Virtsticks (tm)

Post by **virtvic** » February 14th, 2011, 7:47 pm

A few pics of a virtstick I have made recently. It's off to a member for some serious playtesting

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Post by **moshpit** » February 14th, 2011, 7:56 pm

nice mate!

Post by **theory** » February 14th, 2011, 8:01 pm

Are these for certain genres - shooters or fighters?

Post by **virtvic** » February 14th, 2011, 8:09 pm

I'm still messing around with the gates on the underside at the moment. I have been using round and square holes so far and they both seem good, both 8 way.

I have also been experimenting with longer and shorter (and thicker) springs to vary the tension of the stick.

I'm sure my tester will report back with some interesting data

Post by **Rossyra** » February 14th, 2011, 8:18 pm

I had a shot of one at the weekend as it happens, I foolishly mis-took it for a JLW. In retrospect it had a much nicer feel than that - Nice work m8.

How much do you sell these for incidentally?

Post by **virtvic** » February 14th, 2011, 8:24 pm

So McJonBud hasn't broken it then - that's nice to know!

Not sure on price yet - I really want more feedback before I start to make more.

Post by **Rossyra** » February 14th, 2011, 9:01 pm

Not yet, he had XII Stag on though - the toughest game on sticks since Track and Field on the C64

Well, the throw was nice and short which is fantastic for shooters, would be very interested to see how it is for fighters.

Looking at the diagram, it's very similar in shaft length to an LS-32, It would be awesome if there was a JLF-length one too, for panels with with an S mount

Akuma · Post by **Akuma** » February 14th, 2011, 9:45 pm

Man, this is some serious business!!

May I hassle you with some ideas I got to solve a Virtual-On stick issue in the very near future (i.e. next month)?

Post by **virtvic** » February 14th, 2011, 11:50 pm

Something like this?

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Post by **emphatic** » February 15th, 2011, 1:02 am

Looks great!

syntax_X · Post by **syntax_X** » February 15th, 2011, 1:41 am

Who ever rigged that xbox pad for virtual on is one seriously dedicated fan, i gave up years ago but this sheds new light...

Akuma · Post by **Akuma** » February 15th, 2011, 2:39 am

virtvic wrote:Something like this?
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Yeah, that's what I want to avoid.

Actually it is more like a custom shaft for the LSX-57 (http://www.arcadeshop.de/product_info.p ... anguage=en")

A shaft which has fixing holes for the grip assy as found on the Saturn Twin Sticks which are 1:1 as the arcade grip assys. Also, a custom spring catch seems to be what the Japanese are after - but for this project to pursue, I need about 1 month time

johnbud · Post by **johnbud** » February 15th, 2011, 12:00 pm

rossyra did indeed use 1 of these sticks at the weekend. these are the mutts, they feel nice and play nice. i have 1 fitted in the egret thats downstairs. nice short throw, tight spring and very smooth. the only issue i had was fitting it to the control panel, sorted. as has been pointed out i tend to kill jlf,jlw sticks. these to me are bang on, if they were naff the wouldnt be let near my cabs. i can highly recommend these guys. get 1 today !!!

cheers.

john bud

Post by **Spectre** » February 15th, 2011, 12:42 pm

Cool, +100 geekpoints

tenrohle · Post by **tenrohle** » February 16th, 2011, 5:15 pm

Make a virt-SNK LS30-stick please

Post by **emphatic** » February 16th, 2011, 5:24 pm

tenrohle wrote:Make a virt-SNK LS30-stick please

That would be awesome. Let me know if you need an LS-30 to use as a template, virtvic.

Post by **virtvic** » February 16th, 2011, 7:23 pm

Hmm, I think there's a lot more electrical gubbins in those suckas...

Post by **emphatic** » February 21st, 2011, 4:58 pm

I got a Virtstick in the mail today.

Profile:

Bottom:

Mounting-plate:

EGRET II-panel:

And a short video:

Animaitor · Post by **Animaitor** » February 23rd, 2011, 4:18 pm

Virtvic, this stick looks wonderful! Build like a tank and after seeing emphatic video I'm all sold.

Cageman · Post by **Cageman** » February 24th, 2011, 9:52 pm

That video is almost pornographic

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