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[crunker99]

Hey my fellow gaffys we put this together this morning, with DOA4 out and Street Fighter on the way to XBLA we figured peopel might want to give it a shot. It is basically common sens to use veteran joystiq makers, but for those of you who did not want to fumble around we put it in a nice tutorial

When I first bought DOA4 I realized how much it sucks to play fighting games on a control pad, especially the XBox 360 controller. The D-pad just doesn't cut it for fighters. I then saw the DOA4 Hori stick, and that stick looked like crap to me.

Then I heard Street Fighter 2 was coming out on XBLA and I knew I had to find a solution quickly in preparation for SF2. Then out of nowhere I remembered that I built a joystick out of arcade parts and the inside of a PSX controller for my PSX back in the day. I then thought why not use my SF:AC joystick as the basis for this, and use a wired XBox 360 controller for the guts. So that's where this tutorial begins.

etc etc, you will need at least a novice knoledge of soldering to do this, but it shoudl not be too hard to acquire that

http://www.gamersreports.com/article/24/

 

[rastex]

$60 + $40 = $100 mod, that's quite a bit of money. Is the Hori really that bad? What we really friggin need is an Xbox->360 adapter with no lag.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

I had an Hori stick in my hands the other day and decided against it since I don't like the arched button layout. I have a closet full of sticks I'd love to do this with. But it is expensive considering.

 

[crunker99]

$60 + $40 = $100 mod, that's quite a bit of money. Is the Hori really that bad? What we really friggin need is an Xbox->360 adapter with no lag.

for us hardcore fighters we have already prolly a stick lying around and 150 isnt that bad for like a nice real jamma setup

then again theres not much to use it on at this point, hopefully there will be

 

[Baron Aloha]

Hmm... I might pick up a generic wired Xbox 360 controller for $25-$30 and do this. All that you need is the circuit board.

I wonder if it is possible to hook up several circuit boards to the same stick (360, Gamecube/Rev, PS3, PS2). Basically you would have a different set of wires for each and 3 cords coming out. It'd be a lot of work but it'd be worth it IMO.

 

[rastex]

for us hardcore fighters we have already prolly a stick lying around and 150 isnt that bad for like a nice real jamma setup

then again theres not much to use it on at this point, hopefully there will be

Ya, I have a modded SFAC with Happ parts following ASM's guide. I'd LOVE to be able to use that. I mean I can just mod it with your mod, but then there goes SF3 functionality!

Anyway, great guide! Thanks!

 

[Beer Monkey]

No fucking headset jack??!?!??!?!?!?

 

[crunker99]

No fucking headset jack??!?!??!?!?!?

you can just plug up your headset on the inside and run it out thru a hols if you are really taht desperate to yell "jewniggerfaggot" into the mic at all times like most on xbox live

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Did you really have to use a seperate ground for each button? I shelved my 360 hacking back in November because I didn't have the time, and I do remember things like the shoulders and analog clicks acting like they wanted different grounds. However, I was pretty sure that all the face buttons and d=pad could share a ground.

Is this on SRK yet? I've been out a while.


Not to dump on your effort at all, but because this is a solder-mod, not many will have the stones to bother. Especially on GAF.

Although you all may surprise me. I came up with that Plier & Wrench joystick removal bullshit because I was positive that none of you girlies would risk your Udon artwork by going in through the top... was I ever wrong on that one.

Ya, I have a modded SFAC with Happ parts following ASM's guide. I'd LOVE to be able to use that. I mean I can just mod it with your mod, but then there goes SF3 functionality!

Switch to Project Boxes\External Encoders like I've been saying for a year. OR, throw the 360 PCB in there with the stock. Multi PCB stcks are common and you are gonna hafta learn to solder for this hack anyway.

I wonder if it is possible to hook up several circuit boards to the same stick

See my reply to Rastex the adaptor lover. Also, research External Encoders.

I have about every system wired up in a standard fashion. Then I can just swap the PCBs out in seconds, or bulld Project Box enclosures so they can be swapped on a mount on the rear of the stick.

Here's some illustrative pics from last year.

 

[VALIS]

So this would work for PC/MAME stuff, too, since the 360 wired controller already does. Hmmmm.

 

[crunker99]

Is this on SRK yet? I've been out a while.

no ASM, faceless isnt around, do you think you can put it on SRK for me?