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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: GeoMan on June 08, 2013, 04:17:06 am
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How good is the U-HID G for pinball nudge functions? Is it responsive? Reliable? Any alternatives?
Using the 3 axes for nudge operations, it leaves 5 connections for 2 left, 2 right flippers and a plunger button, which is enough for pinball control. Does it support the "shift" function as the original U-HID does?
I plan to use it to built a Pinball controller...
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How good is the U-HID G for pinball nudge functions? Is it responsive? Reliable? Any alternatives?
Using the 3 axes for nudge operations, it leaves 5 connections for 2 left, 2 right flippers and a plunger button, which is enough for pinball control. Does it support the "shift" function as the original U-HID does?
I plan to use it to built a Pinball controller...
See the link in my sig for my pin controller and U-HID-G settings.
It works ok for a digital nudge, but I never revisited to see if it can do analog nudging.
For analog nudging, Noah over on VPForums.org just recently released VirtuaPin™ Digital Plunger Kit (http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=24401&page=1).
(http://virtuapin.net/images/Plunger%20Kit.jpg) (http://virtuapin.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=105)
It's his answer to the older Nanotech Mot-Ion (http://www.ntekgaming.com/mot-ionkit.php) kit that has some calibration, stability and heat-sensitivity issues.
Early reviews on the VirtuaPin Plunger Kit appear to be promising, but the sample size is still too small to be sure -- keep an eye on Noah's announcement thread to see how things shake out.
Scott
EDIT: Forgot to mention, but if you want to avoid messing with accelerometers, KADE (http://kadevice.com/kade-miniarcade/) has a Pinball map that works great.