Between restricters its all a matter of oppinion, though I prefer the octagon restricter that the JLF has. I think it feels a little more natural.
Compared to the square restricter I dont find I can hit diagonals easier, since with a square restricter the diagonals are in a corner so you know when you hit the corner. But for me I find that on the octagon one I dont over shoot my half and quater circles. I am fairly new to stick, only been playing on one for a few months, and I would be fine when the quarter circles are buffered by other attacks, but doing straight quarters would occationally give me trouble since you dont know exactly where foward is in a sqare restricter, or at least I wasnt used to where it was.
If you only want it to work on a playstation and dont need it for DC then you can open up the arcade stick, take out the PCB, and replace it with a PCB from a playstation controller. If you dont know how to solder, or dont want to solder onto a PSX PCB, then there is someone selling prehacked PCBs on the trading outlet.
I have this idea I want to try that will make a stick’s button assignments easy to change using a set 6 of 8 position DIP switches. The only problem is that I cant think of a way to mount them so they would be on the outside of the box. So my next option is to leave them inside the box but to make the inside easily accessable. The thing about this though, is that I not only want it easily accessable, but I also want it to be sturdy when the bottom of the box is closed. I can screw the bottom on like normal but after taking the screws out a number of times the holes are likely to become stripped and also you would need to carry around a screw driver with you.
Chaosdragon13, couldn’t you just make the buttons mount to a plate and make the plate easily interchangable, meaning you would merely have to remove the artwork and plexi and then a screw or so holding the plate onto the top of the box and then pop in a new plate?
Hahano, I am not sure you understand what I want to do, either that or I didnt explain it right. I dont want to change the button configuration(japanese to american or something like that) but I want to be able to change the button assignments. Like being able to flip a switch and change the jab button from triangle to square, or from triangle to triangle+sqaure.
For now I am still going to add the switches to my next stick, but you would have to unscrew the bottom to get to them. But really if I could find a way to make the bottom stable and to get to the inside with out a screw driver, that would be awsome.
You can purchase switches (on/off) or something similar at Radio Shack. You’ve seen those PS3 sticks? with the turbo switches or whatever? Shit, even other joysticks have something like auto-fire switches. You can have something like that, except for switching buttons.
paper_dragon42: yes, you can use it for your PSX/PS2/PS3 w/converter. Just have to remove the Agetec PCB, and install a PS pad pcb and wire it up. I’ve done this with an extra Agetec I had laying around. Sent you a PM.
I know what switches to use. I already have them on order. Also the ones are Radio Shack are really expensive compared to Digikey. Radio Shack’s are $2 somthing where I found ones on digikey for around $0.54
Its not the switches that are the problem. My problem is making the bottom easily accessable. If I use screws then not only will you need a screw driver every time you want to open the bottom, but also after openning it a number of times the screw holes are likely to become stripped.
I’ve been making the insides of my stick easily accessible for a while now, and I know I’ve seen other people do it too. The way I usedtodoitand the way I’ve seen it done is to put hinges on the bottom or top and secure it with hooks or some other kind of fastener. Another way, and the way I do it now, is to make the top fully removable. I drill guide holes into the sides of the stick and use guide screws on the top panel to make the top fit into place without moving around, and I use hooks to fasten it to the base. I’m sure there are other ways to make the inside easily accessible, too. It’s totally doable and really not that hard.
I did think about your most recent stick ultradavid. The things is though, that I still want everything to look neat and flush when its all done. So I dont want a hinge visible and I wouldnt want a hook showing on the side.
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I found something that I think will work very well
Your standard cabinet latch. If I put one of those at each of the four corners like you would with screws, it should hold it strongly and be easy to remove.
I’m in the proccess of finishing up my first stick, and I seeemed to overlook a (small?) problem. My top panel consists of a 1/4" MDF board and a .093" Lexan sheet on top, and I have some Sanwa OBSF-30 snap-ins and a JLF-TP-8T stick. I’m pretty sure the combined thickness matches the snap-in depth, but I’m not sure how I’m supposed to mount my joystick. If I screw it in on the bottom of the panel, the tip would poke through the top.
If you mean the tip of the screw pokes through the top, there is an easy fix to that. If you have a dremel then use it with a cutting disk to cut off and grind down the portion of the screw that sticks through. If you dont have a dremel, then you can use something like a hack saw blade and metal file to work down the tip of the screw to be flush with the top of the MDF.
Dont worry if it seems like there isnt enough material for the screw to hold on to, because it will definitly hold tight enough. I use the same type of design for my top panels. I dont use MDF, but I doubt it would be much different.
Ah, this is the place to ask. I just got a HRAP2 so I want to do some work on my HRAP1vB for giggles and whatnot. How would I go about creating two new holes for the 24mm stock start/select switches on the side or maybe front of the stick?
Actually found a cheap 15/16 hole saw elsewhere, was wondering what I would need for 30mm Sanwa buttons. A 1 1/6 inch I assume? Sorry if I’m being a goon, terribly new to this.
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. In these two days of starting knowing literally nothing to knowing…a hair more than nothing, I have started my first padhack and set new button locations on an old HRAP frame. Using the stock Hori buttons I had laying around for it so if I fail something FIERCE I don’t feel too defeated. What I’m getting to is “Thanks for lvling me up Tech Talk, thanks.”
So for a lot of US retail sticks, ie. X-Arcade, RedOctane, Pelican, they use this black paper, I’m guessing vinyl or something, instead of paint. If I wanted to use that for my stick instead of painting does anywhere know where I would get this stuff and exactly what it is?
