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How many Control Buttons (start, pause, exit, etc) are reccommended?
wweumina:
I recommend none unless they are hidden. I put Pause and Exit on mine and regret it. Amazing how many people still ask if they can pause or how do they exit though. I think every first time builder thinks they should add lots of those buttons and I think most 2nd builds get rid of them altogether.
severdhed:
I like a pause button, but that can also be a shifted function. the only admin button you shouldn't do without is an exit button. I have not added an exit button to my DK cabinet yet, and people get confused when they have to hit a button combo to get back to the menu. guests don't need to even know they can pause the games, but anyone who plays your cabinet will need to exit back to the menu, and without an obvious way to do this, it is confusing for them.
JustMichael:
I have only 3 dedicated "admin" type buttons. One is used to launch Mame from the frontend. That button is also used to exit Mame back to the frontend. Pause game (often used especially for bio breaks) and reset game (hardly used).
SophT:
With a combination of HyperSpin and Xpadder I don't have any admin buttons. At least dedicated ones anyways....
p1 start - starts a game
p1 start + p2 start = exit game.
that's about all you need. I DO have an "extra" profile that I had loaded in xpadder, that's off by default that allows for some more key combos:
p1 start + p1:1 = pause
p1 start + p1:2 = soft reset
p1 start + p1:3 = tab (mame menu)
this "admin mode" is probably only enabled when you're trying to screw around with something in the background- but you can still play games, because nobody really ever holds down the start button and starts mashing buttons.
bradx:
--- Quote from: severdhed on April 18, 2010, 09:56:30 pm ---I like a pause button, but that can also be a shifted function. the only admin button you shouldn't do without is an exit button. I have not added an exit button to my DK cabinet yet, and people get confused when they have to hit a button combo to get back to the menu. guests don't need to even know they can pause the games, but anyone who plays your cabinet will need to exit back to the menu, and without an obvious way to do this, it is confusing for them.
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huh, hold 1P down and tap 2P is that tough? it might be confusing for a second or two, but theyll get the hang of it. no escape button on my control panels and noone from little kids to old people has been unable to grasp the concept so far anyways.