Minimum distance between joysticks

[Veinman]

I'm sure this has been covered, but searching for this particular topic is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.



Above is a quick shot of my control panel in adobe illustrator, with the bottom edge cut off for some reason. Anyway, the stick in the middle is a 4-way (Happ Universal) and the player 2 stick is a Happ Competition. I'm trying to make sure that these two sticks are far enough apart. There is almost exactly 4" center to center. Does that sound like enough?

[Timoe]

It looks to me like you have a lot of room and could perhaps move your 4-way up

[Timoe]

Here's my latest 4 player sketch (not to scale)

Its supposed to be 48" wide and approx 20" deep

[paigeoliver]

If you swap that 4-way for a Happ Ms. Pac reunion stick then you can install the suckers with the bases touching and not have a single problem with it (provided the Ms. Pac stick is on the LEFT, must be on the left of the pair).

[Veinman]

I do have a lot of room. The dimensions are 48" x 16". I wanted to keep as much room between the players and the back of the panel as possible, just to keep them away from the screen a bit.

I think comfort goes down as you move the joystick higher, but I may still move it a bit more yet. The lower it stays, the better it is for my artwork ideas, at least at this point.

[Lilwolf]

Another thing.  you can buy super cheap press board from home depot for 3-4 bucks for a 4x8 sheet.  you would NEVER want to use it in a cab... but its perfect for creating some cheap proof of concept control panels.  See if you like it... try each game.

The other thing.  Create a life size control panel drawn in cardboard.  Then pretend to use each with each button.

But in general.  If you have to ask how close is too close for two controllers... Its time to redesign or start thinking swappable control panels or modular.