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| Aceldamor:
I would say no on the tach...while awsome in pocket's arcade...his is a driving cab. The tach doesn't fit the "spacy" feel that your cab is themed. I second the idea of a LCD screen. The GBA screen idea or Howard's idea would be good there..that would fit the futuristic feel of your cab a little better. |
| Pixelhugger:
Survey says... no tach. I'm really glad I posted this. I had hoped to get a perspective on whether the tach itself was a detraction from the design... but ended up getting a much more valuable perspective overall. The consensus seems to be to keep the entire panel simple. In thinking through the responses, I've decided I should probably simplify the button layout and nix the CCFL tubes as well.. unless they can be incorporated in to the artwork in a seamless and relevant way. I had begun focusing so closely on this panel that I never even stepped back to look at the cab itself and envision how this thing would actually look in place. I loved the idea of the panel feeling dash-like as long as it did so with a retro sci-fi and NOT an automotive feel. The thing that bothered me most about the tach was the automotive look of the faceplate, but as Magnet points out... the whole design of the panel became automotive as a result of the tach being the focal point. American Graffiti! AAARGH! That is so true. Once again Magnet, you have nailed it. I can already hear the comments .... "those cabinet curves sure look like tail fins now you've put that tach in the middle"..."I love this cab, very 'Early Chevy" *shudders* )P( - thanks for the comments. I have the highest regard for your opinion as your sense of design and ability to "brand" a project like this are second to none. Back to bauhaus for me! ... except of course for the curves on the sides! ;) Thanks for the input everyone. I'll be posting a simplified no-tach mockup for feedback soon since this was so helpful. |
| )p(:
done :-) get the updated exe here: http://echo.messageboard.nl/2243/viewtopic.php?t=1071 you can assign keys to any gamelist in the hierarchy...so you can also cross jump between the selsets...and you can even specify a game within the gamelist to jump to directly... it works also with the onscreen buttons because you can assign virtual keystrokes to them ;-) peter |
| dema:
Hey Pixel, have you determined how you're going to cover the curved portions of your cabinet? I just cut my modified version of your cabinet design and I wanted to see if you had a great solution for that. I was planning on cutting some mdf so it can be set as close to the curve as possible, in order to give it support, and then I was going to ask at Home Depot what they recommended to hug the curves, for aesthetic purposes. Before I did so I was wondering if you had an idea picked out. |
| nipsmg:
Pixelhugger: I think the tach was a good idea, just not the automotive one. A tach display for CPU Usage (maybe one above and one below) in digital bar form would look GREAT on that cabinet I think.. The problem with the tach the way it was, was that it looked like you took a clock from a 50's coffee shop and stuck it on a UFO. I think it was one of the cooler ideas, just not that SPECIFIC kind of tach. oh well *shrug* Looks GREAT so far. I'll keep checking back (of course)! --NipsMG |
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