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World Series Baseball 99 - Arcade Build HELP!!
PL1:
Pretty sure that one bat control for two players is going to be a disaster.
A standalone box with just the bat control plopped on top of your 4P panel will almost certainly be less than satisfactory, too.
Your current 4P panel uses 8-way sticks, right?
- If so, you probably want analog sticks for this game.
Trying to add two analog sticks and two bat controls to an existing 4P panel sounds like a not-so-good idea.
- Is there enough room for the sticks and bats?
- What analog sticks would you use?
For those reasons, I thought you were planning on either:
1. Swappable panels for your pedestal (4P panel + bat panel)
- Storage of the one not currently in use can be a pain especially a big heavy 4 player panel. :(
or
2. A USB standalone bat controller box with the full set of controls for two players.
You could put the standalone controller box on a folding stand in front of the pedestal or build it into a separate pedestal that plugs into the current 4P pedestal.
- When not in use, maybe you can store it behind the main 4P pedestal. :dunno
Scott
Nitro0602:
You know what.. Making interchangeable control panels might be the answer. My pedestal opens like a piano hinge (magnet push devices.. forgot the exact terminology lol) I also ran 3 front usb covers so I could create something that would somehow clip onto the front of the panel than simply have a 1-2” hole where the usbs connect to.. thought about it in the past but now might give that a serious go!
My current setup is running 8 way joysticks.. however I believe there is space above each joystick to add an analog joystick followed by the bat below the 8 buttons I currently have for players 1 and 2.. but doing that way might just look really cluttered… I’m starting to really like the idea of add-on panels.. always wanted to do one for Tron and Stargate and some others.. thanks for the advice!
Would each bat be its own usb? If so I’d need 4 usb inputs.. 2 for the bats and 2 for the analog joysticks right?
Would it be possible for you to make the bat devices for me? I can do everything else..
Thanks again!
PL1:
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Have you tried the LUA plugin here (MAME v0.227 or newer) that lets you use an 8-way stick for Defender and Stargate instead of Reverse, Thrust, and 2-way stick?
--- Quote from: Nitro0602 on May 16, 2022, 12:28:41 am ---Would each bat be its own usb? If so I’d need 4 usb inputs.. 2 for the bats and 2 for the analog joysticks right?
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Nope. You can easily fit all of the controls for the bat controller panel -- 8 (or more) buttons + 6 analog axes -- on just one of the Arduino devices listed above so you only need one USB cord for the whole panel.
- The analog axes go on the inputs labeled A0 thru A5. (See pics of boards above.)
- That leaves plenty of other inputs for buttons.
- For the Arduino sketch (the code that you use to turn it into a gamepad encoder), you can combine/adapt Baritonomarchetto's ArcadeHID potentiometer and button sketches like Vee21 did for his custom driving cab encoder here.
As long as Demul can map both player controls to a single gamepad device, you're all set with just one Arduino.
- Worst case scenario is if Demul needs separate gamepads for P1 and P2 so you use two Arduinos.
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Scott
Nitro0602:
Could I use the links below for either the analog aim and or modify it with a spring to add a bat for swinging?
360 Ultimarc Stick
https://www.ultimarc.com/arcade-controls/joysticks/ultrastik-360-oval-top-clone/
KEYESTUDIO 5V Leonardo R3 ATmega32u4 Board with USB Cable Kit for Arduino Microcontroller MCU Project https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0786LJQ8K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XMNJ33TAVQ9X73X8BERP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
PL1:
--- Quote from: Nitro0602 on May 18, 2022, 04:10:40 pm ---Could I use the links below for either the analog aim and or modify it with a spring to add a bat for swinging?
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You can use the U360 for the analog aim.
- AFAIK the design of the U360 does not allow you to add a 3rd-axis spring-loaded potentiometer on the bottom of that stick.
The closest thing I've seen to combining an analog stick and the bat control in a single control is a 3 axis analog stick like this one.
The two problems with this approach are that:
(1) The twist top is spring loaded to the center position.
(2) Not sure how combining the joystick and bat into a single control would mess with game play. :banghead:
. . . or did you mean use one U360 for aim and mod a second U360 for the bat control?
- That might be doable, but would be a bit on the expensive side.
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You can use the Leonardo board you linked to as an analog encoder for the bat control design shown in the diagram in reply #11 above. ;D
Scott