button layout and shift button question

[BORIStheBLADE]

Ok, so I'm ready to order my buttons and joystick for my cab .  I am a SF2 fan so I'm going with the 6+1 player buttons. I don't even know if I'm going to ever use that extra button, but atleast its there.
Now, I want to keep the CP as simple as possible and use the original coin door buttons for credits so what other buttons are mandatory besides 1 player, 2 player, 6+1? I really think a pause button would be nice, when I'm playing my 360 people tend to know when I'm playing and call me.

Exit from game button?
Do I need a button to pick games?

Thanks guys

[Malenko]

if you use an Ipac, you don't need any admin buttons. Start+Down is pause, Start + Right is Tab , Start+ Left is ENTER , and start+up is ~  (access volume control, cpu speed control etc in MAME) and P1 Start + P2 Start = Escape

the SF+Neo Geo Hybrid is my preferred layout , since it lets you play all the SF style and NeoGeo style games, and provides a great run button for the MK games that need it. Also, A,B,C of the NeoGeo layout work well for games like NBA JAM, Open Ice,etc

[BORIStheBLADE]

if you use an Ipac, you don't need any admin buttons. Start+Down is pause, Start + Right is Tab , Start+ Left is ENTER , and start+up is ~  (access volume control, cpu speed control etc in MAME) and P1 Start + P2 Start = Escape

the SF+Neo Geo Hybrid is my preferred layout , since it lets you play all the SF style and NeoGeo style games, and provides a great run button for the MK games that need it. Also, A,B,C of the NeoGeo layout work well for games like NBA JAM, Open Ice,etc

To use these button combo's I still need a shift button to turn the use of these combo's on and off right?

[Apollo]

To use these button combo's I still need a shift button to turn the use of these combo's on and off right?

No, the default shift button is player 1 start. You don't need a dedicated shift button.

[BORIStheBLADE]

To use these button combo's I still need a shift button to turn the use of these combo's on and off right?

No, the default shift button is player 1 start. You don't need a dedicated shift button.

cool thanks

[superbigjay]

For the shift button. It might depend on the KB encodre you're using.

In my case, I'm using a Keywiz, which has a dedicated "shift" button (shazam)

You can mount that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- button on your CP or visible if required....

Good luck with your project 

Jay

[BORIStheBLADE]

I'm going with the I-pac, but thanks for the heads up.

[Aurich]

I recommend a dedicated shift button. I've done it both ways, and I won't ever go without one again. Using Player1 Start is a real pain when you're actually playing a game with a second player and you accidentally trigger something in the heat of people banging buttons.

[Apollo]

I recommend a dedicated shift button. I've done it both ways, and I won't ever go without one again. Using Player1 Start is a real pain when you're actually playing a game with a second player and you accidentally trigger something in the heat of people banging buttons.

Agreed, I lost count of the number of times my brother-in-law reset the game in the middle of a hardcore bomberman world seesion by pressing p2 when i was pushing p1

[xmenxmen]

I don't like the shift button.  You can still have a decently clean setup without it.  Beside the 6 or 7 button plus p1+2, why not just have a quit and pause button in the middle.  Still nice and clean and you don't have to remember all those key combination.  And a added bonus, some also have 2 additional button for emu and list. 

And if you got kids, you might want to hide the quit button somewhere else, like the top of the cab.  I prefer convenience. 

Take a look in the cp database and you will notice tons of nice and clean cp with the above extra buttons mention.

[ARTIFACT]

i am using an ipac for my project and didnt even know about these combos

what do i do to disable SOME of the combos (i have a dedicated exit button already)?

or even disable them all and replace the shift button to be P1 B8 (for example - or any unused one)?

sorry for hijacking... maybe useful info for original poster as well

[xmenxmen]

Don't really have an ipac, but I think I recall that the shift key can be reprogrammed to any other key that you like.  So as you suggested, just reprogramm it to a button/key that you don't use.  The default I think is 1P.