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Best way to wire up dual joysticks for player 1?
neuromancer:
Would it work to wire it up as another player 2 stick? That way you wouldn't need to reprogram any games would you?
It might be nice to hook up a disconnect switch too -- maybe a quad pole double throw.
Bob
Witchboard:
--- Quote from: neuromancer on November 19, 2004, 02:08:17 pm ---Would it work to wire it up as another player 2 stick? That way you wouldn't need to reprogram any games would you?
It might be nice to hook up a disconnect switch too -- maybe a quad pole double throw.
Bob
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This option sounds best to me. I don't know why I didn't think of it. :-\
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: fixumdude on November 19, 2004, 12:14:15 pm ---I recently acquired a button top joystick that I would like to add as a second stick for player 1 (I have a 2 player control panel) I'm using an IPAC 4 player as my encoder.
I've done some searchind and have seen lots of threads on dual joystick games etc. but none on how most people actually physically wire them in the control panel.
Would I wire the 2nd joystick to the player 3 joystick inputs on the IPAC and then configure my crazy climber, etc to use player 3 up/down/left /right for the second player 1 stick?
Am I close or do most people do it totally differently?
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Can't say for sure, but I believe Crazy Climber will be set up in MAME the same as Assault/BattleZone - Left stick U-D-L-R, Right Stick U-D-L-R, which doesn't match the defaults so you have to re-program MAME whatever you do.
As I see it, you have 3 ways to go -
Map CC to use the existing P1 and P2 sticks and don't use the top-fire.
Wire the top-fire to P3 inputs and use as planned (probably reprogram P3 on the I-PAC so they don't mirror P2 Buttons 5-8). This could be useful if you wanted to use this stick for 3-player games as well.
Wire the top-fire to share the P2 joystick inputs. If you do this, you only need a SPDT (single-pole double throw switch), not quad pole. Daisy-chain the GROUNDS on each joystick and run the GND wires to the SPDT switch.