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trying to make an arcade stick with a 2mm throw
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shardian:

--- Quote from: TheShanMan on March 12, 2009, 12:42:13 pm ---I have a Mag Stik Plus which has a very small throw, and is 4/8 way switchable. I can tell you that I really don't like it for 8 way games because it's too easy to push it wrong with such a short throw (but I love it for 4 way games).

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I have a balltop plus installed on a game, and really don't like it. The switches SUCK. Has anyone ever traded out the switches for true Cherry switches?
massive88:

--- Quote from: Broken on March 12, 2009, 12:33:26 pm ---its 8 way, and i'm specifically making it this way to play street fighter alpha2.

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I could be wrong, but I think that small of a throw wouldnt work well.  I would imagine too many accidental jumps or ducks when trying to block or use any forward moves.  Dont know for sure though.

Is a Sanwa too far of a throw?
Broken:
sanwa's are too large for me, and i dont really like the square restrictor.
MonMotha:
You can get octagonal restrictors for most of Sanwa's sticks.  I couldn't imagine trying to use the standard square ones for, well, anything really.  Sanwa JLF with the octagonal restrictor is probably my favorite stick, though I wish it had levered microswitches like the Seimitsu sticks do.
Ummon:
Hehn hehn hehn, someone else, now. <....sigh>  Well, the problem is that the sticks just aren't designed from the ground up for this. I've had some success with P360s, and U360s.

In the case of the former, I replaced the inner plastic pieces above and below the middle point of the base with plastic sleeves of a thicker outer diameter. It's pretty tight relatively speaking, and I can see many wouldn't like it perhaps because of clumsiness. Yoo must be kung foo, yoo seee.

In the case of the U360, I got it down to about two or three millimeters, and for a while the issue was that the mapping software couldn't handle that, but can now because you can input your own values into the ini. However, the other issue is hardware-related, where the shaft isn't held VERY STRICTLY in place by the base (as the P360 is).
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