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Archdesigner03 · 2014-06-10T22:39:28.000Z

I am currently looking into silent buttons mod. Anybody have any insight on sanwa silent buttons vs PAS foam inserts vs Focus attact foam inserts. Which one is the most silent?

NENDO · 2014-06-10T22:50:54.000Z

Archdesigner03:

I am currently looking into silent buttons mod. Anybody have any insight on sanwa silent buttons vs PAS foam inserts vs Focus attact foam inserts. Which one is the most silent?

I would bypass all of that if you can get Kahunas from Paradise Arcade Shop. The PAS and FA foam inserts work the same. Effective but Kahunas are better. There is really no need to pay the stupid markup for Sanwa silents as they just have a foam insert in them anyway.

OrochiDemon · 2014-06-11T00:15:13.000Z

I know its small, but is the Hori Mini 3 arcade stick for PS3 worth getting for $45 new? I kinda want it just for the heck of it but Id like to use it when I go to a friends place since he has a ps3.

NENDO · 2014-06-11T02:54:39.000Z

OrochiDemon:

I know its small, but is the Hori Mini 3 arcade stick for PS3 worth getting for $45 new? I kinda want it just for the heck of it but Id like to use it when I go to a friends place since he has a ps3.

IMO, no. I would try to find a cheap MCZ SE or even a Hori FS3 or EX for a travel stick.

Darksakul · 2014-06-11T06:39:05.000Z

OrochiDemon:

I know its small, but is the Hori Mini 3 arcade stick for PS3 worth getting for $45 new? I kinda want it just for the heck of it but Id like to use it when I go to a friends place since he has a ps3.

What I watch out for/avoid

Anything with the following:
Plastic suction cups
Anything with Mini in it’s name
Anything priced at $50 or less (not counting clearance and sales prices, were talking full retail price).

Skrolz · 2014-06-11T08:30:51.000Z

I just picked up a Qanba Q4 after using a custom TE-S stick for a couple of months. I plan on modding this one and had a question. I’m a minimalist, so I plan on ordering a plain black plexiglass cover with only the first 6 buttons. I’d like to relocate the start button.

I was wondering if I could rewire the stick so that the SELECT button on the front would be the start button instead (and just not have a select button). Is this possible? If not, I might dremel another 24mm hole near the top and place the start button there, similar to the TE-S.

I opened the stick up, and there is only one wire running from the main PCB to the SELECT/MODE/TURBO etc PCB labelled select. If I remove that wire and replace it with the START wire (not its ground), would that work?

Any suggestions or thoughts? Is there any reason I would need that SELECT/BACK button?

CNPR · 2014-06-12T08:35:49.000Z

Has anyone ever tried to hook up Select to another button in an Eightarc for select linking (USF4)? I’m trying to find a way to do it but I’m unsure as where to begin.

Spiral0Architect · 2014-06-12T09:58:20.000Z

Does anyone have any experience with this adapter?: ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81QOFEau7qL.SL1500.jpg

I don’t own a PS2 stick so the PS2 to gamecube adapter isn’t helpful for me. If I’m gonna have to use a pad I’d rather use the SNES one than the PS1/2

BehindTheLight · 2014-06-12T17:53:32.000Z

Never even really noticed it, but on the MadCatz sticks, in the upper left part of the stick next to the xbox button there is a little button/switch whatever that you can move to 3 different settings. What does it do?

PresidentCamacho · 2014-06-12T18:34:32.000Z

It selects between left stick,d pad, and the right stick.handy when you need to navigate something that requires an analog.

BehindTheLight · 2014-06-12T19:19:46.000Z

PresidentCamacho:

It selects between left stick,d pad, and the right stick.handy when you need to navigate something that requires an analog.

So you are suppose to keep it on “LS”? But if you switch it to any of the 3 positions the left stick still works fine. I don’t see the point.

Berserk1 · 2014-06-12T20:16:15.000Z

I think it works best on the DP setting in the center.

BehindTheLight · 2014-06-12T20:19:57.000Z

Berserk1:

I think it works best on the DP setting in the center.

Yeah, it’s weird. Stick works exactly the same in all 3 positions. I don’t get why/when you would ever need this “feature”.

LLeg3nd · 2014-06-12T20:35:38.000Z

BehindTheLight:

Berserk1:

I think it works best on the DP setting in the center.

Yeah, it’s weird. Stick works exactly the same in all 3 positions. I don’t get why/when you would ever need this “feature”.

I think your switch is actually busted lol. Your joystick shouldn’t move at all in most fighting games with the switch on “RS”

BehindTheLight · 2014-06-12T20:44:17.000Z

LLeg3nd:

BehindTheLight:

Berserk1:

I think it works best on the DP setting in the center.

Yeah, it’s weird. Stick works exactly the same in all 3 positions. I don’t get why/when you would ever need this “feature”.

I think your switch is actually busted lol. Your joystick shouldn’t move at all in most fighting games with the switch on “RS”

Hmm…well, you might be right. I really don’t know.

DrWorm · 2014-06-12T21:17:31.000Z

Trying to install a PS360+ into a brawl stick, the first red wire I came across coming from the brawl stick is GND but I dunno which GND slot to put it into the PS360+. there’s one near the 4K slot and one near the 4P slot. There’s also a KGND wire but I dunno if one is supposed to go in a certain one or not while the other goes in the other? Any help please?

LLeg3nd · 2014-06-12T21:40:58.000Z

DrWorm:

Trying to install a PS360+ into a brawl stick, the first red wire I came across coming from the brawl stick is GND but I dunno which GND slot to put it into the PS360+. there’s one near the 4K slot and one near the 4P slot. There’s also a KGND wire but I dunno if one is supposed to go in a certain one or not while the other goes in the other? Any help please?

Any GND should be fine. I personally use the closest one if the cable is short.

Berserk1 · 2014-06-12T21:54:06.000Z

LLeg3nd:

BehindTheLight:

Berserk1:

I think it works best on the DP setting in the center.

Yeah, it’s weird. Stick works exactly the same in all 3 positions. I don’t get why/when you would ever need this “feature”.

I think your switch is actually busted lol. Your joystick shouldn’t move at all in most fighting games with the switch on “RS”

I think you are right because it shouldn’t operate on RS and the other two feel noticibly different. When I accindently set it on LS I get tiger knee plasma beam inputs when doing doom super jump jab toward fierce loops.

DrWorm · 2014-06-13T00:09:50.000Z

Still modding that brawl stick. Finished wiring up the face buttons and the joystick. What do I do with these extra ones that lead to the home button and other board in general?

Coffeejuice · 2014-06-13T00:40:51.000Z

pressing the select + start buttons with a ps360 pcb will activate the home key. you don’t need to wire up the separate board but its good to leave the home panel installed for a cleaner finish