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| agent_c:
Having managed to get back into this account after a while, I wanted to post my update to the bartop i made a few years back. Lockdown gave me the opportunity to update quite a bit and although the cabinet is basically the same internally it's now modern using an Asrock B560M-ITX/AC, 10400f cpu with 8gig of ram and a gtx 1650, 2x 4 tb 3.5's and a 1tb m.2. I also changed the monitor to the excellent Dell 2007fpb, I used this as the native 1600 x 1200 is perfect for the way I wanted it to be, no widescreen systems here I'm afraid :). (Ps2 and gamecube are the latest systems I put on it.) I also switched to Mag Stik Plus bat tops and converted them to be rotary sticks via an old mouse and some 3d printed rotary encoders, They're not brilliant but the work well enough for the two games i wanted them to work for (ikari warriors and midnight resistance). I'm also playing with Arduino's at the minute so might go down that route to add some better rotary control but i'm happy with the way it is.... for now. Just about to make a Gun4ir gun using the info on Jaybee's page http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,161189.msg1697808.html#msg1697808 and will probably be asking questions along the way. I switched to Windows 10 as it's easy enough to hide all traces so it boots straight into hyperspin (yes I know some of you don't like hyperspin) tbh I know how it works and find it easy to modify things that need doing. Anyway it's nice to be back on after so long and look forward to being told i'm doing it wrong in the gun4ir thread. Thanks to Saint for sorting out the account for me but who knew a microsoft email would hinder my attempts to regain my old account! |
| rackoon:
welcome back got a question for you. if your system was sitting on a desk would the screen view be blocked by the marquee I found this out the hard way. had to build a pedestal just so someone over six foot could see. I noticed your screen is real tight up against the speaker board like mine was :banghead: |
| agent_c:
HI, the marquee doesn't affect the line of site for the screen, it's hard to see from the pics but the angle of the base (where the speakers are) is pointing slightly up as I wanted the throw the sound forward not down. :) |
| EvilNuff:
Have any more detail (and pics) of your 3d printed rotary encoder solution? |
| agent_c:
Here's a shot from Cura of the print, i had a usb "ball" mouse sat around and thought why not use the rotary sensors as rotary encoders on each mag stick,(y on one and x on other) so I designed an ir and sensor holder and a rotary wheel (45mm diameter) so i could play ikari warriors and midnight resistance. the ir holder uses a 5mm ir led and the original 3pin sensor which is double sided taped to the groove on the base, the holes fit perfectly with the existing screws that hold the micro switches in the mag stick,tbh they're functional but lack the click of a true rotary joystick, still they make the games playable a bit more than before, not tried other games as those two are my faves, I can post the stl files if anyone wants them. I'll try to post a pic of them in situ shortly. |
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