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| bkenobi:
Ikari Warriors used LS-30 joysticks. These are mechanical rotary joysticks that have a 12 position rotary switch in them. Each rotation has a tactile and audible click that gives you feedback as to when you have rotated the stick. |
| phildo77:
--- Quote from: jasonbar on June 29, 2008, 12:48:42 pm ---TPB, Yup, I did a test on 1 game that had an 8-way stick & 2 buttons. I mapped the 2 buttons to a CW & CCW stick rotation. It works, though I hated trying to play if for even a few moments. :] -Jason --- Quote from: TPB on June 27, 2008, 05:08:51 am ---Would you be able to test, whether these sticks can be used in games that DON'T use rotary sticks. Can they be used in ANY game at all, so that the stick rotation (to the left or right) can be mapped to a couple of buttons within the game ? Sure, it's not game-authentic to "map the controls" in this manner. But it'd be nice to know whether it works : --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Let me add to a question to this vein of rotary stick thinking. I've got a panel that already has Happs Competitions on them (2 for player one and two and 1 each for players 3 and 4) You can see what it looks like here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=38049.msg340299#msg340299 I'm doing a complete overhaul of the first panel (shown above) (and adding panel #2, its a rotating panel) and am thinking I'd like to replace player one and player two left side competition sticks with Happs optical rotarys. My question is this... Has anyone had an experience using the rotarys in games that don't require rotary? Is the spin of the stick distracting? Is there a lock to prevent spinning or a damper to increase spin resistance? |
| jasonbar:
I'm not really answering your question directly, phildo77, but I use a *mechanical* rotary stick (black bat) for my primary player 1 stick & it has sprung detents that tend to keep it from rotating unless you try to rotate it. It's never been a distraction or issue. Hopefully somebody can chime in on the *optical* rotary sticks too. Thanks, -Jason |
| bkenobi:
I don't think most sticks are fixed from rotating anyway. I haven't taken that many apart, but all that I have messed with use spring clips somewhere to keep the stick in place, but nothing to keep it from rotating. Perhaps you are over thinking this? |
| Dazz:
Well... 2 years after creating this thread I FINALLY got my rotary joys and got them installed and working. I went with the Happ Mechanical and the Ultimarc Rotary Interface. It really makes setting up a snap. So far I've only played Ikari Warriors and they work great! |
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