REeplacing GCN/ N64 Analog stick with trackball

[starwarsfan54321]

As the title says, would it be possible to replace a GCN/ N64 Analog stick with either a trackball or Ultra stik 360?

[lilshawn]

short answer no.

long answer maybe...

it could be possible with a digital pot and an arduino i guess...

The joysticks are actual analog pots, therefore have a definitive start and end points. a mouse/trackball is an infinitely directional device.

you would need to have the programming of the arduino ignore after a certain amount of pulses then decide if by stopping you "release the stick" back to zero or if you would have to roll it back....then you start getting into situations where it would think the stick is stuck in one direction slightly since the trackball has no frame of reference for what is the middle so then you need to experiment with deadzones and on and on and on.

so ya, short answer no, long answer, plausible.

[CoryBee]

More on the long answer, yes it is possible. But I have no idea how they did it so don't ask me.  



http://www.trackballcontroller.com/


If your willing to buy one and open it up, post pictures!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xbox-360-Wireless-Black-Trackball-Controller-by-Jay-Garcia-/280909219759?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item41677e87af

[lilshawn]

huh! whadda ya know, that's actually pretty nifty!

i can allways tell when somone games with a stick like that because they are always like up down up down left right left right... they can't centre on a target for the life of them cause the reticule shoots past the target and they have to keep going back and forth. all you have to do is keep moving and they can't hit you for nothing unless they kamikaze you.

I can track a moving/flying/jumping/falling target with a mouse no problems at all. as someone who primarily games on PC with an xbox controller in my left hand and a mouse in my right,  (i hate looking with the right thumbstick)  this would probably be an acceptable compromise.