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GaryMcT's 2-player generic control panel layout
GaryMcT:
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--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 09:56:38 am ---Terrible placement of the start buttons. Move them up and to the right, between stick and the buttons.
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+1. I'd remove them from the CP completely. There isn't enough room. You could relocate them to the front of the CP or better yet on a strip of wood right below the monitor. Knievel's cabs all have an admin panel and it looks and works great. Also, Player 2's wrist will be resting on the 7th and 8th buttons of Player 1. With that tight of a space I'd do 6 buttons per player MAX. As always, mock it up with cardboard first to see how it will play. :cheers:
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I don't want to mod the cab that this is going in at all, so everything has to be on the control panel.
Good point with player two's hand hitting player one's buttons! I can either move the buttons left a button position with the assumption that the leftmost column of buttons wouldn't get used too often, and possibly go down to 7 buttons. I'd like to be able to support the Neo Geo layout on the bottom row and any old console games that require more than six buttons.
As for admin buttons, the most I'd ever want to have is pause and exit. I really don't like seeing extra buttons that aren't on arcade games on control panels, but they are possibly okay if they are tiny buttons.
I'm planning on doing a cardboard mockup. . . trying to plan ahead before my controls show up. :)
Thanks!
Gary
GaryMcT:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 10:27:26 am ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on July 15, 2009, 10:14:36 am ---Also, Player 2's wrist will be resting on the 7th and 8th buttons of Player 1
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I disagree. Are you only looking at the mounting plate? The distance from the buttons to the stick itself seems okay.
Though I would rotate the plates 90° and move the stick closer to each player's buttons.
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On second thought, I think you are right Ginsu. It looks like there is just enough space for the hands to not hit each other. I can move the buttons a bit closer to the sticks though to be sure (until I can actually test it!)
Would rotating the plates buy me anything? The sticks are going to be flush mounted and there is plenty of space between the mounting plate and the buttons I think.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: GaryMcT on July 15, 2009, 10:38:52 am ---Would rotating the plates buy me anything?
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Well, it would give more room to move the buttons closer to the stick. I have mine mounted that way and it's comfy. I only have a 23 5/8" wide control panel, so I needed to squeeze everything in.
GaryMcT:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 10:46:19 am ---
--- Quote from: GaryMcT on July 15, 2009, 10:38:52 am ---Would rotating the plates buy me anything?
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Well, it would give more room to move the buttons closer to the stick. I have mine mounted that way and it's comfy. I only have a 23 5/8" wide control panel, so I needed to squeeze everything in.
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Do you have drawings/shots of your control panel somewhere?
GaryMcT:
Here's another iteration. The buttons are 9/16" closer to the sticks. The player start buttons are exactly between the center of the joystick and the leftmost button now on the X axis. Without the joystick plate, they'll look more appropriately place I think. Whadya think?
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