A newbie question

[diego313]

Hi all,

   Could someone explain me how to map the keyboard (hacked) to the controls.
   I mean , I'm planning to have 2 joysticks and six button per joystick so basically I want the mapping that I've to do , something like

   Joystick 1 -UP Movement -> Up Arrow
   Joystick 1 -Diagonal up-right movement ->    
   and so on.

Thansk all!

[Zathras]

Diagonals are a combination of keypresses so pressing up and right = up right diagonal.

[diego313]

that means that I've to wire both key to the same contact in the joystick?

[Mugzilla]

that means that I've to wire both key to the same contact in the joystick?

No, when you push up on a j-stick, it closes the UP contact.

When you push right on a j-stick, it closes the RIGHT contact.

when you push UP AND RIGHT on a j-stick, it closes the UP and RIGHT contact.

[Stingray]

Or to put it another way, an eight-way stick only has four switches. Diagonals are when two switches are pressed at once.

-S

[Tiger-Heli]

Hi all,

   Could someone explain me how to map the keyboard (hacked) to the controls.
   I mean , I'm planning to have 2 joysticks and six button per joystick so basically I want the mapping that I've to do , something like

[Apollo]

PEOPLE ARE STILL HACKING KEYBOARDS! WHY?

[Tiger-Heli]

PEOPLE ARE STILL HACKING KEYBOARDS! WHY?

Good point, I should have mentioned that for the time and aggravation, it will be less expensive and more satisfying to buy a KeyWiz ECO www.groovygamegear.com and have a dedicated arcade game control designed encoder in you cab/controller.

[diego313]

PEOPLE ARE STILL HACKING KEYBOARDS! WHY?

Good point, I should have mentioned that for the time and aggravation, it will be less expensive and more satisfying to buy a KeyWiz ECO www.groovygamegear.com and have a dedicated arcade game control designed encoder in you cab/controller.

thanks to all

[Stingray]

I guess I should have chimed in with that as well. My hacked keyboard gave me plenty of headaches. I recently replaced it with an IPAC. That was the best money I've spent on my cab.

-S