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Designing Control Panel, Need Input
patm95:
Thanks for the input. I do intend on just buying the shell from north coast customs and doing the rest myself. I have heard that they do good work and am not crazy about tackling doing all the woodwork, so I think this will work out best.
Donkbaca:
If I could put in my 2 cents. Building a CP box is pretty easy, especially if you are going to butt joint it, its the mounting of the controls; routing out all the stuff and wiring, that are more difficult and take more time IMHO.
Paul Olson:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on March 27, 2011, 01:44:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: Paul Olson on March 27, 2011, 01:15:31 am ---If you don't plan to routinely have 4 people playing at once, I would suggest going with a 2-player panel to give some more space. I actually prefer my MAME cab to dedicated 2 player games just because we are able to play more spread out.
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+1
Also admin buttons make things complicated IMO. If you set up the FE & emu's properly those buttons are not needed. On the rare occasion you do need admins just plug in a keyboard when doing work "under the hood".
I hid the pause buttons under my control panel, that way its nice & clean looking & only privileged Jedi's know of the pause cheat. You can use player 1/2 as the load game buttons too FYI + use just one exit game button & if you rig up the coin door to work it adds fun to the experience & dilutes the crowding on your CPO even further.
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I have Pause and the credit buttons mounted under the CP. It works great, and guests figure it out very easy. I have tab and esc shifted on those for quick button assignments in MAME, but yeah, a wireless keyboard is your friend for anything more.
VanillaGorilla:
--- Quote from: mgb on March 27, 2011, 08:28:49 pm ---It seems that alot of guys like the 4 player layout.
I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only guy who doesn't have 3 friends to play games with.
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Wanna hang? I dont smell... :lol
I dont have 2 friends that wanna play, and 1 can even be a challenge as people 'grow up' and replicate.
And... Just trying to make sure all opinions are represented, since the door has been opened to insults:
FRANKENPANELS LOVERS CAN SUCK IT!
Seriously though, a lot of people make frankenpanels on their first machines, because the fear of omitting ANYTHING proves too great. I rarely ever see anyone going back for seconds though. Swappable/modular panels is the way to go.
:laugh2:
Donkbaca:
I think even swappable/ modular panels is a waste. :) All most people need is a couple U360, each with 6 buttons, plus coin, start and exit. Heck, you only really need 4 buttons per player if you aren't into fighters...
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