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Title: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 02:56:57 pm: is it true that an ipac isnt needed to play a dreamcast with my cp and if so is a dreamcast controller needed to be hacked? if so am i correct in thinking this is done by soldering the wires from the cp buttons to the corresponding button pads on the dreamcast controller?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: Stingray on October 05, 2005, 03:05:16 pm: Quote from: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 02:56:57 pm
is it true that an ipac isnt needed to play a dreamcast with my cp and if so is a dreamcast controller needed to be hacked?

Yes.

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if so am i correct in thinking this is done by soldering the wires from the cp buttons to the corresponding button pads on the dreamcast controller?

Also yes.

-S
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 03:10:22 pm: OMG yey im correct for once so all i do is take apart the controller and do i connect the joysticks to the digital pad part and not the analog?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: Stingray on October 05, 2005, 03:21:32 pm: Correct, the joystick will connect to the direction pad, not the analog stick.

-S
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 03:24:50 pm: kool when my dreamcast arrives i will give it a shot sounds pretty easy to me as i can solder but then again who cant right?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 05, 2005, 05:35:13 pm: Quote from: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 03:24:50 pm
kool when my dreamcast arrives i will give it a shot sounds pretty easy to me as i can solder but then again who cant right?

you'd be suprised... ;)
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 05:37:17 pm: lol well i think im ok im only 18 but i did it in school and also i build circuit boards for a living lol
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 05:38:01 pm: also is it as simple as just taking it apart and wiring up the wires?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: Goz on October 05, 2005, 05:44:55 pm: You can also go the X-Arcade BYOA Kit route and have it wired to your control panel in 15 minutes and playing games. If the cab will be dedicated Digital control Dreamcast games then go with the hacked pads that HarumaN sells. If you are going to add additional consoles or MAME in the same cab then look at the other options.

Dreamcast in a cab is a beautiful thing....

-Goz
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 05:46:40 pm: yer purely dreamcast in a cab to play dreamcast games maybe but mostlt the snes emulator and the genesis/mega drive emulator cant i hack my own pads? or is that really hard?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: spiffyshoes on October 05, 2005, 06:57:35 pm: No of course you can't hack your own pads!! I forbid it! ;)
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 07:13:04 pm: lmao except from that lol :P
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 05, 2005, 08:28:57 pm: You must let me do it! ;)

Seriously, though, it isn't too hard if you have soldering skill. Hacking the analog triggers (the L and R buttons) is probably the most difficult aspect. Other than that, wire one common ground, and a wire for each button and direction.

(You end up with 12 wires in all- A, B, X, Y, Start, L, R, Up, Down, Left, Right, and Ground.)
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 05, 2005, 08:30:38 pm: ground? o and what bout the vmu?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 06, 2005, 05:18:41 am: yeah... you have to daisy chain a ground between all your switches. And the VMU slots are still there, so they will work no problem.
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 06, 2005, 02:07:43 pm: ok please explain a daisychain between the switches a quick work in paint should show me how :)
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: dennis808 on October 06, 2005, 05:52:20 pm: because a picture says more than...
(http://dennis808.herejezus.nl/arcade/P085.JPG)

The blue wire is daisychained (common ground)
a closeup here: http://dennis808.herejezus.nl/arcade/P086.JPG

and here's the hacked pads (with VMU inserted in one)
(http://dennis808.herejezus.nl/arcade/P089.JPG)
and the front:
(http://dennis808.herejezus.nl/arcade/P065.JPG)
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 06, 2005, 05:55:33 pm: woooo spaghetti junction :P
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: mo1e on October 06, 2005, 06:42:15 pm: k the red wores from the control into the white bos thingy then a wire from that to the dreamcast button this is done for each button but what is the bl;ue wire for and what does it connect to? does it just connect from one button to the other until it gets back around for each player?
Title: Re: no ipac needed to play dreamcast with a cp?
Post by: dennis808 on October 06, 2005, 07:19:08 pm: http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_wiring.shtml#General_Theory ;)