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Building CP now, need last minute layout advice
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.