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Title: Button Layout
Post by: Graham1 on February 24, 2005, 07:59:47 am

Hi All

First post here :). I'm in the process of designing a cabinet and I'm currently working on the button layout for the CP. At first, I started with straight (i.e like HotRod, having owned one) with 7 buttons, then I changed to 4 and now I've gone for the curved look (i.e to line up with my fingers). Now I'm thinking of going back to staright. Arrgghhhh!, I can't decide. What I'm sure about (I think) is that I'm going to use 4 buttons (I play only the old style games) so would like to hear your comment on this.

Thanks
Graham

Title: Re: Button Layout
Post by: daveg2000 on February 24, 2005, 08:07:08 am

I think the curved buttons look awkward....

But my answer (and probably everyone's)
will be to do what you have room for and is most
comfortable for you.


STRAIGHT gets my vote.

Title: Re: Button Layout
Post by: SOAPboy on February 24, 2005, 08:11:03 am

Straight..

every SF2 cab ive played on were straight.. it just works for me..

Title: Re: Button Layout
Post by: Graham1 on February 24, 2005, 08:14:20 am

I haven't decided on the width yet. However, it will fit within the width of the cabinet (I hope). I should mention that I'm planning on using a 2 player setup (Joysticks and buttons only). Somebody mentioned (on another forum) that a curved look is more comfitable for long use.

I won't be playing any fighter type games (if that makes a difference), only the old style. I'm hoping that 4 buttons will cover most of these.

:)

Title: Re: Button Layout
Post by: Graham1 on February 25, 2005, 07:38:19 am

Thanks for the replies guys :). Have any of you guys gone from straight to curved and then regreted it? Thinking about the number of buttons, I may go with 3 per player now. Would this cater for most of the old games? Are there many that use 4+ that are not fighters?

:)

EDIT: Does anybody know of any files that I can use in Mame32 that show the number of buttons used per game? I have seen one for players.

Title: Re: Button Layout
Post by: Matt Berry on February 25, 2005, 09:14:34 am

I've tried a lot of different layouts. My first one was a 4 button diamond layout with two additional buttons. My current setup is a straight 2 rows of 3. The two rows are not straight above each other but slightly offset.

Title: Re: Button Layout
Post by: Graham1 on March 01, 2005, 08:03:40 am

Thanks for all the votes and info :). I'm going to go with 3 buttons (straight) per player as I'm sure this will cater for most games. The voting was quite close and I'm surprised as most of the examples I have seen have been staright (6-7 buttons). Once I've got the CP planned out, I'll probably post some questions regarding the cabinet