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Level42:
While my nephew was demonstrating his new electric remote car, I got the following idea:

Did anybody think of making the 4/8 way ring that selects the mode on your joystick movable via a servo ??

Like the Omni stick prodigy but then completely hidden in your cab and controlled by a switch, or a button combination or even better, make a front-end hack that automaticaly sets the stick in the correct mode for the chosen game  ;D ;D ;D

I hear some of you say: lot of work, hard to do, lots of space....but this IS the Build Your Own Arcade controls forum isnt it ? I think it fits nicely in the rotatable monitor line, so there must be a way to do this...
Tiger-Heli:
Been discussed before.  Should be completely doable and much more expensive than buying a GP-Wiz49 and 49-way joystick, unless you just HAVE to have a very short throw joystick.
AlanS17:
Well there is a difference. One offers true physical restriction and one doesn't. It seems simple enough in concept, but a true pain in the butt in application. I know I don't havr that kind of patience.
Minwah:
I think someone did it with a J-Stik, or at least tried to.

I like the idea, I'd love to have automatic switching on my J-Stik.  On the other hand I would probably rather manually switch than figure out how the hell to do it  :D
Stingray:

--- Quote from: Minwah on August 17, 2005, 10:09:19 am ---

I like the idea, I'd love to have automatic switching on my J-Stik.  On the other hand I would probably rather manually switch than figure out how the hell to do it  :D

--- End quote ---

My sentements exactly. Although it would be neat, it takes about half a second to switch my Omnistick, it would take me months to engineer and build something to do it for me. Having said that, if someone decides to give it a go, do post pics.

-S
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