IPac Vs Hacking a Controller

[WhereEaglesDare]

Ive hacked controllers before (with varying degrees of success) to be used for various things on PCs.  For a while I didn't know about the IPac, now it looks like the way to go.  On a single player machine how many would go through the trouble of buying a 50 dollar IPac against just moding a controller.  Are there cheaper alternatives?

[Comtek]

use the ipac trust me
the controller i just used would not allow me to fire fast enough in defender and an ipac is only twice the price of a cheap controller
save yourself a headace use the IPAC

[daywane]

1 person ?
If I had a controller laying around  I would hack it.
GGG has sidewinders for $8.00

[Comtek]

maybe it was the particular controller i used but i was not happy with the results at all

[daywane]

sidewinders are great

[Comtek]

i never tried the one i hacked first
all in all it was a great learning experience
do a search on here there is a few threads of people doing it

[darcyp]

I would go with a gamepad for a single player. Much cheaper and not really harder assuming you can solder. http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=258 works great, and has large solder points and a shared ground between all of the inputs.