back right corner, I then installed a frosted LED strip the length of the inside of the mountain. I also added another LED strip to the left of the mountain hole facing outward towards the 3 nearby targets.

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I also removed the plastic that would be under the mountain and replaced it with the plastic protector that would go on top. This does expose the rubbers near the mountain hole but it also lets a lot more light out. I kept the stock plastics I pulled together in case I ever want to revert it.

apparently Im missing one of the rubbers on the left side of the mountain, cause there was a broken one just sitting under the plastic.

You can see the clear plastic protector to the right of the mountain entrance replacing the regular plastic. I wasnt sure if I'd like it but I do. I need to get replacement clear bands for everything.

I think I only used 1 or 2 plastics as protectors, the rest were used as replacement plastics. Im not gonna worry about swapping them around but that's good to know for next time.

I still gotta get the target stickers, the super charger sticker, and something else Im forgetting from you. Eugene is sending my boards back today so I should have a functional game again next week!

Dunno if you updated your files but I do have an ugly functional video mode working now

My condolences :/

Other than the burn rubber maps (its done by a palette change instead of a full colorization) and a complete video mode, its done (I did it). There are 2 partial video modes, one where the mountain is done, and one where the dynamic car is done.

WOB did a vid of a near final build:

There is a glitch where the hitch hiker's hair turns brown on the VPIN but not on the real pin.

As for LED vs LCD for color DMD, it will always come down to preference. I prefer LED. And I think the 2x SAI (Scale and Interpolation) looks awful and my hate for it runs deep. I thought it looked like shit back when MAME did it like 15+ years ago

its free to download over at VPU , LMK how you like it.
I am currently working on adding a working Video Mode

lowballer! its clearly 97.541% complete

To update my post from forever ago, the pinduino was making F112 blow (taking out the flippers , slingshots, and launcher) and eventually taking out the 5V as well. Pulled the pinduino and replaced the fuses, ran through the switch test to clear the credit dot and everything is right as rain. Well, except I cant have that awesome pinduino mod in Getaway :/

I'll prolly order the pinblades and some other stickers for it and call it done. I really gotta get my ginger ass in gear and start my T2 PF swap

Its on its way back to the vendor, they'll test everything out and we'll go from there. I'm just happy to be able to play it again. Now when I take breaks from woking on T2's PF swap, I can get in some much needed Getaway time!

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I always said my first PF swap would be my last, but in retrospect Comet wasnt that bad to do lol. Im a little worried about the canon and T800 head but it needed done. Im hoping this goes smooth so maybe I'll be willing to do a Getaway PF swap next

I am going to rewire the service outlet to only come on with the game so I can run an external power supply for the Pin2DMD. Im about 20% done the video mode coloring.

You missed me so much you followed me to pinside?

Tantrum is great, got a ton of stuff for my HS2. The shooter lane and Donut Heaven stickers are must haves.

Pinsounds are a pretty penny but are pretty awesom etoo, especially for using replacement sounds and music. I'd get one and a shaker but they are cost prohibitive for me. I can barely afford the run down pins I buy as it is.

I'm a pinsound believer too, I'm just poor.

Jen I love that all these years later you still don't know how to upload a regular pic :* <3

Have you made me a mirrored light board for my getaway yet?

Just looks awesome. her shiny side faces the electronics , I'd have it the other way. I covered mine in aluminum tape as a parody of her metal work over on another forum we know each other from. The aluminum tape does pretty much nothing except make me laugh.
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LED all the way

you can get a 3d printed one from Mr_Tantrum

bit of a stretch to call that an animation lol, Id say it removes the "run the red light" blinking text

Mr Tantrum sells 2 kinds, one with clear lenses and one with colored lenses. They are great, I have one

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I think its aesthetics over function. Its super neat but not a mod I'd do. That stop light looks pro!

Finally got enough time to install the red light target stickers (no before) and the super charger loop sticker:
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LOVE IT

I also got the mph/rpm/n20 gauge stickers in:
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My only issue now is that the balls sometimes get stuck in the hold under donut heaven, but I cant figure out why.

new one right on top of the old one

Love it, dead broke right now. Save me a set.

I love the dirtbag plastic I got from you. Looks stock!

Loosen the nut above the sling holding the wire form in place.
Move the wire form over a little so that its centered, and hold it in place while tightening the nut back down.

I just got and installed these, love em!
I was so excited to take the pix I didnt realize the left flipper is a little off, I fixed it after I took the pix.
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installed:
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and installed and on:
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I got my cards from him, they are perfect.

If you know anyone who wants to join the club......
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-getaway-high-speed-ii-the-88#post-5651077

I get the dot cause I never shift down , merp

You are running OLD prototype ROMs

To be more specific, you are running the last prototpye set , after P-7 but before L-2 . I dont know the differences between the protos and the release roms though.

I released the source and CB3 and NetzZwerg both did great tutorials (you linked to NetzZwerg youtube vid) , youre on vpuniverse too so look up CB3's text tutorial its pretty amazing.

Also, if youre on rom L2, there are compatibility issues ; too many to retroactively change from L5.

You should fix your credit dot.

The sequences were broken down into individual frames for triggering and timing issues, you are just going to end up making them single frames again. If you look at the hitch hiker talking, well the frames don't play in the same order every time, so if you try to make that a sequence its not going to work. Trust me when I say anything that was done with a single frame was done for a reason.

I release the source just for this, so people can modify and learn from it, so you have my blessing to do anything you want with it. As always I prefer you release your modified source but I cant make you.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-williams-and-bally-software-upgrades/

I dont like the gold color for the high scores /shrug

and I think you may have deleted too many trigger, because I thought I had this fixed:
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arm looks really good on the shifter.

They never gave me any shit, but I never charged a penny for anything. I think you've been doing good work.

you could have just done that as a replacement scene to get more colors. Adding things like background elements moves it from away from a colorization to me. Much like my TMNT and Street Fighter II releases were more redraws than coloring.

If Im being honest, that blue gradient looks great, the gradient with the mountain looks ok, and the last one looks terrible.

I like it, but I guess I'll have to drop the freeway sign I already have above it.

Im down. Ideas for spinner decals:

HOV LANE
Speed limit XX
Speed Enforced by Radar
the red light ahead sign

prolly not possible, but high speed backglass on one side, getaway backglass on the opposite side

paid and excited!

I think a little sheet of like 10 stickers would be a great addition. I cant decide what I'd want on the spinner, but I already have a wrong way on the 1 way gate by the launcher

I can assure you that does not happen. I built cars for almost a decade until the plant closed (Chrysler Newark,De) and it just doesn't work like that.
Maybe back in the 50s but not a chance in the modern day.

I was just clarifying that it doesn't and cannot happen for at least the last probably 30 years at any US based Automotive plant. I started work at Chrysler back in 99 and even then all the parts were tracked with a computer terminal at each work station. The Ford parts guy was blowing smoke. /shrug

Obviously using a different part in a pinball isn't as big of a deal as using a different part in a car.

Back on topic....
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thats my coil and white thing

Mr_Tantrum sells them. Such a small detail that makes a big impact.

Finally got around to soldering this in.....
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its a pretty cool mod that doesnt effect scoring much but looks so cooooool!
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That's the middle switch on the habitrail to the right, under the metal plate that hides the switches.

I pulled mine out, I still clunk the shot all the time but my machine had a lot of geometry issues.

crooked posts, mis-shaped ball guides, etc

The one you pay for is more complete than mine. You can always use mine (free) then later get the paid one, wont hurt my feelings.

I think those in particular look really nice,and the loop lights really make the game seem more modern.