yeah I didn’t know /c/arcadesticks@lemmy.world existed until somebody cross posted this post there. I want to remake the wrist rest out of wood eventually to add more weight. Your hitbox looks pretty sick!
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cRazi_man@europe.pub 11 hours ago
That’s really cool. There is a fightstick community on Lemmy, but it’s completely dead. Lemmy is too small for such niche interests.
I’m more of a hitbox guy myself. I don’t have a 3D printer, but can do some stuff with wood. It has been really fun making custom layouts.
Controllers like this should added in it sly be DIY’d. The pre-made cases are hideously overpriced for being just a box.
shelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
wjrii@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I’ve used adhesive steel wheel-balancing weights on a couple of my modded keyboards. They’re cheap, low-profile, and have to be lead-free. If you have room on your bottom plate, just slap a bunch on there. You can put down masking tape first if you want to avoid damaging the plate if you decide to remove them.
shelf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
I’ll probably be following this suggestion I’d love to use a higher tension grommet in my lever but the controller would have to be a lot heavier for it not to be problematic.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 8 hours ago
A trick for adding weight to a DIY keyboard is to glue down a whole bunch of pennies inside. You probably need more weight in a fight stick. Just need to add something heavy inside. Wood might not add as much weight as you want.
binarytobis@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
When Street Fighter IV came out, I spent several months consumed with making my own custom fightstick. Weighing the options for different switches, color coordination, the pros and cons of different gate options. Probably spent at least 100 hours looking for the perfect image for the decal on top alone. When I finally had it all together I was over the moon.
Then, almost immediately, I realized that I didn’t actually like playing Street Fighter that much, and completely lost interest in the hobby. Checked that one off the list, I guess.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 3 hours ago
Thanks. It took me 2 days to make my first controller. Took half a day to make my 3rd controller.
I discovered my love for fighting games with SF4 too. It took over a hundred hours of getting ass beaten to pick up the basics. It was so much harder to learn back then. Took real motivation to stick with it.