^ They aren’t easy and it will help if you have previous modding experience.
Button holes will need to be enlarged to 30mm, old pcb’s stripped out and replaced with a PS360, a hole/notch cut in the back to allow the cable to run through it OR a modular USB jack installed (like a Neutrik NAUSB). The only really tricky thing is replacing the joystick as the shell is so narrow and no room for a ‘S’ mounting bracket (meaning the Sanwa shaft will stick much further out from the shell than it comfortably should). If putting in a JLF you may need to bastardise it with the stock Hori parts, but either way you go about it you’ll find it near impossible to make it feel as a JLF should.
i’ve decided to buy the Madcatz TvC fighstick with a mayflash converter to play SSF4:AE on my PC and i have some questions:
will it work successfully on my PC or do i need to purchase additional items (i.e. PCI card, which the PS3 TE edition seemed to have problems running on some PCs but that thread seemed kinda ambiguous when it came to the TvC stick)
it has been suggested to mod the buttons and joystick immediately to prevent scratching the PCI due to a mechanical problem with the TvC stick (has this been fixed?). Is this advisable or can’t I just wait until such a problem occurs and then switch the parts? One of the reasons I don’t want to mod right away is cuz I don’t live in an area that can make purchases for parts very easily
will the mayflash converter allow it to work on the PS3 as well?
TvC stick by default do not support the PC at all. Show me the Wii stick (un-modded of course) that supports USB.
An Wii to USB adapter will also do the trick or a blue tooth reviver and a Wii mote that synched to the PC and proper drivers installed. Prefered metion is the Wii to USB adapter which isn’t made by madcatz (made by Mayflash) and does not have the apparent PC issues (that is exclusively the PS3 SE and TE on non-UHCI (non-intel) compliant PC motherboards/ USB PCI cards). Basicly Mad Catz made there PS3 SE and TE UHCI which dose not work (by default) on PCs with motherboards with AMD, Nvidia or other chip sets. Some cheaper VIA USB PCI cards support UHCI, but these cards do crap out easily.
In the matter of fact, the mayflash Wii to USB adapter does not require the work around PS3 SE and TE sticks require
Never heard of this issue before… I do not see how the TvC will scratch a PCI card. Do you mean the PCB in the TvC stick?
The TvC’s PCB is small and in the top right corner of the stick, under the Guide area. In the matter of fact, the TvC’s PCB is the same size as the PS3/Xbox 360 guide sub board.
In theory yes, in application everything works except I think the LZ and RZ buttons because they are registered as analog instead of digital, but do not quote me on this. Check the converter compatibility thread on that.
yep i was aware that it does not support PC, so i got the mayflash converter. The PS3 TE issue with PC did hamper my decision to go straight with a TE as i wanted PC+PS3 compatibility (I am aware it’s apparently easy to fix but still). I’m sure if i really get into it, i’ll end up getting a TE in the end but we’ll see.
Yes i meant the PCB but apparently that issue has been fixed in the TvC stick. Only some complaints about joystick ‘sticking’ but regardless i’ve already bought Sanwa parts so i think i’m fine
Xbox 360 TE does not have the PC issues the PS3 TEs does. Also modding the TE with a new PCB or Dual-Modding a Xbox 360 TE fixes this issue off the bat.
Okay I want to buy the Madcatz TE stick for Xbox 360 . But I was wondering if there was a way to make it work on PS3 aswell. Is there a USB add-on or do I have to do some tricky modding. Thanks in advance
TEasy Strike board and Kitty TE board are two solderless options for you. They will add PS3 support to your 360 TE stick with minimal effort on your part - simply open up your stick and install the board following the instructions carefully.
If you have some experience with soldering then you can save some cash by installing a Dual Strike board or a ChImp SMD.
They would die.
Phreakazoid187 is trying to find the problem.
He is puzzled at what it is happening, thinking it is EEPROM.
But after getting a custom Firmware that addresses, problem still happen.
I have all eleven of my Dual Strike SMD not working.
They would work once on initial plug, then die after.
Reflashing the Firmware does not help.
It was such a bad Tournament. :sad:
TEasy Strike is experiencing the same thing.
Sometimes, it would work for few days.
Then it would die.
Some would work for weeks.
Then it would die.
Some would work for months.
Then it would die.
I’ve used many, and for long time.
Any many times I have to replace them.
Is this just a problem with 168 chips? I’ve never had an issue with AtMega8 DS boards, even so all of my DS 168 SMD are still working, and I’ve had no reports of a failed TEasy Strike from a stick I’ve personally modded (unless my customers are keeping peculiarly quiet).
From your experience did you start having trouble with your boards after trying to flash/use on a laptop?
I have one non-working ATmega8, the other ten are ATmega168.
I have a few ATmega8 that had to be returned to Gummowned.
The eleven, I gave back to Gummowned at EVO.
But even then when he replaces the chips, they’ll die too.
I thought they were dying because I first use on laptop.
So I installed some without touching the laptop.
Those die too.
Hurm… I’ve had a couple of problems with upgraded Dual Strive v1 boards running 168 chips, though I think I’ve been sent some replacements from bencao (can’t check at the moment because I’ve been out of the country for a long time). They only started playing up when used on a particular type of laptop, desktops have all been fine so far.
The reason I haven’t been too worried before is because I’ve had exactly the same number of faults happening with MC Cthulhu boards as I use a lot of both. I put it down to risk assessment of hardware going bad and it fell within acceptable grounds, but your report is disturbing me deeply due to the high percentage of unit failure.
Nah, my MC Cthulhu issues aren’t related to IMP boards at all as they’ve been put in custom built shells with Neutrik RJ45 jacks for testing purposes. One board does not have a ‘left’ direction at all, instead it has two ‘right’ directions! (even after updating its firmware and checking for other interference). Another died by sheer coincidence after it was left plugged into a PS3 during a Sony update a while back.
Hopefully there will be a Dual Strike fix soon as I find having a European product creator invaluable in terms of shipping costs saved.
Sorry