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| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: quarterback on March 26, 2006, 10:22:09 pm --- --- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on March 26, 2006, 07:51:19 pm --- --- Quote from: Flinkly on March 26, 2006, 06:03:30 pm ---the repro yoke has been done and there weren't any buyers. --- End quote --- Ermm sorry I blinked and missed that happening.... As far as I remember somebody claimed to be releasing a Star Wars Yoke a while back and then they never did. --- End quote --- I believe only pre-orders got theirs. There was an early run (I remember seeing all the parts laid out) and then, not so long ago, one person posted about never getting theirs and not getting replies to emails. Eventually, I believe, they got their money back. --- End quote --- Probably didn't get enough pre orders to cover their development costs and maybe couldn't afford to wait for it to actually start selling. It's a sad fact of life, that if you ain't got twice the development cots you ain't going to survive the wait for an item to turn the money round. What's really sad about that, is that if gets done again somebody else is going to have to foot the entire development cost all over again. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| hanelyp:
--- Quote from: Derrick Renaud on March 26, 2006, 10:19:10 pm --- --- Quote from: 2600 on March 26, 2006, 08:27:51 pm ---A) For the 270/360, I could easily see wanting the 270 to be pot based, not just a restricted optical wheel. You'd get major bonus points if you made this the yoke as well or at least have the option. --- End quote --- Any particular reason restricted optical is bad? If it had an aligment sensor, the count could be made absolute like a pot. As long as the optical resolution is high. --- End quote --- Done right with high resolution and a good centering sensor, an optical encoder would be a winner, and last longer than a pot encoder. Low resolution or flakey centering would be no good for a 270 wheel. |
| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Derrick Renaud on March 26, 2006, 10:19:10 pm --- --- Quote from: 2600 on March 26, 2006, 08:27:51 pm ---A) For the 270/360, I could easily see wanting the 270 to be pot based, not just a restricted optical wheel. You'd get major bonus points if you made this the yoke as well or at least have the option. --- End quote --- Any particular reason restricted optical is bad? If it had an aligment sensor, the count could be made absolute like a pot. As long as the optical resolution is high. --- End quote --- None as far as I can see.... To be honest, it has a few other advantages as well. Because if it's then considered a standard device by MameDevs, and you're adding the drivers into Mame for it, it gives us a very firm basis for also hacking our own hardware for the Star Wars and Roadblasters controlers, and having a universal standard to work to. Much better than having multiple different control methods hacked into Mame. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| Xiaou2:
As for the Qbert Knocker.. I would hope that it went Beyond just that... And instead.. could be used as Dual Kickback coils in Terminator 2 guns, and for Lightgun usage. (such as Point Blank, TIme Crisis..ect) (one could mod existing guns to work with these... or implact them into thier own devices) Yes, it would require an outside power source.. but people are more than willing to pay for good Powerfull and TRUE arcade force feedback. As for the Optical Only version of a 360/270 wheel... its probably not the best idea. As optics can lose count - and then become uncalibrated. Ive got a design which uses optics and a pot, and is easily switchable. Have them contact me, and I might send them the design... (if they truely are serious and have the ability to pull it off) I believe that people here are more or less looking for arcade quality.. not cheap flimbsy plastic stuff that bends and warps.. and dosnt 'feel' right. IE: Feels as if it will snap into pieces when used propperly. This means that cost may be too high. This is probably why many have not stepped up and produced the wanted parts. Btw - if you want to play a game like Spy Hunter... its got to have trigger buttons and such for good control. And If the wheel has to rotate 360 degrees... your are going to have to make an encoder thats inside the main wheel compartment that is Wireless.. and sends button presses to the main controller. Which also means it will need a battery compartment. It also might not spin quite as smooth, because the ballance may be off from all the grips and components on the wheel because of it. As you can see... I spent a good deal of thought into this ;) |
| Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Derrick Renaud on March 26, 2006, 10:19:10 pm ---Any particular reason restricted optical is bad? If it had an aligment sensor, the count could be made absolute like a pot. --- End quote --- And if the MAME core had a code fix to use that alignment sensor (720 joystick)... |
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