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Having Spinner above Trackball on CTRL PANEL
« on: February 13, 2005, 03:47:29 pm »
Hey all.

Of those of you who have a spinner and trackball on the control
pannel at the same time...
(Like the 4-player control panels on www.dreamauthentics.com for example)

Do you find that:

1) The spinner is too far away for 'comforatble' gameplay?
2) The spinner gets in the way of the trackball -  if you need to give
    it a good hard spin....?

I'm looking to set up my control panel in this fashion - but have
these conserns about the spinner...

The spinner just looks like it would be uncomforable to use....

any thoughts?  Anyone have a setup like what I mentioned?

Thanks!
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Re: Having Spinner above Trackball on CTRL PANEL
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2005, 03:55:35 pm »
I wouldnt put it above the trackball.  But I play alot of golf games so I dont want anything getting in the way of my spin.
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Re: Having Spinner above Trackball on CTRL PANEL
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2005, 06:03:27 pm »
The biggest problem with that placement would be the likelyhood of jiggling the trackball and nixing input from the spinner.  Might take a couple of seconds to get your control back to the spinner depending on the interface.  Put it off to the side, depending on your preference (left or right hand control)

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Re: Having Spinner above Trackball on CTRL PANEL
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2005, 06:11:24 pm »
Quote from: walls83 on February 13, 2005, 03:55:35 pm
I wouldnt put it above the trackball.
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