It depends. Julien Beaseley got his arcade cabinet with used sticks/buttons imported from Japan…seemed fine at first, but then eventually certain directions and buttons were just unreliable… I would say for MOST people’s home arcade sticks it is probably an input problem most of the time… unless it’s octo-gates (how people play on those POS I will never know…)
Yep. That’s why for a Tekken 5 JLF mod, you can use a box cutter and cut the copper traces off of the JLF PCB to make it individual grounds, and the PCB wafer is still just as sturdy.
Problem is, 4 sanwa micro switches+time to desolder and resolder onto your existing JLF is not worth it for most people, might as well just pop in a new PCB for what, ten bucks?
Haha I don’t check the NW forums except negro thread very often, so I missed this thread for two months. You should always treat other people’s sticks like it’s a newborn even though it’s probably 100x stronger than it’s owner believes it to be, just out of respect.
Personally my sticks, hit the buttons as hard as you want, I don’t care.
I think he means having a joystick where the PCB inside connects to a port, and then you have a cable that you can connect and disconnect that goes there. Sort of like how 360 controllers have that quick-disconnect thing at the end. It has the double benefit of being a place where the cable can disconnect rather than tug (although if there’s already one at the other end, it’s less necessary), and also that you can simply unplug your cable when the stick is not in use, rather than worry about wrapping it or whatever. And, of course, if something happens to the cable, it’s more easily replaceable.
I think most people use a USB port - frequently the smaller, squarish variety. ‘Neutrik’ is a company, not a type of connector, but yeah.
You should always treat other people’s sticks like it’s a newborn even though it’s probably 100x stronger than it’s owner believes it to be, just out of respect.