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Usually, I only want to publish colorizations that have as few errors as possible. However, after about 400 hours of work, I now realize that I will have to rearrange a huge part of this project to fix all persisting issues on certain modes. That is the reason why I am not going to reach my goal of releasing by the end of the year. But because I believe that the project has reached a point where it is already a lot more fun than with a monochrome DMD, I decided to share the current BETA progress. Version uploaded to the file section, for real pin requests, please PM. Enjoy so far... http://vpuniverse.com/…/…/file/5849-red-teds-road-show-beta/

Heres whats done so far... 1.75 Added/Colored "LW3 Unofficial" screen (CHADCODE) Added/Colored "visit pinball code.com" scene (CHADCODE) Added Extra frames to the end of the first segment of the chase scene (CHADCODE) Added Extra frames to cop slide section of Car Crash Scene (CHADCODE) Recut/Colored/Triggered Driver's eye scene from Car crash to match new timing (CHADCODE) -Done in a way that wont break compatibility with old code Recut/Colored/Triggered Toilet Bomb scene to match new timing (CHADCODE) -Done in a way that wont break compatibility with old code Added additional Crime Simulator spash screen frames (CHADCODE) Recolored Replay screen back to gold and blue Recolored "Silver Pictures" intro scene Recolored "insert coin" screen, reverted coin to silver Recut/Colored/Triggered BSMT2000 screen to remove glitch Recut/Colored/Triggered ALL TEN DEMO SCENE CARDS (this was well over 12 hours alone) -1:1 and 1:2 triggering (2 triggers per frame when possible) -this fixes clolor and frame glitching -this fixes the scrolling effect issue -this fixes coloring getting out of sync with DMD Better shading on the exploding building windows Fixed miscolored S on "Riggs wins" in fight mode completion ALL NEW Colorized by Malenko screen, as if you care. Recolored the Helicopter chasing the car scene Recolored the Helicopter pilot's eyes scene Better shading on Car crashing into Helicopter scene Replaced the blue with brown in the chopper chasing the car towards the screen, darkened car mirror "Coming Soon" shorted to 6 frames (it loops) should fix timing on demo screens Added/colored "FROM" frame (after coming soon, before Data East) Added/colored "Data East Pinball" scene witht he circles Fixed Yangra's colorization of the dont drink and drive (recolored guy and martini olive) Added/Colored the credit scroll instead of just a pal swap Added/Colored "Multiball Fuse" scene instead of just a pal swap Added/Colored "Karate Kick" scene Recut/Colored "Looping" sequence 1:1 framing Changed "Leo Getz" speech bubble to white Recolored "Danger Dog" scene Added/Colored Super Pops 100,000 Added/Colored Super Pops 1,000,000 Added/Colored Super Leo ReCut/Colored/Triggered armored car driving through Multiball letters -triggered on both Multiball and Tri-Ball

Update. Still going slow on this colorization. Life has gotten in the way. Patience is a virtue, and I am shooting for November release.

Hi guys, I've uploaded the daily update yesterday introducing new colors for the jackpot countdown sequence. Since the beginning, I'm not really happy with the choice I made with these colors, but i'm struggling finding the right ones. So do not hesitate to give your feedback. I remind you that you can follow the changelog on the first page on this thread : @lucky1 sorry for the french talk -> we'll keep that in PM and will switch back to english !

Sorry lucky - as soon as I posted that I realised you were probably the wrong person but figure you might be interested. I raised a new issue on freezy github. I have just uploaded some new files - sources, VPIN and REAL - to fix the following: No more hitchhiker ghost hair on ball 1 lock sequence Match sequence cop car palette adjusted Freezy 1.8.0 compatible (all replace sequence scenes have at least 2 frames) Have fun! VPIN FILES: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SG6htoGkxMJ7UzaJNafeHpOICk9A0-Ob?usp=sharing REAL PIN FILES: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P-oTdnd_VGMxCbM5Hfnk9k7wPd9mFI2Q?usp=sharing SOURCES: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z-JOH1FXInAUkuh1WQU8Kea6wdDCarkB?usp=sharing

Official rev r5150 Christian Tabert - Sahara Love - requires Gottlieb's Sinbad to complete the code set LW3 3.01 from pinballcode.com SAMBuild_r5150.zip

Official rev r5185 Added working system for NSM/Lowen (Cosmic Flash, The Games) Switch Votrax/SC01 emulation over to real simulation core (some GTS80(A)s and Taitos) Lethal Weapon 2.04 (English) SAMBuild_r5185.zip

Making progress with the dynamic score screens and a few others. https://imgur.com/a/Y7KruIK Teed_Off_Attract.mp4 Teed_Off_Dynamic_score_screens.mp4

I already have a gb project I work on, but get stuck because I don't understand the steps needed to get the wanted results with pb and how to combine these programs in the end.

Currently best practice is coloring the dynamic scenes in pinball browser and the replacement scenes in pin2dmd editor. To make it possible to colorize dynamic scenes in the editor the number of colors needs to be raised to at least 32 in the editor and the firmware. I could do it for the firmware but for the editor I need the help of Steve.

I think the raw files are literally the raw bytes of frame data; the text files are a textual representation of the same data, but this takes up more space. Hence the TXT files can become massive, and that is why they are gzipped. I come from a virtual development platform, so things are definitely different in that respect and I have never used my pin2dmd to dump the frames so can't answer your question on how to stop dumping, but I will say this... I prefer the TXT format. I can manually edit the text dumps and cut and patch a file together with hard to find scenes that I maybe see when I'm playing in VPX (nothing to stop you unzipping, editing, and rezipping!) - if I see a scene I need while I'm playing, I will quickly quit the game and take the last handful of frames from the pinmame TXT dump and append them into a "manual captures" file. The TXT dumps are accompanied by some kind of time code before each frame, but I've never had any problems cutting and pasting from one file to another, so long as you respect the file format/layout. I don't think the editor cares too much - ultimately what matters is the hash that will be triggered from each frame, not the source dump that you used the generate the trigger, and in that respect, TXT or RAW makes no difference. I have even created frames 100% by hand using the text dumps as an input method - I recreated a frame from a video because I couldn't get the dump! Also, at least from the few RAW files I've been given from real pin owners, I very rarely see the "frame tearing" in the TXTX dumps that I see in the RAW dumps. Perhaps RAW dumps give more accurate timing information in terms of frame delays (ie. how long each frame stays on screen for) and this is what Lucky is referring to with regards to "transition frames", but again, I would say 95% of my projects are done through TXT files alone. I suspect there probably is an upper limit for the dump files, but my projects often have several (TXT) dumps of 30 minutes or more worth of gameplay (thanks Wob!), and I've never hit it if it exists. You absolutely could take the glass off and capture every scene in one go, but this is much harder than you think it is - it isn't just about catching each scene, but about catching each and all of the dynamic states of those scenes - there are often far more dynamic scenes than you realise!

HEre is a video of the most recent version running on my getaway, showing some of the remaining errors.

Thank you very much Wildman ! Now, I'm truly ready for this afternoon.

For more clink show more at the bottom of the page On the right click on the one you want, Then click on platform 86 Then click on artifacts, Then download the 86 zip file

merci beaucoup wildman !

Looks like I am going down the rabbit hole for this one. If you've played CV, you know the DMD is quite elaborate. Looking forward to the challenge, and stay tuned for updates! Here's an appetizer!

I only capture from a virtual table and PINMAME but this might also work for you When I'm doing a capture I have my PINMAME/DMDDump folder open. (folder where my capture is created) after I capture a a scene I want, I drag and drop the "rom-name".txt file to my Desktop The actual capture is not stop, but the "rom-name".txt, I moved to the desktop is no longer getting any data. This is because a new recording in the PINMAME/DMDDump folder was started.

Thanx for the early release Martin, i also send you a donation.

Just use the raw file raw! No zipping needed!

@lucky1 I'm afraid I didn't look at LCM mode yet; the video mode in Getaway is so complex, I think I want to try it on a simpler scene before I try anything quite that hectic, but there might be something in my next project I can try it with. @sprudeldudel I tried running the L-2 rom in VPX but I am not experiencing any noticeable problems in those scenes, though I appreciate VPX is no substitute for the real thing 😐 I also checked against the Nov 2019 sources and I am using the same triggers/didn't retrigger those scenes (though both were recoloured/touched up). I will admit that the trigger for "shift to launch" is a bit dodgy in my opinion and I think would be at risk of not firing, but I tried to approach my edits with a mantra of "if the cap fits, wear it", so I didn't touch those triggers. I will try and go back and add something for the shift to launch at some point and post here when done, but I think I will struggle to be able to do much more with the hitchhiker.

Just when you thought I was done with crazy FP-BAM Demos... I bring you something you never asked for... but are glad you are alive to witness it. This is a demo showing BAM's great FBX Model and animation support. The models are nicely detailed with some really nice normal / bump mapping, and specular highlighting. @Scott Wickberg , if you ever do a VPE version of STSE in the future.... I'll hook you up with this groovy dancin' Demogorgon for a new Multiball mode! Eee-Hee!

I just updated the files, I think I got the High Score thing fixed, added colorization to the Replay scene, and colored the Crypt Keeper. I also fixed the Red Wire bomb playback (it was missing some color on the hands)