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Help with my 2nd CP
rcub3:
My MAME cab will have swappable CP's. I have everything I want for my main CP (essentially 4 joysticks and buttons for 4 p games, but making sure it works well for fighters too).
My second CP will be the frankenpanel for games that use everything that is not a regular joystick. I want to have a spinner and tron stick, and a trackball. My question: how many pushbuttons should I use, and where should I put them? I'm guessing that something like a triangular layout would be best:
SPINNER TRON
TRACKBALL
Maybe a pair of buttons between the spinner and the tron stick? and maybe to the right of the Trackball? How many?
As an aside, anything else that I should include? rotating stick?
Paul Olson:
Since you are using swappable panels, why are you trying to add everything to one panel? I think you would enjoy trackball games much more if you make a dedicated panel for it. That was you won't have to worry about hitting any other controls.
Vigo:
--- Quote from: Paul Olson on May 11, 2011, 01:36:55 pm ---Since you are using swappable panels, why are you trying to add everything to one panel? I think you would enjoy trackball games much more if you make a dedicated panel for it. That was you won't have to worry about hitting any other controls.
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My guess here is because he really has a larger area to work with...he is only using swappable Control panels to avoid the mothership sized frankenpanel, and probably doesn't want 5 customized control panels lying around at the same time. To me, a trackball, tron stick and a couple spinners doesn't seem too cluttered for one control panel.
rcub3: I don't know exactly how many buttons you would want for this, but are you planning on using your spinners for racing games as well? That would possibly dynamically what you would need on the panel.
alfonzotan:
Oh, no, I'm not falling for this again. It all starts out innocently with control panel talk, and the next thing you know, the thread is all full of Big Toe Poke Of Death instructions from the Hong Kong Book Of Kung-Fu...
rcub3:
Yes, I don't really care much for how that second panel will look. But the main one that will be on the cab most of the time should be as "clean" as possible, IMO. Maybe I could add the trackball to the main cp, but I already invested in one optipac....
Re Spinner: Sure, I could do racing games, but it would be mainly for games like Arkanoid, and whichever other good classics. I've seen CP's with 2 buttons for the spinner, so I'm guessing this is enough for it. What games would "a couple of spinners" be good for?
Re Trackball: There are quite a few CP's that have 3 buttons for the TB, but I think this is only to be able to use it as a mouse? Are there any games that actually use 3 buttons with the TB?
@alfonzotan: Keeping my fingers crossed... ;D