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4 Player Vs. 2 Player
johnnysmitch:
I'm gonna chime in again and say make sure you mock up your CP on cardboard or something first, and get 3 friends to 'try it out'. I didn't fully do this (didn't get people to stand around it with me), and just lucked out that it's comfortable enough to be playable. Still, my p1 and p2 controls are a bit closer than I'd ideally like (have to stand a bit off-center from the controls as they are now). You'd be wise to kick the outside controls off at a bit of an angle (like the 4 player commercial cabs do). Also, there's some debate as to how to mount these outside, angled joysticks - whether to line the axis up with the screen or the player; I did the latter and it plays fine to me, but some swear that it throws them off - just something to keep in mind. Good luck!
jer2665:
what's everyones take on the 4 player setup from the templates for the ultimate arcade II?
I plan on doing a 4 player, and i'm sure I won't use the other 2 often, but really ,I don't plan on making a new cabinet often, and i gotta admit, the simpsons, ninja turtles and xmen are some of my favorite games, and i'd love to play 4 players.
As I'm in a condo now, I don't have the means to build the cabinet yet, but i'm going to build the control panel now. Anyone have experience with the 4 player set up set up on uaII? is it comfortable? i was thinking of going 7 buttons for player 1 and 2, and 4 buttons for players 3 and 4. I was also thinking about possibly doing a 4/8 way switching joystick for one of the players, to play pacman or whatever else I want, but primarily this cab will be for action games and fighters. What's recomended as the best 8 way for fighting games? the p360?
Thanks for the help.
johnnysmitch:
^^ If you're anything like me, you probably won't like having just one player's joysticks switchable - it'll have a totally different look and feel that the other three. Just something to think about. If you DO decide to include a switchable somewhere, I recommend the T-Stick Plus - I've had no troubles with it, and find that it works pretty well in both modes.
jer2665:
you're right, i didn't even think of the lack of symmetry. I have a BIG problem with symmetry, or it drives me nuts. maybe i could do 2 p360's for player 1 and 2 in the middle, then the tstick plus for players 3 and 4 on the outer sides of the panels. but i think these should work well because I don't particularly like ball top and i don't want to have a separate 4 way.
brandon:
having a 4 player cab would still come in handy for Smash TV , Total Carnage and any other dual joystick games. as long as they aren't angled at 45 degrees like some 4 player cabs are.. but that's only 2 games and that hardly justifies having 4 joysticks just for that.. even though I love those two games :)