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I'm making a 1 player ~20" wide CP, looking for suggestions. 2 joys? 3 buttons?
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leapinlew:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on November 26, 2006, 11:13:39 pm ---The only problem I see is that the reverse button is going to be a big stretch.
When I built a Defender CP using a 4-way stick, I had to actually knock the corner off of the joystick with a Dremel tool to get the button to fit in a comfortable position.

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At first I put my reverse as close as I could to the joystick but it felt too close. So, I moved it and I think prefer mine a little further:



I know what your saying though - it looks like it would be too far (and it's further than an original defender), but it seems comfortable.
quarterback:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on November 26, 2006, 11:13:39 pm ---The only problem I see is that the reverse button is going to be a big stretch.
When I built a Defender CP using a 4-way stick, I had to actually knock the corner off of the joystick with a Dremel tool to get the button to fit in a comfortable position.
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Thanks for that comment, NoOne.   I ended up doing something to solve that potential problem, but before I did that, I made a 2nd mock-up using the more-compact 6-button layout

The 1st mockup had the 'diamond' buttons more spread out.  Aesthetically, I liked it, but the 4-buttons were a little too fra from each other to make that portion of the CP very useable.  1st layout seen here:


So, I went for the compact 6-button layout like you can see in this pic:


But I didn't like that either.  My inclination is to primarily use the buttons that aren't part of the diamond (the three red ones in the first pic, above).  For most games, I would want to use those, but with this compact 6-button setup, I was feeling 'crowded' and my fngers would bump up against or lay on those other buttons.    I didn't like it.

I was trying to figure out which setup bothered me LESS and I came back to check this thread.   What I decided to do is to move the left-most three buttons a little more to the left.  Not only making them closer to the left joystick but also moving them away from the 'primary-three' that I want to use.   I did this primarily because of my desire to keep the 3-primary-buttons separate but it also has the benefit of putting the 'reverse' button a little closer to the left joystick (almost as close as I could get it.

I made a third mockup and decided to go with that.    And here is the 'finished' CP:



I like it well enough.   I guess it will come down to whether or not I ever play Defender :)     Like I said, I'm not a bid 'defender guy' yet I ended up partially basing my CP around that layout.   I'm also not sure how frequently I'll use the right/left white buttons, but what the hell.  I figured if I was going to do a Defender layout I might never use, then why not add those other buttons as well :)

I've got some translucent leafs I'll proably put in here as well, but first things first.  I need to get my new encoder hooked up, everything wired and the computer running to even really test this.

Thanks again for all the comments.
qb
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