Venom arcade stick PS4/PS3

Tomyrgon · March 1, 2016, 8:59pm

How in the h*ll does your stick develop rust? Do you keep it in a tied up plastic bag after every session? D:

Pepe_Silvia · March 1, 2016, 9:40pm

Perhaps he is playing outside… in a rainforest.

mastermx · March 1, 2016, 10:52pm

I am a sweaty gamer! The madcatz is a heavy stick, and as I play set after set of adrenaline filled SF, the compression from the stick on my nut sack and knees creates an environment that is actually similar to that of a rainforest.

I’m talking about hours of gaming, this developed over several years. I have met many people with a similar problem. I’m trying to prevent it from happening to the venom.

Tomyrgon · March 1, 2016, 11:48pm

I regret even asking! I could have gone my whole life without knowing compression from peoples nut sacks rusts the controllers. :bawling:

On other news I decided to order the Sanwas silent-buttons and the regular stick +octagon gate. Hopefully the shipping to Finland isn’t that long. (It isn’t cheap either, over 13 pounds to ship)

xENZ3D · March 3, 2016, 9:09am

yo guys new here. my venom stick now has sanwa parts just missing artwork I got a template from one of the forums idk if it was wrong or not but when I went to get it printed the button holes and the art itself are wayyyyyy to big I got them printed on a3. idk what I did wrong but help would be much appreciated. if anyone has a template link or yeah

sinetwo · March 3, 2016, 1:50pm

If anyone has a template with instructions on how to get an exact fit, please do upload it so that I can link it in my guide. Thanks!

snake0 · March 3, 2016, 3:03pm

Hi guys,

yesterday I printed out my artwork : Evill Ryu Template - Square lights (pdf file) link

topic where i got the file —> link

Unfortunaly the size isn’t correct.It’s too big. Reading the previous posts on that topic I understand this is for the Mayflash, isn’t it?

In the template above I noticed there are as well 6 square lights but my version is with 5 square lights.

Please, could someone provide the right size the print should be or a right template to apply the workart?

Thanks

Darksakul · March 3, 2016, 3:06pm

I find its difficult to get exact fits, hence why most stick art has a bled over area where the art is going to get cropped off anyways when you start cutting.

Nekobibu · March 3, 2016, 3:19pm

It’s not an exact fit but I think it’s close enough… But yeah, eventually, you’re going to have to fine tune it, maybe crop a millimeter here and there. What you should do is cut it to size, apply it to your stick and see exactly where you have to make those tiny adjustments.
Regarding the 6 light holes, yeah, the last one is useless and comes from the Mayflash template so you should remove it for the Venom.
Actually, I ended up removing all of them because they’re useless to me (I use my stick on PC and the lights don’t even turn on, they’re for PS3/4) and anyway, when one of them is lit, it will show through the paper (I’ve tested it on my PS3).

sinetwo · March 3, 2016, 4:00pm

My stick has no artwork on it (see avatar) and I kind of like it!

snake0 · March 3, 2016, 4:47pm

It’s too big unfortunately a couple of centimeters x sides. I printed out 2 copies but I wasted my money

If I can’t get a perfect size/template I’d like to get closer to it and then re-print again my artwork. Someone can help on it?

snake0 · March 3, 2016, 5:04pm

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Cznielsen · March 3, 2016, 5:39pm

I just ordered this stick and some modding equipment. I have heard that the stick might encounter some issues with static building up making the stick inoperable until reconnecting it.

Is this a wide problem? Are a lot of you encountering this fault or is it just a small number of unlucky people?
Thanks.

johnnytoxic · March 3, 2016, 6:15pm

So my post doesn’t get lost, I’ll put it here too. I thought seperate artwork threads were allowed.

Hi,

Anyone with a Venom fight stick want to try out this artwork.

I’ve tweaked the template a little what I received from Venom as the size was slightly off.
seems to be Xiondash’s template I was sent. Thank you to Xiondash.

There are two versions. The ones labelled Circles have circles for the stick lights at the top. This makes it much easier to cut out.
Tip: When cutting out the circles, pop them using a sharp tool then use sandpaper on the reverse side to cleanly remove the pierced paper.

Template - Circle Lights - Easier to cut pierce with pen
https://mega.co.nz/#!eEtm0CTR!n840O_eqLOp9fIcfhfdzcYWxO-R_nInmLIDe1MZXupE
Template - Square Lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!HE9nwAib!e4t98OL0R7bAQstjb9OU-cVc679xGnLMKDNSWBBnVVE

Evil Ryu Template - Circle lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!GNEwHJhJ!ghiwSGyQ8iWkPnl7d4c1fo0jbwdvxf7CLY1_LKB9Ats
Evill Ryu Template - Square lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!DFFh2DKC!C0KZtDM85u-L0V0rZWU9_NGCPQANxVKH9NxqYzkEtJQ

Ryu Template - Circle lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!6YlFSK6Z!npm4HwmyqoU6V2WrUh6hj4XMkMLXrOPToWSPB4ZEocg
Ryu Template - Square lights
https://mega.nz/#!vc8XmQoB!pXAPjvcYpz62zY8Gnis66pNXh87rNDGZNZg3BHHS9Gc

http://i.imgur.com/EQ4EOia.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Qn4xpeW.jpg

Birdie Template - Circle lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!LQFD3LSR!v4q1lSHs0kpFmvDB14Zs9G3VPKFASbnYHtfBS5C3wh4
Birdie Template - Square lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!jFFxATZZ!HlAT72PZysL9v_FjeCTNqgBzi5b4eSFE7Nf8LIiHzBo

http://i.imgur.com/N0oXalL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XrOGgb2.jpg

Ken Template - Circle lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!7VFFlIxR!vQaWrMzKF5cYHJf9nJD7j1DHZrvD5yMpsmyu3Jvsh78
Ken Template - Square lights
https://mega.co.nz/#!CUsXgRIA!dEmfaEY7CKYTLMx7tFI_UnHrUuqgp5XrrYNB4aJagvE

http://i.imgur.com/6dTU9YT.jpg

snake0 · March 3, 2016, 6:34pm

Hi Johnny thanks

This is the Evil Ryu version with 5 holes:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx4xQaDTWmiXNmN5S0pOOFR3NUE
Resolution : 3840 x 2316

I’m not at home at the moment, this afternoon I will check if the size fits on my one.

Nekobibu · March 4, 2016, 1:37am

Wowowow, a couple centimeters? That’s not normal! I was talking about a couple millimeters! I did all my artworks with the template provided here by @johnnytoxic and I can assure you it’s accurate (apart from those little adjustments you have to make if you want a perfect fit, which are dependent on your stick, I think, remember we’re talking about a few millimeters here…). What probably happened is that the place you printed it from screwed up and printed it too big.

So, for anybody who’s interested :

use the aforementioned template
do whatever adjustments you need to (for instance, I removed the lights because I don’t use them, and the magnet circles because… they’re useless anyway)
make sure your artwork is 3840x2316 / 300 dpi (THAT is also very important!)
(optional, but it was necessary for me) add borders to your artwork because some printers will crop the picture a little. A couple centimeters on each side should do the trick.
save your final picture as a PDF.
print it wherever you can. I printed mine at work because we’re lucky enough to have a high quality color laser printer, but if you bring a properly prepared PDF to any print shop and instruct them to print TO SIZE, I don’t see why it should go wrong.
cut it out very carefully, see if it fits perfectly (it probably won’t). If it doesn’t, make the *tiny *adjustments required for it to fit *your *stick (I’m pretty sure no two sticks are exactly alike).

snake0 · March 4, 2016, 2:42pm

Nekobibu:

snake0:

It’s too big unfortunately a couple of centimeters x sides. I printed out 2 copies but I wasted my money

If I can’t get a perfect size/template I’d like to get closer to it and then re-print again my artwork. Someone can help on it?

Wowowow, a couple centimeters? That’s not normal! I was talking about a couple millimeters! I did all my artworks with the template provided here by @johnnytoxic and I can assure you it’s accurate (apart from those little adjustments you have to make if you want a perfect fit, which are dependent on your stick, I think, remember we’re talking about a few millimeters here…). What probably happened is that the place you printed it from screwed up and printed it too big.

So, for anybody who’s interested :

use the aforementioned template

do whatever adjustments you need to (for instance, I removed the lights because I don’t use them, and the magnet circles because… they’re useless anyway)

make sure your artwork is 3840x2316 / 300 dpi (THAT is also very important!)

(optional, but it was necessary for me) add borders to your artwork because some printers will crop the picture a little. A couple centimeters on each side should do the trick.

save your final picture as a PDF.

print it wherever you can. I printed mine at work because we’re lucky enough to have a high quality color laser printer, but if you bring a properly prepared PDF to any print shop and instruct them to print TO SIZE, I don’t see why it should go wrong.

cut it out very carefully, see if it fits perfectly (it probably won’t). If it doesn’t, make the *tiny *adjustments required for it to fit *your *stick (I’m pretty sure no two sticks are exactly alike).

yes you are right, the template is perfect, I checked yesterday at home with a copy from the printer we have in the office.
Probably the shop where i printed it out modified something

snake0 · March 5, 2016, 6:40pm

My new Venom modded

So happy for the result:

http://i.imgur.com/GaHtdVC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dyWVcpQ.jpg

LLStoolJ · March 5, 2016, 9:57pm

Hey Chaps…
Any chance you could clearly state exactly what parts fit into the Venom.
Theres posts mentioning a guide etc but cant locate a direct link.
So far I understand you need -

Stick - http://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/Sanwa-JLF-TP-8YT-Ball-Top-Joystick.html
Cable - http://www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/jst-xh-female-to-female-connector-cable.html

Whats about buttons?
And can you get perspex to fit already or do i need a custom cut?

Thanks in adv

Nekobibu · March 5, 2016, 10:11pm

Buttons… Any standard 30mm buttons will do. Sanwa or Seimitsu, it depends on your personal preferences.