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LordDamo:

The subject line pritty much says my question. Searched the forum & googled my but off, and found lots of talk about them (T2 & Op Wolf type guns). Wondering if anyone knows if they could be manufactured at home?

As far as I can gather, they use standard 5k pots. Would have to find a cool metal replica or toy gun, and try to work in some sort of duel shock device too I guess.

If anyone knows how these can be made, or parts that might help me work out my own design, it would be most helpful.
Thanks in advance . . .

Trimoor:

You could start by ripping the x/y bearing mechanism from an analog PC joystick.
Mount it on it's side, reinforce it, and stick a gun on top.

I had this idea once, but I never got around to making it.

LordDamo:


--- Quote from: Trimoor on November 09, 2004, 12:35:44 am ---You could start by ripping the x/y bearing mechanism from an analog PC joystick.
Mount it on it's side, reinforce it, and stick a gun on top.

I had this idea once, but I never got around to making it.

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Hmmm . . .   That might work.  Main kind of one im wanting to make is one like in Operation wolf. From what I remember, you could twist the gun to the left and right and the rectile would move as you turned, thats why I thought it was a rotational type joystick (please excuse my ignorance), and posted in the thread about it.

Dunno, im gonna do some more searching and pondering on this.

Anyone got any Ideas?

Silver:

Well seeing as real T2 positional guns can be interfaced with a simple dual strike hack (see 1-up and his Pac-Mamea)  - assuming op wolf was the same type - they basically are just guns mounted on analogue joystick (with 5K pots in the case of T2). So a calibrated analogue pc joystick should work...

Not quite sure what you mean about "twisting" the op wolf gun...Could you describe some more?

LordDamo:


--- Quote from: Silver on November 09, 2004, 07:07:39 am ---Well seeing as real T2 positional guns can be interfaced with a simple dual strike hack (see 1-up and his Pac-Mamea)  - assuming op wolf was the same type - they basically are just guns mounted on analogue joystick (with 5K pots in the case of T2). So a calibrated analogue pc joystick should work...

Not quite sure what you mean about "twisting" the op wolf gun...Could you describe some more?

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I guess that twisting isn't quite the right word - more turning. Point the gun left and the rectile goes left, ect...

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