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Stingray:
--- Quote from: RayB on December 14, 2004, 10:41:11 am ---Those angled "arm" buttons. --brilliant!
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I agree, that's an outstanding solution.
I'm still unclear on what you mean by the top fire button and the button next to the left stick emulate the d-pad. Do you mean that when pressed the left analog stick functions as the d-pad? Depending on Sean's ability to use it, that's good idea from a design standpoint. From a technical standpoint, though, how do you plan to make this work? How will the same stick function as both an analog stick and a digital stick? I'm not putting down the idea at all, I'm just unclear on how that could be done.
-S
SeaMonkey:
NICE! yeah that angled arm button idea is fantastic.
RetroJames:
--- Quote from: Stingray on December 14, 2004, 11:27:53 am ---
--- Quote from: RayB on December 14, 2004, 10:41:11 am ---Those angled "arm" buttons. --brilliant!
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I agree, that's an outstanding solution.
I'm still unclear on what you mean by the top fire button and the button next to the left stick emulate the d-pad. Do you mean that when pressed the left analog stick functions as the d-pad? Depending on Sean's ability to use it, that's good idea from a design standpoint. From a technical standpoint, though, how do you plan to make this work? How will the same stick function as both an analog stick and a digital stick? I'm not putting down the idea at all, I'm just unclear on how that could be done.
-S
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The hat-switch is essentially a little joystick in its own right.
Oddfeld:
--- Quote from: Stingray link=topic=28718.msg241671#msg241671 ---I'm still unclear on what you mean by the top fire button and the button next to the left stick emulate the d-pad. Do you mean that when pressed the left analog stick functions as the d-pad? Depending on Sean's ability to use it, that's good idea from a design standpoint. From a technical standpoint, though, how do you plan to make this work? How will the same stick function as both an analog stick and a digital stick? I'm not putting down the idea at all, I'm just unclear on how that could be done.
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I was just picking up on something stevejt suggested, that is hacking a PC/Playstation flight stick, which often have a HAT switch on the top, a 4-way rocker switch that you move with your thumb while gripping the sitck. How it would work from a technical standpoint is that these things have digital switches built into the top already, which are wired seperately (the analog joystick will be using a couple of pots in the joystick base or something).
How good a solution that is obviously depends on how much movement Sean has in his thumbs...
Stingray:
--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on December 14, 2004, 11:39:37 am ---The hat-switch is essentially a little joystick in its own right.
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