Arcade controls advice

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft I think if you pig tail the wires it should work to use one button as the "function" button for auto and then you press that and whatever button you want to set as auto. I think you can actually set this up in retroarch or with the xboxdrv as well, I haven't tried yet, but I think some emulators let you set them up on a per game basis. Some games have dipswitch settings to enable turbo and auto functions as well.

Capeman

@pjft Turbo is for the weak! Real men hammer the buttons!

pjft

@capeman Yeah, I know... It's just that we're not getting any younger, and I'm not Takahashi Meijin.:)

@TMNTturtlguy Ok, so now I'm curious: you have "Select" and "Start", and assigned a separate (non-select) button to "Coin"?

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft Yes sir! The red coin buttons are real push buttons (they don't take coin, they are push buttons). I have this on both my arcade machines and love it. I have my coin button set to L3 which would be the thumb push button on the ps4 controller, i assume your ps3 controller has a button when you push straight down on the joysticks?

All the coin button (L3) does is operate the coin button for arcade, neo geo, fba, mame games. I can also set them to load or save games or any other function combined with my "Mode" button which is my hot key. It is a pretty fun feature when used as a single button, and an added button for flexibility with the hot key.

pjft

@tmntturtlguy I imagine you edited RetroArch.cfg for that not to be mapped to the select button, then.

Love it.

Thanks!

UDb23

After reading and researching quite a lot , my choice for my first custom control panel was:
Suzo Happ Super Joysticks , IL concave buttons, cherry microswitches and Ipac-2.
With that joystick you can switch it from 8 to 4 way by "inverting" a dedicated part at the bottom of the stick (no need for restrictor).

Really happy with that configuration!

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft yes, you are correct.

TMNTturtlguy

@udb23 I assume you need to access the bottom underside of your control panel to switch the plate? I can do that as well, but it is a hassle and not user friendly, especially when friends are over, or kids are playing.

UDb23

@tmntturtlguy said in Arcade controls advice:

bottom underside of your control panel to switch the plate?

It's not really a plate but... yes that's the negative point of this approach... means you need to decide in advance if you wanna play 4 way games...
I also have a Qanba Stick that I modded (it's easy to do) to accept Sanwa JLF "diamond restrictor"; this has an option to go "4 way" mode by just turning a restrictor ring (still you need to access the bottom).

I tried octagonal restrictor before but still couldn't play 4 way games like Pac-Man and Pengo the way they are meant to be played (played the original arcade games as a kid).
Timing and precision on these games is absolutely key: one missed direction and you're done; one life lost.

UDb23

@capeman said in Arcade controls advice:

Turbo is for the weak! Real men hammer the buttons!

Yeah ! Absolulely true. Said by someone that this year crossed the half of a century age.

Ademilson

@capeman
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