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What is the point of lighting your controls?
arzoo:
But back to the original question - what's the point of lighting the controls? For me at least, illuminating the buttons used by each game (and speaking their action) makes my 4-player system more user friendly. The bling factor is cool, but that wasn't my primary motivation.
Necro:
I have to go with two things - bling and ease of use.
I think on certain cabs, the bling fits in very well if used judiciously. The ease of use is a big thing though on a frankenpanel.
In regards to cost, aren't the happ translucents not that expensive?
HairyDVD:
Answer .....
Easy - its so that when you wake up at 4 in the morning and want to play a game in your underpants, you dont need to turn on a light. :dizzy:
Stinks:
I'm planning on lighting mine for aesthetics and for the same reason as arzoo.
I think I've determined my color scheme to be blue and white.....I want it to be clean. So I figure with some nice white translucent buttons that only light up when playing allows me to keep my color scheme while powered down or not being used while also allowing me to have the colored controls as typical on many original machines while in play. :)
Bender:
--- Quote from: Franco B on September 23, 2008, 04:37:07 pm ---Im using LEDs in my buttons and LEDs in rings around my joysticks to show what buttons/directions are used. Im also using a ton of independently controllable LEDs everywhere else on my cocktail just becuase Im a self admitted LED whore and I want to program some nice attract sequences.
Im using the 'Happ' translucent concave buttons with LEDs and I have had no problems what so ever.
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Didn't know happ made translucent buttons couldn't find them on there website ???