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Corn Nuts posted:So I've had the OP-recommended TE stick for a couple years now and I'm ready to toss it. Whenever I try to do a fireball motion, 1/4th of the time it does not register the diagonal. This should only be possible if the microswitches are releasing prematurely, right? I've had to replace the joystick board prior, due to a similar issue. Whenever I would hold downleft it would randomly release a microswitch and my character would stand. Maybe I mash my diagonals too hard. These parts are built to withstand the horrors of the arcade. It is pretty rare for problems with this to occur. As you probably know, the actual stick and buttons are the same in yours and this Hori stick. That said, have you contacted MadCatz? Can you reproduce the error? What happened to make you replace the joystick board? Are you sure you did it properly?
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brian posted:It's only two days to go until the 3rd Strike tournament of the decade, Co-operation Cup 12 Still gonna watch this. It can't help but be a fantastic tournament.
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40 OZ posted:These parts are built to withstand the horrors of the arcade. It is pretty rare for problems with this to occur. As you probably know, the actual stick and buttons are the same in yours and this Hori stick. I checked the website and it looks like I'm out of warranty. I've probably voided it by replacing the joystick board regardless. I replaced the board a year ago due to the 'down' microswitch acting up. I put a multimeter around the switch leads and I could see the circuit closing randomly. I decided to replace the whole board since I'm not very good at soldering. I'm not sure if it's the board again but I'm at the point where I want to dump it.
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Corn Nuts posted:So I've had the OP-recommended TE stick for a couple years now and I'm ready to toss it. Whenever I try to do a fireball motion, 1/4th of the time it does not register the diagonal. This should only be possible if the microswitches are releasing prematurely, right? I've had to replace the joystick board prior, due to a similar issue. Whenever I would hold downleft it would randomly release a microswitch and my character would stand. Maybe I mash my diagonals too hard. have you tried a different restricter? That helped out my motions.
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Corn Nuts posted:I checked the website and it looks like I'm out of warranty. I've probably voided it by replacing the joystick board regardless. Well, if you are out of business and you got the dough then sure, go ahead and buy another one. Consider this kind of thing very rare though. Sanwa-equipped arcade sticks are extremely reliable. If something was actually screwed up, consider yourself very unlucky. If you have the same issues again, it's something else other than the stick. Other players will recommend you install an octogate. I highly suggest you don't. You will -want- to, though, because when you are starting out and have no muscle memory you will be too rough with the stick, and want to grind against the gate. Learn to use a light touch on the joystick. The players with the best execution almost always play with a lighter touch. As you move the stick, you can hear the click- that's as far as you need to go. By not grinding against the gate, you can execute moves faster. I know that last part seems extraneous, it just always follows this line of conversation.
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Corn Nuts posted:I checked the website and it looks like I'm out of warranty. I've probably voided it by replacing the joystick board regardless. By "joystick board" are we referring to the PCB with the actual switches on it? If you have the same problem twice I would assume that there is something else going wrong. Depending on the length of time between when you last replaced the switch and now I would have to go with either you are amazingly, incredibly rough on that down switch, or there is something wrong with the main PCB of the stick. Does the circuit close randomly if you unplug the joystick PCB from the main PCB?
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Soulcleaver posted:No Kuroda? WE RIOT I was personally hoping for a USA team or at least some sighting of Sextaro, but no dice. 
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Klades posted:By "joystick board" are we referring to the PCB with the actual switches on it? Yep, I removed the joystick PCB before testing the switches. I use a wine-grip when I play, and in retrospect I probably pull hard on my down motions. I think I'll give it one more try with a new board.
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Corn Nuts posted:Yep, I removed the joystick PCB before testing the switches. I use a wine-grip when I play, and in retrospect I probably pull hard on my down motions. I think I'll give it one more try with a new board. You can also get a set of switches that aren't soldered onto a PCB (although if the madcatz board is anything like the one that was in my eightarc it's a super easy solder job and if you have an iron anyway you should take a crack at it). Something like this has four switches (silent ones in that case so if you like your clicky joystick you'll have to look elsewhere), a different sized actuator, and the wire harness you need to hook it all up. The switches are held in place by the gate and if you ever broke one you could just get a new one from somewhere and slap it in.
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inthesto posted:I was personally hoping for a USA team or at least some sighting of Sextaro, but no dice. Ryan Bracamonte aka LetBloodRun is on RX's team, he'll be the purple chun, I think he's the only american player there, although I think Ken I still lives out there so he might go to spectate I guess. Ryan's easily the best american player at the moment though, him, Gunfight and Marko recently won a 3rd Maniax tournament which was the first time a 'foreign' team has won anything in Japan so it was p impressivo.
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So I just saw Zeus win Defend the North with Vega against a Cammy. That was most excellent.
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Any news on SNK? Are they going to be making a new KOF game anytime soon?
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Chipp Zanuff posted:Any news on SNK? Are they going to be making a new KOF game anytime soon? They're making that KOF MOBA game, or at least having someone make it for them.
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Chipp Zanuff posted:Any news on SNK? Are they going to be making a new KOF game anytime soon? Aren't they making KOF 14 in 3D? I remember hearing that somewhere.
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Can someone explain to me why the wireless Tekken stick that came with the limited edition of Tekken 6 is awful? I've tried looking and I haven't seen any explanations.
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ChaosArgate posted:Can someone explain to me why the wireless Tekken stick that came with the limited edition of Tekken 6 is awful? I've tried looking and I haven't seen any explanations. Well besides the fact that no tournament ever will let you use a wireless controller, wireless controllers also tend to have significant input lag. It's also just a lovely stick with poor build quality. The stick and buttons are made by a Chinese company called MD who produce generally lovely, cheap products. The switches in it have poor build quality and will drop inputs and not last very long under heavy play.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Well besides the fact that no tournament ever will let you use a wireless controller, wireless controllers also tend to have significant input lag. It's also just a lovely stick with poor build quality. The stick and buttons are made by a Chinese company called MD who produce generally lovely, cheap products. The switches in it have poor build quality and will drop inputs and not last very long under heavy play. In that case, should I look to buying a replacement stick, like a TE or and Eightarc, or should I attempt to gut this thing, turn it into a conventional wired stick and replace all of the parts?
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ChaosArgate posted:In that case, should I look to buying a replacement stick, like a TE or and Eightarc, or should I attempt to gut this thing, turn it into a conventional wired stick and replace all of the parts? Buy a new TE stick for sure. The amount of work you'd have to do on the Tekken stick is just not worth it.
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getitoffgetitoff posted:Aren't they making KOF 14 in 3D? I remember hearing that somewhere. I believe the story was they were hiring 3d artists.
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The Dave posted:I believe the story was they were hiring 3d artists. Here's to hoping they go the GG Xrd route; that game is unbelievably good looking and I think the KoF series could benefit from a similar setup. Sure beats drawing every frame by hand again.
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brian posted:It's only two days to go until the 3rd Strike tournament of the decade, Co-operation Cup 12 is this weekend and has a massive 80 teams/400 entrants, with a similar amount for the traditional single character team 5v5 pre-Co-op Cup. The pre-cup is on Saturday and the main one on Sunday, both streams start at 11am JST, with some last minute qualifiers kicking off the day and top 16 or so starting 3-4 hours in. I will always love SpeJ if for no other reason than the joke about the real romanization of his name. 
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Medullah posted:Buy a new TE stick for sure. The amount of work you'd have to do on the Tekken stick is just not worth it. All of the ones on Amazon are over $200. I'll keep an eye out for one at a decent price point, I guess.
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ChaosArgate posted:All of the ones on Amazon are over $200. A Qanba Q4 is a good choice, at $150 on Eightarc's site. All Sanwa parts and dual modded for your convenience They're also excellent ADTerminal fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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ChaosArgate posted:All of the ones on Amazon are over $200. Depending on how patient you are, anytime there's a major fighting tournament like EVO, sticks pretty much always go on sale.
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I don't understand people not buying Qanbas, since they are dual modded from the get go. When i got my stick, that option was not available so we got TEs because they could be modded to dual console easily, just get a Qanba.
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Also before you throw down on a new stick, you might want to wait for ones that are compatible with the PS4 and/or Xbox One, since none currently are.
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Mister Blueberry posted:I don't understand people not buying Qanbas, since they are dual modded from the get go. When i got my stick, that option was not available so we got TEs because they could be modded to dual console easily, just get a Qanba. Qanbas have a higher failure rate than TEs due to a cheap PCB. Most stick modders usually recommend against Qanbas because of the sheer amount of them they're asked to fix in contrast to other sticks like the Fighting Edge, TE, or even the SE.
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http://store.madcatz.com/categories/fightsticks/Mad-Catz-Arcade-FightStick-PRO-for-Xbox360.html has one for $130. I'm not sure what the difference is in the "PRO" version but there it is. They have PS3 ones also. I would probably still recommend an eightarc even though they are a bunch more expensive, dual modding is pretty nice.
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Jeffrey posted:I'm not sure what the difference is in the "PRO" version but there it is. The PRO line were introduced with SFxT. They all have a really lovely cheap hollow plastic feel and use their own faceplate for artwork, etc. Don't pay more than $80 for one imo.
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Broken Loose posted:Qanbas have a higher failure rate than TEs due to a cheap PCB. Most stick modders usually recommend against Qanbas because of the sheer amount of them they're asked to fix in contrast to other sticks like the Fighting Edge, TE, or even the SE. The build quality is also pretty awful. I'm glad I got to use one before I actually purchased one, because I won't be getting one now.
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ChaosArgate posted:All of the ones on Amazon are over $200. MadCatz usually sells the Soul Calibur V stick or the MLG stick for 99 bucks when they have a tournament sale. I try to post in here whenever that happens, so keep a look out. Buhbuhj posted:The build quality is also pretty awful. I'm glad I got to use one before I actually purchased one, because I won't be getting one now. The only problem I have with them is that if something goes bad on them, you have to send it to China for the warranty (if you didn't mod it). There's been a few posts on SRK asking about it, and I'm glad I just got a TE and dual modded it myself.
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I have an eightarc fusion which as I understand it is basically a qanba anyway. I've only had one issue with it (wouldn't turn the Xbox on) which was resolved by buying a new PCB from eightarc for :tenbux: and grabbing a screwdriver and installing it.
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Buhbuhj posted:I'm glad I got to use one before I actually purchased one, because I won't be getting one now. If you don't need a dual modded stick, go with a TE or HRAP.
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Nidhogg is out on Steam NOW for 11.99 edit: Best comment I've seen so far on Steam. "Bushido Blade 2014. Buy this game" Nostalgia4Butts fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Jan 14, 2014 |
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I just learned the Nidhogg buttons and am now gonna take it to the streets (online). Check it out if you still are too cheap to buy it. https://www.twitch.tv/gutcruncher/ Edit: done for now, all in all an awesome game with some real bad netcode. Gutcruncher fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Jan 14, 2014 |
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Paint Men Fight For the Honor of Being Eaten By A Dick
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:Newest firmware adds PS4 and Bone support. What?!? I haven't heard that.
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PLANES CURE TOWERS posted:What?!? I haven't heard that. Yeah I misread that. That's completely on me. Still go with PS360+ though. Good stuff.
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