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| fytr:
Hi, I'm using 2 U360's on my lightly converted Gauntlet Legends cabinet for the 2 front players (P1 and P2), along with 2 Sanwa JLW-TM-8's for P3 and P4. The idea being to provide maximum flexibility and general playability for classic 80's games in Mame for P1 and P2, and also supporting 4 player action (my 3 boys and I 8)) for games like the Gauntlets, TMNT, etc. In general, the U360's work as advertised, the automatic setup in Mame using analog input mode is fantastic! However, I'm having trouble finding the sweet spot for the spring strength to use in the U360s. I started out using the stock spring with the circular restrictor plate. That was very soft, felt pretty good for Donkey Kong's, but was way softer than the JLW's and too soft for most games. Then, I installed the optional "hard" spring from Ultimarc. This was a generally better feel than the stock springs, but after playing them awhile I'm finding that they are a little too stiff for many games. For example, last night I was playing Astro Blaster (high score competition and all ;D) and the with the hard spring the U360 is way too stiff for subtle left/right movements required in this game. Also, the U360s with hard springs are stiffer than the JLW's. What I would like to have is an approx. stiffness for the U360's that matches that of the JLWs, or perhaps just slightly stiffer. However, I don't see any other readily available options from Ultimarc for a "medium" spring between the hard and stock one. Of course, it's just a spring, I suppose I could source it from lots of places, but don't really know where to start looking. I was also considering stretching the stock spring to see if I could make it stiffer that way. I can't be the only one who has this issue with the U360s. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Thx. Ken |
| Turnarcades:
The difficulty is how is anyone to measure stiffness or adjustment in a way that can be written down in an answer? If you need the spring resistance to feel a particular way, get the needle-nose pliers on the springs and adjust them to your needs - only you will know what feels right. |
| Benevolance:
How does a person adjust the spring tension with pliers? Just stretch the spring? |
| Ginsu Victim:
Stretching the spring will make it have more resistance, which is not what the topic creator wants. |
| Bender:
the U360 is based off the JLW so just put one of those springs in there I'm pretty sure you can get them from Lizard Lick |
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