Well to add to these comments, mine just took a dump on me, buttons didn’t input during matches–for half a second or so–and now the joystick isn’t working at all…:sad:
Now I’m stuck without a stick. I was thinking of getting one of those new Hori white HRAP3’s but I’m not so sure thats a good idea after my experience with this Hori stick. Can anyone vouch for the quality of the HRAP’s?
I would love getting a custom made one as well but it seems a lot of these guys are extremely busy right now.
:mad:
I hate the Button layout on the SC4 Stick on the 360
TingBoy
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Quality of HRAPs are MUCH better than the HFS3/EX2 clones. You won’t be disappointed. I’ve been using mine for like 2-3 years now. [media=youtube]KgF1KIIpjDU"[/media]. No problems yet.
Thanks Tingboy, nice looking stick, dig the leds, looks like I’m gonna be getting one of those white hrap’s from stridajin. I guess I can try to mod my fs3 as I learn more about these things. Slightly off topic, do I have to dremel anything if I want to switch the buttons on an hrap3?
TingBoy
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Nope. After taking off the quick disconnects, it’s a simple pop off the old and pop on the new. Check my HRAP2 modding guide in my signature. You can pretty much follow it all the way until the stick portion of the guide.
I’ll keep that in mind once my hrap comes in, thanks!
okay so it seems to be a lil mixed opinions here…I who want to get the fs3 now am not sure if i should, but i see one on here modded for like $180 so is the mods worth the diff in price i dont see anyting special about it, no faceplate…or art, just took 2 buttons out and put in those black things to fill the holes…but i need to know is fs3 shit or worth it if i repair buttons and sticks when they die…
its up to you. just so you know, if your fs3 dies (buttons not working or stick) and you end up buying hrap or something else. what happens to the fs3? if it were me id make use of it =D
also this is my SCIV Fighting stick 3
sanwa jlw stick with octagon gate+ black/ 6 grey sanwa obsf30
http://www3.telus.net/Hiroshirou/IMG_3064.jpg
^^^
Yeah, mine totally died so I’m gonna use its dead carcass to make a semi-custom stick :woot: while I wait for my HRAP3…in the end there is no end…
I didn’t think a Sanwa JLW fit in the HORI FS3, but you also said it was an octo-gate, the JLW only has a circular gate (GT-O). Is the stick a JLW-TM or a JLF? If it is a JLW do you have a pic of how it’s mounted.
Thanks.
my bad, it is JLF.
old picture btw
http://www3.telus.net/Hiroshirou/IMG_3063.jpg
right now im trying to do quick disconnects and terminal strips to add in a saturn pcb and a pc pcb(that runs on ps3 as well)
im taking pictures as i go. i will post them sometime
update: here we go desoldered my first amateur job, and made it a bit cleaner. just got the small pcb done to make use of the l3 r3 select, start buttons. also added terminals. its a VERY tight fit but i can put max of 3 pcbs in this thing. i may dremel out one of the hollowed support to fit in the third one.
WIP
http://www3.telus.net/Hiroshirou/IMG_3069.jpg
it may not be hrap but its a little easier for me to begin modding sticks since its very cheap.
The JLF seems to me mounted way too high. The shaft seems to be taller than a HRAP, doesn’t it feel weird when you play ?
yea its 6mm taller than it should be. i havent gotten around solving the problem. I only have one or two solutions. One of them is to cut off the shaft from the top and rethread it. another solution maybe to add a plexiglass on top but id have to rip the stock graphics off the sciv stick =(
ive tried to swap the shaft from the hori stick (mixing parts around) and didnt work at all. you will have to use the hori stick and only use the sanwa gates.
update: anyways finished rewiring everything
http://www3.telus.net/Hiroshirou/IMG_3071.jpg
Err, sorry for bumping this thread but uh I have this stick somewhere around my room with a dead PCB and crap Hori buttons (360). I was pretty much wondering what kind of joy stick did they use for this version.
I’m not familiar with the “looks” of joysticks to find out.
Drambit
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why is that the ps3 version has 8 and the 360 6? I want a natural 6 button stick ffs. i dont want button plugs.
I had one of these a while back when they first came out. Ended up selling it this year for $50 since I never really used it and it was practically brand new. Was a good stick, I kind of miss it now.
All mass-manufactured sticks have at least 8 buttons.
It’s hopeless.
“Laugh.”
You could always not use the two buttons you choose to reject. This is not difficult, but does require some self-control and a lack of pity that those buttons’ microswitches may forever remain virgins.
Most mass-manufactured sticks with 6 buttons will likely be the source of a complaint thread that involves the cases being too small and therefore worthless. A few months later a similar thread addressing the high shaft of JLF units in such poor cases will likely surface.
Your best option is to make a custom stick. Just get a shoe box and start cutting. Good luck~
Toodles
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How have you not been banned yet?
rtdzign
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get a virtua stick high grade.
hi everyone, sorry to resurrect an old thread, figured it would be better than creating a new one. my friend has the xbox 360 sc4 hori stick. he’s willing to sell it to me for a good price, but im wondering if it could be maybe because he wore it down already hehe. does thing break down easily? will it be good enough for Marvel vs capcom 3? or should i wait for something else coming soon? thanks for the inputs. (btw, money is a big issue for me, that why im considering a second hand one…) im also wondering if i should get a joystick with an 8 button layout already to make sure i could use it for any other fighting game … or maybe not even just fighting games…
