Tim mentioned it to me when he was playing with me. He's all, "Ugh," towards those games haha. But that sounds great. Hopefully it's ready, and if it is, and it's good, would I be able to commission a stick from you? As much as a HRAP2 would be nice, they're super expensive. Speaking of cost, considering I do commission you, what would be the $$$ would you think? As long as it's Sanwa, Seismitsu, or Happ, and able to play on ps2, I wouldn't mind what parts you'd use.
With mine, parts are all Sanwa, and the case is something I bought online. I'm really happy with the way it went. Once I finish the wiring, it's just a bunch of putting pin A into slot B.
I don't know if it's something I want to do twice, especially in such a short time. I'm getting tired of working on this after being at it since last Sunday, and this is my week off before I start working on Monday. I got half the soldering done today and it was a huge pain, mostly because I was rewiring a 360 controller. It cost me well over 300 bucks, maybe 400, but that's mostly because the US exchange rate sucks, plus it's going to work on 4 consoles (PS2, PS3, GC, 360) + PC and I spent 60 bucks on a SF4 fightpad because I heard it was easy to solder to (word of advice: it's easier, but not by much) and I needed to buy a bunch of stuff from a hardware store/radioshack.
It's not too hard to do yourself, and
there are some solder-free solutions, though it would be a PS3 stick, with minimal soldering required for PS2 support. I bought most of the stick-specific parts (case, buttons, stick, board) from
ModchipMan and the rest from a hardware store (wood finishing stuff), radioshack (other electronics), and an EB for some controllers I can take apart. It's a lot more doable than I thought. My advice? Browse the
SRK tech talk forums and learn what you can (and admire the impressive custom jobs
).
Slagcoin is also amazingly detailed and a great resource. That's what I ended up doing.
If that's too much for you, you can always try to find one of the elusive SF4 sticks.
I know that I said a lot of things there and it might not completely make sense. I'm tired right now.
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Sion said:
I'm not big at S3/GGXAC either. I just play it very casually and not too much. I hope I don't get ***** too much.
I think we all are to some degree. I played a bunch of 3S while in Victoria with one other guy, but as far as I can tell, the competitive fighting game scene is next to nothing on the island. I'm okay, not horrible but not amazing either, and I'll try to teach what I can. I'll get more practice once work starts; EA has a machine there on free play.