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School me on admin buttons :afro:
KIguy:
Alrighty, so my build thread has sunk into oblivion... no biggie, no big updates as of late. Little background... building a 2P pedestal and the theme is KISS. And that is the KISS acronym, not the band :P
We're going 32x14", maybe a 1" rounding on each corner. The 3" (or 3.75" if you include the trim ring) trackball is centered dead nuts. 1P and 2P for both roughly centered between their respective edge of the CP and the border of the TB. Above each controller will be Player Start & 25c buttons (not yet pictured) and I'd like to center a couple of admin buttons. Problem is I'm not sure of a few things... so let me throw this out there and open myself up for your input/guidance.
Buttons will be centered above trackball, I have their centerlines starting at 2.5" down from the top of the CP.
Here's what I want to do with the buttons:
- Exit (Start will be button 1 on each controller, rgb lit to green)
- Pause / Unpause
- Save State 0 / Load State 0 (I would prefer to use shift for Load - probably buttons 4 + 8 for P1)
- Record video / Stop record (Mame only)
Still not sure if it's possible to record in Mame via button press, and doubly not sure if I could use the same button to stop said recording (suppose I could pause and then shift to stop, but that's worst case). I am booting the Mame box now and will get started on testing that, but regarding the layout - what say ye, my friends? This will primarily be used by adults (aka: adult-sized children ;D), and the Save function will primarily be for console use - however it would be nice to save my single-quarter gaming sessions if I need to take an extended break for whatever reason.
Okay, I'm :blah: :blah: :blah: 'ing here. Thoughts? Recommendations? Attached is a small .jpg of my CP - the "art" is just a placeholder to show where the button holes are at, I'll be paying somebody to do it right.
michelevit:
KISS
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Keyboard-Built-In-Multi-Touch/dp/B005DKZTMG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393636723&sr=8-1&keywords=wireless+keyboard
PL1:
--- Quote from: KIguy on February 28, 2014, 06:32:06 pm ---- Exit (Start will be button 1 on each controller, rgb lit to green)
- Pause / Unpause
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This sounds good.
--- Quote from: KIguy on February 28, 2014, 06:32:06 pm ---- Save State 0 / Load State 0 (I would prefer to use shift for Load - probably buttons 4 + 8 for P1)
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If you are going to have load and save functions, it might be better to have separate buttons.
--- Quote from: KIguy on February 28, 2014, 06:32:06 pm ---- Record video / Stop record (Mame only)
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Seriously? How often do you really expect to do this? :dizzy:
If you're doing a gaming tips blog or something similar, you'll need a keyboard to tansfer the captured video files anyway, so it might be better to skip the dedicated admin button.
Scott
paigeoliver:
Your game exit button and pause button need to be nowhere near each other, in fact, best if the exit button isn't even visible. I generally put my game exit button on the underside of the panel on the player 1 side.
If you really need to have save state and load state on the panel then you are going to want them to be separate buttons. You don't want to shift them. Might consider making the load state a hidden button on the underside of the panel toward the middle. (Accidental state loading can ruin any game you have going).
I would never put a record video button on the panel. Somebody could hit that button without you noticing it and the next thing you know you filled your hard drive with a 17 hour video of the Puzzle Bobble attract mode.
severdhed:
i personally don't like admin buttons...if you have admin buttons, they will get pressed by accident. i have two cabinets, the first one has two admin buttons on opposite sides of the panel that are both pause buttons, you press them at the same time it exits. this works fairly well, but can be problematic sometimes.
on my newest cabinet, i only have a single admin button. it is setup using an ahk script so that a quick press pauses, and a long press of at least 3 seconds exits. this works very well, it keeps the panel very clean and simple, and also prevents anyone from accidentally exiting a game.
everything else is easily handled with with shifted commands or a wireless keyboard.