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| rbarr110:
Okay I am building a new CP, old one was 2 player, but really feel like I "need" a 4 player layout. I want to be able to play smashtv, hence the joysticks in line with each other at same angle. I also have a 4way joy to the left above trackball and a spinner and topfire joy to the right of the trackball. I threw in some other buttons for coins/player start for now but not sure of placement yet (those are trivial, just in for place holder for now). The dashed circle around the 4way is something I am currently laying out so it can be rotated 45 degrees for Qbert control. I have also attached an older photo of my 1st CP. I haven't yet hurt myself with the trackball and positioning of my spinner and topfire on the 1st cp, so I am trying to have a similiar layout where above the track ball is mostly clear of obstructions. Critique away...... |
| leapinlew:
how much bigger is this than the 2 player cp. 42" seems awful big! Other than being a large CP, it looks ergonomically in good shape. |
| rbarr110:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 31, 2006, 04:48:13 pm ---how much bigger is this than the 2 player cp. 42" seems awful big! Other than being a large CP, it looks ergonomically in good shape. --- End quote --- Old CP was just under 36", I tried to keep the new one as narrow as possible, and 42" was about as small as I could get and be able to access all controls relatively comfortably. Still not sure about 4 way placement, seems like P! joy might be awkward to maneuver around. |
| ahofle:
Personally I wouldn't angle the joysticks that way (angling sticks in general is a highly debated topic here). It would be HORRIBLE to play a one player game with the player 1 stick at that angle for example IMO. Although you probably won't come up with a good 4 player solution that also works for 2 player smashtv otherwise (unless you make an albatross style 5 foot wide CP). I opted to let one player use the p1 and p2 sticks and use a dual stick gamepad for the rare occasion I have two people playing smash tv. Also, doesn't look like you'd have much elbow room there for 4 players with those sticks so close together. |
| rbarr110:
My cab almost always has 2 people playing it, usually my kids. And the need for 4p is there because their friends often get stuck watching while my kids hog the game. I thought about going with swappable cp's, but that is too much of a pain in the @ss. |
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