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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: RandomCitizenX on May 24, 2010, 01:22:36 pm
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Similar to my question about tilting a display, what do you guys think would be a comfortable degree to tilt the CP? I am also trying to figure out how deep to make my cp for a two player, six buttons each with a u-track in the middle? I was looking at 10 inches, but am still not sure if this is enough.
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-Tilting: I hear 5-10 degrees ... seems right to me.
-Depth: What I did was print out all the layouts from here (http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html) then cut them out (Joystick, buttons, then a trackball that I just drew out) and put them on our kitchen counter (36inch high) and had my wife and I standing side by side to test the comfort level at the same time.
Hope it helps ;)
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The back of my CP is raised 1 1/2 inches above the front, which gives it a perfect tilt.
This will vary though based on the depth of your CP.
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Here it is:
(http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/box/slant.png)
And the Link to the breakdown:
About halfway down the page (http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/box.html)
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Thanks for all of the information. After playing around with a few things and I have settled on a 5 degree tilt with a 10 inch CP depth. This may not prove to be the best, but I have a really good feeling about it
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My CP is 16" deep from to back and there is only a 1" difference from front to back as the back is larger. This is always a personal preference but when I did my first CP I made to much of a slant and after a little while of playing my wrists started to ache so be careful of how much the slant is. Just a heads up for you.
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my panel is 12" deep and is 1" higher at the back, it feels perfect
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What's the thought on tilting a quad control panel? I was looking at mamerooms quad, and it doesn't appear to have any tilt, and I was curious if that was pretty typical...I don't have an arcade handy and it was never anything I really paid attention to since I last saw one with multiple 4 player games. I'm building a quad unit and have left it level so far, but pondering a slight tilt.
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What's the thought on tilting a quad control panel? I was looking at mamerooms quad, and it doesn't appear to have any tilt, and I was curious if that was pretty typical...I don't have an arcade handy and it was never anything I really paid attention to since I last saw one with multiple 4 player games. I'm building a quad unit and have left it level so far, but pondering a slight tilt.
Unless all players are all standing the same side of your CP, I don't think it would be wise to tilt the CP or else you'll have a player playing on a sideways angle.
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What's the thought on tilting a quad control panel? I was looking at mamerooms quad, and it doesn't appear to have any tilt, and I was curious if that was pretty typical...I don't have an arcade handy and it was never anything I really paid attention to since I last saw one with multiple 4 player games. I'm building a quad unit and have left it level so far, but pondering a slight tilt.
Unless all players are all standing the same side of your CP, I don't think it would be wise to tilt the CP or else you'll have a player playing on a sideways angle.
That's what I figured as I pondered it further.