Op Wolf Cab Mod.

[subcriminal]

This was a REALLY beat up old Operation Wolf cab that literally fell off the back of a lorry! Remove the gun box from the front and make a new control panel and its good for two players.
The monitor setup is really nice, it sits in the bottom of the cab facing upwards and a 45 degree mirror is mounted in the top making the screen look as if it

[patrickl]

Are you announcing or selling?

BTW, what happened to the guns? Did you try to use them?

[subcriminal]

I'm announcing. The cabinet pictured is still unfinished. It's got a bit of filler where the top of the cab hit the ground and even after I

[Minwah]

Yeah I really like the shape of that cab - I remember playing on one many years ago  

Good luck with the project!

[patrickl]

Looks good yes.

I also played that game often and I was wondering how hard it would be to build a gun like that (it's sort of joystick I think) myself.

[subcriminal]

I haven't got a clue how the gun worked on the original op wolf but I wonder if you could use the base of an analogue joystick under the control panel and bodge a plastic replica uzi or something onto it! A couple of microswitches in the gun for fire and grenade and there you go! The axis speeds are adjustable so it could be calibrated

[patrickl]

That's what I thought too yes. Well, lemme first try to actually build a cab to fit the gun on  

[subcriminal]

I don't know if this thread should be moved now as we've drifted off on to a gun controller subject but I tried using an old Logitec analogue stick which works fine with afterburner, Space Harrier etc. but not op. wolf! the V and H axis are ok but trying to point diagonally is another thing, the pointer just dances around in the general direction you move the stick.
It would probably work with a mouse hack using the joystick mechanism and replacing the pots with the opto. mechanical sensors from the mouse then running it through the PS2 port.
 

[patrickl]

Yeah, sorry to hijack your thread, but since this was an Operation Wolf cab I was wondering if you would use the gun on it. But I agree, the cab looks great (even without the gun). Got some progress picks?

[subcriminal]

Here are some pics. I'm having trouble FTP'ing to my webspace otherwise i'd upload them there. I'm new to using forums so I didn't know if I could upload loads of pics.

[subcriminal]

one coat of primer.

[patrickl]

Still needs a lot of work of course, but it sure starts to look promising.

[subcriminal]

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[subcriminal]

I got hold of some grey vinyl with kind of a leather texture to cover the control panel as the perspex that was covering the  painted wood expanded when the central heating came on!

[subcriminal]

The screen looks much bigger than it does in this picture! The depth is really good though. Kind of a theatre feel!

[patrickl]

Looks good!

That "mirrorred monitor mounting" is really amazing     I didn't even remember that those cabs had that effect.

Why don't you go for a CP overlay with graphics in it? Looks clean now, I'll give you that, but maybe a bit too clean?

Did you mount the PC on the "coin door" area? That sounds like a pretty smart idea. Easy to for maintenance I'll bet.

[jimmyjet]

The guns on my operation thunderbolt / steel gunner2 cabinet are controlled by 2 gear driven pots.  Quite ingenious design.  I thought about using a couple of my spares to build a star wars yoke.  This might be similar to how the operation wolf was controlled (same manufacturer).
jimmyjet

[subcriminal]

Heres the best view I could get of the back! The monitor's mounted about 3" below the bottom of the control panel. Mounting it higher or lower alters the viewing depth.

I just contacted a sign company that can provide black self adhesive vinyl to cover the inside and printed covering to do the sides, front and contol panel.
This cab's going to be dismantled to make the panels for the lightweight cab on the 1st May. Which will look impressive. After seeing what can be done with vectored atwork and enough cash on the springfield mame station I've been inspired.

[flampoo]

Ughh! You painted over the sideart?! That just breaks my heart because that was some kickass sideart. Regardless, it looks good.

[subcriminal]

Sorry dude. But the side art was really badly damaged on one side where this cab fell off a lorry at some point.

[DrewKaree]

I just can't wrap my mind around how the mirror is positioned.  Any chance of a rough diagram?  The effect is awesome, and I've got an empty cab I'd like to try that out on.

[jcoleman]

I just can't wrap my mind around how the mirror is positioned.

The monitor is mounted with the screen pointed toward the top of the cabinet.  The screen is just behind the control panel.  The mirror is mounted at a 45 degree angle so that the screen image reflects out of the cabinet.  The image then has to be horizontally inverted.

Coleman