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Building CP now, need last minute layout advice

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Dervacumen:

My CP is 23.75" wide, and here is my layout.  I don't think I was able to get six buttons for P1 and P2 laid out like you have.  If you can get them crammed in, I think it will be okay.  The layout I have is comfortable enough for two people.
The 4-way is upper left, spinner is upper right.  The other joysticks are 8 way supers.


leapinlew:

I would clear away anything as much as possible from the CP. We play bowling, golf and shuffleboard and people manage all the time to hit the 2 buttons or the joystick.



willhs:

@Dervacumen: Your pic didn't show up, but I did a search on the forums for it and found it.  That's really pretty close to what I'm doing, but I think I squeezed some efficiency out of bfauska's fighter button layout to cram it all in.  Do you have problems hitting the 4-way when you're using the trackball, and also does the 8way get in the way of using the 4way?

@leapinlew: I am trying to avoid that by putting the trackball level with the fighter setup.  Thanks for that pic, it helps.

Dervacumen:

I don't have any problems hitting the 4-way when I use the trackball.  If anything, the depth of my CP makes it harder to avoid hitting the monitor plexi (and admin panel, as on my machine) I would probably move the 4-way over to the left about an inch farther than I have it now, so my arm clears the 8-way better.  It's not entirely uncomfortable as is.
Sorry about the pic.  Here's one that gives a better idea of how close the trackball is to anything that's going to get hit when you give it a good roll.


willhs:

I'm thinking about lining my 4way up with my 8way, but otherwise my panel will be very similar to yours, I think.  I won't have any problem with hitting the front since it'll just be a free-standing desktop CP.  Thanks a lot for the input, guys.

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