Are you guys swapping out restrictor plates per game type?

DorkVonWaterfall

i use a magstick-plus by Ultimarc...its switchable from top, just lift the stick and turn to switch from 4 to 8 way ...

edmaul69

@dorkvonwaterfall i have lots of experience with those. Highly recommend. And you can get ball top or fightstick style handles.

ChristianG

@capeman Very cool cabinet. I will order them today.

Thanks!

ChristianG

@dorkvonwaterfall I read about these. You are a big fan? How do they feel compared to JLF's? Have you used them before?

Thanks.

ChristianG

@dorkvonwaterfall I have my control panel drilled out for the Sanwa's. Do all stick have the same hole patterns hopefully?

Thanks.

spud11

@christiang I'm not using a hardware restrictor plate; instead, I'm using a software restrictor - xboxdrv.

I have a home built 4 player sit down arcade table (cocktail and side by side) with 4 cheap Sanwa-style arcade joysticks. These are 8 way joysticks and ordinarily are very difficult to use for games like PacMan.

I'm using xboxdrv as a 4 way restrictor on a per game configuration basis. PacMan and games such as that work very well. All the normal 8 way arcade games work well too. There's no fiddling around because all the necessary code is contained in runcommand-onstart.sh and works automatically when I start up either a 4 way game or an 8 way game.

FlyingTomahawk

No swapping here.
I have 2 arcade sticks, one with Sanwa stick (JLF) and buttons the other with Seimitsu stick (LS-32) and buttons.
For the Sanwa I use the octagonal plate for fighting games like Street Fighter and other NeoGeo titles. The Seimitsu arcade stick has more like a roundish looking plate and is great for shoot em ups.

TMNTturtlguy

@spud11 can you post a "how to" regarding using the xboxdrv and the 4-way vs 8-way setup and runcommand settings. Also, does this just make the diagnosis dead presses, and this still cause issues of no input on 4 way games?

TMNTturtlguy

@spud11 I have found my answer to the "how to" per this link on github wiki Universal controller calibration & mapping using xboxdrv

I still have the question of how this works, will i still have dead presses if i hit the diagonals?

I think I am going to also open a new thread with this question: I already have my 4 player arcade set up with dragonrise usb and it works great, i have N64 and dreamcast all running perfectly as well as all the standard retroarch setups and I am using @meleu joystick selector tool, again working perfectly. I also have game specific control overrides through retroarch saved to game cores for several games. Can I set up the xboxdrv to run only on the arcade 4 way joystick games and continue to use my dragonrise joystick config, or do i need to redo all 4 joysticks for all my emulators and games using the xboxdrv?

caver01

@tmntturtlguy and @spud11 I too would love to see how this is done. . .but IIR there was a challenge when it came to keyboard controllers. Is that still the case? @spud11, what controller are you using for your 4-player cab? It sounds like we might have very similar hardware configurations. I am using an old IPAC4.

pjft

@tmntturtlguy said in Are you guys swapping out restrictor plates per game type?:

i have N64 and dreamcast all running perfectly as well as all the standard retroarch setups

Slight hijack of the thread, though I always want to learn more when it comes to Dreamcast. Any particular overclocking, emulator settings (resolution? audio? frameskip), and/or what games to you play that run well there? My experience has always been hit or miss.

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft I will get you that info later! On my to do list....quick answer - i get most of them to run fairly well with a 1350 overclock. I have found some games that just don't work. I only run about 15 games right now, but i haven't tried many others. When i am actually at home with my pi i will get you my overclock settings and more info. I have these setting on 3 different pi units, works well on all 3.

pjft

@tmntturtlguy Thanks. Probably the list of games you run is more useful than the exact settings, then, as I might just be chasing the wrong games :) Have a good weekend!

TMNTturtlguy

@caver01 @spud11 @ChristianG I have opened a new topic regarding my specific question: link to topic

spruce_m00se

I have just 3d printed an octagonal plate to try, it feels nice,
I am looking into 3d printing a plate that uses a 5v servo to change from 4 to 8 way. I have an arduino in the cabinet doing other things so could use it to control the servo.