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Raising Awareness of Japanese Parts and Button Layouts
rCadeGaming:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on March 17, 2012, 11:15:06 am ---Though I still don't think anyone is right since controls are pretty opinion based, I did notice that your button hand photos were a little off. Nobody's button hand comes in parallel with the controls unless they don't have a torso. If your hand comes in at an angle, as if you were playing, you would notice that your fingers make a line quite easily.
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The pictures show the shape of my hand, which I think is pretty normal and similar to most people's. No matter how I rotate my hand or my arm, my fingers don't conform to a straight line.
If you meant that my middle, ring, and pinky, fingers should make the straight line (which is not the case when playing a six button fighter on the common square "Street Fighter" layout), you can see in the picture that they don't; and if you're trying to conform these three fingers on a straight line which is parallel with the screen and your pointer finger to the lower left (as in just about every square layout), you get into this again:
--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on March 13, 2012, 09:59:26 pm ---your arm will be sticking out at a 45 degree angle or more (with you elbow in player two's way) unless you twist your wrist to a really uncomfortable angle.
These problems are worst when trying to something that uses a row of four buttons across, like Neo Geo games.
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--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on March 15, 2012, 01:19:09 am ---Button layouts which position the pinky button a lot higher than the pointer finger button force you to rotate your hand counter clockwise. This means you have to either hold your arm at a 45 degree angle to the panel (sticking out in player 2's way) or twist your wrist pretty badly.
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Nephasth:
--- Quote from: rCadeGaming on March 17, 2012, 02:20:27 pm ---The pictures show the shape of my hand, which I think is pretty normal and similar to most people's.
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You have a short thumb...
rCadeGaming:
Hahaha, maybe so. It wouldn't change the fact that my pointer, middle, and ring finger don't make a straight line, but do some people use their thumbs for the bottom left button? Do you use your thumb for any other buttons?
Nephasth:
I have a 7 button curved layout (not Japanese style though), I use my thumb for the lower left button (run) in MK3. I use my index finger on that button for Neo Geo games.
BadMouth:
Does anyone actually play with each of their four fingers resting on a separate button?
My fingers don't spread far enough apart to comfortably do that with any layout.
I move my hand slightly to hit the third row.
I considered using 24mm buttons to get them closer together, but they just don't seem like arcade buttons because they are so small.
Good job of making your hands look crippled in all the pictures.
Try typing without angling your hands toward the keyboard. You'd need an angled keyboard. It works the same way for buttons.