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| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 09, 2009, 10:01:15 am ---You NEVER want to angle your sticks... EVER. --- End quote --- I've said my 2 cents on this before, but I'll state it again: Depending on which type of game (sometimes which exact game) I'm playing, sometimes I do better with angled sticks, sometimes with straight. Gauntlet and top down view games do better with straight, side scroll do better with angled (usually). However, all four cases I sometimes go the wrong way; the better 2 cases, mentioned above, do go wrong way not as often than the other two, but none are perfect. Which directions I have problems with depends on game type & stick rotation. And no matter which game or type, or how the sticks are mounted, I always do better with the middle two sticks. Of course, there are other variables that do influence how many direction mistakes I make with the control besides straight vs angled & type of game: total width of CP, size of screen, distance from screen, how far back the screen leans, orientation of buttons relative to the stick, left side vs right side, my body rotation, and how tired I am. I've tested these out on mock ups, and have not found a perfect rule for the outside players for me. Maybe most people prefer straight sticks all the time, but not me (and apparently some or most UK people). Do a mock up and play different games and see what works for you (or the who's going to play it the most). I won't be surprised if you follow the (US) crowd and prefer straight, but you might be like us weirdos (me & 'dem UK wankers). ;D |
| abzman2000:
does anyone have a nice close up pattern of the 1st or 2nd player layout? I REALLY want to do mine like that, but I can't find measurments for that exact layouts, only ones similar. |
| grumlenz:
--- Quote from: abzman2000 on March 26, 2009, 10:38:10 am ---does anyone have a nice close up pattern of the 1st or 2nd player layout? I REALLY want to do mine like that, but I can't find measurments for that exact layouts, only ones similar. --- End quote --- I had to change my measurements from 1 3/8" spacing as I originally wanted to 1 1/2" to allow room for the buttons to be tightened underneath. Attached is a link where you can download my file and open it in the Mameroom Control Panel Designer. Sorry it's not a close up but you can get exact measurements and spacing from it. Once I receive the panel I will post up pictures. It took me a long time going over designs and then finding things I didn't like and starting over. This is the final product, hopefully it comes out good. Here's the link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HR8NE1JV |
| evitagen:
In my opinion, I wouldn't even have a 4-player panel unless the monitor was huge... Like a showcase cabinet or something. I know it's cool to make use of 4-player games and all, but I really hate shoulder bumping and when the screen is too small it's just annoying being the 3rd or 4th player, imo. I thought a long time about making a 4-player panel, but I settled on 2 because I just didn't think it was going to be worth it for the very few 4-player games out there. I like the panel though! Just wanted to state that I put a lot of thought into going 2 or 4 player and I settled on 2 and couldn't be happier. Of course, my panel is boring as all hell and has very minimal buttons. If you want to check it out I just posted it in the 'show off your CP' stickied thread. And yeah, I'd vote for not angling as well just because it always confuses me when I play on them. |
| grumlenz:
Yeah I thought about going with 2 as well for awhile. In the end 4 will be better for me for now. I am not married, have no kids or anything. I am 25 and have 2 room mates and friends over all the time so I figured 2 player wouldn't be enough. There would always be that 1 or 2 other people watching when they could be playing (certain games of course). I have a 27" monitor so it's not huge but it will work. The way I look at it is that this is my first build and I can learn from it and do better next time. However, the full size cardboard mock panel I built felt relatively comfortable with 4 people "acting" like we were playing. Just can't have any 300 lb. guys and it should be good! I went to a local bowling alley (cheesy I know, but we don't have any arcades) and tested out the angled joystick on some game they had there. It was awkward, so I decided 4 straight would be the way to go. Scott at Mameroom said it was being cut today so I should have it soon. |
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