Help with what Ultimarc controls and interface I need for 4P CP

[B-Radical]

I have a 4 player CP and I was planning on getting all of my controls etc. from Ultimarc.

For players 1+2 I was thinking U360, and Sanwa JLW for 3+4.
The U360's support 8 buttons, so would I only need to get an IPAC2 or still need a 4?

As a side question, what is the strongest way of mounting joysticks? Top or bottom mount?

Thanks!

[severdhed]

An ipac 2 should be more than enough if you are using two u360s...the only issue you may run into is you won't be able to easily swap out you main sticks if you don't like them. I did the same thing the first time I built a 4 player panel, but I then realized that I liked the JLWs a lot better than the u360 sticks. I eventually removed the u360s, moved the JLWs to players 1 and 2 and installed two x arcade sticks I had lying around. I was using a keywiz for my encoder, which was not quite enough inputs, so I hacked a gamepad for the extra few inputs I needed.  I later sold that cabinet. When I built my last 4 player panel, I used four JLWs and an ipac 4...I'm very happy with it. My u360s ended up in my 2 player cabinet that doesn't get used as much.

As for mounting, I like to under mount them using t-nuts, I recessed about half the thickness of the panel with a router to keep the height good.

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[paigeoliver]

Use the same sticks at every player station. My main cab has the old Smash TV/Streetfighter setup of 2 sticks and 6 buttons per player but player one has a pair of $120 sticks (happ perfect 360 with a different spring and repro robotron handles) and player 2 has a pair of $10 sticks (Happ supers) and all my smarter friends have noticed it, comment on it and have said it makes it impossible to have a fair 2 player game.