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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. --- End quote --- 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. --- End quote --- 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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