Absolute Question and Answer Thread (ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!)

[Naoto_Shirogane]

Well if you send the template to art over at tek-innovations you can just send him the PSD and he will turn off the buttons templates before he prints it. But if you think you are gonna switch to different art along the line I would say go clears or the translucent colors which can hold artwork as well because they look great with anything as long as you have the button cuts.

I’m not sure if anyone does a plexi bottom for the HRAP. Tek-innovations does a plexi bottom for the TE but not the HRAP. You can probably have Blklightning make one for you. Project: LLC Metal Replacement Panels Round 9 Stainless Steel

Thanks Zeth. And it turns out I do have a shaft cover on my HRAP. So I’m glad I checked before ordering the dustwasher.

Art at tek-innovations says to get permission from the artist before sending him the art to print though. So I was just wondering how most people go about doing that? Finding something off of Deviantart is easy usually to contact the artist, but some of the stuff I might want to use comes from imageboards and the artist doesn’t speak English.

Or is this just a legal thing that he has to put on his website?

[perplex_shyt]

HEY! I have a Street fighter TE stick with the white sides. How do I paint them black? I want to customize it to make it all black, but those white sides piss me off. But how do you successfully paint plastic? Or is there some secret out there? Or Replacement sides? Thanks.

[zeththedarkmage]

Thanks Zeth. And it turns out I do have a shaft cover on my HRAP. So I’m glad I checked before ordering the dustwasher.

Art at tek-innovations says to get permission from the artist before sending him the art to print though. So I was just wondering how most people go about doing that? Finding something off of Deviantart is easy usually to contact the artist, but some of the stuff I might want to use comes from imageboards and the artist doesn’t speak English.

Or is this just a legal thing that he has to put on his website?

It’s just a legal thing to keep himself from getting into legal trouble for printing the stuff.

[zeththedarkmage]

HEY! I have a Street fighter TE stick with the white sides. How do I paint them black? I want to customize it to make it all black, but those white sides piss me off. But how do you successfully paint plastic? Or is there some secret out there? Or Replacement sides? Thanks.

You can get replacement wooden sides from here: http://www.focusattack.com/wood-sides-replacement-for-madcatz-te-joystick/ or here http://www.focusattack.com/te-s-wooden-sides-for-madcatz-te-joystick/ if you want the TE-S ones.

If you want to paint the sides the best route is to use Vinyl Dye, I used it on mine to dye them black

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/platinum_boards/062520091635.jpg

Here’s a link to duplicolor’s Vinyl Dye page:
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinylFabricCoating/

[roxashd9999]

Can you use the ls-56 octocgonal restrictor on a ls-32 or is the circular restrictor closest I’m gonna get? Thanks

[RoboKrikit]

Can you use the ls-56 octocgonal restrictor on a ls-32 or is the circular restrictor closest I’m gonna get? Thanks

Nope, the LS-56 octo will not work on the LS-32.

[roxashd9999]

Thanks Robo, I kinda figured it wouldn’t, I was just looking at the placement of the holes and thought the looked similar

[TeckMan]

Hello,
I recently bought a Mayflash stick and am interested in modding it. I understand the holes are only 28mm and need to be 30mm to fit normal buttons. Why not just use the obsf-24 buttons. Do they fit? What are the downsides to using them?
http://www.arcadespareparts.com/arcade_parts/sanwa_parts/sanwa_button_obsf_24_w/13014.html

[jdm714]

The holes for Mayflash are 28mm.
OBSF-24 is need 24mm hole.

The diameter of OBSF-24 of the Button Rim is 28mm.
OBSF-24 in a 28mm hole will fall through.

[redzero36]

I have a madcatz te xbox360 fighstick. I was wondering how I should go about dual modding it to work with my ps3, xbox, and PC. Would a Chimp SMD do the job if i want it to auto detect too? Or is there a better way of doing this?

[jdm714]

ChImp SMD for what you want or TE Kitty for what you want and more.
ChImp SMD for soldering or TE Kitty for no soldering.

[redzero36]

Thanks jdm714, I going to go wiht the ChImp SMD. thanks alot.

[dotdissent]

I want to do a wireless/wired mod of my Madcatz SE stick with an old used Sixaxis controller membrane (So I can use it with my PC and be able to unplug the cable), and I have a few simple questions.

1. The resistor needed is ~7.5K to 8.5K, and while RadioShack didn’t have any exact ones like this, I picked up a variety of 4K and 1K ones to hopefully be able to string together and use. Will that be okay?

2. The sticks on the Sixaxis are wobbly and move on their own, assuming it doesn’t just easily detach from the membrane (Which I assume it doesn’t), can I just cut the leads to them/remove them entirely without any issues?

3. This will of course work with my PC wireless/wired via the Sixaxis USB port, right? Currently, PS3 controllers work on my PC, so I’m only assuming it should be fine. (The stick by default doesn’t work with my PC and I have no more space for PCI/front bay USBs)

Feel free to include anything else I should be wary of! Thanks for any help.

Also, I’m looking in to replacing the art. There aren’t any Kinko’s around here, so what else can I look for in terms of places that would be helpful? Does Kinko’s have an online service with home shipping?

[Naoto_Shirogane]

So what is everyone’s thoughts on the ultimate mortal kombat button configuration? I’ve never played on any Mortal Kombat arcade machine, but it looks like it might be a good layout for fighters like Blazblue that only need four buttons for primary use.
The only downside is, I have 8 buttons and also, they seem too close already.

Is it possible to set up the buttons like that if you get the panel for it? Or do you have to do any extra wiring? (Since the cables might not reach maybe?)

[zeththedarkmage]

So what is everyone’s thoughts on the ultimate mortal kombat button configuration? I’ve never played on any Mortal Kombat arcade machine, but it looks like it might be a good layout for fighters like Blazblue that only need four buttons for primary use.
The only downside is, I have 8 buttons and also, they seem too close already.

Is it possible to set up the buttons like that if you get the panel for it? Or do you have to do any extra wiring? (Since the cables might not reach maybe?)

Usually the cables in a stick are long enough for you to do custom layouts like these. If you wanted to rock 8 buttons you could always try out the Timberwolf hybrid layout:

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/5098/p1010088a.jpg

EDIT: I’m aware there are nine buttons but the yellow button and the lower white button are the same button but wired up to two separate buttons. This layout was designed my Timberwolf so that he could use the normal MK layout or the standard vewlix layout.

I believe blklightning sells these as the vewlix MK layout on his website where you can get a panel replacement as well as a plexi for your stick here: http://thegamesurgeons.com/Hrap panel replacements2.html

[LK_MK_HK]

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Is this possible way to install leds on buttons? Can it be done without an external led board… And if yes, do i need to solder a resistor to red wire? Im wondering is 5V enough for 8 led buttons?

[jdm714]

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[LK_MK_HK]

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Can you point the green wire soldering spot on the Brawlpad pcb?

[Titan_X]

Can you point the green wire soldering spot on the Brawlpad pcb?

Green wire goes to the button contact point.

[jdm714]

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