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| jonnyv100:
I am using the Heavy 8 way Happs Joystick with Tron/Mame and whe I get to the lightcycle stage, It looks like I would need more like a four way stick to play tihs stage. Anyone have any suggestions fix this? |
| markrvp:
Anybody ever tried using a slightly smaller actuator to see if it makes it harder to hit the diagonals? |
| jonnyv100:
Thanks for the suggestion however, since Tron was origianlly an 8-way, I shouldn't have to modify the 8-way to only hit the 4 switches...... |
| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: jonnyv100 on April 23, 2006, 04:39:10 pm ---Anyone have any suggestions fix this? --- End quote --- It shouldn't need any fixing at all.... TRON is very specific with its inputs which were always 8 Way.... What behaviour are you experiencing that is causing you a problem?? If it's that you are getting direction blocking as a result of two switches being hit, then it is more likely a problem with the way that your key encoder is working, rather than an actual problem with your Joystick, becuase the software is actually expecting you to be using an 8 Way. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| markrvp:
--- Quote from: jonnyv100 on April 23, 2006, 07:27:43 pm ---Thanks for the suggestion however, since Tron was origianlly an 8-way, I shouldn't have to modify the 8-way to only hit the 4 switches...... --- End quote --- I know what a Tron stick is. I own a real Tron stick. You don't. You have a Happ knockoff and I was asking if anyone with a knockoff like yours had ever modified it to more closely mimic the characteristics of the real Tron stick. So that you won't embarass yourself again trying to sound smarter than the people trying to help you, I'll fill you in on some info you are apparently unable to find in a search of the boards here: The original Tron sticks have a 4-way diamond-shaped restrictor on the bottom made of plastic that would "give" a little to allow the diagonals to be hit if you pushed hard diagonally. That prevents the zig-zag problem with an 8-way stick in the Light Cycles phase. What I was suggesting to you was trying to make the large 8-way actuator smaller so that it wouldn't hit the diagonals so easily. I wasn't saying to eliminate the 8-way action all together. But, since you shouldn't have to modify anything, you can figure it out yourself. |
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