Is it worth updating the BSD rom? mine is still on 1.0

cool mine is updated

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I don’t think there have been many if any updates in code as far as I know. Sure would be nice if Soren or anyone else had something up their sleeve!

Mine was on L1 too. Oh well should have checked before buying. Anyways if anyone is not on L1 and wants my rom I'll be happy to give you mine as I have no use for it. Just message me.
cheers and thanks for your help!

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Just checking to see if anyone might have a rats scoop cliffy protector for sale?

Thanks

I had a BSD and sold it a few years ago (big mistake). It was pretty loaded with mods—color DMD, Pinsound, LEDs, topper, etc.

I was just able to buy another one in great condition that was pretty stock. I’m really not missing many of the mods except for one thing. I hate the deformed tombstone cover that comes with the game. So big thank you to Morpheus for the cover he makes. It’s a little expensive to ship to the U.S., but I really like the upgrade.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bsdracula-3-d-tombstone-cover/page/18#post-8066069

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Yeah Morpheus' mod is great. What he hell was Williams thinking? The original has to be one of the worst pinball parts ever.

I think they did it this way to not go over budget, many of the designer's ideas are not implemented because of this, Scared Stiff had a lot of things removed to not go over budget

I know it was asked and answered somewhere here before but I can't find it. Sometimes when I launch the ball it makes a whistling type noise and sometimes it doesn't. Also sometimes at launch it will trigger one of the three targets on the dmd other times not until the ball passes through to the playfield. Thanks for any help.

Sound like the shooter lane switch and the skill shot lane switches need adjustment/replacement.

enter the test menu and go to the switch test, press the switches that are in the trajectory of the ball when it is thrown into play and see if some of these switches are triggering some of the targets, this could be a bad diode or even the 10 opto board

Hello everyone, sometimes when I press the left flipper the Altar (Rat hole) is activated by itself, another thing that happens is that a letter from the video mode is also collected when pressing the left flipper, does anyone know what this could be? my left flipper is without the E.O.S, would that be it?
In the Switch test everything is ok, only during the game does this problem happen

No. EOS is dedicated. Not matrixed like the other switches. Game will ignore it. You should fix it.

Tests - Switch Edge - bang on playfield. Any switch reporting on the DMD is too sensitive and needs adjusting.

LTG : )

I don't think that's the case, because both the Altar, and the video mode letters are triggered by optos and not switches
I recently replaced the left flipper coil, could a bad left coil diode be causing this?
Is it worth testing the flipper opto board?

I will, I already have a new E.O.S, I've been a bit lazy these last few days hahaha

I don't think that's the case, because both the Altar, and the video mode letters are triggered by optos and not switches
I recently replaced the left flipper coil, could a bad left coil diode be causing this?
Is it worth testing the flipper opto board?

No. Two different circuits.

You could swap left and right easily if you want.

LTG : )

great idea LTG, as soon as I can I will test it

I did exactly that LTG and the problem was solved, thank you very much for your help
I just don't understand why just changing the flippers boards solved the problem, this was supposed to be just a test, does it make any sense to you?

Have a question for fellow owners...

My game often has ball saves completely disabled for tournaments. We've noticed that when this is the case, the 'love never dies' insert is lit solid at the beginning of a ball, and stays that way for the entire duration of it. It turns off during bonus sequences, and works normally during attract mode. At first I thought it was a lamp matrix issue, but it also works normally when ball saves are enabled - it flashes and then turns off completely after a couple seconds - and I can't duplicate it in the lamp test; the lamp only lights when selected in the test. No other lamp (or flasher or GI, for that matter) lights it in test. Is this intentional behavior or a software bug? I've tried a factory reset and am on revision L-1, which as far as I can tell is the latest.

Shit happens!!

Ok I found some video's on YouTube of ColorDMD and PIN2DMD. What do you guys think? PIN2DMD is about 1/2 price of ColorDMD.

ColorDMD -

PIN2DMD -

I personally will be going with the pin2DMD, I got one for my Data East Hook. There is a few cut scene dots out of place but not an extra $300 worth.

Had both. Will never use pin2DMD again. ColorDMD all the way.

This is the correct answer. People will spend $300 on 3D printed garbage but don't pony up for an actual good product

I seen both and and went with ColorDMD LED, scenes just look so much better.

Just curious, but what are the complaints with Pin2Dmd?
I’ve never used their product, but that video doesn’t look bad at all. I’ve bought several ColorDMDs in the past.

Having seen bothin action I think ColorDMD looks better... Pin2DMD is pretty good but there always seems to be a little jankiness... it's probably game dependent tho.

Having installed both the software and product key situation on Pin2DMD is annoying to me. If your seller supplies the files or preloads everything that's cool but tracking down the files for my buddies game kinda sucked and even when we did and threw the colorist a donation we still haven't gotten the color working.

The Pin2DMD price is nice and if you're the kind of guy who's got a lot of patience for making things work (or a good source) tho Pin2DMD sure beats no display at all. But ColorDMD is better and for a couple hundo extra I'll take better and easier and working any day.

I officially joined the club yesterday. I finally got it home and setup last night.

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Both great games, now get a ColorDMD LED for it

Very nice looking example of a great game. And yes, Pinsound board and color DMD are literal game changers.

I've always used ColorDMDs products and have 5 installed now in my games. They offere 2 types of displays LCD or LED. Easy to install. Update files are easy to find. Support is awesome. I've seen threads with Pin2DMD gripes but never read through what the issues were.

Hard to tell but it looks like someone changed out the backboard decal.

If you like to constantly tinker and deal with colorization and some frames not rendering properly...then pin2DMD is for you.

If you want turnkey installation and 0 problems and 0 tinkering....then colorDMD is for you.

Simple as that.

Still looking for an answer to this...

I think it's a software bug since the lamp works normally when in normal settings, Are you setting the game to tournament mode or are you just disabling ball save? I can do a test this weekend and see if my machine does the same, mine is also in version L-1

Much appreciated! We both enable tournament mode and disable the ball save.

I did the tests today and the same thing happened, love never dies stays lit solid the entire game, when in normal settings love never dies works normally, I don't know if it's intentional or a bug but everything is definitely ok with your machine

Got my Morpheous grave mod today. This is the third one I have done over the years and he is always quick to respond, ship, and it makes a huge difference. A 2 min install too. Thanks!

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Many thanks - I'll take note of this for the future.

I consider this the top one mod for Dracula, ColorDMD comes right after

Don’t forget Pinsound!

you are right, I recently bought my Dracula, looking forward to putting together these three mods

Pinsound vs PinWoofer?

Pinsound board offers the alternate soundtracks. That's what most people are referring to when they mention it. Not so much the speakers

Is it worth getting the complete pinsound kit or just the board?

I’d recommend getting the complete kit.
Comes with board, wiring , speakers and hardware. It’s plug and play!

That looks great! How can one acquire this mod?

Pm https://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/morpheus

100% agree. I have color DMD, pinsound, and a polk sub on the one of mine at home. Completely transformed the game. I’ll be putting the same on my Dracula at my office very soon. Once you play one with those it is meh playing one without. Lol

Gothic V2 LE incoming........!

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Fucking eh!