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Ond:
Tomorrow is projects day woohoo! ;D It's going to get fairly hot .. around 99 degrees, I'll work at it in the morning when its cooler.
I have a question for anyone willing to give it some thought. I want to have pinball nudging as a feature, at least left and right nudge. I don't want to use buttons for this. I have some ideas for how to make this happen but I'm also interested in suggestions. The most important thing is very low lag i.e. pretty much zero lag for the nudge action to register in-game. Mechanical tilt is a feature used in Vpins so why not physical nudge? Forgive me if this is already 'a thing' I'm a Vpin newbie after all.
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: Ond on March 08, 2024, 06:15:19 am ---I have a question for anyone willing to give it some thought. I want to have pinball nudging as a feature, at least left and right nudge.
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What about the pelvic thrust? Many players swear it works for them. I know it works for me :D
Ond:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on March 08, 2024, 06:25:46 am ---
--- Quote from: Ond on March 08, 2024, 06:15:19 am ---I have a question for anyone willing to give it some thought. I want to have pinball nudging as a feature, at least left and right nudge.
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What about the pelvic thrust? Many players swear it works for them. I know it works for me :D
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If only that were all that's necessary! ::)
PL1:
--- Quote from: Ond on March 08, 2024, 06:15:19 am ---I want to have pinball nudging as a feature, at least left and right nudge. I don't want to use buttons for this. I have some ideas for how to make this happen but I'm also interested in suggestions. The most important thing is very low lag i.e. pretty much zero lag for the nudge action to register in-game. Mechanical tilt is a feature used in Vpins so why not physical nudge?
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One trick that I remember reading about is using a pinball tilt plumb bob.
- Connect encoder ground to the top bracket.
- Design and 3d print a nonconductive frame to hold the soon-to-be pieces of the lower bracket ring in their original position. You may need 2 mounting screws per piece so they don't twist/shift.
- Drill and tap the screw holes in the lower bracket before cutting the lower bracket in 3 pieces for right, left, and up nudge. Not sure what angles the cuts need to be at for best nudging results. Wire the pieces to the related encoder inputs.
Scott
Ond:
Thanks Scott. This hadn't occurred to me. It's a clever use of the tilt mechanism. My gut tells me there will still be latency issues though. This does however give me some great ideas for the actual tilt bob! It's always good to reach out for suggestions I think.
I have an idea for the nudge mechanism but I'll reserve it until I've tested it out.
Three straight crazy hot days ...fark! Well I 3D printed these fittings for my spidey speaker grills. They turned out ok I think, a bit of a loose fit, I may have to print again for a better match:
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