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Hand held wheels
Kremmit:
Gradius-
The easiest thing would be to buy one of the toys the other guys are talking about- but if you want to build your own, here's what I would do:
* Get an RC car controller like you're talking about.
* Get a PC analog joystick.
* Take the RC controller apart. There should be potentiometers inside- look at how they attach to the wheel and to the gas/brake. Then remove the pots, wiring, and circuit boards from the RC controller, leaving just the housing, wheel, and gas/brake, and any buttons, switches, etc.
* Take the PC joystick apart. There should be potentiometers inside, attached to the handle. Remove the potentiometers, along with all of the wiring, circuit boards, etc.
* Attach the potentiometers from the PC joystick to the controls of the RC controller. Attach the leads from the joystick buttons to any buttons on the RC controller. Mount all the wiring, circuit boards, etc. inside the RC controller, and close it up again
* Throw everything that's left over away!
Gradius:
hmm I see. I didn't know the joystick potentiometers were compatible with rc controls. The idea sounds great, although I suppose a little expensive. Do you recommend me to use a PC joystick or a psx dual shock? These pads have 2 analogue axxes and, if I get it working, I could use my controller with PC and consoles.
Gradius:
Oh, thanx for the link with the Saturn controller. It's very much what I was looking for, but again, I'm not sure if it will work. I have also a Dreamcast/PSX/Saturn adaptor por PC, but my experiences with some games have not been positive with my Dreamcast pad because of the triggers. Some games such as Colin McRae 2005 understand them as a single axxis, and appears always braking. Similar problems I've found with Richard Burns Rally. With others like GTR, F1 Challenge, RFactor, LFS, it works flawlessly with one trigger for accel and the other from brake. I suppose PS2 analogue sticks will work well with all games as independent axxes, but I'll have to be sure before buying. If anyone knows, please let me know.
Gradius:
I forgot I had a dreamcast pad pcb here. I think I'll use it for testing. I have the analogue stick and I can see the solder points by the side of one axxis and other 3 solder points by the side of the other. I suppose these are the points: one is ground, one is positive and the other negative. I'll try closing the circuit so as to see if they work (as digital). Then I'll look for a potentiometer (from an old radio) and try to connect everything. By the way, now that I think about it... with a PS2 dual shock I'd have the 3 axxes I need: left-right combined for steeting, attached to a little wheel, up in one of the sticks for accel and brake in other for braking. I wonder if accel and brake would work as separate axxes with all games...
Gradius:
Damm! My DC pad seems be be broken. I cannot test it. Apart from this, I've been taking a look at rc controllers and they're quite expensive. I suppose this is due to the fact that they come with all the stuff: radio, batteries, etc, which I don't really need.