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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #40 on: July 22, 2010, 05:12:07 pm »
You could just use the player 1 or 2 buttons and not have dedicated buttons for those items.
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #41 on: July 22, 2010, 05:20:15 pm »
Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on July 22, 2010, 05:08:05 pm
Is there an easy/convenient way to combine the 2 spinner buttons with the 3 trackball buttons/mouse buttons?

is there really a need to separate these buttons?

#1) Why have 3 mouse buttons anyway, I mean just because there is a center click on the mouse doesn't mean you need a button for it? Is there some specific game that goes great with an arcade that requires it?

#2) You could always just wire them up together ... but I don't see why you would want to have 4(5) buttons when you could just have two.
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #42 on: July 22, 2010, 05:21:10 pm »
Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 22, 2010, 05:12:07 pm
You could just use the player 1 or 2 buttons and not have dedicated buttons for those items.

Well I am definety going to have 3 buttons dedicated for the trackball (for golden tee etc)/mouse, and I am going to have the spinner mounted directly about the trackball and I wondered if I can have 3 buttons dedicated to both the trackball and spinner?

If not, I will dedicate the 3 buttons to the trackball and use player 1 or 2 buttons for the spinner
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #43 on: July 22, 2010, 05:23:50 pm »
Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on July 22, 2010, 05:21:10 pm
I am going to have the spinner mounted directly about the trackball

You mean above? Good luck with those busted fingers during Golden Tee.
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #44 on: July 22, 2010, 05:24:48 pm »
Quote from: kronic24601 on July 22, 2010, 05:20:15 pm
Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on July 22, 2010, 05:08:05 pm
Is there an easy/convenient way to combine the 2 spinner buttons with the 3 trackball buttons/mouse buttons?

is there really a need to separate these buttons?

#1) Why have 3 mouse buttons anyway, I mean just because there is a center click on the mouse doesn't mean you need a button for it? Is there some specific game that goes great with an arcade that requires it?

#2) You could always just wire them up together ... but I don't see why you would want to have 4(5) buttons when you could just have two.

Championship bowling uses 3 buttons with a trackball...maybe the extra button isn't worth just 1 game
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #45 on: July 22, 2010, 05:24:53 pm »
I would put left and right mouse somewhere above or below the trackball, but the spinner definitely doesn't need its own buttons.
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #46 on: July 22, 2010, 05:25:24 pm »
Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 22, 2010, 05:23:50 pm
Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on July 22, 2010, 05:21:10 pm
I am going to have the spinner mounted directly about the trackball

You mean above? Good luck with those busted fingers during Golden Tee.

Good point
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Re: Control Panel Buttons
« Reply #47 on: July 23, 2010, 10:42:52 am »
Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on July 22, 2010, 05:24:48 pm
Championship bowling uses 3 buttons with a trackball...maybe the extra button isn't worth just 1 game

Yes, but who says you have to use mouse buttons for them :)
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