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how to wire 4 joysticks on my cocktail cabinet? Separate or 2x2?
Marsupial:
if you have kids, wired them separate. You'll be happy when you play and they touch "anything"...
bkenobi:
You can't play 4 player gauntlet if you wire the joysticks together.
mgb:
Yeah but Gaunlet is probably the only game that the 4 player will be worth anything on this (due to its overhead view)
Bender:
--- Quote from: Marsupial on February 14, 2011, 09:26:20 pm ---if you have kids, wired them separate. You'll be happy when you play and they touch "anything"...
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yeah, I agree the "other people touching" issue would be enough for me to wire separately, plus it just gives you more flexibility
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 14, 2011, 09:08:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: mgb on February 14, 2011, 07:08:23 pm ---Yeah but then you talking about spending more and getting an ipac 4 instead of a two.
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Not to mention a lot of configuration on an individual per game basis
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cfg magician could help with that
Cenobyte:
Thanks for all the input here guys!
--- Quote from: Bender on February 15, 2011, 01:40:46 am ---
--- Quote from: Marsupial on February 14, 2011, 09:26:20 pm ---if you have kids, wired them separate. You'll be happy when you play and they touch "anything"...
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yeah, I agree the "other people touching" issue would be enough for me to wire separately, plus it just gives you more flexibility
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Hmm, the "touching thing" is indeed a good point. Normally there won't be any kids playing, only grownups, but you probably know how they get when they had a couple of beers and you're just kicking someone's ass on Galaxian :laugh2:
Besides: there's always the accidental touching just when you're on a roll...
Good point!
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 14, 2011, 09:08:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: mgb on February 14, 2011, 07:08:23 pm ---Yeah but then you talking about spending more and getting an ipac 4 instead of a two.
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Not to mention a lot of configuration on an individual per game basis
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The additional cost of the ipac4 (around +$30 I guess) isn't that big of a problem when I see the complete cost of the project ;D
It will probably result in a bit more configuring for some of the games, but if I set up one of the side-joysticks as #1 it will only require extra setup for the vertical games, I guess.
To sum it all up:
4 sticks separate
- no problems when unused joysticks are touched
- 4 player games possible
2x2 sticks
- cheaper (ipac-2 will suffice)
- no need for separate configuring of inputs for vertical games
Hmm, my preference is now switching from "2x2" to "4 separate"... :)
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