Modded/Custom Sticks

K.O.Kiki

Someone on SRK posted a quick review of the Hori V3.
Good signs, this could be the next "Namco stick"

Stylesclash1702

I ended up getting a tournament edition fightstick so out with the hori and in with the new

L31mr0d

A-Trak was looking for details on where I bought the faceplate for my stick so here it is:

Bought from this guy on SRK:
http://www.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=199891

Here's some more info:
http://web.me.com/patricksummers/Site/Bloggy_thing./Entries/2009/8/5_TE_Plexi_Covers.html

I think PPC said he used the same guy earlier in this thread.

Anyway, recently I started to feel the stick was getting really loose so I decided to open it up and use a spring K.O.Kiki gave me a few weeks back. It's worked wondered, the resistance on the stick is perfect now

While I had the top off I decided to try out my second artwork for a while.

Sisko

That looks sweet, good stuff.

chopperbyrne

Anyone know what the extra drop down box when ordering buttons on Akihabara Shop is all about?

PPC

Its the switch type you want in it

chopperbyrne

It doesn't let you select them both though!

PPC

Ah, seems its just extra switches and nuts for screw in's.
They should come included, the option is just there if you want spares it seems.

bush

Ya just select the colour you want, never mind the second box.

chopperbyrne

Bush80 wrote: »

Ya just select the colour you want, never mind the second box.

Cheers.

Just ordered six buttons and two plugs.

Hopefully they'll arrive before the 4th of March.

Anyone know how long Akihabara Shop normally take?

Sagat06

week and a half the last time I ordered

bush

I ordered stuff lately. It took 5 days before they shipped it but took less than a week to get here when they did get around to shipping it. That was by air mail.

Sisko

is this the best place to order buttons etc from? Gonna order my stuff soon too.

bush

http://www.etokki.com/ is a good site too in korea, cheap shipping and fast delivery. They dont have as much stuff as http://www.akihabarashop.jp/ but I think if they do have what you want they work out cheaper. Its worth trying both sites and see which works out cheaper.

Red350

Out of curiousity, why do none of you order from gremlinsolutions.co.uk?
Haven't bothered checking all the prices, but the JLF is around £18 from both, plus the delivery must be a lot faster.

Sisko

yeah I'm just looking for whatever Sanwa stick goes in the SE and 6 sanwa buttons so whatever place is the cheapest I'll go for.

animaX

I've been thinking lately about my next possible project (I'm turning into Kiki :P)

So there's a new pcb in the market now which has native support for xbox360 and ps3/pc out of the box. This is the one. Turns out that its designed by Datel and that they've actually cracked the security on xbox controllers to do this! Info here.

Then i found this on amazon and even though it is horrible it contains the dual pcb and is ridiculously cheap!

People on SRK have been able to hook up this pcb using only quick disconnects (no soldering) which saves a lot of hassle.

My plan would be to rip the pcb out of the cheap datel stick and place it into a madcatz TE shell (with no pcb in it). Thing is, in order to do it without soldering I would have to keep the start/select/guide/turbo buttons connected to the pcb and make them somehow pressable from outside the TE shell.

'Tis a mad plan, but I'm just speculating! But it would be a damn cheap and easy way of getting dual compatibility without converters.

Side note: if anyone is selling a TE shell without pcb then let me know!!

chopperbyrne

Surely there'd be some soldering needed?

animaX

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Surely there'd be some soldering needed?

Only if you need to remove the start/select/guide/turbo buttons from the cheap stick. Then you would have to resolder. If you could somehow leave them on the pcb and incorporate them into the outer shell then you wouldn't need to solder (i think!).

http://pausechat.free.fr/datel/jour36.JPG

chopperbyrne

That picture is ****ing gigantic!

DecentBee

That stick looks interesting, any idea how easy it would be to mod?

animaX

chopperbyrne wrote: »

That picture is ****ing gigantic!

Yeah, didn't realise till after i posted it! Made it a link instead of embedding.

DecentBee wrote: »

That stick looks interesting, any idea how easy it would be to mod?

Pretty easy. Guide here. I don't really like the look of the shell though, or the button layout.

Vyze

animaX wrote: »

Pretty easy. Guide here. I don't really like the look of the shell though, or the button layout.

Having owned a Mayflash for a while now, they're lovely little sticks and I'd definitely recommend them if you need something compact. Not too hard to mod and surprisingly comfy despite all the size of it.

K.O.Kiki

Red350 wrote: »

Out of curiousity, why do none of you order from gremlinsolutions.co.uk?
Haven't bothered checking all the prices, but the JLF is around £18 from both, plus the delivery must be a lot faster.

Because they're Brits :pac:

Nah j/k, I never ordered from them when the Pound STG was strong, and their online order system was too complicated (using Excel IIRC).

Sisko

Some horrible pics of my 1st modded stick ever:

Still have to slap in the ps1 pcb though










Really is hard to make it out with this ****ty phone pics but meh.

Would love to have 3 more dark gray buttons with red outlines. And move 2 red and black buttons to the side replacing those fully red ones.

As the dark gray buttons go really nice with the case.

D4RK ONION

How did you do the art in the end? Did you spraypaint the body?

Sisko

Dark gray vinyl dye, (wanted black ) Art was printed out on an a4 page, laminated etc

I used the metal face plate to cut out the holes etc and double sided sticky tape to stick it on there.

It turned out far better then I expected, despite so many **** ups along the way:

-Wrong colour dye

-Art work printed too big, not even that happy with the artwork but I just wanted to get something done.

-****ed up the paint job a little , one of the corners looks like its been scratched a bit. (you'd have to look for it though)

Ramza

I am actually going for somehing similar as it happens, a red body, top row of black buttons, bottom red, and red/black art scheme

And a green balltop :pac:

Sisko

Wont the green stand out? anyway I can recommend the laminated double sided tape method, cheap , easy to do over if you mess up , no online ordering needed and gives nice results.


Can't see in the pics there but the art work is nice and shiny.


But as the sanwa dark hai buttons go so well with the cursed dark grey I painted it , I'd really love to now just have 6 dark hai with red outline buttons, instead of 3.

Anyone have any spare or willing to swap?

bush

Ive got 4 dark hai buttons, you can have em.