Brook Universal PCB + MC Cthulhu PCB in one Joystick Case?

You need the VCC joined to the VCC and a ground wired to a ground. You only need to do these once. After that the screw terminals you need to join are the buttons the boards have in common and that you’ll be using - so up, down, left, right, 1-4p, 1-4k, select, start and home. Any UFB specific functions like touch panel button or the stick selector will only work for that particular board and are optional (the Brook UFB treats the touchpad click button as a select button on other consoles, so if you think you’ll need to use that more than your share button you’ll need to wire it to the MC Cthulhu AND the button because it’s not part of the 20 pin header). You will have empty terminals because the brook has multiple ground screws and you only need to use one.

The 20 pin connector on the Brook UFB will work instead of having to double wire because it should be internally connected to the same signal lines as the screw terminals - so you can just use the wiring harness I linked to. Much cleaner/more secure.

The Two Golden rules of a Dual Mod

Thankssss!!! Got it!

Also. I was gonna turn my “select” button to function as “home” since select does nothing anyway.

Hey I just received the Mc in the mail. I’m looking at this thing and the screw holes are not labeled with the button inputs like the UFB. How do I know which screw hole corresponds to which button? Please help. Again. Smh.

Google “MC Cthulhu instructions”. First hit should be paradise arcade with a PDF labelling the board.

Yeah thanks. I found it. Appreciate all the assistance. I will report back with finished dual modded stick with kaimana mini LEDs. In the mean while here is my artwork for my stick. Noticed how I have it labeled for PS XBOX and Nintendo.

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Here’s where I am so far.

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My custom Injustice 2 fightstick. I made this out of an injustice 1 fightstick. Took the guts and put them in a wooden housing. Happ joystick and American button layout. Backlit marquee. If injustice 2 had an arcade cab this is what it would look like

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Video: Injustice 2 Fight Stick - YouTube

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dang yo, looking good. i wish i had the tools and exp to make a case.

I can make you one and u can work with big e for art.

I have a stick that currently has an MC Cthulhu + imp v2 + xbox 360 padhack. If I wanted to remove the xbox 360 pad and use the brook with the cthulu/imp would I just use the same wires from the 360 padhack or is there anything different I need to do?

You gotta rewire the Imp for basic instead of enhanced MC Cthulhu use

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Here is my arcade cabinet dock build so far

Both SF sticks are dual modded with the ufb MC mod. Just drop and play. The MK STICKS are strictly for MX

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This is kinda random, but would something like this work for connecting the two boards to the buttons? I have the buttons wired into the header on the brooks currently, and this would be a lot cleaner than wiring everything through the screw terminals.

IIRC yeah, after the Destiny 2 stream tonight I’ll compare the pinouts, I believe this was a big factor behind some of the design choices Jasen made

@Smang @FreedomGundam

Wanted to ask you guys since you’re knowledgeable about mods.
I currently have a madcatz pcb, MC cthulhu & imp.
I wanted to replace the madcatz pcb with a Brooks universal PCB.
would i still need a switch for this mod or would the imp be able to automatically detect which pcb is being used?

Thanks!

From what I remember, the IMPv2 will ONLY auto-detect between an MC Cthulhu and a 360 PCB.

I’m pretty sure that if you have an MCC with a UFB, the only way to activate the UFB is to hold the hotkey on plug-in so that the IMPv2 selects the “other” PCB (ie, the UFB in this case).

dang it.
Thanks for replying though. you saved me a lot of time and headache.
much appreciated.

With the announcement of the new retro brook’s board

The process of having an all in one stick, is easier now.

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