Playing modern shooters on cabinet

[Sionsays]

Has anyone done this? I'm thinking about building my cabinet to play games like bio shock , borderlands etc,,. What is the best joystick I can use to aim to make this work? Looking for mostly usb if possible. Right now I have the u360 and. 6 button per player setup

[Malenko]

a flat piece of wood on your control panel to sit your keyboard and mouse on?

[BadMouth]

Gun Survivor 2 controls interfaced via U-HID.



http://youtu.be/Gx-AhvxiWLA?t=2m
(jump 2 minutes for the controls demo)

Not sure if it would cover all movement and most definitely wouldn't work as well as a keyboard and mouse, but it would be kinda cool.

At a very minimum, you'd need dual analog trigger sticks.
Hmmm.....I just finished a dual analog trigger stick panel.....

[404]

trackball and trigger stick? 

[Malenko]

trackball and trigger stick? 

Thats how Midway did "The Grid"


EDIT: added image

[BadMouth]

trackball and trigger stick? 

Y u got to put ideas in my head?

[Sionsays]

Wouldn't a basic flight joystick with a button work?

[PL1]

Wouldn't a basic flight joystick with a button work?

Are you talking about an analog stick or 8-way?

People refer to both as "flight sticks".


Scott

[Sionsays]

Probably need an 8 way for more
Modern shooters,, would it work??

[BadMouth]

Probably need an 8 way for more
Modern shooters,, would it work??

An 8-way consists of digital on/off switches.  You cannot hold your aim with that.

[404]

Y u got to put ideas in my head?

LOL!

Probably need an 8 way for more
Modern shooters,, would it work??

An 8-way consists of digital on/off switches.  You cannot hold your aim with that.

You can get away with using a standard joystick by using a programmable keyboard encoder and setting the up a standard keyboard repeat function. You should be able to easily do this with a Kade encoder.

Perhaps you can even configure left and right turning views using a rotary stick. 

[vorghagen]

Perhaps you can even configure left and right turning views using a rotary stick. 

This idea has been used before in a standalone PC joystick. The Logitech Wingman Warrior.
Released early 90s. Connected via gameport (9 or 15 pin D-sub). It only worked with a couple of supported games games. Took a bit of getting used to but was surprisingly good once you got the hang of it.
Overall, a little bit better than keyboard only control and miles behind keyboard + mouse.

[shponglefan]

a flat piece of wood on your control panel to sit your keyboard and mouse on?

+1

Not sure why someone would want to use unoptimal controls for FPS games... 

That said, I would think maybe a WSAD style keyboard layout using mini-arcade buttons + a wireless mouse would get the job done.  Or buttons + trackball if you want something built into the CP and more "arcadey".

[Fursphere]

I play DOOM on my driving cabinet.  Does that count? 

[keilmillerjr]

Why would you want to play a non-arcade game on an arcade machine? Standing for a long time with only one person playing a long story line doesn't sound fun. That's why most newer console games are played usually while sitting on a couch with no friends.

[paigeoliver]

Most of your modern shooters have absolutely brutal button number requirements and are essentially untranslatable to arcade controls.

When I play Borderlands my right hand aims and controls 8 mouse functions/buttons (5 buttons, scroll up, scroll down and scroll click), while my left hand handles a Belkin n52te single handed gaming keyboard with 16 buttons, a clickable scroll wheel and a direction hat and I have all of those mapped to game stuff.

[Cynicaster]

Why would you want to play a non-arcade game on an arcade machine? Standing for a long time with only one person playing a long story line doesn't sound fun. That's why most newer console games are played usually while sitting on a couch with no friends.

I mostly agree with your statement, but I'd kill for a dedicated cabinet that plays this: