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Happ Competition joysticks - way too sensitive

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bbyte:

I just got a brand new pair of Happ Competition joysticks from Tornado Terry's. After I installed them and did some testing, I quickly found out that they suck :/. I'm not picky at all when it comes to joysticks/controllers, but these just blow! It's so hard to pull of certain moves, like fatalities in Mortal Kombat because the joystick is just way too sensitive. I'm having trouble just running straight in Metal Slug, my player starts crawling randomly, in Mortal Kombat II when I try to do Kitana's fan lift (back, back, back, high punch) I often jump back in the air. I've been reading about Happ competition joysticks for a few hours and I noticed that some people were having problems with the black actuator.

Any recommendations on what I should do with my sticks? It's seriously hard to properly play with them, the actuator just hits my switches so early it's practically impossible to have a good flow.

Ginsu Victim:

See if your actuator floats or not. If it isn't floating, this could be a major issue. (One that RandyT over at GroovyGameGear has been correcting before shipping them out)

Also, is your stick mounted completely straight?

FrizzleFried:

Should have went with Supers.  Comps are known for not being great for fighters.

bbyte:

Uhm, not so sure about that. What do you mean with "floating"? My stick has been mounted like my stock MKII joystick, in a dedicated MKII cabinet, the cpanel has a slight angle to it, so I assume it's mounted with a slight angle.

@ FrizzleFried: everyone who I've talked to has recommended the Happ comps to me. The comps are also the closest match to my real MKII joysticks, the only difference (looks wise) is that the Happ comps have a rougher texture.

Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: bbyte on February 24, 2009, 04:57:00 pm ---What do you mean with "floating"?
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The black actuator needs to have free movement. If you twist the stick and the actuator engages a switch, that's a bad thing (and unfortunately how they're shipping lately).

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