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Is this too much for one CP? Also the 7-button question of doom.
Ginsu Victim:
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--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on May 08, 2009, 04:37:03 pm ---When I make a new panel, though, I'm leaving the seventh button off. I never use it.
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Would you though if it was easy to change your button assignments around?
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When I did mine opposite of everyone, it was because I thought I'd had some bright idea. That layout doesn't work well for Neo Geo, though, so I've not been happy with it for the last year. Eventually I'm making a new panel and switching to just six buttons.
1UP:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on May 08, 2009, 06:30:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: genesim on May 08, 2009, 05:25:22 pm ---The Mortal Kombat 3 run button is in that place as well.
Along with Neo Geo, it makes it worth it for me.
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Along with these points, it makes sense to use it if you don't want to reach over buttons like the OP mentioned.
Did we just agree? Time to go find out if the lyrics to the theme song for M*A*S*H is true.... :o
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LOL! I just got that. ;D
Anyway, that is exactly why, if you use a 7th button, that you put it "hanging off" the bottom left of the others--so it's out of the way so there is no reaching over. Well, the main reason is that you use it with your thumb (my pinky is not very good at games...) However, if peabody is adding a slight curve, then maybe this is already built in.
1UP:
But regarding your first question peabody, I think 27~ inches is a little tight to fit a trackball between the sticks. It might work but it may barely fit. You may have to move the trackball above/below the sticks.
severdhed:
how many street figher type games do you actually play? it wouldn't be that difficult to remap those games using the cfg files. yeah, it may take a little while..but do you really have something better to do?
personally, i don't mind reaching over the bottom row, it just feels natural to me.
as for the width of the panel....that could be pretty tight. it is probably workable, but definately tight. it also depends on the joysticks you use... i made the mistake with my first panel of not accounting for the wires that stick out from the joystick switches when measuring how close i could put the joysticks to the sides of the panel...i had to use the router and route a slot on the inside fo the control panel box to get it to fit. i did not have this problem with my u360s though...so it really just depends on your sticks.
just for reference, here is my panel, which is 12" deep and 30" wide, with the 6 button layout and 3" trackball. i wouldn't want it any smaller than this.
ivwshane:
I have my layout like this:
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0123
On a curve.
Street fighter is backward but honestly it wasn't that big of a deal to configure my six button games to be mapped correctly.
What I like about my set up is that one-four button games are mapped correctly including neo geo which makes setup even easier in my opinion since there are more of those types of games. I also like having my 0 button lower and closer to the stick because it makes it an obvious button one.
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