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Building a Star wars yoke from scratch
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: menace on March 04, 2004, 08:09:57 am ---As far as thumb buttons--i haven't added them as of yet--I played the game in mame with 2 buttons only--what were the functions of the other two--just mirrors? or did they have distinct functions (its been so long since I've played on an actual machine I completely forget :-[)
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In Star wars, all 4 buttons (2 triggers and 2 thumbs) only fire the lasers.
In Empire Strikes Back, the triggers fire lasers and the thumb buttons fire TOW cables.
In Return of the Jedi, the triggers fire lasers, and the thumb buttons fire lasers and rotate the turret (left and right) on the AT-ST walker levels.
So for the SW series, you need the Triggers on the same button and the thumb buttons on independent buttons (3 inputs total). I would wire each button to an individual input though, as that is how an original yoke was wired and it would be helpful for using the yoke with driving games, etc. (or just more functionality in general). You can always set MAME to "L Ctrl or L Shift" if a given game has only one input and you need the game to work with either trigger).
BTW - most SW MAME games are set up as:
Button 1 - Left Trigger
Button 2 - Left Thumb
Button 3 - Right Thumb
Button 4 - Right Trigger
Gamecab:
--- Quote from: menace on March 02, 2004, 02:25:48 pm ---I still have to find some gears, but i don't think it will be a problem--
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Did you say gears? ;D Try www.mcmaster.com , and do a search for nylon gears. I get my gears for the GameCab flight yokes from them. The price can vary depending on what ratio that you actually need but in the end I think you will be happy with the results. I tried different gears from other vendors but really was not too impressed.
Good Luck with the Yoke
Charlie
Generic Eric:
well, I have a page of information (tread with caution, as it may be inaccurate, or I may have misqouted someone,) with various pictures in my signature
Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: Gamecab on March 04, 2004, 10:59:05 pm ---<snipped>
Did you say gears? ;D Try www.mcmaster.com , and do a search for nylon gears. I get my gears for the GameCab flight yokes from them.
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Charlie
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Care to share the part numbers?
menace:
thanks for the info guys--Since I'm building from scratch i have significantly more leeway in parts than in modifying an existing--It was my plan to use 2:1 gear ratio and hopefully with analogue adjustments in mame, should result in some fair representation. If not, then I'll change the ratio to better suit. i have a line on some gears from a hobby store so that if anyone ever wanted to duplicate my efforts it would be fairly easy.