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Mameroom 4p control panel button layout
Jack Burton:
Whenver I have guest playing my cab I just go into Advancemame options and disable my admin buttons. Then when they ask me what those buttons do I tell them they don't do anything and not to worry about it.
I would recommend that you place the admin buttons in such a way that you would not hit them whenever you slap the start or coin buttons. Or in a way that button sliding techniques ala MVC2 mashing causes accidental activations.
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: Kajoq on December 14, 2007, 08:36:34 am ---I disagree.
I put pause / Enter / Exit on my panel and am glad I did. A lot of people here freak out at the idea of "extra" buttons on the CP. Personally I find it very handy.
Then again i'm only 21 so I don't really have kids coming over, and my guests aren't going to just randomly mash on buttons. I'm also not trying to do the nostalgic exactly like the arcade feel.
A few select service buttons on the panel is NOT a mistake, it is convenient in fact
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Those are not dangerous admin buttons to have. Fozzy was almost solely refering to the inclusion of TAB. You don't have that and neither should anyone else. Exiting and entering a game is a necessity, but the ability for guests to modify the mame options is a big no no.
Onyx_PghPA:
BAD IDEA!!! Get the service buttons off the panel. <snip>
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I understand where you're coming from with that, but no children will be within a mile of this machine and my friends are not only generally well-behaved but also too busy playing games to mess with anything else.
Again, this is how things will work with my machine and not every builder will have the luxury of keeping children and nosy guests at bay! :)
Onyx
nicklaw17:
On a semi-related note - does anyone have an illustrator/PS/Visio/Whatever template of this layout, or exact measurements for purposes of starting work on a CP overlay?
I've started collecting some images and textures, but want to avoid any unnecessary resizings or poor image placement (ie right smack dab in the middle of a stick) if I can avoid it - but right now all I've got to go from is the assembly pdf. ;)
Thanks!
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