Hey guys
So I've put probably 20-30 hours in on P1 side of my Suzo Happ Competition stick (P2 doesn't get used that much... friend request anyone
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I've been kind of disappointed with some games such as street fighter II which is one of my favs. I like to Play Ryu or Ken and this causes massive issues which I'll try and explain now.
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When I begin to shift for a fireball for example. I start with down and move in an arc and finish on forwards (right). When I try this I get a hit and miss result (probably at most 50% success). When I try a Dragon Punch, so right then down and through the arc back to right again I very rarely complete this move (probably less than 10% success). It does seem to improve if I use player 2 stick but only slightly although that may just be my perception.
The results of what I have mapped out in the attached image below are gathered from the Ultimarc Interactive Panel Designer which allows me to see the registration of the input (I think there's a way to set this off in MSDOS too but haven't looked at that). The way this works I believe is by showing the last recorded switched input. So Going from Down to Right on the diagonal will not report both key presses but rather the last one registered. This is fine for what I was trying to diagnose.
As another example of the control issue is Metal Slug 1. There's a part on the first or second stage that has electric fences that you need to crawl under. So holding down and right, one would expect the character to crawl right however because of this dead zone issue the player goes from crawling position to standing if the stick is not held at the lower or upper end of the diagonal to avoid the dead zone.
I would also like to point out that this dead zone appears on all diagonals on both P1 and P2 sides.
Link to the sticks I have:
https://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/Happ-Competition-Arcade-Joystick.htmlCleaning all contacts - No difference
Swapped around MicroSwitches (Some P2 with P1 and then swapped top and left with bottom and right) - No difference
I'm using a MiniPac 2013 stock (FYI: New version came out in 2015 which firmware is not compatible with this board)
I was wondering if this is something that is a common issue or if it's a defect (although both sticks suffer it)
Also, as it sounds like a replacement may be in order, what are your recommendations for fight sticks (Street Fighter II)?
Many thanks
Dal1980