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why no top switchable joystick that has a long throw?
severdhed:
i've thought about swapable panels, but that takes away from the approachability of it. This thing mostly gets used by friends and family, alot of which don't know what kind of stick they should be using..they just know it doesnt work right when they use the wrong one. i want to have a single panel, with a single joystick per player....so it looks like the u360s are the way to go.
KDOG:
--- Quote from: shardian on December 29, 2008, 09:27:24 am ---There are different mounting plates for the mag stick +. I bought one off a guy here that came with both plates.
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That was me. I got it from arcade-in-a-box and he doesn't sell anything but custom fighter controllers now. Function was spot on but i didn't like the form. That why I sold it.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: severdhed on December 28, 2008, 05:59:10 pm ---i just dont understand why nobody has done this yet. maybe it is too difficult to do, i dont know...perhaps Andy or Randy T can shed some light on this.
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For the most part, it's just geometry and the limitations imposed by the mechanical configuration of joysticks. Consider that the distance from corner to corner on a square is longer than the distance from any two sides, and you have pretty good start on the problem. Those two sides get rotated to become the restriction that prevents diagonals, so this tends to dictate a shorter throw in 8-way mode.
That being said, I am working to make one of the more popular switch-based sticks out there into a physically restricted, switchable version, and am pretty close to having something that is marketable. If all goes well, kits to upgrade existing sticks will also be a possibility. They will be "bottom switchable", but will have the ability to attach to a manual mechanism for switching from outside the cabinet through a couple of different methods.
And, the throw is longer than other switchables. One thing to keep in mind on that, BTW, is the throw is proportional to the length of the stick. One way to increase throw on a short throw stick is to replace the shaft with a longer one and use spacers to set the body of the stick lower in the panel.
RandyT
severdhed:
thanks, randyt....that makes sense. i didnt even think about extending the handle. i may have to rethink this now. i am waiting for the deposit my wife made this morning to show up in my bank account and i was planning on ordering some u360s...but i may need to look into this a little more now...
TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: severdhed on December 30, 2008, 06:48:12 pm ---i've thought about swapable panels, but that takes away from the approachability of it. This thing mostly gets used by friends and family, alot of which don't know what kind of stick they should be using..they just know it doesnt work right when they use the wrong one. i want to have a single panel, with a single joystick per player....so it looks like the u360s are the way to go.
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With that goal in mind, u360's are unquestionably the stick to go with. Top switchable joysticks are not something the uninformed, or little kids, want to deal with. I have swappable panels and my 7 yr old son would always try to play 4 way games with my 8 way panel, and have problems with the game as a result. Now it's a non issue because most of the time I have my dual u360 panel installed. I only use my single mag stik plus panel when I'm playing a 4 way game (and I love it for that).