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jonathanlundstrom:


--- Quote from: mgb on May 02, 2013, 09:06:02 pm ---I'm not positive but I think you're asking what order the buttons should be?

With a 6 button layout, you would start at the top left so your buttons would be

123
456

With 8 buttons, you can go a couple of different ways.
I would highly advise you to figure out if you really want the 8 buttons or not 

I would be careful of doing it because others have it

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I see, but would it be so bad to have four buttons or would I have no need for the two extras?
Could I use this layout for example?

1 2 3 7
4 5 6 8

That way the buttons could be used, but only if the game / emulator needs them.
Am I wrong? :)

mgb:


--- Quote from: jonathanlundstrom on May 04, 2013, 08:49:16 am ---
--- Quote from: mgb on May 02, 2013, 09:06:02 pm ---I'm not positive but I think you're asking what order the buttons should be?

With a 6 button layout, you would start at the top left so your buttons would be

123
456

With 8 buttons, you can go a couple of different ways.
I would highly advise you to figure out if you really want the 8 buttons or not 

I would be careful of doing it because others have it

--- End quote ---

I see, but would it be so bad to have four buttons or would I have no need for the two extras?
Could I use this layout for example?

1 2 3 7
4 5 6 8

That way the buttons could be used, but only if the game / emulator needs them.
Am I wrong? :)

--- End quote ---

yeah that would work. And you can use button 7 for neo geo so that the 4 buttons will be inline but you will need to remap all neo geo games for this button to function as the 4th button.

jonathanlundstrom:


--- Quote from: mgb on May 04, 2013, 11:14:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: jonathanlundstrom on May 04, 2013, 08:49:16 am ---
--- Quote from: mgb on May 02, 2013, 09:06:02 pm ---I'm not positive but I think you're asking what order the buttons should be?

With a 6 button layout, you would start at the top left so your buttons would be

123
456

With 8 buttons, you can go a couple of different ways.
I would highly advise you to figure out if you really want the 8 buttons or not 

I would be careful of doing it because others have it

--- End quote ---

I see, but would it be so bad to have four buttons or would I have no need for the two extras?
Could I use this layout for example?

1 2 3 7
4 5 6 8

That way the buttons could be used, but only if the game / emulator needs them.
Am I wrong? :)

--- End quote ---

yeah that would work. And you can use button 7 for neo geo so that the 4 buttons will be inline but you will need to remap all neo geo games for this button to function as the 4th button.

--- End quote ---

Great, thanks!
But would you recommend this layout?
Since this is my first build I'm not completely sure which layout is the best, and I highly appreciate any advice that you could give me.

mgb:

It's a good way to have your neo geo buttons all in a row and with the 8 buttons, it'll be more even looking than a row of 4 and a row of 3.
 I may be wrong but I think the whole 8 button layout really has come about from the fighter sticks that guys use on ps2s, 3s and xboxes.

For me personally, I like the 6 button layout and I like it staggered to have a neo geo layout   

jonathanlundstrom:


--- Quote from: mgb on May 05, 2013, 06:00:47 pm ---It's a good way to have your neo geo buttons all in a row and with the 8 buttons, it'll be more even looking than a row of 4 and a row of 3.
 I may be wrong but I think the whole 8 button layout really has come about from the fighter sticks that guys use on ps2s, 3s and xboxes.

For me personally, I like the 6 button layout and I like it staggered to have a neo geo layout

--- End quote ---

Hi again!

Thanks for the advice, do you have this kind of layout?
1   2   3
4   5   6

So you play Neo-Geo games like this?
1   2   3
4

Also, another question. The iPac VE controller has inputs for A and B-buttons for each player.
Are these used by any emulator, and should I include them? If so, I've included an image showing a possible position.
What do you guys think?



Thanks in advance!

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