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| Burnasty:
Hi, my name is Brian. I am jumping head first into my first build. I am starting with a defender cab that has seen better days. I want to have comfortable room for two players with 6 buttons and sticks. I think I will need to expand the control panel, which is what I am most nervous about. Any help generally speaking or retrofitting a larger control panel would be greatly appreciated. I have a p4 desktop that is going to be the system used. This is going to take me about 8 months due to moving into a new home and small children. I look forward to having plenty of questions answered. Thanks Brian http://yfrog.com/16img0306fj http://yfrog.com/7eimg0307qj |
| DashRendar:
Welcome to BYOAC Brian! This community is a great resource for this hobby. 99.9% of the questions people ask have been asked at some point in the past. There is over a decade worth of posts- so using the Search feature on the main page of the forums will give you most of your answers. Another good place for information is the BYOAC wiki. http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/ Hope that helps! |
| 92greenyj:
I'm in the same boat and doing the same thing with a Pac Man cabinet. What I've done so far was to take a lot of careful measurements of the original control panel. then to start I added 6"s to the width (front to back, or from the screen out towards your body) of the panel. I then cut several cardboard templates to this size. Next I drew a 1/2" by 1/2" grid in pen on the cardboard. Mounted the first template in place with tape to get a feel for how far it would stick out. It was liveable. next I got the dimensions of the joystick mounting bases (3"x3") from Happs website and the dimensions of the pushbuttons I want to use and I skecthed a few different layouts in pencil on my template using the grid I made as reference for placement and such. When i had a layout i was happy with (2 8 way joys with 6 buttons per player, a dedicated 4 way joy in the middle with 2 buttons, 3 admin buttons, and a player 1 and 2 coin up and start button) I realized I could cut my board down a little so it wouldn't stick out as far. So I cut 2"s off. my final panel will, at present, only come out about 4"s further than the original. This is a good place to start and will let you play with different sizes, layouts, etc until you get something your happy with |
| HanoiBoi:
Hey guys, Check out slagcoin.com. More specifically, go to http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html You'll find it a very useful site to map out a CP. Burnasty, I'd say you can fit 2p w/6 buttons each into that CP without issue. I've got similar, but even wider per player (4+ buttons wide) in a 24" panel. And there's room for a spinner in the middle (top). Here's something I added to a previous post: I've got a 24" x 9" Control Panel in my machine right now (actually a little less than 24" inside the cab frame) and I don't have issues with 2 players. In that ~24" span, I have the following; (1)(C) (S)(B) (C)(2) (J) (B)(B) (B)(B) (J) (B)(B) (B)(B) (B) (B) 1=Player 1 Start 2=Player 2 Start C=Coin S=Spinner (The spinner was thrown into a previously drilled hole. It will later be moved down slightly, or another added for both Players) B=Button J=Joystick |
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