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iPac2 or KeyWiz??
NoOne=NBA=:
Looking at the configuration you are going to do (without seeing a picture of the layout you proposing), you might think about a future upgrade to a three player cab.
I'm not sure what you meant by (2) 4-way fire buttons (shared w/player 1); but, if you are talking about firebutton JOYSTICKS, you may want to have them separate later, to allow more players--or to support multi-player, multi-stick games like SmashTV.
If you are talking about just 4 fire buttons (ala Vanguard), you could swap out the 4-way only stick for a T-stik later on, and support a third player using those buttons.
Anyway, if this is a possible option down the road, I would definitely go with the I-pac.
As Tiger-Heli mentioned, they can be daisy-chained to provide support for two more players.
I'm not sure if you can run a KeyWiz and an I-pac together.
My thought is that inputs from one will disable the other temporarily, which would make the whole system unworkable.
cbmeeks:
--- Quote ---I'm not sure what you meant by (2) 4-way fire buttons (shared w/player 1); but, if you are talking about firebutton JOYSTICKS, you may want to have them separate later, to allow more players--or to support multi-player, multi-stick games like SmashTV.
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What I meant was the 4-way joystick would have two buttons out to the side that are shared with the first 2 buttons on player one. My 4-way is going to be in the middle.
Don't think I would want three player...but then again, my CP is going to be detachable.
cb
NoOne=NBA=:
If you're going to go detachable, you might consider going modular.
That will save you from rebuying a whole bunch of controls for different panels, and make a I-pac 2 or Keywiz more than adequate.
With modular, the most player control connections you would probably ever have at once would be 20.
8 for two sticks, and 12 for two 7-button panels.
cbmeeks:
I like that guy's modular approach but it is too much work for what I want...and the seams really bug me.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on July 15, 2004, 07:00:03 pm ---As Tiger-Heli mentioned, they can be daisy-chained to provide support for two more players.
I'm not sure if you can run a KeyWiz and an I-pac together.
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I'm not sure either. My guess would be that you could daisy chain the KeyWiz into the I-PAC, but not vice-versa. And you would probably have to use the default codeset on the KeyWiz and reprogram the I-PAC. This would be the I-PAC/2, all bets are off on the VE.
And it's not much more than a guess anyway . . .
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