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| clickhea:
heres somthing thats bothering me a bit, hopefully i can get a few quick responses on this. i feel like the trackball sits too close to the player 2 joystick. It has to if i want the control panel exactly even. I could make the control panel a little larger and have it sit another inch away from the trackball, but the problem is the players are a bit too far off the screen.. at least in my opinion. the picture dave posted shows exactly what i mean where the trackball is pretty close to the player 2 joystick. i guess i either have to have the players further off center, or just live with it being somewhat close i cant think of any other options. i guess my best bet is to live with it being close because most games being played on the cab wont require the trackball. agreed? or am i looking at this wrong |
| DaveMMR:
If it helps you, the joystick never gets in my way. (The back glass on the other hand... well, that's met with a few hands. It was not designed for Golden Tee type furiousity.) But that's just me. I would build a test panel out of scrap or cardboard and play a few games. That's the only way to be sure it's right for you. |
| clickhea:
only problem is i dont have the computer for the arcade yet, thats coming later on so i wont really get to play with the cardboard mockup i'll have to take my chances with that. this is driving me insane |
| DaveMMR:
Then what are you using to post? ;) You don't have to use your "arcade computer". When I made mine, I did a quick mock-up and hooked everything up "loosely", "quickly" and "sloppily" (i.e. trackball, maybe a couple of buttons, etc.) just to get a feel of everything. It was all hooked up via USB cables to my desktop computer. |
| clickhea:
ah thats true, i could use this computer i just figured that from the center of the joystick to the center of the track ball is about 6 inches with my panel being 35 inches instead of 33 i think 6 inches may be enough |
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