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DougHillman:


--- Quote from: Trimoor on September 01, 2004, 05:59:04 pm ---I was thinking of rotating to P1 controls to form a "V".
Right now, it looks like P1 would be facing to the far left of the screen.

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Nah.  Lay your hands out as if you're using controls with your body sorta centered between the stick and buttons.  Donno how your body is built, but that slight angle upwards he's got his buttons at is actually very ergonomic.  :)  

Not a big fan of that sharp corner you'd be leaning up against though.



whammoed:

Looks too deep.  Shorten it up a bit.

Martoon:

Okay, to give an idea of scale:  The entire panel is 34" wide and 20" deep.  The spinner and top-button 8-way are 14" (to center) from the bottom edge.  It's a slight reach, but not too bad.  I could move everything down a little.  It's just that I've heard people say you don't want the controls too close to the bottom edge, because you want some wrist/arm support if you're sitting at the cab on a barstool.  But it could probably come down a little.

And the angle of the buttons feels about right like it is, for both players.  Like DougHillman said, your hands angle inwards.  We tried having two of us stand there each pretending to hold a joystick and buttons, and our hands fell naturally and we were facing the screen square on.

I could move the controls out to the sides a little more like people suggested, but not too far.  I want to use the joysticks for two-joystick games (Robotron, etc.), and if they got much further apart they wouldn't be too comfortable.

The reason I have the bit of extra width is, once again, for support when sitting on a barstool.  The pic below shows the angle of the player's arms.  I didn't want them going off the edge.  But it looks like I could definitely bring the edges in a couple inches, if I round off all the corners (so your arms won't be resting on a corner).

And yes, the whole thing is deeper than it needs to be.

So I think I'll:

Pull everything down a little, and get rid of some of the depth.

Round off the corners.

Lose some of the width off the sides.

pointdablame:

that panel is a bit too deep for my liking.  I'm not convinced that you'd enjoy using the controls toward the monitor for an extended period of time... but that's just me.

Your layout itself looks pretty good, however.  I would rotate the P1 buttons as was suggested though

XtraSmiley:

Some of my favorite trackball games require the use of a button or two also.  I don't see easy to hit buttons with your ball.  I mean, they are all within reach, but are they at an angle that is comfortable to tap?  I'm horrible with pictures though, I need the real deal to feel something out.  Good luck, looks great so far.

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