trial and error… if you don’t put the spring in right it’ll feel like poop… if you get it in there right it feels great…
well for the record I never said the spring feels shitty, it was the other parts of the mod that I didn’t like. I think it’s really just preference over everything else. I did a TON of trial and error and varriations on the mod but just liked the stock feel more. that was mostly for the throw/engage stuff though. the spring mod is simple, and for quite a while I liked (or thought I liked) it more. then I got a new stick for a project I wanted to do, and playing with them side by side I ended up liking the looser feel more. nothing to do with the mod being bad or difficult, just my pref. on the feel of it.
that’s why I quoted digital… :lol:
I only like the spring part of the mod… I’ve played both ways and dashes just come out better for me with a bit more tension…
I just don’t think people should say the spring part it crappy… it’s all a matter of preference… and to say it’s always clunky is incorrect… if you don’t get the springs right it will be, but if you fiddle with it a bit more and get it right it feels like stock, just a bit stiffer… <no homo>
For me it just depends on what I’m playing. For shumps and the classic SF2’s the dual spring has a nice stiff feel and is bit more accurate . For all the rest a nice LS-32 spring on a battop goes over real well, gives you and added bit of tension and works well with my charge characters.
While I’m building myself a new stick, I’m using an old shitty EX2. I’m gonna give some of this stuff a shot on that to see if I can improve that stick.
nice work
i liked it but i stopped using it due to it being hard for me to switch between controllers. its a cool way to get the maximum amount of speed out of your controller though.
did anyone ever add a hori spring to the jlf spring?
Thanks for the mod tips. This is a must do mod for anyone who’s running the GTC round gate replacement from lizard lick. When I first got my JLF up and running with the round gate, it had dead spots and what seemed to be seriously delayed responses. I switched back to the square gate, but fuck those corners. Instead of a post-it, I used a piece of cardboard from a cigarette pack cut down to size for the switches and just one layer of electrical tape all around the actuator. It doesn’t feel quite as right as the Happ controls I’m used to, but it’s close enough. For the spring, I used the LS-55 + the stock JLF spring. Response is almost right on the money and the resistance feels like an old school Happ competition that’s had a few years of use in an arcade under its belt.