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| gnateye:
your better off using those things like they were made, just hook them up to your audio out and it will make vibrations based off the sound. if you wanna hack the vibration from the controller maybe take out the little motor and move it into the chair or something like that. the bass shakers are super cool. and they are designed to give a vibration based on sound, where as the software and the controller are designed to do a specific thing, spin a little fly wheel based on input from the game. im not saying it cant be done, but its kinda like mixing apples and oranges. both things do cool effects in the way they were optimized to perform, not neccessarily by swapping the motor/shaker. feel free to expiriment, and you may well get it to do something, im just afraid that its not gonna be as cool as the original effect, with much time wasted. good luck and keep us informed |
| flyguy1821:
You know I was thinking about this a little more after posting the question. With most of the background music there are little bursts of sound when something happens, i.e., gun shot, driving off the road, punching something. So the bass shakers should do a good job in conjunction with a reg set of speakers. Since the idea of converting seems a little grim I doubt I will hack the controller. Heck I am still waiting on seats for my cockpit to even design the darn thing!! I've got plenty of time. Still open to suggestions though. |
| Popcorrin:
I think you are right that when something happens that causes the rumble pad to rumble there is usually a loud sound associated with it that would probably cause the bass shakers to activate. But if you wanted to incorporate a rumble effect under the seat you could always use an electric motor under the seat. If it were me I would use a 110vac motor with an off balance weight at the end of the shaft. To activate it you would need to wire the leads that go to the rumble motor in your ps2 controller to a relay that would switch the 110vac motor on and off. I don't think it would be all that hard. Just curious what you are you using for plans on your sitdown cab? |
| flyguy1821:
I am still researching at the moment. I am going to have 2 seats side by side. I have looked around and just haven't found many designs for them. I will be using 2 Logitech Force Feedback steering wheels that will be detachable. I am thinking about a possible slide in mount directly below the seat for the "steering column". I have tried to think of some other options for this. A steering arm that raises upward and over the head or an arm that moves perpendicular to the floor and folds back to the side of the cabinet. I would like to keep the wheel off of the front portion of the cabinet (like most are placed) because I hate having to sit on the edge of my seat to play a game. Any links to sites with cockpit designs would be appreciated. |
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