Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Sionsays on June 18, 2013, 07:53:00 am
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Has anyone done this? I'm thinking about building my cabinet to play games like bio shock , borderlands etc,,. What is the best joystick I can use to aim to make this work? Looking for mostly usb if possible. Right now I have the u360 and. 6 button per player setup
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a flat piece of wood on your control panel to sit your keyboard and mouse on?
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Gun Survivor 2 controls interfaced via U-HID.
(http://pineconeattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1647.jpg)
http://youtu.be/Gx-AhvxiWLA?t=2m (http://youtu.be/Gx-AhvxiWLA?t=2m)
(jump 2 minutes for the controls demo)
Not sure if it would cover all movement and most definitely wouldn't work as well as a keyboard and mouse, but it would be kinda cool.
At a very minimum, you'd need dual analog trigger sticks.
Hmmm.....I just finished a dual analog trigger stick panel.....
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trackball and trigger stick? ???
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trackball and trigger stick? ???
Thats how Midway did "The Grid"
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/108/1080685611.jpg)
EDIT: added image
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trackball and trigger stick? ???
Y u got to put ideas in my head?
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Wouldn't a basic flight joystick with a button work?
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Wouldn't a basic flight joystick with a button work?
Are you talking about an analog stick or 8-way?
People refer to both as "flight sticks".
Scott
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Probably need an 8 way for more
Modern shooters,, would it work??
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Probably need an 8 way for more
Modern shooters,, would it work??
An 8-way consists of digital on/off switches. You cannot hold your aim with that.
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Y u got to put ideas in my head?
LOL!
Probably need an 8 way for more
Modern shooters,, would it work??
An 8-way consists of digital on/off switches. You cannot hold your aim with that.
You can get away with using a standard joystick by using a programmable keyboard encoder and setting the up a standard keyboard repeat function. You should be able to easily do this with a Kade encoder.
Perhaps you can even configure left and right turning views using a rotary stick. ???
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Perhaps you can even configure left and right turning views using a rotary stick. ???
This idea has been used before in a standalone PC joystick. The Logitech Wingman Warrior.
Released early 90s. Connected via gameport (9 or 15 pin D-sub). It only worked with a couple of supported games games. Took a bit of getting used to but was surprisingly good once you got the hang of it.
Overall, a little bit better than keyboard only control and miles behind keyboard + mouse.
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a flat piece of wood on your control panel to sit your keyboard and mouse on?
+1
Not sure why someone would want to use unoptimal controls for FPS games... ???
That said, I would think maybe a WSAD style keyboard layout using mini-arcade buttons + a wireless mouse would get the job done. Or buttons + trackball if you want something built into the CP and more "arcadey".
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I play DOOM on my driving cabinet. Does that count? :D
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Why would you want to play a non-arcade game on an arcade machine? Standing for a long time with only one person playing a long story line doesn't sound fun. That's why most newer console games are played usually while sitting on a couch with no friends.
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Most of your modern shooters have absolutely brutal button number requirements and are essentially untranslatable to arcade controls.
When I play Borderlands my right hand aims and controls 8 mouse functions/buttons (5 buttons, scroll up, scroll down and scroll click), while my left hand handles a Belkin n52te single handed gaming keyboard with 16 buttons, a clickable scroll wheel and a direction hat and I have all of those mapped to game stuff.
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Why would you want to play a non-arcade game on an arcade machine? Standing for a long time with only one person playing a long story line doesn't sound fun. That's why most newer console games are played usually while sitting on a couch with no friends.
I mostly agree with your statement, but I'd kill for a dedicated cabinet that plays this:
Super Stardust HD (PS3): 5 Minutes of Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhhocl7jf3o#)