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| BradC:
I was helping my brother build a control panel and told him to buy two Happ competitions, and one dedicated 4-way (like the Ms. Pac-Man replacement joystick) but instead he bought three Happ 8-ways. Is there a way to convert the 3rd Happ to 4-way? Like an actuator replacement or can I modify the one it came with? |
| Namco:
It can be done by adding a restrictor plate somehow, or by changing from a square actuator to perhaps a round one. However I don't know where you'd get a happ competition restrictor plate or a round actuator that will work on a happ competition. I know the ultimate has an actuator that you can probably cut in half to make fit on the compeition, but I doubt you have one of those laying around. A third option that may work thanks to Happ's awesome customer service, would be to complain that they sent the wrong stick. It is likely that they'd overnight one for free. |
| Jack Burton:
I would would just return it and get a proper 4-way stick. Even with a different actuator a competition is still completely alien in feel compared to a 4 way joystick. |
| TOK:
I swore read something about flipping the part inside (95-0197-00) upside down, but perhaps I'm confusing it with another stick since Happ documentation says 8 way only. |
| Namco:
--- Quote from: TOK on May 15, 2008, 09:26:16 pm ---I swore read something about flipping the part inside (95-0197-00) upside down, but perhaps I'm confusing it with another stick since Happ documentation says 8 way only. --- End quote --- The one in your picture is a Happ Competition. Flipping that square actuator over probably won't make much of a difference. This is a Happ Ultimate: The actuator is cone shaped and when you flip it over to use the narrower part of the cone, it's a smaller actuator touching the switches. . A smaller actuator just means more travel in the stick before it triggers a microswitch, and the less likelyhood of triggering two at once. But by no means is it a replacement for a real 4-way with a restrictor plate. Soooo, the point I"m making is that if you just rig up a smaller actuator, perhaps a round one instead of the big square one, it would emulate the 4-way action of the Happ Ultimate. |
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