what kinda stores can i get soldering flux from? and how exactly do i use it??
in your opinion since u seem like experts,
what are the best equipment to get for a stick
like what joystick and buttons and shit all that stuff
Mulligan: RadioShack, just apply it to the surface where you want the solder to go. Also try reading the instructions on the flux container or whatever.
Athanasy: Well, when it comes to equipment, it’s all preference. I don’t know how many times that question has been answered on here. The most popular are p360s and competitions for joysticks, some say supers, then ultimates. Competitions for buttons hands downs. Everything else is extra shit… umm lexan for the protective sheet or another type of plexi like acrylic or optix, particle board or mdf board for wood, 1st party brand controllers for pcb use and etc…
RoTeNdO is right, it’s all up to opinion.
I play 3rd strike everyday in our lunch room a couple of times and they have Ultimates. I have competitions at home and have been playing around with the P360. I personally actually want to get most familiar with Sanwa Japanese sticks which I think are the “quickest.” I can’t stand the feel of the P360 cause I’m so used to the clickyness of a microswitch stick. It just feels to mushy to me even though so many swear by it.
If you like a particular stick then no one can really tell you not to use it right? The trick is going around and testing out everything to see what you may like or dislike.
Welp, I got my new stick all soldered together… it works great, but there is one tiny lil problem… the short (lk) and forward (mk) buttons act like they’re being tapped when I hold them down. Its not a rapidfire PCB (I think), its the PCB that comes with the RedOctane stick. I truly hate this PCB, the connections are so friggin small I’m amazed I managed to get it working considering this is my first time soldering. Anywho, any idea why the buttons act like they’re being constantly pressed?
check to make sure there are no shorts between contacts. Sometimes they’re so small you cant see em unless you really look.
which buttons are you using? the RO ones or new microswitch ones?
I’ve done a bunch of work on the Redoctane PCB and I’ve never seen that … hmmm
cant u get that rapid fire effect if u wire the microswitches wrong, like one prong is for regular button pressing and the other one is for rapid fire
thanx again i better start purchasing
Updated my website. Added 3 more double joysticks. They pretty much follow the same plan as my first. Here are the images:
http://tobywong.50megs.com/pictures/ryujstk.jpg
nice UPGRATE…where did u get the SANWA stix? cuz i wanted a couple! thnx
I grabbed them from an arcade supply store in Toronto. There are tons of jap cabinets here and all of them go to the same place when they want to replace parts.
I’m not sure if you can order online, but you can give it a try:
All the microswitches are wired to the same prongs… I haven’t had a chance to take my stick apart again and look at the PCB (stupid work) but I’ll do that as soon as I can. They’re Happs competition buttons with those Cherry switches. Also, a Happs competition joystick… I ordered the sticks/buttons awhile back but never got around to making my box, then someone linked me to the RedOctane PCB-already-wired-box and I was like “Woah, perfect for those lazy people like me” but then I ended up rewiring the entire thing anyways because they setup the PCB totally wrong.
Anywho, I’ll check the microswitches and PCB again.
what does everyone think of this idea. An artwork overlay, with a beast on it, and a light underneath where his eye is, and everytime u hit a button it lights up.
I don`t know…
light underneath the eye hu, I would like to see the whole thing be a light you know like in the Michael Jackson music video Billie Jean where he walk and it lights up 
, that would be so cool!
Dont know if its gonna work though…
Very creative and possible.
Cut a hole with a jig saw in the shape of the eye of the beast wherever it’s going to be, the artwork can be (most likely) done photo paper covered with plexi of course. Don’t cut hole on artwork (duh) Get a light bulb, hook it up and fix it underneath the eye and wire it using a power source, but with the ground connected to the buttons ground. Than way when a button is pressed (circuits are closed) the light will light up.
I really love the idea. One last thing. What color will the light be? Green, red, yellow…
red, and I’m thinking I would rather drill a hole than cut it ou with a jig saw, since its gonna be a small hole :p.
You know, there really is a ton of possibilities if you draw the +5 or +3.3v from the controller. The illuminated evil eyes would rock. How about blue LEDs giving a glow to the hands of Akuma or Rock (Howard) when they have the whole ‘glowing, flaming hands of evil power’ type poses?
If you really wanted to get kinky with it, a small Atmel PIC could control a row of leds for a KITT (Knight Rider) back-n-forth lighting. I still want to see a stick with the classic lighted buttons from asteroids (? small buttons, red LED inside, conical shape) used for the Start button. Or how about a cute set of 10 LEDs like this:
o o o o
o o o o o
o
That lit up with each stick movement/ button press. I would be cool in the same way VMU’s were, and be handy for identifying problems with the switches. No need for a PIC for this one.
Damn, you got me thinkin’ all sorts of ideas now
i can dig it
toodles thats very good stuff. But I dont think i will go with the rock/akuma glowing hand since thats capcom’s artwork. But maybe… perhaps for myself, an sword glowing ninja. what do you guys think? glowing eye beast? or sword glowing ninja.
and btw for the glowing hand, would that not take too much light? and cutting a hand out of the wood sounds like a pain as well.