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How to install joystick on 3/4 plywood?
Jack Burton:
Are you sure it's a competition joystick?
Does the bottom look like this:
or this:
If it looks like the second photo then you have a Super joystick, not a competition one.
The Super Joystick has two modes, 4-way and 8-way. If it is set to 4-way operation you will only ever be able to jump straight up even if you hit the diagonals.
To change between modes you flip the actuator that goes around and hits the switches. The joystick you bought may have come set in 4-way mode. To change it around take off the C-clip and flip around the actuator and put it back on.
Super joysticks are still pretty good sticks btw.
boardjunkie:
I hate microswitch sticks, but the Supers have a better, more solid feel to me.
Rice Cube:
hey jack, yeah i have a competition one. i would like to get something with leaf switches, though, looks a lil better to use. yeah i have everything wired up correctly. i think it might be the microswitches. im thinking i might not have the problem if i have leaf switches.
Donkbaca:
Its not the microswitches if the diagonals aren't working. Its either a software mapping issue, or as I mentioned, it could be that you did not mount the joysticks so that the top is parallel to the screen, so that when you think you are moving diagonal, you are only hitting the top switch
djm858:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on June 28, 2011, 12:22:26 pm ---Its not the microswitches if the diagonals aren't working. Its either a software mapping issue, or as I mentioned, it could be that you did not mount the joysticks so that the top is parallel to the screen, so that when you think you are moving diagonal, you are only hitting the top switch
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If it's just misaligned, he should be able to at least get a diagonal jump out of 1 (I guess technically 2) of the 8 joystick directions. Rice Cube, I think it'd help if you push the joystick in each of the 8 directions and tell us what happens for each. Use Street Fighter as the game. I think this will really help to eliminate any confusion on the diagnosis.
For example, we'd expect to see:
U: Jump straight up
UR: Jump diagonally to the right
R: Move right
etc....
We'll at least find out if your diagonals just aren't there, or if they're out of position, or something else entirely.