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Please critique my Control Panel
shardian:
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--- Quote from: shardian on July 14, 2006, 01:57:30 pm ---Have you played around with offseting the center column upwards in the six button layout? I did this for my desktop panel, and I love it.
As to critiquing, you really need to print out some scale button layouts and see what everyone that will be playing this machine thinks. you dont have to build a cardboard model just yet. Just set some layouts on the kitchen table and get some input.
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Hi Shardian,
Do you have a pic that you can share? I am having trouble visualizing what you mean. Good tip on the printouts. Thanks,
G
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http://ubercade.randomdrivel.com/images/P0000094.jpg
Alcathiax:
I don't have an original Ms Pc. Man stick laying around to compare it to the throw of a MagStik but I'm sure somebody on here can provide the angles on it. But I am trying to mentally think back to Ms. Pac Man in the arcade and my guess is the throw is going to be pretty darn close on the Magstick+ and the original Ms. Pac Man
leapinlew:
Eventually I couldn't deal with the magstick any longer. It's partially due to the 5 degree of throw, no physical restrictor, and once you hit 5 degrees the stick stopped dead.
It seemed like to go from extreme left to extreme right was maybe half an inch? maybe an inch? it wasn't much.
KillerArcades:
no physical restrictor, eh?
blecht!
ok, I think that right there answered my question. Thanks. :)
BlinKY1337:
I know It looks pretty to have everything be geometrical but it doesnet really work on mame cabs specially with control pannels designed for every type of game. My suggestions
fix the button spacing there way to far apart
switch the location of the 4 n 8 ways
remove 1 4way move the spiner to where it was (not over the trackball ouchie)
move all the buttons n joysticks up more on the cp it might get uncomfortable resting your wrist on the corners
move the 4 way and the spinner over the buttons instead of the joysticks
hope this helps its meant to be constructive i hope :)