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| Minwah:
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on June 22, 2006, 01:22:30 am ---My first impressions on throw: Playable in Term2 without restrictor, not playable with. Too long in digital games without restrictor, playable with. --- End quote --- Sorry for perhaps stating the obvious....but did you select the restrictor type in the software? If so, is Term2 unplayable with restrictor as it is just too sensitive? |
| 1UP:
Just got mine, been playing with it here at work a little bit. I like the feel overall, it does seem to be very stable and is definitely true analog. The spring is a little soft, but may be a good thing for long gaming sessions. I'll have to try the harder spring to compare when they are back in stock. Star Wars is playable, but nothing beats the yoke for nailing Vader's tie over and over. 4-way games definitely need SW mapping as Mame's is pretty much crap. One interesting thing--this is basically a j-stick with a custom PCB underneath. The magnet is held on the standard j-stick shaft only by its own magnetic force, so should easily be adaptable to any stick with a steel shaft of the same diameter, just by popping it on, as long as you can maintain the proper centering and spacing when mounting the pcb as well. I will have to try mounting it on my Tron prototype this weekend... ;) |
| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: Minwah on June 22, 2006, 05:57:13 am --- --- Quote from: u_rebelscum on June 22, 2006, 01:22:30 am ---My first impressions on throw: Playable in Term2 without restrictor, not playable with. Too long in digital games without restrictor, playable with. --- End quote --- Sorry for perhaps stating the obvious....but did you select the restrictor type in the software? If so, is Term2 unplayable with restrictor as it is just too sensitive? --- End quote --- Yes and Yes. It's the very small movements I can't do, and with the restrictor I have about a quarter of the same area of physical movement to the screen; I do things like hit the person instead of the robot behind him or the ammo in front, and shoot left of robot move stick as little as I can and then shoot other side (but not the 'bots that pop up in your face ;) ). I probably will do better with the square resistor (the diamond restrictor rotated 45 degress a la qbert), but that would mean I'd have to swap restrictors. 8) I'll try it at some point. But it could be more me than for others. For example, I don't like thumb sticks on gamepads because I can't move in small enough movements to use them like the analog they are (think me using ~25-way sticks instead of 256-ways). Nor do I like the micro-throw 8-way or 4-way sticks as I can't use them well, either. [shrug] I guess I'm getting old. ;D Using the longer sticks might help me, though. I'm hoping to help Andy do some other stuff that might help; anybody know about a good utility that can grab USB HID report descriptors? |
| JustMichael:
--- Quote ---One interesting thing--this is basically a j-stick with a custom PCB underneath. The magnet is held on the standard j-stick shaft only by its own magnetic force, so should easily be adaptable to any stick with a steel shaft of the same diameter, just by popping it on, as long as you can maintain the proper centering and spacing when mounting the pcb as well. I will have to try mounting it on my Tron prototype this weekend... ;) --- End quote --- I wonder if we could use a slightly longer hollow shaft (same total length as old shaft+magnet) and drill out the center of the magnet? Then we could slide the magnet onto the hollow shaft and run wires up to a newly installed led in the knob or maybe we could use the same length shaft (but hollowed out) and slide the magnet onto that shaft? Would the pcb be able to compensate for the difference in the space between itself and the magnet? |
| 1UP:
--- Quote from: JustMichael on June 22, 2006, 09:59:45 pm ---I wonder if we could use a slightly longer hollow shaft (same total length as old shaft+magnet) and drill out the center of the magnet? Then we could slide the magnet onto the hollow shaft and run wires up to a newly installed led in the knob or maybe we could use the same length shaft (but hollowed out) and slide the magnet onto that shaft? Would the pcb be able to compensate for the difference in the space between itself and the magnet? --- End quote --- From what I can tell, the magnet needs to be fairly close to the sensor--like within 1/8". It doesn't seem like you'd be able to squeeze in any useful wiring without interfering with the motion of the stick. I'm not brave enough to drill the magnet on my one sample, so...anyone wannna try it on theirs? >:D Never mind, I just tried holding the sensor farther away from the shaft, and the range quickly drops off. Maybe a larger magnet would work farther away but don't have one to try with. Playing around with the stick a bit more (I've got it apart now!) it looks like it will be a good candidate as the input for a Tron setup. I just need some longer brackets to hold the sensor PCB to the base I am using, and I think we are in business. Could have a prototype soon with a few cheap parts... Thanks for getting me tinkering again Andy! |
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