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Pause, exit, and config buttons?
Minwah:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on June 02, 2004, 07:31:47 pm ---Heh, your wireless keyboard is convinient. I want to get one. I am glad I have readily available usb ports. I use them all the time.
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Yeah I was very lucky with the wireless keyboard+mouse...it was my bosses (cost a lot new, Logitech) but he couldn't get it to work (he hadn't put any batteries in it!). I bought it off him for
Dougmeister:
Great idea on the wireless keyboard.
I have the KeyWiz, so I'll definitely be playing around w/ the shifting feature.
REBIRTH:
I responded to your post in the main forum as well. I decided to put dedicated puase/exit/config buttons on my control panel. I use the IPac which allows for the shifting, but I just wanted to make it easier for people (and my kids) to use. So now they just have to hit the red "escape" button to get out of a game instead of hitting a 2 button combo to do the shifting. When it comes down to it, a button costs like $3 or something - I thought it was worth the $ and time to add a few more buttons for this.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: REBIRTH on June 03, 2004, 04:00:12 pm ---I responded to your post in the main forum as well. I decided to put dedicated puase/exit/config buttons on my control panel. I use the IPac which allows for the shifting, but I just wanted to make it easier for people (and my kids) to use. So now they just have to hit the red "escape" button to get out of a game instead of hitting a 2 button combo to do the shifting. When it comes down to it, a button costs like $3 or something - I thought it was worth the $ and time to add a few more buttons for this.
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It certainly makes it easier for people to use, but looses a bit of authenticity imo. I am always there when my cab is in use so for the moment I'm happy just explaining to people what to do - most people seem to pick it up pretty quick (I don't let pesky kids on it tho!)
ErikRuud:
I have Pause, Advance, tilde, tab, enter, Load on my CP.
Coin 1 is the IPAC shift button.
Shift Pause is Exit.
Shift Advance is Reset.
Shift Load is Save.
I don't like to have admin functions assigned to the joysticks or player buttons. I do like having the the quit and reset functions shifted because it makes it harder to do by accident.
I have found that I really don't need to have dedicated buttons for tilde, tab and enter anymore. I don't use tab anymore for configuring the inputs because I use the ctrlr files instead. If I need to alter other settings, I can just pull out the keyboard.