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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: daruble on July 21, 2012, 06:33:25 pm
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Sorry for the noob question but. Can anyone tell me is their anyway to use a 49 way joystick for tron ???? I have the blue plastic housing for tron that mounts to the joystick. But if I use a 49 way instead I can use it for more game plus tron and others. I was reading another post where the person stated that they wish they had a 49 way controller.
Sorry don't know much about the difference between a 8 way and a 49 way. Can I get a tutorial on differences or somthing. :dunno :banghead:
Thanks
Dave Ruble
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Old question. Answer is, yes. Question is, would you want to?
Answer: you don't know. You need to go look up these controls to get an understanding.
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Sorry don't know much about the difference between a 8 way and a 49 way. Can I get a tutorial on differences or somthing.
Welcome to the forums, Dave.
An 8-way stick has 4 switches - Up, Down, Right, and Left. If you press the joystick in the 45 degree direction, you activate both the Right and Up switches.
To picture how a 49-way stick works, picture a 7x7 grid. When the stick is centered x=4, y=4. (* on the diagram) This allows a slow, medium, or fast in each direction. If you were to push a little to the right and all the way up, you would get x=5, y=1 (# on the diagram)
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More on 49-way joysticks in the wiki (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Joysticks#49-Way_Joysticks).
A Tron stick is an 8-way with a special restrictor plate that makes it harder to hit the diagonals. (less zig-zagging on the light cycle stage) More on it in the wiki (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/TRON_joystick).
A less expensive (and shallower to mount) option is to use a magnetic triggerstick hack like Tony shows here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=102665.msg1278210#msg1278210) or the Import Flight Stick (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/imported-joysticks/299-import-flight-stick.html) from Paradise Arcade (Ultimarc carries them, too) for the 8-way parts of Tron and switch to a dedicated 4-way wired in parallel for the light cycle stage.
If you decide to do autoswitching 4 to 8 way joysticks, Le Chuck has got in-game switching for Tron working here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117395.0).
Lots of good stuff to read on the wiki -- it will give you the background to understand what people are talking about in the forums and ask "non-noob" questions. ;D
Scott
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Thanks for answering the Noob questions with such detail. I will read all the links and see if I can figure the arcade controls out. Thanks again for making me feel welcome to your community.
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The guys from here know there stuff :notworthy:! They have given me all the help I could ever need! Dont feel bad, I have had my share of noob questions too! Welcome to the community! :cheers: