Is there any1 willing to get rid of an Arcade Stick with a Sanwa Flash or the Sanwa Flash by itself. Either one is fine.
Ok guys i need your help, iam trying to get a couple of questions answered.
First of all i live in Melbourne Aus, so alot of parts are not easily avaliable to me.
Iam looking at two sticks
Or the Sanwa JLW
I would like to know if anyone can give me any information in regards to wiring up the Happ Competition stick to my PSX Dual shcok controller and also the Sanwa if possible
The best page i found for PSX wiring was THIS
I just need to know, do i the joysticks have the same principles e.g
Connect to -5v ground? and then to each up down left right?
or is it connect to +5 volts and then to each up down left right
can any one please provide me with any information on this.
I think i will go for a Happ competition stick.
but from the picture below.
The Happ Competition Joystick
Can i mount this on top ? or do i have to mount it underneath, the wood.
This is my biggest concern, if any one has a tutoral on how to how to do this please post up.
Thanks guys
If you aren’t using an optical joystick, you don’t need to use anything but signals and ground(s).
Sweet one question answered, so all i need to do is hook up the competition pro to -5v and the up down left right signla wires and iam on my way 
any one have any information on mounting these sticks? thanks for all the helpd
I wanna buy a stick, a good heavy one, can someone help me. Who’s selling, has to be compatible with dreamcast.
You don’t use -5V. You only use signal and ground.
Each button and direction requires a signal wire, and you need at least one ground, depending on how many grounds the controller uses. If you’re lucky, you’ll only need to solder to one ground and then you can daisy-chain that one ground to every microswitch. The Happ Competition joystick will have 4 microswitches. Each one requires a signal wire and ground. Each button has 1 microswitch, requiring one signal wire and one ground.
Hadouken - ChainZ, finkle, Darkside, and Dreaded Fist, off the top of my head.
Are there any resources online about how to make Arcade sticks from XBOXs? I would buy one, but I want to take advantage of the dual joysticks so I can play Robotron 2084 in its purest form.
I went to evo and was having trouble with the sticks they had there. but one guy let me borrow his and it was perfect (for me) it wasn’t that stiff and it wasn’t a 360, i think it was an 8-way but felt like there was more clicks than 8. Could it be a 12way?
Also i have a SF:AE stick and i was wondering if i could switch out the parts without soldering and if i do switch out the parts would it cause my stick to not function right?
thx in advance
i haven’t opened up an ae stick yet, but by the looks of it i’m sure you can just swap parts out easily, and maybe without soldering if you twist and tape. swapping out parts for this stick should be very easy, but just search a bit.
All the answers you see lie in this thread… search is the word. As far as the SF:AE stick, yes. Those parts are changeable. You can change out the buttons and joystick if that is what you mean by switching out parts. You can keep the factory microswitches on if you want and involves no soldering, rewiring, etc. Now unless you are switching out the joystick for a p360, then you’ll have to do a little work for the power and that is about it.
I have put a P360 in a Street Fighter Anniversary Stick, and the stick works fine with Capcom Games but not with anything else!! Whats that about?
It works fine with Dreamcast converter (CVS2) thats all i tested it on.
I have used it with a modded xbox,
Emu’s don’t work
Capcom games do work (cvs2, CFJ, sfAE, 3S)with the Xbox
Any other games does not, Max impact, KOF etc.
I have also tesed it with the PS2, GGX does not work Charter keeps jumping. During game play with CVS2 it works fine but not in the menus.
i read more that 150 pages or so and this was very helpfull and all :tup:
by the way can someone hook me up with some a 6 button layout for use with happ comeptition stick and comptetition buttons.
another question, how do i mounth the stick underneath so that the big bolts are not on top?
and is 1.13 inches the correct size for the hole for the stick and buttons?
PS: How far AWAY should the buttons be?
You should use a 1 1/8 spade drill bit for the holes (joystick and buttons)
Distance of the buttons IMO solely rely on the individuals preference. For me, I place my hands and draw a circle on the board to see where I would like my buttons (not too far, not too close, and comfortable enough if someone else wanted to play on it too)
For the bolts, use carriage bolts, countersunk into the board. That way you can add some plexi if you want to include some artwork or do something else. I suggest reading through more, these questions are basic and have been asked.
Someone/Anyone: Remind me to include a “Frequently Asked Questions” so I can edit it onto my first few post, thanks. If anyone feels like doing it for me, go right ahead and send it to me via PM and I’ll copy/paste and edit and will give you the credit.
Edit: For those who are somewhat new to this thread, please rate it. Don’t be a hater and give it 1’s like a few ass’ did in the past, thanks :tup:
hello i have a perfect 360 joystick but lately when i try to go right it wont work for a while, then it will work for a little bit but freeze again. how should i go about fixing this? thanks in advance for any help u can give.
I modded my AE stick with Happ competition parts (following the tutorial put up here some time ago), and it works great. The only thing I’d like to change is that I’d like the actual stick to be a little tighter. Right now it’s a little looser than I’m used to. How can I do that? Or is there even a way?
You can put a heavy spring.
Is that something extra/new I have to buy? Or can I just fiddle around with or add something to the current spring to make it harder?
Yes. You have to buy a heavy spring from happs to replace the standard spring that originally comes with your joystick (any)
If you want to save money, and believe you me this HAS been brought up countless times on this thread, about altering your current spring so that it may feel tighter, ie. stretching the spring some to add more tension, but its temporary. Personally, I’d go ahead and purchase myself a heavy spring and install in.
Warning: It will be tight and your forearm may not be use to it, but you’ll just have to break it in and get use it.
hi guys, i’m very much “wet behind the ears” about this custom arcade stick stuff. it’s extremely hard for me to find the time to read 203 pages worth of stuff regarding this so i was wondering if an experienced stick-builder here can make a checklist of the things that need to be bought to create an arcade stick (particularly for xbox). i know for sure that wood is needed for obvious reasons, but what exactly are the parts required to make a stick? i’ve already looked through a few of the sites on the first page and there’s just too much to soak in at one time.
thanx in advance
The controller
Wire
Solder
Soldering iron
Screws
Glue
Buttons
Joystick
Clamps
Sandpaper
Primer
Paintbrushes
Paint thinner
Paint
I’m probably forgetting something.