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please critique my control panel
clickhea:
i hear ya pcb
heres a little somthing iam having a problem understanding.
iam trying to make a button template for my self.
how close can the buttons be next to each other without the little screw caps on the bottom of the panel being in the way of each other?
1 3/4 spacing is a little too much for me, but it looks like any less and the screw caps wont be able to sit flush with the wood
also maybe iam looking at this wrong.
when my fingers are at rest on the buttons should all my fingers be touching the centers of each button? or does that not how you measure out weather buttons are comfortable or not for your specific hand
clickhea:
btw this is the layout iam trying out right now
i think it belongs to jave on the forums
anything wrong with this?
NoOne=NBA=:
I would either move your controls toward the center and trim the CP down a bit, or add second sticks for each player.
As it sits, you are going to be playing all your games way off to the side of your monitor.
As far as the angled buttons go, whatever is most comfortable for you will work.
If your CP was smaller, I'd worry about elbow conflicts, but I don't think your players could hit each other with their elbows if they tried.
Make sure you hit all those 1-3/8" spacings though.
The upper bezels on Happ's buttons are 1.32", and the nuts are a bit bigger.
I space all of mine like that, but you have to be careful.
A fraction too short, and the nuts are overlapping each other on the bottom.
clickhea:
i cut the control panel down alot. (4 inches)
the over hang is only 2 inches on each side now.
it looked retarded with 4 inches once i saw where the controls were going.
gonna post some updated pics tomorrow
clickhea:
alright heres my first go at it with real measurements.
a major concern of mine is the trackball, does it seem like its too close to the player 2 joystick? the last thing i want is for someone to swing at the trackball and end up taking off the joystick with it.
the problem is, if i move the joystick over anymore the control panel wont appear even.. whats going on? am i overlooking somthing?
i also dont want to move the trackball higher because i want it as far as possible from the screen.
iam also not 100% sure i like the spinner where it is.. but i dont really have anywhere else to put it
the paper under the left joystick is nothing, it was just there when i was taking pictures.
and the randomly colored buttons is just because i grabed the first button i pulled outa the box and stuck it in the hole