Where do you guys get the casings for the arcade controls? I am looking to take an XBOX controller and turning that into an arcade stick. I can find the parts and such easy, but I need a box to hold them. I have been to the links that have been stated before, but I haven’t found any on those sites yet.
most of us get wood at a hardware store and work with that
does it matter what kind of ps2 controller i get to rip apart? i was gonna get this one:
http://gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=801671
good?
and also , is it reliable to use a ps2 to dreamcast converter? Is their lag , or times when the button doesnt come out?i was gonna get this one:
http://store.gameasylum.us/dcdreamtops2.html
who uses a converter ?can you write your experiences with it. Thanks
i use a converter
you can’t use a PS2 controller. just use a PS1 controller
and yes, teh converter works fine
what do you mean you cant use a ps2 controller? are you just talking about this particular one? im really confused , someone just clear this up for me …
Couldn’t you at least try searching or reading the thread? If anyone would read this thing thru, they be come masters at stick making in knowledge alone.
PS2 Dual Shocks are not preferd for hacking, the analong buttons are a no no, no one uses PS2 pads for hacking sticks.
You are looking for a PS1 Dual Shock 1, not a PS2 pad.
Okay , thanks
somewhat funny story…
i get an IM from this dude, panicking about his stick… he had no idea that you could use ANY non analog controller, a normal nothing special run of the mill drill bit could be used to drill the button holes, and you don’t need specially treated wood for the casing… i hate life
who is the dude that sell the custom made stick? I was at a CTF Tourney for 5.1 and I saw The Realyst stick. He told me to come here and look for the thread in these forums, but to No avail I cant find it. Is it this one?
EDIT: he hooked up Realyst shit too!!! Im willin’ to pay for it, I dont care!!!
Double EDIT: he charges around $160 I think to make them, anyone have any ideas of who he is???
http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90296
http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35226
Couldn’t you just connect the chain of the ground wires to connect to the stick, or do u make a new wire for the stick like in ViCtiM’s diagram and also do you only connect the ground wire to the stick once or four times for Up, Down, Left, Right?
Sorry if this is a stupid question, just want to know.
Also, take this Sanwa Joystick, where would the wires connect to? Is it those pins on the top-left?
Okay, I’ve made my stick, now I wanted to make a custom art encased in a plastic shell (kinda like the street fighter anniversary sitck) does anyone know how to do it, or where you could get that service from?
artwork underneath plexi right? If that is what you want. You must read this thread. It is in here. Once you find it, you can thank me later. Everything you want to know about how to do the holes on the plexi and fastening is in here.
okay thanks guy, 'll go thur this big boy on find it
just thought i’d post a pic of my stick that i built a while back but never got around to posting it… the buttons are happs, the joystick is a perfect 360 and the pcb is from a hip gear xbox controller…
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/megaman132/stick/IMG_0956.jpg
Good job. I like the artwork.
hey guys, figured i’d post my current stick… still kind of in progress… no artwork yet. i made the mistake of using wood putty instead of wood filler… so my screwholes are ugly
ragnafrak
That is really nice! Also, the insides are very good man, great work ^_^.
What kind of artwork you gonna use you think?
I did a search on this and couldn’t find anything, so sorry if this has already been addressed.
I have a competition stick that I really like with the exception that it’s just too tall. I’d really like to make it shorter, it’s much more comfortable for me. At first I tried just mounting the stick lower so that less of it protruded, and while it looked shorter, that didn’t really change the fact that I still needed to move the stick a long way to make it respond. Then I tried moving the little white collar-like pivot cylinder from the inside of the stick to the bottom, just under the e-ring, so that the part of the stick that pivoted was lower. That put it at a great level, but the problem was that the stick could move laterally a little bit because the pivot cylinder wasn’t inside taking up space like it’s supposed to.
I’m not sure what to do now. I’m thinking about cutting away the lowest 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch of the stick’s plastic shaft area in between the metal and the actual bat part so that I can keep the pivot cylinder inside and the pivoting part of the stick will still sit lower because there won’t be so much plastic length sitting on top of the pivot cylinder. The only thing is, I don’t know how to do that. What would I even use? Is that even a good idea? Anyone have any solutions?
i was wondering if anyone you guys know the exact mesurment for each piece of wood on the boxes like dreadedfist used to make, his old style of boxes for the happ sticks. I really like those measurements…
liek tihs one
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1376/stick23xn.jpg