Cobalt flux problems..

Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

Today I have just gotten cobalt flux w/ black and textured arcade mod and I have a few problems. First, their are for pieces of metal screwed into the pad on the four corners. One of the pieces of metal isn't a right angle, so only half of it will fit in, and the other half sticks out. I just took it all out and Haven't noticed anything happening. The metal is bent at about 100 degrees instead of 90. I tried bending it, but it wouldn't work. Also, when I took it out some of the Wood (?) filling came out.
Secondly, The black textured arrows give me problems. I have to put most of my weight on the X arrow to get it to register. I mean I am putting over 100lb of pressure on it just to get it to hit.
Third, how tight should the screws be? Should they be pretty loose, or tight as possible? I really need some helps. My left and right arrows are very insensitive near the cent, but my up and down work great.
This last problem is now more of a technique thing, but how do I play with the brackets? I used foam and soft pads and the bracket gets caught on my shoe and gives me trouble. I also can't cheat the hands with it.

Thanks.

Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

I played Bouff (10)and i got about a 58%. I had something around 200+greats. On an ignition 3.0 my avg score is about an 85% I loosed up all the screws on the panels considerably and it improved. I got some AAs on ddr song. I didn't have any problems with perfects, but I noticed getting a few pad goods and misses + a few freezes would die for no reason. Im gonna loosen up the screws more and then loosen up the ones on the brackets and see if it is perfect. I might take out the brackets. The A arrow is still giving me hell.
Also, is there supposed to be space between the arrows? because their are small gaps about the size a milimeter between the center and the arrows. Its just a crack, but I can see a wire through it on the down arrow border. Is that bad?

Update: I took off all of the brackets on the pad and it works good now. (Excluding A arrow) I brought up my infection score by about 6%. I play in my socks and noticed how fast my feet move. I got to about 65% in Delirium before I failed, and I usually get to 50. The only problem is the screws. Since I play in my socks, I get caught on them a lot. It won't catch on to my socks, but it will slow me down. It Fast songs like Max 300 I end up missing a few arrows because of the screws hitting my foot. Also Fast Down-Left to Up-right jumps will make me hit the screws.
I was thinking about taking off all the screws near the center. That means I would take off 3 screws per arrow. The the pad work ok If I took out all the inner screws? That would be the bottom two on each pannel+ all the ones in the center. Also, if I take out the center screws, can I still play without it?

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Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

Thanks

. I guess I will remove the mods. Everything is working great now, but the screws are still giving me a little bit of trouble. Does anyone know how to use it with stepmania? because I just can't get it to work.

Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

Ok, All the brackets are off. When I removed the black textured piece there was no normal arrow below it. I thought that is ok, as long as the sensors are their, but their is a wire attached to the black square and I'm not sure how to go about removing it.

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Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

I basically stripped the pad. I took off all the screws on the middle and four stepping arrows. I took out all the plastic sheets and ripped out the logos. The middle is no longer raised. I really like this layout. The arrows are sensitive enough to trigger with my pinky.
I know a cobalt flux can be ran over by a car, so I don't think this will be bad. Will not having the plastic sheet/screws mess anything up? I'm getting some really good scores and its a lot easier to pass hard songs. Does anyone have instructions on how to take the black textured panels off? I see a wire on the corner of one and I don't want to mess with anything. The one problem I have left is that I stub my toe againsts or my sock gets stuck. Yesterday I got holes in three socks, and it completely ripped one half.

Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

Summary of the remaining problems
* How to hook it up to stepmania. The adapter doesn't seem to work.
* How to take off the arcade mod textured black step.
* Will taking off the plastic layers above the logo and taking out all the screws harm the pad?

Nicknicholas · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2008

Ok, I put all the screws back in, all the latex layers and brackets. Now its just as it came except without the logos. It works great now. Although, I occasionally rip my sock on a bracket. I just can't use shoes. when I use shoes I can't double step at all. I cross over most of the time, but any time where I have to hit two arrows close to each other I'm just too slow. I mean my charlene score dropped aobout 6% with shoes and I can't even pass all the 11s with shoes.
When I put everything back on my right arrow started squeaking. Its on the inside edge and it doesn't really feel as solid as the other arrows and it never did feel quite as solid. When I took off the metal sheet everything looked ok.