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| jhsmith321:
Does anyone knows if the Quake 2 or the Unreal 2 games support a joystick input, I have played the games, but I just cant find the option menu to enable a joystick. And thanks all you guys for all your great comments!!! they gave me a better idea for desining my CP!!!! If there is somebody else who would like to contribute, i will greatly appreciate it!!! ;D |
| jhsmith321:
--- Quote from: CthulhuLuke on June 20, 2003, 03:45:10 am ---It's very very possible to play FPS games on a Mame cabinet, as long as you have enough buttons, and you like the feel. There's two games I can think of right off the bat that do this, Quake Tournament Prototype arcade, and The Grid. The Grid's a seriously fun FPS that I've spent many quarters on, although it's pretty outdated now a days. Quake Arcade - http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9188 The Grid Flyer - http://www.arcadeflyers.com/flyers/midwayg/61501001.jpg The Grid pulled it off really well with that trigger joystick, and I'm sure you could do the same with a super joystick, hack in a tron joystick to it *or use the Raider joystick handle hack*, put a few more buttons around the trackball, and presto. Maybe you could even put in a keypad like they have on the actual machine for selecting weapons. -Luke --- End quote --- Hello Luke!!! One question, do you know where can i find a picture of the Grids CP?? I looked at the link that you gave me, and it seems to be what I am looking for........ By the way, did that arcade machine had a keyboar on the CP???? I did never play it so I dont really know........ THANKS!!!! |
| Molloy:
Arcade games are best on an arcade machines, fps games are best on a mouse and keyboard.. convergence of the two would lead to both being unsatisfying. |
| rampy:
--- Quote from: jhsmith321 on June 20, 2003, 05:30:09 pm ---Does anyone knows if the Quake 2 or the Unreal 2 games support a joystick input, I have played the games, but I just cant find the option menu to enable a joystick. Because if there is no way to control the game other than a keyboard and a mouse, there is no too many things that I can do about........... --- End quote --- Do you even comprehend HOW you are going to be interfacing your arcade controls with a PC in the first place? That's an important conceptual leap you'd need to make before worrying about all this other stuff... I only say that, because you don't seem to *get* it... albeit there's the possibility you are doing some weirdo hack instead of using an ipac/key wiz/et al... in order to get some console action or ???? *shrug* besides the fact taht you want to play everything and are planning on using a wega TV ( you must have some extra bucks floating around your wallet, huh?) really don't have a sense as to how you are apporaching your project to give you realistic answers to your query... I dunno... i'm rambling (AGAIN!) ... I just wonder, (aloud) if you've done enough home work to make your project a success... but that's just me... and i've been wrong before... and my opinion isn't th e end all ... I'm trying to be constructive but it's not coming out right at all... =P good luck though! Rampy |
| CthulhuLuke:
Unfortunately that was the ONLY picture I could find of the grid arcade machine, it seems Midway doesn't even support that game anymore, so they took down it's website. On the Quake cabinet, yah that was a keyboard, so the owners of the arcade could modify the game and such. I'll explain how the grid's control panel is setup, and its pretty much the same as the Quake one, but they use a joystick instead of buttons for movement. -One 3" trackball to look around, inverting movement feels much more natural on your hand. - X amount of buttons around the trackball, well it has 1, but you can put as many as you want for things like crouch, jump, +hook, etc. Quake only has 3 extras for Change Weapon, Fire, and Jump. - 1 analog joystick, you could use just about any analog joystick you find at the store, just make sure it's not made of cheap breakable plastic like my Raider Pro Blue joystick, I almost bent the plastic outta shape during a game of Half Life. - Optional idea that the Grid has on it, is one of those telephone keypads, they use it for entering passwords and cheats, but you could use it for selecting weapons, etc. I don't know exactly where to find one, but I'm sure you could find it somewhere, maybe even an old payphone *or new one, just don't get caught* I've been thinkin about this kinda control panel, and I think if I ever make a rotatable control panel, one of them will have to be a FPS panel, because playing FPS with a trackball is just way to fun, I used to play Half Life online with one and a joystick for a while, it was very fun. -Luke |
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