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Title: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: WhereEaglesDare on March 10, 2010, 07:36:06 pm

Ive hacked controllers before (with varying degrees of success) to be used for various things on PCs.  For a while I didn't know about the IPac, now it looks like the way to go.  On a single player machine how many would go through the trouble of buying a 50 dollar IPac against just moding a controller.  Are there cheaper alternatives?

Title: Re: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: Comtek on March 10, 2010, 07:41:24 pm

use the ipac trust me
the controller i just used would not allow me to fire fast enough in defender and an ipac is only twice the price of a cheap controller
save yourself a headace use the IPAC

Title: Re: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: daywane on March 10, 2010, 07:50:59 pm

1 person ?
If I had a controller laying around  I would hack it.
GGG has sidewinders for $8.00

Title: Re: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: Comtek on March 10, 2010, 07:58:18 pm

maybe it was the particular controller i used but i was not happy with the results at all

Title: Re: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: daywane on March 10, 2010, 08:28:28 pm

sidewinders are great

Title: Re: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: Comtek on March 10, 2010, 08:49:19 pm

i never tried the one i hacked first
all in all it was a great learning experience
do a search on here there is a few threads of people doing it

Title: Re: IPac Vs Hacking a Controller
Post by: darcyp on March 10, 2010, 11:57:50 pm

I would go with a gamepad for a single player. Much cheaper and not really harder assuming you can solder. http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=258 (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=258) works great, and has large solder points and a shared ground between all of the inputs.