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PL1:

Looking much better.

Several other possible considerations:

1. Spacing between buttons -- Slagcoin + test panel FTW

2. Do you want dedicated exit and/or pause admin buttons?

3. Consider increasing the distance between the P1 + P2 Start buttons to reduce the odds of accidently hitting both at the same time. (commonly used for exit)


Scott

spiderpig:


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1. Spacing between buttons -- Slagcoin + test panel FTW

Scott

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Scott - not sure what that means.

I'll add the pause and exit button.  Possibly just double up the buttons were the credits are. 

PL1:


--- Quote from: spiderpig on August 02, 2013, 02:58:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: PL1 on August 02, 2013, 02:52:54 pm ---1. Spacing between buttons -- Slagcoin + test panel FTW

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Scott - not sure what that means.

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I linked to Slagcoin's layouts in my earlier post.

The spacing between the player buttons in your diagram might be uncomfortable.

Making a test panel can help you decide what layout you prefer.

FTW = "for the win"


Scott

keilmillerjr:


--- Quote from: spiderpig on August 02, 2013, 09:45:16 am ---Thanks for all the suggestion guys.

I had a spare GP-Wiz40 and a HAPP joystick and two buttons I had used on a simulator build before that I put together to test things out.  So on the mac side using Mame OS X the app would crash as soon as I made any joystick movement.  Did a search online and it's consistent with that combination - so I'll test out the software you guys mentioned.

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Oh, no. Mame OS X is a front end and port of mame for mac os x. Not the same as mame. Last development on it was in 2009.

You should actually use mame. Here is a link to a compiled version others have made for mac and ubuntu. Don't get thrown off by the word SDL. Mame uses the sdl library. (http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/faq/#q9)

http://sdlmame.lngn.net
http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org

keilmillerjr:


--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on August 02, 2013, 12:55:40 am ---WahCade looks like a pretty viable front end for OSX: http://www.anti-particle.com/wahcade.shtml

Hadn't seen it before, glad there are more options for OSX out there than when I originally got into the hobby!

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Mahcade is the replacement for wahcade. It's actually for linux. However, I do not doubt that you could get it running on os x with a little bit of effort. They are both unix. A lot of times, it is just knowing how to install dependancies and tinkering. X11 is a good to run linux apps too. I used to use that for open office before apple came out with the more lightweight and pleasant iWork suite.

http://www.mameau.com/mahcade/

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