[bleak]

[guest253]

on my recent hunt i was eyeing the xbox360 version of that thing but i'm a sucker for rumble...

if i had a ps3 i'd be all over this hori-made cousin of the above pad.
it lets you configure the response angle for diagonals. how boss is that.

wait is there a ps3 to xbox360 plug yet?

edit: ok so there totally is and since i have a wired pad now i can even use them.

edit edit: lol i just mistook this thing for some sort of xbox360 retrocon.

[BotageL]

One of the fighting game players I know around here has said that the PDP pads tend to have a pretty short life if you use them a lot for FGs and such, he was going through about one a year for a while. They do work pretty well, though, especially if you like the "clicky" thumbstick.

I have a Fighting Commander Pro 3, and it's quite comfortable.
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[guest253]

tell us about its d-pad





everything

[shnozlak]

Please Move to KOF so we can get the KOF-only crew in here.
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[analogos]

[bleak]

dammit alagnos square gates create detents for the diagonals not for the cardinals at least in every instance i've seen. it's weird and sometimes i just can't go straight up/down or left/ight

what you want is an 8 gate

reminds me that i have to replace my square gate with an 8 gate at some point

but if square gates exist that create detents for the cardinals i'd be so down

probably

but other than that i agree with the above post
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[Felix]

Proper octagonal gates are the best.

[analogos]

[analogos]

nekomimi mind controlled cat ear interface for EVO2016 standard or bust

[shnozlak]

Id love a layout that looks like the PS controller but has 8 fully independent buttons with texture on the cardinals so they feel different.
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[BenoitRen]

[analogos]

i know, but the bits of the pad protruding from the shell mask that fact pretty effectively in practice. it's functionally digital.

[Toptube]

[Tulpa]

yeah I can't imagine possibly liking the gamecube triggers. They felt horrible to me. My hands would pretty instantly cramp up if I had to use them a lot and I have long fingers so pulling the triggers all the way required me to straighten my fingers midway through the pull or I'd hit my knuckle against hard plastic. Everything about the triggers was bad except conceptually the fact that they clicked at the end was cool.
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[Ymer]

[thestage]

ok I'm not reading 3 pages of links to a hundred controllers without any direction, so I'm going to ask a question instead and you can point me to a post if it has been addressed:

is there a 360 type controller with a dpad that isn't awful that I can buy for less than a ridiculous amount of money? that's all I really want. sure, it is possible to buy a regular 360 pad for 3D shit and some saturn pad knockoff or whatever for everything else (I did this once, but the saturn pad died after like a month and my friend stole the 360 controller and lost it), but I'm poor and I don't want the extra clutter anyway.

[Tulpa]

I mean that's what everyone was discussing itt and the consensus seems to be that the hori 360 pad ex 2 is what you want. I plan on picking one up because of this thread.
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[dementia]

GCN triggers really are evocative of water guns.

[thestage]

[thestage]

I feel like we should probably have one of these threads for keyboards and mice too

[notbov]

why buy a gaming mouse

when you can have the One True Mouse, the WMO/ItelliMouse Optical 1.1A
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[Tulpa]

I thought the preferred one true mouse was the logitech m500 or something

I've got a logitech g5 from like 5 years ago that has served me well in every way except now the scroll wheel is busted.
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[Tulpa]

I still don't know what keyboards in the less than 50 dollars range are worth owning though. I just use the cheapest possible 3 dollars from goodwill option.
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[notbov]

The cheaper/tenkeyless mechanical keyboards don't start until the ~60-70 range, at which point stuff gets expensive fast

re:the real One True Mouse

crazy Europeans have done heaps of testing and many still prefer the 1.1A for low sensitivity. Before, they were cheap, but now that they're no longer made/only made as a specialty item, the people who do want them make them a little pricey. I'm kind of mad I didn't stock up when Microcenter was selling OEM ones out of a basket for 10-15 bucks a pop, cause I love the fuck out of this mouse.

Which isn't to say I don't like what Logitech does. I had the MX700 (the wireless version of the 500, precursor to the 518, a damned fine mouse) which I liked quite a bit but admittedly is only good for right-handers.
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[Tulpa]

mx518 was what I meant anyway

low sensitivity is not likely to be something that is desirable for people that play vidcons though
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[Tulpa]

like how are you supposed to play hammerfight with anything low sensitivity that would be awful.
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[notbov]

The mouse/sensor itself isn't low sens (though it has a low DPI), but rather it's good for playing low sens in shooters and the like. I'm sure if I wanted, I could jack the the sensitivity high.
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[thestage]

[parker]

I bought whatever mouse they replaced the mx518 with and the sensitivity is always screwed up between different things (desktop and game, in-game menus and in-game game, etc) and on some old games the cursor just drags and skips around and is almost unplayable and I hate it.
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[thestage]

don't use logitech's software (setpoint). it fucking blows. just stick to windows sensitivity settings and turn off mouse acceleration.

but by the mouse they replaced the mx518 with, you could mean all sorts of different mice.

[boojiboy7]

[another god]

Quick keyboard guide:

Get a NKRO/6KRO mechanical keyboard. NKRO stands for no key rollover or perfectly accurate keyboard presses. Membrane keyboards were made to be cheap and their circuitry will "compress" the key input. It's fine if you type one key at a time like mom and dad, but if you're gaming, and especially if you're local multiplayer gamin, it'll be a huge problem. The computer might read 4+ button presses as just three of something completely different. 6KRO is six key roll over which is generally fine for single player, and usually what you'll get over USB. My board has a USB to PS2 adapter and does NKRO just fine.

The different color switches affect the force and response you get from each key. Reds and blacks are linear force which means the force doesn't change at all over the course of travel from unpressed to depressed. Reds are light while blacks are heavy. If you have a light touch you will want reds. If you don't want to accidentally push buttons the blacks' resistance will be your friend. Blues and browns are clicky and tactile. Their required force changes as you travel, so it'll feel different at the point of actuation. Browns are lighter in both force and sound, so that's why I chose those.

Also, mechanicals don't degrade in quality as quickly as membrane. Just saw someone using a 25 year old IBM keyboard at the GGJ this weekend. Unless you think that your tablet is going to replace your keyboard, get a mechanical and stop getting garbage membrane boards.

I personally have a Leopold 10keyless from elitekeyboards, but I've heard success from people getting these boards on ebay or even newegg.

Cooler Master QF Pro $60
Rosewill RK9000 $90, frequently on sale
Leopold $100
Noppoo Choco Mini $100+
KBC Poker $100+
Filco $120+

Obviously $120 is a lot, but CMQFPros have been reported to be made at the same factory as Filcos. The price difference is due to consumer trust in build quality vs. industry trust in consumer purchasing. These boards also have less flair than their Razer and Logitech mechanical counterparts.

Pretty sure this is the ultimate KB guide, btw:
http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide

[Mikey]

Not sure if this has been asked in this thread but are there any decent PS3 controllers that mimic the layout of the 360 pad because boy do I hate a dualshock. Those MLG controllers look rad but I don't want to spend 90 bucks on one

[notbov]

Don't know how it handles but this fits the "like a 360 pad" part of the bill.
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[Mikey]

Amazon reviews seem a bit "meh". Also I'm a spoiled brat and demand that my analog sticks be staggered.

[Rud31]

[BotageL]

I believe that only works on Seimitsu sticks, because of the way Sanwa's are mounted.
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[Bennett]

I just posted this on twitter.



They're not really recommendable though.

[nothingxs]

what in the motherfuck
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