Ok, just a placeholder. Making a replacement rock outcropping for those SE owners OR an upgrade for the LE/CE owners. Just wait...

HAHAH... yeah, that's about what's happening. Grab some invisiglass and a shaker motor and you're good! The RGB lighting is almost unnecessary.

This is actually going to be upgraded rocks... I am going to put it on my LE, wait till you see it

Would someone be interested in a playfield swap service? Clear coated with auto clear, fully populated, plug in and play, new playfield.

No

Passionè!

I'm up! Back to work!

Geteos is working on a prototype. Expecting something soon.

It'd be a lot But if you are serious i'll think about it. I'd probably want to do mine first to see what kind of time it will take. I've done mostly older games so it's a bit more work with replacing everything at the same time.

Good news on the rocks is that we have a basic concept in 3D. Working out now if it is possible to realistically produce these in 3D. The print is going to take like 17 hours. If that isn't viable then we are going to resin cast them. I think there are 2-3 other mods coming down the pipeline first but this is definitely in the works and we should have a proto to share soon.

Thanks!

A 3D test print was done today on a similar rock outcropping for another game and it came out pretty good. Still have some kinks to work out but it seems very promising.

Mwahahahahahah. 2nd prototype printing now.

Tease....

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Looks like modcouple just posted their version of the rocks. I'll be happy to post a full 3D render of ours shortly so you can decide.

Fixed. Weird I couldn't find anywhere you mention you were making these or we probably wouldn't have done it. No matter, we're doing sort of a plus one version that LE and CE owners can upgrade to.

If you mean from me, thinking about it.

Yeah, going to post our render soon. The pics of the printed prototypes look horrible because it's a really, really fast print speed and low quality because the actual quality piece takes a long time to print. The render will look much better and we'll print out a high quality version so everyone can see. We've integrated some features which we think are cool and the design is different than the original by a decent percentage.

Does this get anyone's pants tight?

Those eyes... they aren't just black... mwahhahahaha

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Ummm.... well... yes and no. The eyes light up for multiple things

Bummmbubmbubbummmmbummmmmm..... Ok, here's our render.

Like I said, it takes a lot of time to print so refining it has been a slow process. It's very large. Here are my notes for you all to consider:

1. A custom designed rockwork that will be an add-on for SE or upgrade for CE/LE if you like. The skull could be removed if you do not want it but is a big part of the interactivity.
2. The eyes react to ball movement and other input from game lighting. Initially they will have a dim, unobtrusive glow but will change their brightness and possibly color to indicate a ball leaving the cave, for example. Further lighting will be part of the entire kit to highlight elements of the cave and skull.
3. A skull alternative may be flickering flame torches that cross the entrance
4. As soon as we have a decent looking print I will post real pictures. Not sure if you can tell but the rocks extend quite a bit forward and backward from where the original would have sat. Much of the "empty" space in that area of the game is now taken up by rocks and they blend in quite a bit more.
5. There are no visible screws
6. The cave, while visible now, will have a "closed" entrance (it will look like a black/dark entrance to a tunnel) which the ball will "break through" when exiting.
6. Of course, like a Ron Popeil style mantra, it's (repeat after me) PLUG AND PLAY!

Since this will be an expensive piece compared to some of our others due to overall size, print time and design time, we want to make sure it has that kind of detailed quality so we are taking our time. We had to rush this a bit to get a model out to you, which may change slightly. We are working on building up the back of the rocks even more to take over more landscape behind the rocks heading up to the Dauntless.

Feedback is always welcome. More renders and pics to come.

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Here's a sort of view of the back, it has a lot more substance to it when compared to the OG. Makes it look really stout in the game.

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Thanks

The aftermarket mods are getting better and better! This was my first non-base level game. After feeling it out, I think I also like the opportunity to sort of customize the game to my liking. I was somewhat surprised that manufacturers don't go the way of more custom builds, offering options like Cliffy protectors as stock installs. Distros could install these items directly or you could order from them/the factory. But I guess good for us to be able to make this stuff cheaper than the manufacturer and have so many options.

I gave up my Wonka spot because I'm deciding how I want to move forward with the playfield situation. I want a Wonka still but I need to meditate on it a bit. I'm unsure if there is room on that game for the level of modification we were able to make on POTC. I have a few WOZ mods coming out but that game is pretty well taken care of as well. I am sort of eyeing a Deadpool but Stern mods seem abundant. So, we'll see. I don't have budget to buy games just to mod (nor space! lol) so might need to toss my JP up for sale to free up some room.

LOL! We love Germany! My wife is a Sebastian Vettel fan and wants to go to Germany next year for the F1 race. However, I had to choose a *different* driver just so we had something to tease each other about while watching the races. Apparently I also work German hours because I'm up with you two. More mods for Germany!

Slapfighter will get his stuff delivered personally so I can hit the Nurburgring.

Thanks for the feedback, good to know there is interest! I really, really just want this stuff on my game too.