my crappy arcade machine in prime some tips guys?(updated control template)

[muffin man]

hey i just made template i think its allright........im gonna go get it printed soon from kinkos to see it in life.




what hardware im gonna use for control panel..................

4 super joysticks
40 competition buttons
for keyboard encoder maybe a ipac 4

well you experts what you think bout my layout of control panel









as u can see i didnt' make the side triming with a router so im stilll figuring out what i can do to give the sides a red color to match my controls






feedback on what i should do and stuff lol


still workin on the control panel 4 joysticks and 8 buttons each player.

[dmsuchy]

Looks good, just keep workin at it.

[missioncontrol]

looks good....

don't be so hard on yourself for minor mistakes... sure you might notice them, but others won't usually see them

[Wir3d]

Did you use particle board or MDF on your cabinet?

[muffin man]

i used mdf 5/8"

damn im tryin to make a template for my control panel with joystick and buttons layout and print it out at kinkos does anyone have any reccomendation on doing that?
4 joysticks 8 buttons each player 4 character select etc

[Bones]

Decide exactly what you want and then download a trial version of Illustrator. You then have 30 days to learn & design the CP template.

I found Illustrator to be brilliant for this.

[daikiki]

Do you really need all those buttons for players three and four? My understanding is that there aren't any 4 player games that use more than three buttons per player.

[dmsuchy]

Yikes, 8 buttons each??? If I worked for Happ I would say it is allright but tht is too many buttons.

[muffin man]

im gonna run some console games and i think mortal kombat had 8 buttons ?

[Bones]

Ipac4 has 56 inputs. You already seem to need more than this based on your current CP layout.

[markrvp]

Ipac4 has 56 inputs. You already seem to need more than this based on your current CP layout.

Nice catch Bones.

[muffin man]

whoa that totally blew out of mind damn hmmm guess i can probally just maybe jut solder the admn buttons to my keyboard but how does shift keys on ipac4 exactly work ? does anyone know?

[markrvp]

You hold down the P1 start button.

[muffin man]

hey guys thanks alot of help. markvp thanks alot for that input . im gonna order a ipac 4 and just make the 3 admn buttons shifted.

thanks guys